Major aluminium producers have offered Japanese buyers premiums of USD 310-325 per tonne for primary aluminium shipments in the October-December quarter. The bar is 18-22 per cent lower than the USD 395 per tonne premium agreed for the current July-September quarter. The premium paid by Japanese...
Asia’s alumina exports entered 2026 on a strong footing, with shipments to global markets reaching 7.05 million tonnes worth USD 2.76 billion in H1 2026 , up 27.36 per cent year-on-year . The sharp rise in H1 was driven by a quarter-on-quarter surge by a considerable margin. This indicates an...
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Sumitomo Corporation, one of the world’s largest trading companies, has anticipated Japanese aluminium premiums to range between US$125 and US$175 a tonne next year, compared to $148 a tonne in the September quarter, unless a disruption on the domestic supply side due to production cut or supply...
Some Japanese aluminium buyers have reportedly agreed to pay a premium of $148 per tonne over the benchmark price for the shipments in the September quarter. Compared to the premium payment of $172 per tonne in the ongoing quarter, it is down by 14 per cent. The news came on Wednesday, June 29,...
Australian small satellite developing company and IoT services provider Fleet Space has approached Japan-based Konica Minolta to provide additive manufacturing units from 3D Systems, a Carolina-based technology company for the betterment of its onshore manufacturing ability. Konica Minolta 3D...
NanoAL has signed a three-way Joint development agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation RtM Japan Ltd. (RtMJ) and Nikkei MC Aluminium Co., Ltd. (NMA) to extend its business collaboration. This cooperation comes after NanoAL and RtMJ signed a licencing agreement for additive manufacturing material...
The amount of aluminium plates, sheets and bars imported from Japan by the United States in February 2022 soared up by 3,209 tonnes or 445.07 per cent M-o-M, from 721 tonnes in January 2022. The amount for February 2022 settled at 3,930 tonnes. However, in January, an M-o-M downfall of 4,349 tonnes...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced that KOBELCO group (Kobe Steel Group) has joined as the new production and transformation member. Since its inception in 1905, KOBELCO has collaborated with clients to develop and deliver goods that suit their needs while also advancing society. KOBELCO is...
Australian mining giant Rio Tinto will collaborate with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to construct a 2MW green hydrogen production facility at the former’s Yarwun alumina refinery located in Gladstone. The proposed pilot project is going to yield 300 tonnes of green hydrogen to sufficiently cater to...
Japan’s leading manufacturer of aluminium windows and doors, TOSTEM, on observing its market in Thailand wishes to expand company shares, particularly in the retail market (B2C) there. The great demand for sustainable living amidst the risk of pandemics and rising intergenerational transfer is...
The production of primary aluminium in Japan is no more than 0.5% of the total demand of the nation. In Japan only one aluminium smelter is left out to be operational, however, the country’s per-capita consumption of aluminium has grown to around 16 kg. According to the World Bureau of Metal...
The MAKU trailer is the latest innovation in the field of movable housing systems. Japanese architect Taichi Kuma inaugurates aluminium-frame MAKU trailers which are lightweight and can easily house a remote work office or radio station. The skeleton of a MAKU is aluminium while the walls are...
Three sources have confirmed that some Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed with at least two global producers on the premium payment of $172 per tonne for June shipments, compared to $177 million in the previous quarter. That reflects a quarter-on-quarter downfall of $5 per tonne or 2.8 per cent...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced on 21st March the grant of certification to UACJ in the aspect concerning Performance Standard (provisional) and Chain of Custody (full) to acknowledge the company’s efforts to responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. The...
According to industry insiders, Taiwan-based aluminium electrolytic capacitors manufacturers (such as Apaq Technology, Lelon Electronics, and Taiwan Chinsan Electronic) are poised to have a very successful first quarter of 2022 despite constrained availability of upstream materials. The three...
The Japanese manufacturer of precious metals materials, TANAKA Holdings that focuses majorly on products for the electronics, semiconductor and automotive industries has publicized its subsidiary TANAKA Denshi Kogyo is planning to set up a new plant in the Chinese city of Hangzhou to boost the...
According to a recent report, the premium for aluminium shipments to Japanese buyers for January to March 2022 is agreed at $177 per tonne, down by 20 per cent from the previous quarter, in line with weaker domestic spot premiums and overseas prices. The news came after six sources directly...
While the medals for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games were made from metals taken from abandoned cell phones and computers, few people are aware that the podiums were made from 24.5 tonnes of recycled domestic plastic garbage. "The podiums were made using 24.5 tonnes of recycled household...
In October 2021, Japan imported 260,100 tonnes of aluminium, which reflected an increase of 43,600 tonnes or 20.1 per cent from a month ago. On a year-on-year calculation, the imports stood 90,600 tonnes or 53.5 per cent higher, as released by the Japan Aluminium Association data this week....
The dynamic reposition in the consumer consumption style in the food and beverages sector, as consumers are tending for takeaway or ready-to-eat food, owing to switching lifestyles and growing disposable incomes, particularly in emerging economies across the world. The foodservice operators offer...
