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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Asian aluminum premiums have held steady in muted trading during the holiday season, with business being done on a short-term contract basis following last year's premiums volatility. "Spot Main Japanese Port (MJP) premiums were at $240 to $245 per tonne, same as long-term quarterly premium(s)," a...
Japan’s NTN Corporation reports that it has developed a corrosion resistant “Bearphite” material for use in environments that result in the fast corrosion of bearings, such as within gasoline. Motorised fuel pumps and exhaust gas recirculation devices (EGR) for automobiles and motorcycles are...
Japan’s shipments of rolled-aluminum products declined 7 percent in November, the first drop in two months, as demand weakened from automakers and builders. Supplies to domestic and export markets decreased to 160,556 metric tons last month from 172,576 tons a year earlier, the Japan Aluminium...
Pascal Hubert as director of Hydro Aluminium in Châteauroux, seems to be sweeping the questions about the future of the site castelroussin. Especially since the depressed construction sector affects the aluminum profile with full force. "But the extruded products are everywhere in our environment,...
Japanese aluminum auto shred scrap suppliers are eyeing exports as local demand has slowed on the back of falling car production since October, market sources said Tuesday. Spot inquiries for scrap aluminum exported from Japan to Asian countries rise at this time of the year as scrap yards close in...
Global producers of aluminium ingots are turning away yearly premiums in favour of quarterly pricing for 2013 term shipments to Asia, to take advantage of spot premiums that scaled records this year, traders said on Wednesday. Global producers required buyers in Asia to pay premiums, or a surcharge...
Japanese buyers have agreed an aluminium premium of $240 per tonne with Rio Tinto Alcan for some January-March shipments, down from a record $254 to $255 in the previous quarter, three sources directly involved in the talks said on Wednesday. Rio Tinto Alcan offered premiums of $240 last month. The...
Global resources major Rio Tinto Alcan has offered a premium of $240/mt plus London Metal Exchange cash CIF Japan for shipments of primary aluminum to Japan in the first quarter of 2013, local market sources said Tuesday. The premium is for supplies of primary aluminum shipped from the Rio Tinto...
Rio Tinto Alcan has written to Japanese buyers asking them to pay a premium of $240 per tonne over the LME cash price for January-March primary aluminium shipments, a source directly involved in the talks said on Monday. That compares with average premiums of $254 to $255 a tonne , a record high,...
The Japanese government confiscated what appeared to be North Korean aluminum alloy bars from a Singaporean cargo ship at the end of August, the Asahi Shimbun reported Saturday. They were apparently bound for Burma and could have been used in centrifuges for uranium enrichment. The Wan Hai 313...
Aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia’s largest importer, are set to secure the first fee reduction in a year from suppliers as the economy sinks into a recession, according to three executives involved in the negotiations. Premiums for the three months starting in January may drop about 4 percent from...
Asian aluminum premiums have stabilized over the past week as market participants look to next year’s negotiations amid growing expectations of a fall in quarterly premiums. "Japan and (South) Korea are quiet, but we have no spot (material) to offer," a source at a top producer told AMM sister...
Japanese traders are seeking to increase sales of European secondary aluminum alloy to local diecasters making automotive components, industry sources said Tuesday. One diecaster source with three plants in west Japan, making engine parts, said offers from Japanese traders for European ADC12...
Japan's largest aluminum diecaster Aisin Seiki Wednesday posted consolidated sales revenue of Yen 1.3 billion ($16 million) for the six months to September 30, up 27.1% year on year. The company kept its full year sales forecast unchanged at Yen 2.5 billion, but revised down its full year net...
Japan’s shipments of rolled-aluminum products dropped 2.5 percent in September, the second month of decline, an industry group said today. Supplies to domestic and export markets decreased to 158,835 metric tons last month from 162,913 tons a year earlier, the Japan Aluminium Association said in a...
Producers of primary aluminum billet have offered Japanese buyers a 30-70% hike in the 6063 billet upcharge for 2013 term contracts, from $150/mt for 2012, sources in negotiations said Monday. Negotiations between Japanese rolling mills, trading houses and overseas aluminum billet producers for...
Japanese trading houses are not buying primary aluminum ingot from the spot market despite supply easing, market sources said Wednesday. Supply on a spot basis was available due to non-Japanese customers reducing order volumes and spot demand in Asia not as strong as previously expected, the...
Russia's AK5M2 secondary aluminum alloy exported to Japan have been hit by bleak automotive demand outlook for the first quarter of 2013, market sources said Monday. AK5M2 alloy, made by re-melting engine and other aluminum scrap, is used by Japanese secondary aluminum alloy smelters as feedstock...
