Aluminium extrusion market 2025-2035: Size, segmentation, cost drivers and outlook
The global aluminium extrusion market is entering a sustained growth phase, driven by construction, transportation, renewable energy and advanced manufacturing. This overview covers market structure, segmentation, cost drivers and the strategic trends expected to shape the industry through 2035....
MCX aluminium price outlook: Supply risks could push futures towards ₹356/kg
MCX aluminium prices are entering the second half of August with supply-side risks once again becoming a key market driver. ICICI Direct expects the August aluminium futures contract to find support near INR 344 per kg and move towards INR 356 per kg. Aluminium has been through a sharp...
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SMM Weekly Review and Forecast (Jul. 25-29)
Last week, aluminum was the best performer in base metal markets, with SHFE and spot aluminum prices climbing driven up by a flood of speculative funds, and with SMMI.Al soaring by nearly 4%. Last week, SHFE aluminum prices surged after temporarily fluctuating at the 5-day moving average. Driven up...
SMM China Al Output Data Analysis June 2011
According to the CNIA, China’s aluminum output was 1.56 million mt during June, up 9.81% YoY, while YTD output from January to June was up 4.4% YoY. Annualized capacity of June output was 19.03 million mt, up 880 kt from May. Commissioning of new projects at Lanzhou Liancheng Aluminum Industry...
Aluminum Price Rising
Demand is starting to pick up from many aluminum consuming industries, such as the aerospace and transportation sector. This should be a supportive factor for the price, which has made gains recently. In China there are plans to cut back on capacity, and demand is growing from large infrastructure...
Eight base metal stocks to watch
A TD Securities analyst says the overall outlook for base metals is positive and China's copper demand is quite steady. Further, he adds that economic recovery in the U.S. will add incrementally to demand. Surprisingly, China's latest industrial production data add to the positivity and ease the...
NALCO sees lower profitability on rising input costs
State-run National Aluminium Co (NALCO) expects a 10-12 percent rise in turnover this fiscal as new capacities gets added, but rising raw material costs are seen denting profitability, its chairman said on Tuesday.
European aluminium products demand set to slow in Q3: Hydro
European demand for rolled and extruded aluminium products is expected to see a seasonal slowdown in the third quarter, Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro said Tuesday. Market demand for rolled products in Q3 "is expected to decline due to seasonality," Hydro said in its second-quarter results...
Aluminum Output Climbs With Growing Capacities
China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association announced that China’s aluminum output in June is 1,564.2 kt, which has grown for three successive months. China’s total aluminum output from January to June is 8,686.3 kt, up 4.4% YoY. SMM expects China’s aluminum output to keep growing in July....
German aluminum output rising and outlook good
German aluminum output of 428,369 tonnes between January and May was up 5.3% from the same period a year earlier. Mr Christian Wellner MD of GDA said that "The outlook for aluminum remains optimistic because customer industries are also continuing to develop positively. Germany's aluminum industry...
German aluminum output rising and outlook good
German aluminum output of 428,369 tonnes between January and May was up 5.3% from the same period a year earlier. Mr Christian Wellner MD of GDA said that "The outlook for aluminum remains optimistic because customer industries are also continuing to develop positively. Germany's aluminum industry...
German aluminum output rising and outlook good
German aluminum output of 428,369 tonnes between January and May was up 5.3% from the same period a year earlier. Mr Christian Wellner MD of GDA said that "The outlook for aluminum remains optimistic because customer industries are also continuing to develop positively. Germany's aluminum industry...
Norsk Hydro: Aluminum Seen In "Manageable" Surplus In 2011
Demand for aluminum is expected to grow at a rate of around 7% in 2011, according to Norwegian producer Norsk Hydro ASA (NHY.OS), but a "manageable" market surplus is still expected due to the ramp up of additional production capacity. The company said demand and supply of primary aluminum in the...
Century Aluminum Sees Q2 Profit Below View - Update
Century Aluminum Co. (CENX: News ) on Monday forecast profit for the second quarter below analysts' expectations, citing lower than expected U.S. production. The quarter's results include the impact of unabsorbed costs and restart expenditures due to production inefficiencies at the Hawesville...
German Aluminium Output Rising, Outlook Good-Lobby
Production of aluminium products is also rising, it said. Output of rolled products increased by about 4.3 percent to 814,637 tonnes. Extrusion press producers raised output by 11.8 percent to 255,847 tonnes, the GDA said.
German Aluminium Output Rising, Outlook Good-Lobby
German aluminium output of 428,369 tonnes between January and May was up 5.3 percent from the same period a year earlier, industry association GDA said on Monday. "The outlook for aluminium remains optimistic because customer industries are also continuing to develop positively," said GDA managing...
Rio Tinto upbeat on aluminum, cautious near term
Aluminum producer Rio Tinto Alcan said Monday it remains cautious about the short term outlook for aluminum although demand should continue rising in the long term and contribute to a doubling of the company's profit margin. "We remain cautious of the short-term outlook" for aluminum, Jacynthe...
Credit Suisse expects aluminum prices to rebound in H2
Reuters reported that Credit Suisse expects a rebound in aluminum prices in the H2 of the year saying the recent bearish price versus the rest of the metals complex is not justified. Aluminum prices lost ground in June and were expected to drift lower on a seasonal softening in demand coupled with...
Aluminum demand 'Stunningly positive' so far in 2011
Aluminum demand data so far in 2011 has nudged the global market into deficit and is offering the basis for a “steady grind higher” in prices over the coming months, say analysts with Barclays Capital. Global production has hit record highs, Barclays says. However, the bank also cites “stunningly...
Strong Aircraft Orders Seen Driving Aluminum Demand
The flurry of new airliner orders in the first half of 2011, coupled with rising demand from other industries, has proved to be a boon to aluminum suppliers like Alcoa, which more than doubled its second quarter earnings in results announced on July 11. But subsequent stock market reaction, which...
