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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Japanese consortium Nippon Asahan Aluminium (NAA) on Monday countered the Indonesian government’s offer for its stake in aluminum producer Inalum, which is set to expire on Oct. 31, and demanded $626 million. The government, which has in the past said that it will make Inalum a state-owned...
Aluminium producer says the exchange's 'irresponsible' move to overhaul warehousing has led to confusion and a drop in premiums. Global aluminium premiums have fallen because of "confusion" over the London Metal Exchange's proposal to overhaul its warehousing policy, Alcoa chief financial officer...
Stocks of primary aluminum at the Fushiki Toyama port in northeastern Japan swelled to a record high of 41,000 mt at the end of September, a 24.2% increase compared with 33,000 mt a month earlier, Japanese sources said Wednesday. Stocks increased as Japanese trading houses and end-users built up...
Trade activities for Japanese aluminum spot imports were thin Monday as Japanese market participants shifted their focus to domestic trade after having concluded their fourth-quarter contract premiums negotiations last week, sources said. In the absence of spot deals, bids or offers reported from...
Shipments of rolled-aluminum products by Japanese fabricators to domestic and overseas markets increased by 0.05 percent in August, the second straight month of gains, an industry group said today. Volume rose to 148,988 metric tons last month from 148,920 tons a year earlier, the Japan Aluminium...
Japanese aluminium buyers will mostly pay slightly lower premiums of $245-$247 per tonne over London Metal Exchange (LME) prices for October-December shipments after talks with producers of the metal, sources involved in the negotiations said. The softer premiums, down from around $250 in the...
Some Main Japan ports (MJP) aluminium premium deals for delivery in the fourth quarter have settled at $245-247 per tonne while buyers and sellers are hoping to close negotiations at Metal Bulletin’s aluminiun conference in Geneva this week. A trader in Japan said “we haven’t fixed anything yet but...
Aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia’s biggest importer, won the first cut in nine months on fees they pay to producers as London Metal Exchange proposals to ease the backlog at warehouses pushed down global premiums. The fee for the three months starting in October fell to $245 a metric ton over the...
Brazilian aluminium exports fell 35.8% year-on-year in August as European countries like the Netherlands received fewer shipments. Volumes sent abroad totalled 30,262 tonnes, from 47,162 tonnes in August 2012. Revenues in the month totalled $57.51 million, compared with $87.81 million a year ago....
Elna has expanded and renovated its manufacturing facility, Tanin Elna Co, in Chiang Mai to help boost its production capacity for aluminium electrolytic capacitors. The Chiang Mai facility has been producing electrolytic capacitors since 1980 and began manufacturing electric double-layer...
Negotiations between producers and buyers for main Japanese port (MJP) aluminium premiums for fourth quarter delivery continued this week, with purchasers pushing for lower premiums. Rio Tinto opened talks for Q4 MJP premiums via a detailed letter it sent to clients on August 24 asking for a...
Japan imported less secondary aluminum alloy from China in July than a year ago while local production rose, according to government and industry statistics released this week. Japan imported 29,789 mt of secondary aluminum alloy from China in July 2013, down 6% year-on-year. Imports from China are...
Japanese automaker Mazda Motor plans to increase production capacity of aluminum passenger vehicle engine Skyactiv at its Hiroshima plant by 25% to 1 million units/year by the end of 2014, the company said Tuesday. The current nameplate capacity stands at 800,000 vehicles/year. Mazda started...
Top aluminium producers have offered Japanese buyers a premium of $250 per tonne for October-December primary metal shipments, flat from the previous quarter, three sources involved in quarterly pricing talks said on Wednesday. Japan is Asia's biggest importer of the metal and the fee sets the...
Aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia’s biggest importer, will probably win their first reduction in three quarters for fees they pay to producers after premiums in the U.S. and Europe slumped, three executives said. Premiums for the three months starting in October are likely to fall to the lowest level...
Negotiations for term premiums for primary aluminum exported to Japan in the fourth quarter are expected to start Thursday or Friday after one overseas supplier makes an offer to Japanese buyers, sources said Wednesday. The negotiations take place amid falling spot premiums in Europe and North...
Russian AK5M2 aluminum prices have stayed supported at $2,000/mt for the past six months, as slowing car sales have led to fewer cars getting dismantled, generating less scrap supplies, Japanese market sources said Tuesday. This week, AK5M2 -- melted aluminum scrap used as ADC12 aluminum alloy...
Aluminium ingot inventories at three major Japanese ports fell about 6.3% month-on-month in July, trading house Marubeni Corp’s data showed on Monday August 12. The total inventories at Osaka, Yokohama and Nagoya stood at 234,000 tons in July down from 249,600 tons in June. Inventories were down...
