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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Japan's aluminium premiums for January-March shipments were set at $110 per tonne, up 22 percent from the previous quarter, on higher overseas rates, six sources directly involved in the talks said. The deal, which marks the first increase in four quarters and a rise from a $90 per tonne premium...
Aluminium settled up 0.2% at 100.35 despite of concern about market surpluses. Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed to pay producers a premium of $110 per tonne for metal to be shipped in the January-March quarter. Japan is Asia's biggest importer of aluminium and the premiums for primary metal...
The London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price has risen from the low $1,400s per metric ton in October to the mid $1,550s last week. At the same time, the Japanese have started settling first quarter 2016 physical delivery premiums at $110 per mt, 22% higher than the previous quarter, the first...
The premiums that Japanese buyers pay for aluminium are expected to rise next year towards $150 a tonne, compared with $90 in the current quarter, due to tighter supply after cutbacks and closures by producers, Japanese trading house Marubeni said. Japan is Asia's top aluminium importer and the...
Some Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed to pay producers a premium of $110 per tonne for metal to be shipped in the January-March quarter, five sources directly involved in the quarterly pricing talks said. The deal, which marks a 22 percent rise from a $90 per tonne premium PREM-ALUM-JP in the...
China reported a decline in both volume and value of its aluminium alloy wheel exports in October. Export quantity fell 2.8% year-on-year (YoY) to 69,500 tonnes in October, and export value also dropped 7.3% YoY to $329 million. Outbound shipment totaled 660,500 tonnes during the first ten months...
According to China Customs, China imported 34,900 mt of primary aluminium in October, up from September’s 10,600 mt. The month-on-month growth is driven by a significant growth of imports under tolling trade. Primary aluminium imported under tolling trade came mainly from Iran, New Zealand and...
CME Group, a leading derivatives marketplace, is utilizing Platts physical market price assessments to settle and clear a new aluminum Japan futures contract launched today. Platts is a leading global provider of energy, metals and agriculture information and a premier source of benchmark price...
TDK-EPC is introducing several new products. The company is releasing snap-in aluminium electrolytic capacitors from EPCOS that enable optimal contact to heat sinks. This permits link circuit capacitors to be efficiently cooled, thus significantly increasing their ripple current capability and...
MEDTEC Japan 2016, Asia's largest exhibition and conference dedicated to the Medical Device Design and Manufacturing industry, is to be held in Tokyo from 20 th - 22 nd April 2016 Over 500 exhibitors from approximately 25 countries around the world will be exhibiting their latest technologies and...
An aluminium producer has offered Japanese buyers a premium of $120 per tonne for January-March primary metal shipments, up 33 percent from the previous quarter, said sources close to industry bodies asscoiated with pricing of metals. Japan is Asia's biggest importer of the metal and the premiums...
UACJ Group, the largest aluminum manufacturer in Japan, announced on Thursday, last week that it would be officially opening an aluminum rolling plant in Rayong. The plant will be the first of its kind in the Southeast Asia region, and will cost Bt21 billion. The plant began operations in August,...
CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will expand its base metals offering with the introduction of a new Aluminum Japan Premium (Platts) futures contract to begin trading on 7 December 2015. Pending relevant regulatory review periods, the new...
Scientists in Japan have developed an ultra-hard glass made using alumina. The new material is thin as well as hard and is made using alumina, an oxide of aluminium. If successfully commercialised, it could increase the durability of glass used in the windows of buildings, cars and in smartphone...
In a revolutionary breakthrough, Japanese researchers have developed a new type of glass that is nearly unbreakable and is said to be as strong as steel. To make glass tougher, alumina- an oxide of aluminium and silicon dioxide- is used. However, in the past, when researchers tried building strong...
Sumitomo Electric Industries has developed an automotive wire harness from a special aluminum alloy that is strong enough and skinny enough to replace around 70% of all copper wire harnesses now used in a car, including in the engine compartment and doors. The average modern car with all its...
Japan's aluminium premiums for October-December shipments were set at $90 per tonne, down 10 percent from the previous quarter on high domestic inventories and weaker overseas rates, five sources directly involved in the talks said on Wednesday. Japan is Asia's biggest importer of the metal and the...
Altech Chemicals Limited has signed a sales and distribution agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation's Australian subsidiary, Mitsubishi Australia Ltd for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) product. The Agreement appoints Mitsubishi as the exclusive seller and distributor of Altech's final HPA...
