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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Marubeni Corporation, a Japanese integrated trading and investment business conglomerate, has made an announcement on Friday, August 20, about its carbon-neutral aluminium ingot sale in Japan. The Tokyo-based trading house has started selling the product in response to customers’ demand and choice...
The aluminium end-user segment remained quite insightful during the week. In Japan, beverage vendors are progressing towards the usage of aluminium replacing plastic bottles to counter ocean pollution. While in Canada Wildpack Beverages has purchased aluminium cans filler Vertical Distilling for...
On 12 th July, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Torch relay commences in Japan, which will last for 13 days until the Games are due to commence on August 24. The first five days will feature flame-lighting events in 43 prefectures of Japan to be lasting until August 16. However, the celebrations will then...
A group of Japanese beverage sellers and retailers in recent times progressed to desert the usage of plastic bottles, substituting them with aluminium bottles and cans in a proposal to counter ocean plastic pollution, inflicting disruption with the ecosystem. Ryohin Keikaku Co., operator of retail...
According to a recent report, Showa Denko K.K., a Japanese chemical company, has decided to double Oyama Plant’s capacity to produce aluminium heat radiators for power modules used in electrified vehicles, including battery electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and plug-in hybrid vehicles. As per the...
The Japanese economy is expected to grow and avoided skidding into recession this quarter but an extension of emergency measures to stem a rise in coronavirus infections has dented the growth outlook, a Reuters poll reflected. The island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean,...
Coca-Cola Japan floated their regional bottle designs observing the famous landmarks and traditions in major Japanese cities, a few years ago. These elusive aluminium bottles of the coke can be located only in the particular regions they feature, making them fun souvenirs from any trips around...
The world’s third-largest economy, Japan revealed shrink in the economy more than expected in Q1 due to low paced vaccine rollout and new COVID-19 infections stroke hard on spending on items such as dining out and clothes, raising bars the country will straggle behind others emerging from the...
The global aluminium associations, which incorporated the United States, Europe, Canada and Japan, applaud G7 Trade Ministers’ commitment to “stronger international rules on market-distorting industrial subsidies and trade-distorting actions by state enterprises.” On 28th May 2021, following the...
The premium for aluminium shipments to Japanese buyers has been set at $185 per tonne for July-September. The premium is higher by 24-25 per cent from the current quarter, reported sources involved in market pricing. During April-June quarter, the premiums for aluminium shipments were $148-$149 per...
The aluminium associations of the United States of America, Europe, Canada and Japan call on G7 governments to deliver leadership in support of ambitious multilateral and plurilateral negotiations to regulate trade-distorting government support and state ownership in industrial sectors. However,...
Japan produced 697,999 tonnes of secondary aluminium and alloy ingots in the April 2020-March 2021 fiscal year, according to data released by the Japan Aluminium Alloy Refiners Association. The output declined 12% year-on-year due to lower demand for casting and die-casting products from the car...
Japan remains one of the largest and most developed economies in the world. Its well-educated, industrious workforce and its large, affluent population make it one of the world's biggest consumer markets. It’s true, Japan’s annual GDP growth has averaged just 1.1% so far in the last decade, but its...
Japan is the home to some of the largest and most technologically advanced products and now it is using the latest technology in the construction industry, keeping its focus high on using quality material for power transmission in a building. ‘Rakuraku Cable’, a high-performance low-voltage...
Rio Tinto Japan has joined Japan’s Green Value Chain Platform Network (GVC Network) to cut carbon footprint in Japan. The GVC Network, formed in 2018, is a collaboration established by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment to lead transparent decarbonisation efforts in the country....
According to a recent report, the Q2 2021 premiums for aluminium shipments to Japanese buyers are set at $148-$149 per tonne, which reflect a hike of 14-15 per cent from the March quarter. In Q1 ending on March 31, 2021, the premiums were agreed at $139-$140, an increase of 57-59 per cent from the...
The economic recovery of Japan in 2020 was proportionately strong, while by Q4, the real GDP was down just 1.2% from a year earlier, and it was due to recoil in consumer spending and ample foreign demand. Japan’s indecisive growth was evident in January 2021, when the Consumption Activity Index...
The economy of Japan staged better than expected in December’20 quarter, but the recovery movement is at a low pace and economists predict the country’s economy to contract again on the running quarter due to a second state of emergency to restrict the spread of the coronavirus. The island nation...
