AL Circle Analysis: Import rise meets demand growth on aluminium extrusion chessboard
Aluminium’s downstream trade network is getting more fragmented as import dependence, changing end-use demand and trade-policy interventions reshape regional markets. From North America and Europe to Asia-Pacific, the aluminium industry is navigating a market where access to supply, competitive...
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...
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Granco Clark exhibits at Aluminum USA Nov 11-12, at Cobo Center, Detroit
Granco Clark, the world leading extrusion equipment manufacturer, will be exhibiting at the Aluminum USA Nov 11-12, at Cobo Center, Detroit, Michighan. Like the Cobo Center, named “Best in Class”, it is very fitting that Granco Clark exhibits at the Aluminum USA show. “Aluminium USA is the place to...
The 3rd Automotive Lightweight Procurement Symposium to focus on automotive lightweighting
The 3rd Automotive Lightweight Procurement Symposium to be focused on automotive lightweighting, supply / process chain and procurement management, will take place in Detroit from the 9th – 11th of Nov 2015. At this year North America Automotive Lightweight Procurement Symposium, delegates will...
YTD Aluminum exports from the US and Canada slumped: Aluminum Association
The Aluminum exports from the US and Canada declined sharply by 23.5% during the initial seven-month period of the year. The exports totaled 1.671 billion lb during this period. Meantime, imports surged higher by 19.3% year-on-year to 3.563 million lb. The above figures are in accordance with the...
CM Truck Beds announces extruded aluminum floors
CM Truck Beds announced all of their aluminum truck beds, except that of the ER model, will now come standard with extruded aluminum floors, at no price change. This new flooring system, according to CM Truck Beds, will give the users maximized hauling capacities in comparison to aluminum...
Alcoa completes automotive expansion in Tennessee
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa today announced it has completed an expansion at its Tennessee facility dedicated to supplying aluminum sheet to the automotive industry. The plant will provide aluminum sheet to automakers that include Ford Motor Company, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and General...
Aluminium systems market to be valued at $147.13 billion by 2020
In a recently published market research report, it is projected the global market for aluminium will grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 5.65% from 2015 to 2020, to reach USD 147.13 billion by 2020. As per the report, rising demand for aluminium in emerging economies will be the main...
Ford introduces aluminum 2017 Super Duty pickup
Ford is doubling down on the use of aluminum-bodied vehicles with the unveiling of the 2017 F-Series Super Duty pickup at the State Fair of Texas. The F-Series Super Duty lineup of pickups and chassis cabs is taking the same path as the F-150 in switching from a steel body to one made of aluminum....
Metal service center activity weakened through August
U.S. service centers’ steel and aluminum shipments declined during August, and though Canadian centers’ deliveries increased slightly, the year-to-year figures showed shipments declining even more significantly. Inventory positions declined only slightly for both metals in the United States and...
Sapa acquires aluminum casting plant in The Dalles, Oregon
Portland Oregon – Sapa, the world leader in aluminum solutions, announced today it has completed an asset purchase agreement with Northwest Aluminum Specialties, Inc. to acquire its casting plant in The Dalles, Oregon. This facility brings Sapa's North American cast house network to a total of nine...
US produced 302,000 tons of secondary aluminum in July 2015
Total aluminum recovered from scrap in July 2015 was 302,000 tons, slightly less than that recovered in June and in July 2014. Of this, 162,000 tons of aluminum was recovered from new scrap, 7% less than the amount during the preceding month but slightly more than the amount recovered in July 2014....
US produced 134,000 tons of primary aluminum in July 2015
According to a USGS report, Domestic primary aluminum production in July 2015 was 134,000 metric tons. The average daily production was 4,320 tons, 3% less than the daily production during the preceding month and 6% less than that in July 2014. The monthly average U.S. market price of primary...
Sapa hosts Health & Safety Day in the Americas
Each of Sapa’s aluminium extrusion operations in North and South America stopped the presses on September 17 last week to celebrate their annual Health & Safety Day. Open to employees, their families and invited guests, Sapa’s Health & Safety Day is designed to celebrate and encourage a safe work...
Ford F-150 to shed more steel and use aluminium instead from Alcoa
Ford F-150, America’s top-selling vehicle for 33 straight years, will shed even more steel. Ford announced it would use aluminium from Alcoa’s new micromill in Texas to make more automotive parts for the best-selling F-150 truck, which is now about 25 percent aluminium after switching to the...
Aluminum industry body asks U.S. authorities to probe China exports
A U.S. aluminum industry body has called on federal authorities to investigate allegations that Chinese producers of the metal are improperly labeling their exports, flooding the market and driving down global prices. Aluminum producers in the United States have alleged that the Chinese have...
Redesigned Aluminum Statistical Review highlights demand growth for 5th straight year
The Aluminum Association released the latest edition of the Aluminum Statistical Review for 2014 on September 17, 2015 . The 2015 edition of the Review, which features a new design and statistics through 2014 in the North American market, includes information on every cycle of the aluminum...
Study reveals single serve coffee packaging systems can reduce food waste and lower environmental impact
A recent study by Quantis Canada on the environmental impact of single serve coffee portions, relative to bulk coffee preparation at home, reinforces findings from the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) on two coffee packaging systems commissioned by Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE). The externally...
Ball maintains leadership position for sustainability
Ball Corporation has been named the industry leader for container and packaging companies on the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for the third consecutive year. Ball Corporation maintained its best-in-class position on both the DJSI World Index, and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index...
Metalico completes sale to Total Merchant
US scrap metal operator Metalico, Inc. has completed its acquisition by Total Merchant Ltd. In June this year, Metalico confirmed that it had accepted Total Merchant's all-cash offer of some US$ 102 million subject to the approval of shareholders. It will continue operating under its current...
