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 diecasters have been hit by Japanese automakers being forced to cut production in China due to slowing sales triggered by geopolitical tensions, industry sources told Platts. Japan's largest automaker Toyota Motor's September car sales in China fell to 44,100 vehicles, from 75,200 vehicles...
Reuters reported that aluminium stocks held at 3 major Japanese ports stood at 273,900 tonnes at the end of September up 4.9% from 261,000 tonnes a month earlier. Trading house Marubeni Corporation said that the stocks at the end of September were up 18.4% from 231,400 tonnes in the same month in...
The Indonesian government has formally rejected Japan’s request to continue to operate aluminum producer PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) after its existing agreement expires in 2013, a senior Indonesian official has said. Industry Minister MS Hidayat said on Tuesday that he and Japan’s vice...
Japanese diecasters have been hit by Japanese automakers being forced to cut production in China due to slowing sales triggered by geopolitical tensions, industry sources said Tuesday. Japan's largest automaker Toyota Motor's September car sales in China fell to 44,100 vehicles, from 75,200...
It was inevitable, really – we have written several times this year on the rising spot premiums for physical delivery of primary aluminum ingot. Japan has seen the greatest surge in premiums, but Europe and even the U.S. Midwest ingot price have not been far behind. Of course in the U.S., consumers...
Aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia’s biggest importer, agreed to pay record premiums over the benchmark prices in London for a second straight quarter after suppliers deepened output cuts, said three industry executives. Premiums for the three months starting October were set at $253 to $255 a metric...
Aluminium stocks held at three major Japanese ports stood at 261,000 tonnes at the end of August, up 11 percent from 235,100 tonnes a month earlier, trading house Marubeni Corp said on Tuesday. The stocks at the end of August were up 8.2 percent from 241,200 tonnes in the same month in 2011....
Japan's aluminum rolling mill Sumitomo Light Metal confirmed Tuesday that it will continue to produce copper tubes after its merger with the country's largest rolling mill Furukawa Sky in October 2013. Its subsidiary Sumikei Copper Tube's product portfolio will complement the strategy of...
A term premium of $255 per tonne for primary aluminium shipments to Japan has been agreed in at least one deal for the October-December quarter, a trader said on Friday, outpacing a third quarter record by nearly 24 percent. In June, aluminium buyers in Japan, Asia's biggest importer of the metal,...
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) announces that its affiliate, Tokyo Aluminum Wire Co., Ltd., will be dissolved on September 30, 2013. Tokyo Aluminum Wire Co., Ltd., which has been producing and selling aluminum rough drawing wire for electric cables, is to be dissolved because demand for aluminum electric...
To explore the lucrative market for lithium-ion car battery cathode materials in Taiwan and Japan, C.S. Aluminum Corp., a aluminum flat rolled product manufacturer fully owned by Taiwan’s China Steel Corp., the largest steelmaker on the island, has set up a new pickling line for aluminum foils....
Japanese producers of aluminum extrusion for automotive components were seeking buyers in overseas markets so that they will be able to maintain their output levels, mill sources said Friday. In July, production hit a high last seen in October 2008. Japan's 69 rolling plants produced 12,536 mt of...
Japan is increasing exports of scrap aluminum to China as it gets higher prices overseas, market sources said Wednesday. The country exported 47,645 mt of scrap aluminum to China over January to July, up from 39,878 mt a year ago, customs data released last week showed. Japan's total scrap aluminum...
Japanese aluminium buyers are looking to lock in fourth-quarter supplies at a premium of around $250 to $253 per tonne, two industry sources said on Wednesday, about 20 percent more than the record high level of the previous three months. In June, Japanese aluminium buyers -- Asia's biggest...
Japan's domestic shipments of auto diecasting aluminum alloy slipped 2.2% month on month to 38,784 mt in July, despite a 3.3% gain in total alloy shipments to 70,322 mt, the Japan Aluminium Alloy Refiners Association said Thursday. On a year-on-year basis, July ADC shipments were up 2.7%, while...
India's aluminum exports could rise 5 percent in the current fiscal year to 325,000 tonnes, despite a slowdown in global demand, a senior industry official said, as falling prices have led rival global producers to cut production. Declining aluminum prices have forced major players such as Alcoa...
Furukawa-Sky (5741) Aluminum Corp., Japan’s biggest maker of rolled aluminum products, agreed to take over Sumitomo Light Metal Industries Ltd. as the companies seek to pare costs and compete with international rivals. Sumitomo Light Metal investors will get 0.346 shares of Furukawa-Sky for each...
Fourth-quarter Japan aluminum contract premiums will likely settle higher compared with the third quarter as supply remains tight in Asia due to smelter cutbacks and the movement of metal into long-term financing deals, traders said Monday. Premiums to London Metal Exchange aluminum prices are...
