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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Sapa AB of Sweden and Kobe Steel Ltd. of Japan have signed an agreement under which Kobe Steel will provide Sapa with production technology for aluminum extrusions to be used in Sapa's more than 50 extrusion plants in Europe, North America and Asia, according to information from Sapa. The agreement...
Japan's rolling mills are considering the possibility of using non-Good Western grade aluminum to cut purchase costs, local market sources said Tuesday. The suggestion to diversify aluminum supply sources to non-Good Western grades, including brands not registered on the London Metal Exchange, came...
Kobe Steel, Ltd. has signed a technical transfer agreement with Swedish Sapa AB under which Kobe Steel will provide Sapa with production technology for high-quality aluminium extrusions to be used in Sapa's 50 extrusion plants in Europe, North America and Asia. Both companies excel in aluminium...
Two aluminium buyers in Japan have agreed second-quarter premiums to be paid to producers of $115 per tonne, slightly higher than for the current quarter, while most other Japanese firms are still negotiating for lower premiums, two sources directly involved in the matter said. The agreed figure is...
Two aluminum buyers in Japan have agreed second-quarter premiums to be paid to producers of $115 per tonne, slightly higher than for the current quarter, while most other Japanese firms are still negotiating for lower premiums, two sources directly involved in the matter said. The agreed figure is...
Aluminum hit its highest price on the London Metal Exchange in more than five months, profiting from a recovery and growing demand in key consumer countries, said Commerzbank in a research note. “The Japan Aluminum Association, for instance, believes that demand in the country has already seen its...
Japan's 69 rolling aluminum mills shipped a total 156,455 mt of sheets and extrusions in January, in line with the 156,643 mt shipped in the same month a year earlier, Japan Aluminum Association data showed Tuesday. Sheet shipments fell 8.2% year on year to 84,732 mt in January, but this was offset...
Aluminum buyers in Japan agreed to pay producers higher premiums for shipments starting in April, the first increase in three quarters, as the nation’s recovery from natural disasters boosts demand from builders and carmakers. Premiums for the three months beginning April were set at $115 to $117 a...
Tianjin Golden Wheel Bicycle Group Co.,Ltd self researched and developed aluminum alloy frame industrialization project received Tianjin Science and Technology Award recently. Also export hundreds of new aluminum alloy frame mountain bikes to Japan, Korea, Europe, America and many other countries...
Chinese major secondary alloyed aluminum maker, Delta Aluminum Industry in Which Daiki Aluminum has 20% interest completes Phase III of expansion in March. The output capacity increases from monthly 8,000 tonnes to 12,000 tonnes. The firm tries to expand sales in Chinese market and to Japan through...
According to Japan Aluminum Association, Japanese aluminum re rollers' operating rate was averaged at 79.3% in 2011 which downturned after 2 years. Rolled aluminum production decreased mainly for flat products through the year. The demand temporarily dropped from car industry after the Japan...
Rio Tinto Alcan is asking Japanese buyers to increase the premium they pay on primary aluminium shipments to $132 per tonne for the April-June quarter, two sources involved in informal talks between the two sides said on Wednesday. That compares with premiums of $112-114 paid over the London Metal...
General growth in Asia varies between the mature market of Japan, which has experienced years of flat growth and China which has been growing at 11% per annum. Whilst we predict that Japan's growth is likely to expand in 2012 with reconstruction after the earthquake and tsunami in March of 2011,...
Aluminum scrap market price is peaking around Tokyo. The dealers and secondary alloyed aluminum makers will start the price negotiation for second half of February in late this week. But the dealer and maker sources see they would keep the price due to flat offshore aluminum ingot market price. The...
The volume of spot ADC12 aluminum alloy imports into Japan has soared in the past week ahead of the April-June quarter purchase tenders by automakers and other consumers at the end of the month, local market sources said Tuesday. Four Japanese traders reported deals for over 5,000 mt of ADC12 alloy...
According to Ministry of Finance, Japanese aluminum ingot import increased by 17% to 146,481 tonnes in December from a year earlier. Japanese major aluminum sash makers increased the import to cover production at flood damaged Thai transplants. The alloyed aluminum ingot increased by 13% to 101,202...
Dubai Aluminum Company headed in UAE posted YoY higher sales and profits in 2011 annual financial accounts. The sales increased by 15% to AED 9.9 billion while the operating profit to sales rate upped by one percentage point to 26%. Primary aluminum production was 1.015 million tonnes which...
Stocks of primary aluminum stored at Japan's three main international ports at the end of January totaled 277,800-280,000 mt, the highest level in 32 months, due to a flurry of ships arriving amid a slowdown in domestic demand, local traders said Monday. Stocks of primary ingot, billet, slab and...
