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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Aluminum stocks held at three major Japanese ports came to 277,800 tonnes at the end of January, up 30,500 tonnes, or 12.3 percent, from a month earlier, trading house Marubeni Corp said on Friday. Marubeni collects data from the key ports of Yokohama, Nagoya and Osaka.
Japan Aluminum Association has announced that Japanese monthly output of rolled aluminum products including flat and extruded products decreased by 6% to 159,845 tonnes in December from a year earlier while the shipment decreased by 6.1% to 157,497 tonnes. Both of the production and the shipment...
Secondary alloyed aluminum makers around Tokyo agreed with aluminum scrap suppliers to increase the scrap purchase price for H1 of February which is the first increase in around a year. The price increases by averaged JPY 5 per kilogram for high grade scrap and by JPY 3 for lower grade scrap. The...
According to Japan Aluminum Refiners Association, Japanese secondary aluminum and aluminum alloy production decreased by 7% to 759,491 tonnes in 2011 from 2010. The shipment decreased by 7.1% to 765,771 tonnes. The production and shipment decreased for the first time in 2 years when major users...
According to Ministry of Finance, Japanese alloyed aluminum import increased by 5% to 1.071 million tonnes in 2011 from 2010. The import increased by 18% to 446,134 tonnes from China and the import hit the record under historical high yen rate. Japanese minor alloyed aluminum makers' order receipt...
Japan Aluminum Association announced Japanese rolled aluminum output decreased by 3.4% to 1.989 million tonnes in 2011 from 2010. The shipment decreased by 3.1% to 1.993 million tonnes. The output and shipment decreased for the first time in 2 years due to slower automobile demand after the major...
According to Japan Aluminum Alloy Refiners Association, Japanese secondary aluminum and aluminum alloy production decreased by 0.3% to 64,910 tonnes in December from a year earlier. The shipment increased by 0.6% to 66,717 tonnes. The production decreased for 2 months in a row but the shipment...
Aluminum scrap market price shows sign to increase around Tokyo. The dealers will offer higher price to the users at talk to set the price for H1 of February when primary aluminum ingot price increases at London Metal Exchange. The local demand is still slow and the users' appetite is low around...
Japanese aluminum alloy suppliers are still nervous about their business outlook for the year, even though Toyota Motor has revised up its 2012 sales forecast as automakers reorganize supply chains to cut costs, industry sources said Thursday. Toyota Motor on Wednesday said its domestic passenger...
Japanese aluminum alloy suppliers are still nervous about their business outlook for the year, even though Toyota Motor has revised up its 2012 sales forecast as automakers reorganize supply chains to cut costs, industry sources said Thursday. Toyota Motor on Wednesday said its domestic passenger...
Japanese major general trading house, Sumitomo Corporation forecasted world primary aluminum demand would increase by 5.5% to 45.681 million tonnes in 2012 compared with the level in the previous year while world supply would increase by 3.8% to 46.622 million tonnes. The oversupply would narrow to...
Japanese major secondary aluminum alloy makers including Daiki Aluminum Industry aim to keep the alloy selling price unchanged for January shipment. The alloy makers expect the price is supported by bottom hitting domestic aluminum scrap market price and rebound of overseas primary aluminum market...
UC Rusal has launched a magnetic hydrodynamic mixer at its Krasnoyarsk smelter’s casthouse to extend its alloy product range. The $2M magnetic hydrodynamic mixer will enable the Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter (KrAZ) to produce 1000, 3000, 5000 and 8000 series alloys and to increase the production...
Chinese largest maker of secondary alloyed aluminium, Sigma Group will increase the production by 18% to 450,000 tonnes in 2012 from 2011. The firm plans 200,000 tonnes of export. Chairman Mr Tony Huang said the firm targets 100,000 tonnes to 200,000 tonnes of export to the largest destination of...
Aluminium stocks held at three major Japanese ports came to 247,300 tonnes at the end of December, up 12 percent from 221,500 tonnes at the end of November, trading house Marubeni Corp said on Friday.
Japan Aluminium Association's chairman Mr Masateru Yoshihara said that domestic aluminium demand in 2012 would be same level or slightly lower than around 3.8 million tonnes in 2011. He warned that the market increases uncertainty since late 2011 at New Year party of the association, Japan...
According to Japan Aluminium Refiners Association, Japanese secondary aluminium and alloyed aluminium ingot output decreased by 0.7% to 69,710 tonnes in November from a year earlier. The shipment decreased by 1.1% to 69,904 tonnes. The output decreased for the first time in 3 months and the...
Japan Aluminium Association said that Japanese monthly output of rolled aluminium products, including flat and extruded products, decreased by 6.1% to 171,267 tonnes in November from a year earlier while the shipment decreased by 6% to 172,576 tonnes. Both of the production and the shipment...
