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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According to a Reuters report, the premium for aluminium shipments to Japanese buyers has been set at $149-$165 per tonne for April-June. That indicated an increase of 15-27 per cent from the current quarter, reported sources involved in market pricing. Japan is the biggest importer of aluminium in...
According to a recent report, NanoAL, LLC, the US-based materials research and technology company, has entered a Commercial License Agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation RtM Japan Ltd. (RtMJ) to bring its award-winning Addalloy® family of advanced aluminium alloy powders to the Metal Additive...
Kosei, the global wheel and auto components manufacturer has preferred Rusal for the supply of high-quality Primary Foundry Aluminium Alloys, as announced by the leader of the global aluminium industry. Established in 1950, Kosei designs and manufactures wheels, auto parts and components. It has 14...
After an intensive time of preparation and an extensive integration process, we would like to announce that the two companies, Tokai COBEX and Tokai Carbon Savoie, complementing each other, are now ONE company within Tokai Carbon Group. We are pleased to inform you that we are now united and...
Slowdown in demand due to the global manufacturing downturn amid the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a decline in Japan’s aluminium products output for 2020, found the Japan Aluminium Association. Data shows production of rolled and extruded aluminium products decreased by 10 per cent from a year...
On 28 th January 2021, the Japanese multinational organization Showa Denko KK stated that it would sell out its aluminium division to American investment firm Apollo Global Management as the manufacturer measures to divest assets. Showa Denko distinctively plans to sell out its aluminium rolling...
The all-new 2021 Rogue, the first global SUV model of Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer, is built using ‘closed-loop’ recycling systems for aluminium parts. The system helps reduction of CO2 emissions when compared with using parts made with primary alloys from raw materials. It also...
The Japanese metal products maker Kobelco has been forced to shut down temporarily its aluminium product plants after discovering a group of Covid-19 infections. On 19 th January’2021, Kobelco is planning to close its aluminium extrusion plant at Chofu works in western Japan's Yamaguchi prefecture....
Rusal, the company of En+ Group’s metals segment, has become a part of the Japan Climate Leaders’ Partnership (JCLP), a powerful business coalition in Japan that aims to advance sustainable low-carbon development. The news came after Anglo-Russian energy and metals company En+ Group announced it on...
An energy and resource recycling firm in Japan is cooperating with the multinational Japanese carmaker Toyota to trial the use of aluminium and alloys recaptured in car manufacturing as a source of hydrogen generation for fuel cell electric vehicles. Alhytec, A Toyama-based firm has bespoken a...
Rio Tinto on December 8 presented the “Clean Growth Forum – Toward a low-carbon future” under the UK in JAPAN campaign. The forum was held for a discussion on the global climate challenge. Representatives of the public and private sectors of the U.K. and Japan gave their insightful thought on how...
The economy of Japan has plunged at its rapid rate on record as it battles the COVID-19 pandemic. The world’s third-largest economy saw gross domestic product fall 7.8% in April-June from the previous quarter or 27.8% on an annualised basis. However, Japan was already struggling with low economic...
According to a Reuters report, the premium for aluminium shipments to Japanese buyers has been set at $138-$140 per tonne for January-March. The premium marked an increase of 57-59 per cent from this quarter, reported sources involved in market pricing. The increase in premium was due to recovery...
UACJ Extrusion Nagoya Corporation, Japan, will expand its extrusion capacity at its plant in Nagoya, Japan with new extrusion press line. The company has given the final acceptance certificate (FAC) to SMS group for the supply of new HybrEx®40 extrusion press line. This extrusion line one of SMS...
The economy of Japan is a highly developed free-market economy. It is the third-largest in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). However, the Japanese economy has shrunk at its fastest rate on record as it battles the coronavirus pandemic, as the economy...
Japan Aluminium Association said on Monday aluminium industry would aim to reduce CO2 emissions by 78% by 2050 from 2017 levels. Japan's aluminium industry would meet its target by increasing the use of recycled metal to 75% from the current 48%, according to a Reuters report. The aluminium...
According to the latest Reuters update, the premium for aluminium shipments to Japanese buyers has been set at $88 per tonne for October-December. The premium is higher by 11 per cent from this quarter, reported sources involved in market pricing. The premium stood higher as industrial demand...
Australian Bauxite Limited’s subsidiary ALCORE Limited has executed a Memorandum of Understanding agreement (MoU) with the Japanese global trading company Sojitz Corporation (Sojitz). Both the companies will explore a potential business relationship with respect to the business of Aluminium...
