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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Kobe Steel announced consolidated financial results for fiscal 2017. The reported profit of 63.19 billion yen for the year ended March 31, from a loss of 23.05 billion yen a year earlier. Net sales increased more than 10 per cent to 1.9 trillion yen in FY2017. “Solid demand in steel, aluminium and...
India’s decision to impose safeguard duty on imported solar cells drew criticism both from the European Union and Japan on Monday, April 23, 2018, at the World Trade Organisation. The European Union representative slammed India for its casual analysis. According to the former, the injury analysis...
Japan, a major exporter of aluminium scrap and automotive grade aluminium alloy scrap to the entire of South East Asia, exports considerable amount of aluminium scrap every year. Aluminium scrap export from Japan to South Korea increased in 2017. Aluminium scrap export from Japan to South Korea...
Following Glencore and Rio Tinto’s decision to declare force majeure on Russian aluminium contracts, Japanese companies have asked Russia’s united company Rusal not to ship refined aluminium and other products to them further. On the occasion of US sanctions against world’s No. 2 aluminium producer...
Japan’s aluminium industry is import based and it has stopped producing primary metal altogether shifting its focus towards value added applications and in secondary recovery. The country is Asia's top importer of aluminium and the premiums for primary metal shipments it agrees to pay each quarter...
Japan's aluminum industry on Thursday called for the United States to scrap import tariffs on aluminum as they are against international rules and pose a serious problem. Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump temporarily excluded six countries, including Canada and Mexico, and the countries of the...
Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed to pay producers premiums for supplies of the metal during the second quarter that are 25 percent higher than the first quarter, reflecting surging spot premiums in the United States, five sources directly involved in the quarterly pricing talks said. The two...
Japanese trade minister updated on Tuesday that there is a high chance of some Japanese steel and aluminium products to be exempted from the new US tariffs; reason being the products are not quickly replaceable. “I think there is a high chance that Japanese steel and aluminium products would be...
Some Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed to pay a premium of $129 per tonne for shipments from global producers in the April to June quarter, reflecting soaring U.S. spot premiums, two sources directly involved in the pricing talks said on Monday. The new premium is 25 percent higher than the...
Major Asian nations have expressed strong concern and reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports on Friday. They feared the tariffs will damage global trade relations and urged for a unified call for retaliation. President Donald Trump has...
Japan’s aluminium industry is urging Trump to not advance with his tariffs plan, saying the action will damage country’s business and will increase uncertainty for future trade relations. U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week that he will impose a 10 per cent tariff on imported aluminium...
China’s aluminium alloy export volumes increased by 5.31 per cent year-on-year in December, according to China’s customs data. The country shipped 44,369 tonnes of aluminium alloy last month. Image Source: Shanghai Metals Market Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam were the top importers of country’s...
Aluminium prices on London Metal Exchanges stayed flat with a marginal dip as global manufacturing growth provided support. Manufacturing activity in China and Japan expanded in January resulting in raised output and increased employment supporting a strong recovery in the Asian market. LME...
The difference between Japanese and South Korea spot aluminium premiums has reached $20.50/mt, the widest on record since S&P Global Platts launched its South Korean premium assessment in July 2015. On Wednesday, the Japanese spot import premium was assessed at $102-$104/mt plus London Metal...
Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday that the private JIS certification body cancelled Mitsubishi Aluminium’s certification for some aluminium products at its plant in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture. The ministry said that the company’s quality control system did not meet the...
Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed to pay producers a premium of $103 per tonne for metal shipped in the January-March quarter, reflecting higher spot premiums, five sources directly involved in the quarterly pricing talks said. The deals, an 8 percent to 10 percent rise from the $94-$95 per...
Kobe Steel Ltd, at the centre of a data-falsification scandal that has shaken Japan’s manufacturing industry, admitted for the first time that executives were aware of the cheating, and reassigned three senior officials. Japan’s No.3 steelmaker, which supplies the manufacturers of cars, planes and...
Aluminium powder and flakes also known as metana is used for several applications such as manufacture of slurry, explosive and detonators, thermit process used for manufacture of ferro-alloys, specialised welding applications, and manufacture of aluminium paste, paints and several pigments used in...
