US industrial policy needs to be systematic, not just ad hoc – Part 2
Our current approach can win economic skirmishes, but not the geopolitical conflict. – Part 2 Impact #5 of ad hoc industrial policy: Failing to use all required tools Industrial policy is often caricatured as just tariffs and subsidies. Mis-framed debates that evaluate the merits of tariffs in...
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...
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Streamlining business: Alcoa to consolidate global administrative locations
<p>The global minerals and metal major Alcoa Corporation today announced that it plans to consolidate its worldwide administrative locations in a bid to streamline its overall business and lower costs.</p> <p>Alcoa said that it will close its office in New York City and shift its global...
Week in Review: How acquisitions and installations affected downstream aluminium industry
<p>With news coming up every day on downstream aluminium industry, AlCircle makes sure you’re informed on the latest acquisitions, installations, expansions and future outlook of the companies. Through this article, let’s revisit some of the news that you need to know from the...
Ford’s 2018 Navigator SUV gets an aluminium body
<p>Ford Motor Company has unveiled its Lincoln luxury brand’s new 2018 Navigator SUV at the 2017 New York International Auto Show. The all new Navigator comes with aluminium body and makes an attempt to compete with Cadillac Escalade. </p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display:...
China Zhongwang’s profit in 2016 up 12.1% on healthy automotive demand
<p>According to an SMM report, China Zhongwang posted a 12.1% rise in net profit to 3.14 billion yuan in 2016. The rise in profit was primarily driven by rapid expansion in the automotive aluminium market in Asia, North America and Europe. The result was published in the company’s 2016...
Total aluminium imports by US and Canada up 50% through the first two months of 2017
<p>As reported in the Aluminum Association’s “Index of Net New Orders of Aluminum Mill Products” for March increased 13.6% over February 2017.</p> <p>{newsStudioGallery}</p> <p>Month on month, orders for flat roll products (sheet, plate, can stock and foil) were up 14.7%, while...
Midwest Steel and Aluminium to expand its operations to Rogers
<p>Midwest Steel and Aluminium is moving its operations to Rogers, Arkansas, USA in order to implement its $5.2 million expansion that will enable the company to double its space and hire 15 more people over its current capacity of 22 employees.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display:...
UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries to expand its facility in Paducah
<p>UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries Inc. is going to expand its plant in Paducah with a total investment of nearly $3.3 million. Paducah Economic Development has made an announcement that the expansions consists of a 56,000 sq. ft.</p> <p>The new expansions will have machining centres, robotics...
SAF RainScreen Architectural Panel System Evaluated by the Texas Department of Insurance
<p>Southern Aluminum Finishing Co., (SAF), announces the completion of the Texas Department Insurance's (TDI) Product Evaluation of SAF's Series 4000 RainScreen Drained & Back-Ventilated ACM Panel system. The TDI review and evaluation followed the Florida Building Code approval of the Series...
US aluminium scrap recovery up 2.2% in January
<p>According to the aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey and Department of Interior, the U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated 754 million pounds of aluminium scrap during January 2017, registering an increase of 2.2 % over the January 2016 total of 738...
Aluminium industry supplier in USA closes door due to industry downturn
<p>A century old Freeport Brick Co., which was bought by Fuzion Technologies in 2005, will shut down on April 30, according to the United Steelworkers union in Pittsburgh. The plant produces fire bricks that line industrial equipment such as kilns and furnaces and supplies to steel mills and...
North American aluminium demand and apparent consumption up in January 2017
<p>Preliminary estimates from the Aluminum Association indicate that aluminium demand in the United States and Canada that includes shipments by domestic producers plus imports stood at an estimated 2,242 million pounds in January 2017, up 5.3% over January 2016. Demand for semi-fabricated (mill)...
Almex USA to supply casting technology to Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions
<p>Almex USA Inc. has announced its selection as the technology and equipment provider for a U.S. subsidiary of the Kobe Steel Group. The new greenfield facility, presently under construction in Bowling Green, Kentucky, will be owned and operated by Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc....
Constellium boosts aluminium recycling capabilities with new furnace at its Muscle Shoals facility
<p>Constellium N.V. today announced that it has installed a new aluminium recycling furnace at its Muscle Shoals, Ala. facility in an effort to expand recycling capabilities in North America. The now fully operational furnace is expected to increase the total recycling output by 170 million pounds,...
Week in Review: value added applications move the downstream market
<p>The week has seen a few significant deals driven by the end user sector. The market saw a few downturn and China reported a drop in semis export. Here is a quick recap of the top news headlines from the last week. </p> <p><strong>Arconic announces multi-year deal with Toyota...
US aluminium wheel maker to acquire Uniwheels for $715 million
<p>US aluminium wheel maker Superior Industries has offered to purchase Uniwheels, a manufacturer of light-alloy wheels for the automotive industry, for a $715 million after winning the support of the Warsaw-listed company's biggest shareholder.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;...
North America’s aluminium extruded product shipments drop in February
<p>According to the latest monthly statistics from Aluminum Association, shipments of Aluminum Extruded Products (extruded shapes, pipe & tube, and rod & bar) by U.S. and Canadian producers stood at an estimated 419.2 million pounds during February 2017, registering a drop of 3.3 per cent...
New can stock scrap receipts in the US drop in February
<p>According to the latest monthly statistics from Aluminum Association, the new can stock (class) scrap receipts in the United States totalled 52.8 million pounds during February 2017. This registered a drop of 4.1 per cent from the February 2016 total of 55.0 million pounds.</p> <p><img...
Good news for aluminium as cans gain over bottles in American beer market
<p>Beer drinkers in America prefer to drink from a convenient aluminium can rather than twisting glass bottle caps. Canned beers represented 56.2% of the market in 2016, continuing the fifth straight annual increase in share and up from 50.3% eight years earlier. The statistics has been shared in...
