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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<p>Japanese aluminium company UACJ announced that it is mulling an investment of US$488 million in the USA and the Kingdom of Thailand in order to increase its rolled aluminium capacity in the oversees facilities by 40 per cent. The company projects that the capex expansion will boost the offshore...
<p>Some big aluminium producers seek a premium of $95-$110 per ton from Japanese buyers for primary metal shipments in the January to March period, up 27-47 percent from the previous quarter, five sources involved in pricing talks said on Friday.<br /><br />Japan is Asia's biggest importer of the...
<p>Japanese automobile conglomerate Honda unveiled its all-new sporty 2017 Civic Si prototype in Los Angeles today. Originally created as the range-topping performance model of the Honda Civic, but superseded by the Type R in the mid-1990s, the Civic Si is about to get a major update and adopt the...
<p>As presented during the 2016 CMRA (China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Recycling Metal Branch) Annual Convention on 7-9 November in Guangzhou, China, recyclers in the United States, Japan and Europe are looking for domestic and export homes for scrap instead of sourcing them...
<p>Some Japanese buyers are showing interest in aluminium for loading in the first quarter of 2017, but a spot offer for December-loading cargo has failed to attract interest, market sources said Monday.<br /><br />Platts CIF Japan spot premium for P1020/P1020A aluminium ingot was assessed at...
<p>Toyota Motor Corporation has launched the Ponam-28V, a new boat for the Japan market. This is a commercial version of the Toyota-28 Concept, which was launched at the Japan International Boat Show in March.<br /><br />The hull of the boat, manufactured by Yanmar is a distinctive feature of...
<p>Japanese aluminium buyers will pay a premium of $75 per tonne over the London Metal Exchange (LME) cash price for their shipments in the fourth quarter of this year, says analyst Andy Home of Reuters. </p> <p><br />The settlement with producers, which will serve as the benchmark for Asian...
<p>According to a Reuters report, physical aluminium premiums have stabilized in Europe and the United States mostly driven by tight market due to attractive financing deals and strong demand. However, premiums in Japan are still vulnerable and may plunge further due to supply glut in...
<p>According to data sourced from three major ports in Japan, aluminium stocks in the country slid 0.6 per cent month-on-month to stand at 304,200 tonnes at the end of August 2016, Marubeni Corp reported on Friday.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto;...
<p>Some Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed to pay producers a premium of $75 per tonne for shipments in the October-December quarter, reflecting softer spot premiums, two sources directly involved in the quarterly pricing talks said on Thursday.<br /><br />The deal, which marks a 17 to 19...
<p>Aluminium buyers in Japan are transitioning away from annual contracts, turning instead to purchasing their aluminium on spot markets, according to a recent article by Reuters. Significant oversupply, largely from smelters from the People’s Republic of China, has kept prices on the spot...
<p>Japanese aluminium buyers are looking to crimp the amount of the metal they purchase via annual contracts, instead turning to spot markets where premiums have in recent months dropped to their lowest in over seven years amid a persistent supply glut.<br /><br />Most aluminium buying by Asia's...
<p>According to a Platts report, Toyota Motor has recently announced plans to cut its Q4 passenger car output by 10% at Japanese plants. The process will be started in Q3 itself and this has compelled Japanese aluminium alloy suppliers to reconsider their output as a large part of aluminium demand...
<p>The leading Japanese car manufacturer Honda has kicked off sale of its pioneering all-aluminium sports car- Honda NSX in a new avatar, in Japan. Custom order for the New Sports eXperience is now open, with customer deliveries slated to begin in February 2017.<br /><br />The first-generation...
<p>According to a latest Reuters update, a major international aluminium producer has offered buyers from Japan a premium of US $82 per tonne for primary metal scheduled for October-December shipment. The premium amount is lower by 9-12 per cent from the last quarter, reported sources involved in...
<p>Toyo Aluminium KK, one of the biggest aluminium paste manufacturers of Japan, has invested in an expansive industrial venture in Vidarbha, India. The Japanese firm has joined hands with Bhandara-based MMP Industries to start a new aluminium paste manufacturing facility at Butibori, an industrial...
<p>According to the recently published report by IndexBox Marketing on EU aluminium tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings, exports in the sector are still struggling to reach the pre-crisis level despite a healthy growth in the last three years. Increasing shipments outside the EU have till date...
<p>Metal scrap consumers in Russia, especially those dealing in aluminium scrap, have been taken aback lately by the speculations regarding Kazakhstan imposing export barriers on some types of scrap. ‘This is in obvious contradiction of many Customs Union regulations and other free trade...
