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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Alcoa Corporation provides update regarding Wenatchee smelter in Washington state
Alcoa, a global leader in bauxite, alumina and aluminum products, announced today that it will make a $62.4 million payment under an electricity supply agreement for its smelter in Wenatchee, Washington, and will permanently close one of four potlines at the fully curtailed facility. In connection...
Analysts believe effective recycling of aluminium can tackle influx of import to the U.S.
Economists in the US are deliberating on how Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminium are expected to increase prices of aluminium and aluminium products including the finished products by end users. They see the possibility of a trade war between the US and its closest allies with the...
US aluminium and steel tariffs hike boosts Elk Grove supply chain prices
Business leaders in the Elk Grove Village Business Park are keeping a watchful eye on Washington’s newly imposed tariffs on imported aluminium and steel as they have started impacting the metal processing plants in the business park and machining business that use aluminium and steel to create...
Zephyr Aluminium to move to East Hempfield Township next month
The commercial aluminium and glass contractor Zephyr Aluminium LLC is moving from Lancaster city to East Hempfield Township next month, after purchasing a former printing plant there for US$2.95 million, courthouse record shows. Acquired from Pemcor, the new property at 2100 State Road has 54,000...
Breweries in the US adjusting to aluminium & steel tariffs; profit drops looming large
Canning beer is getting more expensive for breweries, thanks to the tariffs on imported steel and aluminium that went into effect in June. The price of steel went up by 25% and aluminium by 10%. Wilmington Brewing Company cans beers every alternate week with about 6,000 units of aluminium cans in...
Quebec offers C$100 million in loans, guarantees to firms hit by U.S. metals tariffs
The Canadian province of Quebec will offer C$100 million ($77.1 million) in loans and guarantees on loans to steel and aluminum companies hit by recent U.S. tariffs, the province’s economy minister said on Monday. Companies that transform the metals will benefit from the program after the United...
Aluminium product exports by the U.S. and Canada up 15.3% in the the first four months of 2018
According to Aluminum Association’s latest highlights, imports of ingot, scrap and mill products into the U.S. and Canada (excluding crossborder trade) totaled 397,000 tonnes in April 2018, slightly up from the amount in April 2017. Including scrap, which accounted for roughly 51.7 percent of...
Hazelett Casting Process Selected for JW Aluminum Expansion
Hazelett Corporation confirms that the Hazelett Twin-belt Continuous Casting Process will be utilized for the JW Aluminum expansion announced today. “This new facility will be a model for the most cost-effective and energy efficient sheet production in North America,” said Mr. David Hazelett,...
JW Aluminum to invest $255 million in its Mount Holly flat rolled aluminium plant
JW Aluminum, a manufacturer of flat-rolled aluminium products used in a variety of consumer and commercial applications, has announced that it will invest $255 million in an expansion of its Mount Holly flat rolled aluminium plant in Goose Creek, South Carolina. The expansion includes the...
End-users in the automotive industry in Ohio to face impact of US-Canada trade war
Ohio is one among those many states in the US who are fearful about the impact of prospective US-Canada trade war. Since when the United States declared to impose additional 25 per cent tariff on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium that is imported from Canada to the US, Canadian Prime Minister...
Aluminium recovery from scrap in the US drops YoY in the first quarter of 2018
According to aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, the U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated 352,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap during March 2018, down about 6% from the March 2017 total. Total aluminium recovered from scrap in March...
Canada remains top aluminium product exporter to the US in Q1 2018; China leads as semi-finished product supplier
According to the latest report from US Geological survey, total imports aluminium by the US for consumption in the first quarter of 2018 remained unchanged from those in the same period in 2017. Imports of crude metal and alloys, and scrap by the US decreased by 5% and 11%, respectively, but...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stops at Saguenay aluminium hub before heading for G7 summit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped at Saguenay, the heart of Canada's aluminium country before heading to the G7 summit — where he repeated his pledge to try to convince Donald Trump about the mistake in imposing tariffs on Canada’s aluminium. Saguenay has a significant connection to what will...
Mnuchin recommends Trump to exempt Canada from additional aluminium and steel tariffs
The US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged President Donald Trump to exempt Canada from additional 25 per cent tariffs on imported steel and 10 per cent on imported aluminium, on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in a trade meeting at White House. This news came from senior administration officials and...
Montreal Aluminium Summit calls for creation of Global Aluminium Forum on aluminium overcapacity
The national aluminium associations’ leaders from Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan have called for the creation of a Global Multilateral and Governmental Forum on Aluminium Overcapacity based on a robust international monitoring system. The national aluminium associations' leaders have...
Mexico’s import of aluminium from the US outpaced exports in 2017
Currently, Mexico is hitting the headlines due to the US tariffs on imported aluminium and steel and NAFTA negotiations. The country hit back fast on U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium on Thursday, targeting products from congressional districts. The tit-for-tat measures would complicate the NAFTA...
Canada to counterattack US for imposing additional tariffs on imported aluminium and steel
Canada, as one of the most important allies of the United States, expressed its dismay yesterday, on May 31, on knowing that it had not been removed by the US from the list of countries for additional 25 per cent tariffs on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium. Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia...
Century Aluminum Reports Electrical Failure Affecting One Potline at its Sebree Smelter
Century Aluminum Sebree LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company, announced today that it was forced to temporarily stop production on one of its three potlines due to an electrical failure at the Sebree aluminum smelter. No injuries were sustained in connection with these events...
