Japanese aluminium buyers offered $310-$325/t premiums for October-December shipments
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 jump 27%: Is an 8Mt H2 shipment within reach?
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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Japan primary aluminum premium surge by USD 9 for July-September
Japan Metal Bulletin reported that premium for primary aluminum shipment to Japan in July to September is likely to increase by USD 7 and USD 9 to USD 120 per tonne and USD 122 per tonne when the premiums were set high against European and US re rollers while supply and demand balance of primary...
Japanese aluminum stocks in May up by 3pct MoM
Reuters reported that aluminum stocks held at three major Japanese ports at the end of May rose to 7 month high, reflecting inflows from delayed deliveries and also a rise in imports. An official at trading house Marubeni Corporation said that aluminum stocks at the ports came to 225,400 tonnes at...
Japan Q3 aluminum premium deal seen at USD 120 per tonne
Reuters reported that the premium for primary aluminum shipments to Japan in the July to September quarter has been set at USD 120 per tonne for at least one deal up from USD 113 for the current April to June quarter. An industry source directly involved in the premium talks said that despite the...
Rio Alcan still cautious on aluminum outlook
Reuters reported that Rio Tinto Alcan sees strong demand for aluminum in all sectors but remains cautious about its medium term outlook because of the high level of the inventories in London Metal Exchange warehouses. Ms Jacynthe Cote CEO of Rio Tinto Alcan said that concerns about European debt,...
Aluminum Costs to Japan Said to Gain to One-Year High on Post-Quake Demand
Aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia’s largest importer, agreed to a 6 percent gain in premiums charged by suppliers to the highest level in a year as the nation rebuilds from a record earthquake, boosting consumption. Premiums for the three months ending Sept. 30 were set at $120 a metric ton over the...
Japan aluminum demand up by 10pct in F2010
Japanese demand of aluminum ingot and processed aluminum products increased by 9.6% to 3.915 million tonnes in fiscal 2010 ended March 2011 from 20 year low of fiscal 2009. Japan Aluminum Association said that the demand increased for domestic automobile, appliances and construction while the...
Japan April aluminium shipments down 7.6 pct yr/yr
Japanese shipments of aluminium products fell 7.6 percent in April from a year earlier to 163,805 tonnes, industry data showed on Wednesday. That was down 4.3 percent from 170,878 tonnes in March, data provided by the Japan Aluminium Association showed. It was the first full month of data since the...
Kosei Aluminum expects output of auto parts to rise in June-July
...Japan's auto components manufacturer Kosei Aluminum expects to hike production from June to July after slashing it to 50% following the March 11 earthquake...
Japanese earthquake - Japanese aluminum shipments in March dawn by 9pct YoY
...Reuters reported that Japanese shipments of aluminum products fell 8.5% in March from a year earlier logging the first YoY decline in 16 months as last month's devastating earthquake took a toll on demand from industries across the board..
Japanese earthquake - Japanese aluminum shipments in March dawn by 9pct YoY
...Reuters reported that Japanese shipments of aluminum products fell 8.5% in March from a year earlier logging the first YoY decline in 16 months as last month's devastating earthquake took a toll on demand from industries across the board..
<em>Aluminium</em> exports to Japan unaffected by earthquake, Albras says <b>...</b>
... Brazils Albras is shipping primary aluminium to Japan as normal, and deliveries have not been affected by the earthquake and tsunami that ...
Japan March Aluminium Stocks Down 3.3 pct m/m
...Aluminium stocks held at three major Japanese ports came to 201,200 tonnes at the end of March, down 6,900 tonnes or 3.3 percent from a month earlier, trading house Marubeni Corp said on Wednesday...
Japanese earthquake - Secondary aluminum alloy makers reduce scrap procurement in East Japan
...Japan Metals Bulletin reported that secondary aluminum alloy makers in East Japan are decreasing aluminum scrap procurement for consumption in the first half of April...
Furukawa Sky Aluminum shuffles some rolling operations
...Japan Metal Bulletin reported that Furukawa Sky Aluminum started to move production of some commodity grade aluminum products from Fukaya plant in Saitama to Fukui plant...
BP sells Arco Aluminum to Japanese consortium
...Based in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Arco Aluminum produces and markets aluminium sheet for the major US domestic beverage can makers...
Japan Sumitomo Light-lead group to buy U.S. ARCO Aluminum
...Sumitomo Light Metal Industries said on Monday it has led a group of Japanese firms in buying U.S.-based ARCO Aluminum from a subsidiary of British oil major BP Plc for $680 million...
New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Reallocates Orders To Help Japanese Customers
...New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd. is reallocating and reprioritizing customer orders to help Japanese customers whose operations are affected by the earthquake, the company said Friday...
Japan rolled aluminum output up by 3pct in February
...Japan Aluminum Association has announced that Japanese rolled aluminum output increased by 2.7% to 166,199 tonnes in February from a year earlier...
