Can Oklahoma reshape US aluminium supply? EGA’s Ziad Fares explains the project
As the US seeks to rebuild its domestic aluminium production capacity, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Century Aluminum are advancing plans for a new primary aluminium smelter in Inola, Oklahoma, targeting more than 750,000 tonnes of annual production. In this exclusive conversation with AL...
Collapsed Canada tariff talks put Indiana's aluminium jobs back in the spotlight
Indiana has emerged as an unlikely flashpoint in the latest round of US-Canada trade friction, after Washington's now-collapsed negotiations with Ottawa briefly put a proposed cut to aluminium tariffs on the table, one that industry advocates say would have hit the state's fabrication workforce...
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Rusal resumes aluminum supplies to the US; hopes to win back lost customers by September 2019
After the lifting of US sanctions, Rusal has resumed supplies to the U.S. market and the company now aims to gain back all the lost customer during the sanction period in which, supply contracts for 2020 were sealed. Rusal could not sign new contracts for 2019 in September as the company was still...
Braidy Industries extends the deadline for its US$500 million stock sale to June 15
Braidy Industries has extended its deadline for its stock sale. The company launched a roughly US$500 million worth of stock offerings in September 2018 in order to raise money to build a $1.7 billion aluminium rolling mill in Eastern Kentucky. The sale which was supposed to end in November has...
World primary aluminium production up 0.26% YoY in February, but down 9% MoM
According to the latest data showed by International Aluminium Institute (IAI), world primary aluminium production stood at 4.92 million tonnes in February 2019, down 9.07 per cent from January production of 5.4 million tonnes, but up 0.26 per cent from February 2018 production of 4.9 million...
Aluminum Association, Aluminium Association of Canada and IMEDAL release joint letter urging for quota free tariff exemptions
The Aluminum Association released a joint letter with the Aluminium Association of Canada and IMEDAL urging for quota-free exemptions from the aluminium tariffs for Canada and Mexico before the implementation of United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Addressed to the Presidents of the US,...
Mexico reiterates its stand against proposal steel & aluminium quotas; demands removal of tariffs
Mexico’s Deputy Economy Minister Luz Maria de la Mora said to reporters on Monday that they are against the proposed steel and aluminium quotas and demanded complete removal of tariffs on those products under U.S. Section 232. He insisted that the tariffs cannot be replaced by any quota system....
US exports of aluminium scrap up 12% YoY in 2018; Chine & South Korea top the importer list
According to the latest report from US Geological Survey, the US exports of aluminium scrap, which is not included in the government’s consumption statistics, came in at 1.76 million tonnes in 2018. The figure was up 190,000 tonnes or 12.1 per cent from 2017 total of 1.57 million tonnes....
Illinois-based aluminium remelter Jupiter Aluminum to invest in expanding its Beech Bottom facility
Jupiter Aluminum, an Illinois-based company that melts aluminium scrap and produce aluminium coils for building and construction industry is expanding its plant Jupiter Coil Coat Beech Bottom West Virginia. Jupiter Aluminum operates its lines in the former Wheeling Corrugating Plant along W.Va. 2....
Tariffs and higher prices drive up US production by Japanese aluminium makers
The 10% tariffs on imported aluminium imposed by Trump administration in March 2018 has cut down on the import, especially from China and Russia. Total aluminium import by the US dropped 10% from 2017 to 6.2 million tonnes in 2018. Japanese aluminium product manufacturers are now focusing on...
US Primary aluminium production up 20% to 891,000 tonnes in 2018 driven by reopening of smelters
According to the latest report from US Geological Survey, the US primary aluminium production in December 2018 was 95,000 tonnes. The average daily production in December was 3,050 tonnes, 4% more than that in November 2018, 48% more than that in December 2017. The total aluminium production in...
Dada Holdings, parent company of Noranda Alumina appoints new Director of Strategy and Investor Relations
Dada Holdings LLC, an investment and management company based in Florida and the new owner of Noranda Bauxite and Noranda Alumina has recently announced the appointment of Dan Byrne as its Director of Strategy and Investor Relations. Mr. Byrne will be based at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the company...
East Manufacturing introduces aluminium air tank to its trailer range for lightweighting and anti-corrosion
East Manufacturing, an Ohio based manufacturer of aluminium flatbed, drop deck, dump and refuse trailers as well as aluminium truck bodies and steel dump trailers has introduced its aluminium air tank as standard on all trailer types and models. The company has been working towards lightweighting...
Aluminum Extruders Council releases its 2019 Buyers' Guide
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has released the latest edition of the AEC Buyers Guide. The Buyers’ Guide is a comprehensive directory of AEC Extruder Members, featuring such information as company headquarters, plant locations, contact information, maximum press circle size, forms produced,...
Top five aluminium exporters to the USA during Jan-Nov 2018
The total aluminium imports by the USA for consumption stood at 5.76 million tonnes in 11-month period of 2018, down 570000 tonnes or 9 per cent from 6.33 million tonnes in 11-month period of 2017, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. {newsStudioGallery}...
North American aluminium foil and can stock shipments down in February; plate and sheet shipments up 2.5%
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, shipments of can stock by domestic producers was down 5.7 per cent year-on-year to 130725 tonnes during February 2019. Compared to the previous month, shipments dropped 11.2 per cent from the January 2019 total of 147236 tonnes. Year-to-date...
WSJ reports UBC stockpiling due to less recycling; falling export impacts an already oversupplied market
Wall Street Journal reported that used beer and soda cans pile up in the U.S. scrapyards as rolling mills are turning to producing more profitable auto parts rather than recycling and turning the scraps to new can sheets. The news story says used cans are piling up at scrapyards because U.S....
Coca-Cola awarding $5.4 million to community recycling pilots in US
The Coca-Cola Foundation is reportedly funding community recycling pilots in seven cities across the United States, in a bid to encourage their efforts. The amount it is giving is $5.4 million, including $4 million for a three-year programme with the Recycling Partnership in Atlanta. “In each pilot...
Industry expert Anthony Tropeano joins ALUMINUM USA 2019 Advisory Board
ALUMINUM USA is the leading exhibition and technical conference for aluminum products, technologies and investments in the United States is taking place on September 12-13, 2019 at Nashville, TN USA. The mega event brings together the global aluminium industry every two years. ALUMINUM USA...
Matalco’s US$80 million aluminium recycling plant in Wisconsin expects to have a ground breaking in June
Matalco’s US$80 million aluminium recycling plant in Wisconsin Rapids got preliminary approval from the city's Finance and Property Committee to the purchase agreement for the land and the developer's agreement for the project. Matalco Vice President for Corporate Development Robert Roscetti says...
