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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US beer and canning industry continues to worry over price and premium hike from aluminium tariffs
Local breweries in the US that rely heavily on aluminium cans are starting to feel the pinch of import tariffs on aluminium products imported from Canada. Winnipeg is home to over 20 different local beer breweries that now have no other choice than to pay the tariff in order to continue producing...
In Conversation - With Mr. Dominic Marcotte, Consul and Director, Bureau du Quebec in Mumbai
AlCircle has been in a cordial relationship with Bureau du Quebec in Mumbai, mostly attributed to our long time association with Aluminium Association of Canada as well as the Quebec Aluminium Industry, as a portal catering to the global aluminium sector. We had an opportunity to interact with Mr....
Benada Aluminum expands operation as import tariffs on aluminium boosts domestic extrusion demand
Benada Aluminum, an American owned and operated aluminium extruder located in Sanford, Florida USA has recently added dozens of jobs for a new production line at its Sanford factory. The company is of the view that the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration “have levelled the playing field”...
Imports of aluminium and aluminium product drops in North America in the month of May
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, imports of aluminium ingot, scrap and mill products into the U.S. and Canada (excluding crossborder trade) totalled 330,215 tonnes in May 2018, off 20.8 per cent from the May 2017 total of 416,851 tonnes. Including scrap, which accounted for...
Wisconsin Oven announces shipment of aluminium aging ovens to automotive parts manufacturer
Wisconsin Oven Corporation has manufactured and delivered four electrically heated enhanced duty walk-in ovens for aging aluminium parts. The company designs, engineers, and manufactures industrial ovens and other heating equipment. The aluminium aging ovens feature company’s patented high...
Samuel acquires leading California based aluminium extruder Sierra Aluminum
Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, an Ontario based family-owned integrated metal manufacturing, processing and distribution company; announced the acquisition of Sierra Aluminum, a leader in the aluminium extrusion industry based at Riverside, California. Sierra supplies aluminium extrusions and related...
Sonoco announces 4% price rise in all its composite cans and metal ends on import tariffs on aluminium and steel
Sonoco Products Co. announced on Monday that it will raise prices on all composite cans and metal ends in the U.S. and Canada by 4%, in response to recent import tariff on steel and aluminium. The price increases will be effective from Aug. 1. Sonoco is a US$5 billion global provider of consumer...
Abbott urges Trump to reconsider imported aluminium and steel tariffs
Governor Greg Abbott urged President Donald Trump in a letter on July 28, to reconsider tariffs on imported aluminium and steel, arguing that the metals are vital to the growth of Texas’ industries. In the letter, Abbott mentioned Texas companies imported more than US$8.3 billion worth of aluminium...
US aluminium atomizer Ampal Inc. files exclusion request from import tariffs, fears downsizing
The recently imposed tariffs on aluminium it imports from Canada are slowly affecting the small and medium size aluminium product manufacturers in the US creating a concern over supply disruption and cost increase. Ampal Inc., the nation’s most productive aluminium atomizer whose parent company,...
Canada’s measures against US tariffs will not help its economy: White House
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told a media briefing on Monday, July 2, that Canada’s measures to impose tariffs on imports of aluminium, steel and other products from US worth C$16.6 billion ($12.63 billion) in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian aluminium and steel will not help Canada’s...
Growing automotive demand turns Kentucky into an aluminium recycling and downstream hub
A report from the Aluminum Association ranks the state of Kentucky No. 1 nationally in per capita jobs creation in the aluminium sector. According to the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, there are about 200 aluminium-related companies in Kentucky. About 100 new facilities or expansion...
Aluminium demand in North America up 4.7% YoY in the first four months of 2018; imports up 8.1%
Preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association indicate that the total aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) stood at an estimated 4.3 million tonnes through April 2018, up 4.7% over the same period of 2017. Demand for aluminium...
Canada to offer support to industries hit by U.S. aluminium and steel tariffs
Canada will announce an aid package worth between C$500 million and C$800 million to steel and aluminium companies affected by the U.S. metal tariffs, according to news published by Reuters. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will make the announcement in Hamilton on Friday, 29 June 2018. Chrystia...
Trump urged to drop tariffs on Mexican products
More than 60 American companies representing dairy farmers and cheesemakers in a letter have asked US President Donald Trump to suspend high steel and aluminium tariffs on Mexico until renegotiations over a regional free trade treaty are completed. Calling Mexico the "largest and most reliable...
Brazil aluminium household articles export recorded a rise in 2017, U.S. tops the importer list
Brazil exported USD 19.24 billion worth of goods globally in May 2018, down 2.8 percent year-on-year. The decline was due to lower sales of manufactured goods and semi-manufactured goods. The exports of aluminium household articles by Brazil increased last year. Three-year trend analysis suggests...
Rio Tinto extends sustainable aluminium agreement with Scepter
Rio Tinto announced that it has extended the agreement with Scepter for an additional ten years. Rio has renewed the contract for the treatment of by-product from the aluminium smelting process known as "skims" in Quebec, Canada. Scepter, an internationally recognized leader in aluminium dross and...
U.S. boat makers condemn "harmful policies" on aluminum imports
U.S. boat makers Wednesday urged President Donald Trump to immediately withdraw high tariffs on alloy aluminum sheet imports from China, saying these "harmful policies" will cost American industries dearly. "The administration claims their trade policies aim to level the playing field for American...
US import of alumina up 50%, export down 17% in Q1 2018
The U.S. imported 463,000 tonnes of alumina in the first quarter of 2018, 31 per cent more than the total of 355,000 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2017, and 50 per cent more than the total of 308,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2017, according to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina...
