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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The 10% tariffs on imported aluminium imposed by Trump administration in March 2018 has cut down on the import, especially from China and Russia. Total aluminium import by the US dropped 10% from 2017 to 6.2 million tonnes in 2018. Japanese aluminium product manufacturers are now focusing on...
Altech Chemicals Limited provides an update on the transition by lithium-ion battery manufactures to high purity alumina (HPA) coated battery separator sheets. This is apparent from recently announced quarterly sales data by Japanese separator sheet manufacturer W-Scope (6619 JT) and from the...
Scrap dealers in Japan have notified today, on February 8 that the prices of used aluminium beverage cans or UBC are down by 8 per cent since the start of this year. Beverage makers’ shift to plastic polyethylene terephthalate bottles is the main reason for this price fall, said the dealers...
Japan is home to two of the world’s leading automotive rolled aluminium producers- UACJ Corporation and Kobe Steel and Aluminium. Globally automotive aluminium rolled product market is growing driving the demand for aluminium plates, sheets and strips. Kobe Steel and Aluminium ships considerable...
According to a Reuter’s report, Japanese aluminium buyers will pay 17 percent and 19 percent lower imports premiums for January to March, from $103 per tonne in the previous quarter. This marked the second consecutive quarterly drop and the lowest since the fourth quarter of 2016. It is also lower...
South Korea, one of the leading aluminium scrap importers in the world, imports aluminium scrap and recycles them for making aluminium alloys. The country’s estimated import volume registered a growth of 42855 tonnes or 6 per cent year-on-year in 2018. South Korea’s automotive sector is a major...
The torches for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will use recycled aluminium in their making. The aluminium will be sourced from a temporary housing in Japan's Fukushima prefecture which was stricken by an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear disaster in 2011, local media said on Tuesday. More than 10,000...
According to a Reuters report, trading house Marubeni has projected Japan aluminium premiums to rise towards a range of between US$100 and US$130 a tonne in late 2019 due to tighter global supplies despite Rusal getting back into action. LME aluminium prices sank to a 16-month low on Thursday on...
A Japanese aluminium buyer has agreed to pay a global producer a premium of $85 per tonne over the benchmark price for shipments in January to March, the lowest in more than two years, two sources involved in pricing talks said on Tuesday. That is down 17 percent from a premium of $103 per tonne in...
The Aluminum Association joined global aluminium association leaders from Brazil, Canada, the EU, Japan and Mexico and signed a letter to leaders of the G20 calling for renewed commitment “to tackling the issue of market-distorting aluminium overcapacity.” The association leaders, in the letter...
PyroGenesis Canada has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with one of the largest Japanese trading houses, which outlines the understanding of how the Parties will move forward towards a potential joint venture partnership for the purpose of developing DROSRITE™ tolling services globally. A...
Altech Chemicals published Quarterly Report for September 2018. The company organized the official ground breaking ceremony for Altech’s held at Johor HPA site during this quarter. The Australian High Commissioner and German Ambassador to Malaysia unveiled official opening plaque. The ceremony was...
Japanese aluminium company UACJ has removed Rusal from a list of its suppliers for next year due to uncertainty over U.S. sanction against the Russian aluminium giant, according to news published by Reuters. “Given uncertainty over (the U.S. sanctions against) Rusal, we are removing Rusal for now...
Indian aluminium makers including Hindalco Industries and Vedanta Ltd. are reportedly boosting sales to Japan amid the United States’ lofty import tariffs and sanctions against Rusal. Usually, Japan, being a quality concerned consumer, never regarded the products from India a high enough quality....
Altech Chemicals Limited recently participated in BATTERY OSAKA, a three-day international rechargeable battery exhibition held in Osaka, Japan from 26 to 28 September 2018. The company provided an update on the recent developments and the outlook for high purity alumina (HPA) demand in the...
Premiums for Japanese aluminium shipments for the October to December quarter were set at $103 per tonne, down 22 percent from the previous quarter, as Asian spot premiums fell amid ample supply, four sources directly involved in the pricing talks said. The new premium compares with the $132 per...
The US and Japan announced intentions to start negotiations on a new free trade agreement after a meeting between President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday September 26. This indicates that the two countries would not impose new tariffs on each other during the...
Some Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed to pay a global producer a premium of $103 per tonne for shipments in the October to December quarter, reflecting lower spot premiums, two sources directly involved in pricing talks said on Wednesday. The premium is 22 percent lower than the $132 per tonne...
