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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Santini to distribute Ambrosio in US
Santini U.S., the American subsidiary of the Italian clothing maker, will begin importing Ambrosio wheels and rims from Italy, effective immediately. Ambrosio has been manufacturing aluminum rims in Solaro, Milan for over 80 years. The company is most famous for its Nemesis tubular rim, used by...
Automotive aluminum sludge delisted from hazardous waste list in Ontario, Canada
The line between "hazardous" and "non-hazardous" waste is often drawn in a somewhat arbitrary way, sometimes for historical reasons. Occasionally, it is possible to persuade the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to readjust the line. Canadian automotive manufacturers have had one of these rare...
Alcoa Inc Facing ‘hard times’ on aluminum plants
It is not all that good for Alcoa Inc as it has been forced to close some of its aluminum plants to reduce the production of aluminum by 164,000 tons. These plans are aimed at ensuring a balance between supply and demand. The close of some of the plants will reduce the aluminum capacity by...
International Aluminium Institute : Launch of Recycling Curriculum in Schools
A new curriculum, being developed by JASON Learning and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), will educate America's school children on the importance of recycling and the physics, chemistry and engineering behind it. "This partnership will show students how a career in science,...
Structures USA plans $3.3M plant in Kentucky
Structures USA LLC plans to build a $3.3-million steel and aluminum tubular products manufacturing facility in Elizabethtown, Ky., according to the state’s governor. The company, a manufacturing arm of Mars, Pa.-based VSI Sales LLC, will create 50 jobs in the next few years as it looks to supply...
White Aluminum acquires Jensen Beach Aluminum
White Aluminum has announced the acquisition of Jensen Beach Aluminum adding to an ever-growing list of branch divisions. White Aluminum, headquartered in Leesburg, continues to expand service areas that now cover several counties across the middle, southwest and east coast portions of the state....
Rio Tinto Alcan celebrates first metal production in its aluminium smelter in Canada
Rio Tinto Alcan celebrates the first metal produced at its new US$ 1.1 billion Arvida Aluminium Smelter, AP60 Technology Centre, in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. This important milestone marks the transition from a world-class construction project to a 60,000-tonne technology development centre...
Sierra Aluminum to add new Extrusion Press
Sierra Aluminum Co. is planning an expansion project in mid-2014 that will include the addition of a UBE Extrusion Press to complement its six current presses, according to an Aug. 27 company release. The 2,500 ton single-action short stroke extrusion press will be installed in Sierra's newest...
Aluminum tube plant to open in Kentucky
Structures USA, a newly formed manufacturing arm of VSI Sales, will open a factory in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, to make aluminum and steel tubes for a variety of industries, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear said Friday. The Mars, Pennsylvania-based company said it will invest more than $3.3 million...
Toyota to invest $102 mln to boost transmission output in U.S.
Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it will invest $102 million at its West Virginia engine and transmission plant and aluminum casting factories in Missouri and Tennessee to boost production. The Japanese automaker said it will invest $90 million at the Buffalo, West Virginia, plant to increase...
Alcoa Inc wants to speed-up auto market efforts
Alcoa Inc has been gaining some reach in the auto market. This has fueled its confidence and is stepping up operations in that direction. AA will be breaking ground on the expansion project for its rolling-mill in Tennessee. This will raise its quota of auto grade aluminum sheet production. One...
Government of Canada supports aluminium industry
The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, today announced that Trans-Al Network Inc. has been granted financial assistance to pursue its activities with...
JPMorgan expects loss forAluminum Industry due to new LME Rule
Two-thirds of aluminum producers would be losing money because of lower premiums paid on top of exchange benchmarks if the world’s biggest metals bourse approves rules to cut waiting times at its warehouses, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Premiums to obtain the metal will drop 60 percent to...
North American aluminum demand down through H1
US and Canadian aluminum demand, defined as shipments by domestic producers and imports, reached an estimated 12.157 billion lb in the first half of 2013, 0.3% less than that of the same period last year, according to preliminary estimates released Friday by the Aluminum Association. Demand for...
Norsk Hydro and Sapa complete aluminum extrusion joint venture
The transaction to combine Norsk Hydro's aluminum extruded products business area and Orkla's Sapa into a 50:50 joint venture has been completed as planned, the two Norwegian companies said Monday. Last October, the two companies announced a proposed joint venture which would own and operate the...
Shipments of Aluminum Sheet and Plate by U.S. and Canada up in July 2013
Estimated net shipments of Aluminum Sheet and Plate by U.S. and Canadian producers totaled 695.7 million pounds during July 2013, a rise of 1.1 percent over the July 2012 total of 687.9 million pounds. Compared to the previous month, shipments were up 2.3 percent over the June 2013 revised total of...
Greco Aluminum Railings USA Hires new president
Officials from Greco Aluminum Railings USA Inc., a subsidiary of Greco Aluminum Railings LDT, announced Jim Ellsworth as president of the company’s U.S. operations, according to an Aug. 27 company release. Ellsworth joined Greco in May 2013 and was recently appointed president. Ellsworth brings...
Alcoa announces further cuts to aluminum production
The aluminum firm Alcoa has announced plans to reduce its production of aluminum by around 164,000 metric tons by closing production at two locations. The cuts are part of Alcoa’s earlier announced plans to reduce its aluminum capacity by 460,000 metric tons to balance supply and demand. Alcoa had...
