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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ThyssenKrupp Aerospace extends deal with Cessna to provide aluminum sheet parts
Steel giant ThyssenKrupp's Aerospace North America division has entered into a three-year contract extension with Cessna Aircraft Company to remain its provider for aluminum sheet products and other supply chain services, the company announced late Friday. ThyssenKrupp will use its Hutchinson,...
Aluminum Association reaches record membership with company additions
The Aluminum Association announced yesterday the addition of three companies to the organization's membership. Scotwood Industries, Page Transportation and Alloy Technology Innovations, each of which provides goods or services to the aluminum industry, will join the Association as Associate...
Thyssen Krupp Aerospace renews and expands Bombardier contract
ThyssenKrupp Aerospace has renewed and expanded a six-year contract with Bombardier Aerospace as the service provider for cut-to-size aluminum plate, sheet and extrusions and related supply chain services. The work will take place at ThyssenKrupp Aerospace's in Baie D’Urfe´ facility in Que´bec,...
Aluminum Association vows to create a cleaner aluminium industry
Aluminium Association has come up with its future policies in response to US President’s recent climate change plan. The aluminum industry is aggressively working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According to Mr. Heidi Biggs Brock, President of the Aluminum Association, “The Industry has...
Aluminum Extruders Council applauds indictment of extrusion smugglers
The Aluminum Extruders Council on Tuesday commended the recent arrest and indictment of five people and three companies who conspired to smuggle Chinese aluminum extrusions into the US with the intent to fraud the country of around $26.7 million in antidumping and countervailing duties. “It is...
AEC and AAI announce extrusion shipments and end uses for 2012
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) and The Aluminum Association, Inc. (AAI) on Wednesday announced that domestic consumption of aluminum extrusions in the United States and Canada totaled an estimated 4.05 billion pounds in 2012, an increase of 5.8 percent over the revised 2011 total of 3.83...
Toyota to invest $50 million in Bodeline Aluminium
Japanese automaker Toyota’s American division, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA), is planning to invest $50 million in Bodeline Aluminium casting plants in Missouri and Tennessee. Toyota will also invest $150m in its V6 engine facility in Alabama. The proposed...
Manufacturers feel pinch as more LME aluminium is stuck in Detroit
Makers of products such as cans and packaging foils face record high aluminium surcharges in the U.S. Midwest as more of the metal gets sucked into backlogged warehouses in Detroit that are registered by the London Metal Exchange (LME). According to data from the exchange, stocks in Detroit have...
Harbor Intelligence confirms U.S. aluminum fee rise
The fee buyers pay to obtain aluminum in the U.S. climbed to a record amid longer waits for warehouse supplies and reduced availability of scrap metal, Harbor Intelligence said. The so-called Midwest premium is 12 cents to 13 cents a pound, an all-time high, according to Harbor Intelligence, an...
Glencore unit to purchase alumina from Orbite's proposed plant
A unit of Glencore Xstrata plc entered into an agreement with Orbite Aluminae Inc to purchase smelter-grade alumina (SGA) from its proposed plant in Quebec. Under the terms of the agreement, Glencore International AG will buy all the output from the clean technology company's first SGA plant in...
Pennex Aluminum opens new aluminum plant in Greenville, USA
For the second time this week, officials with a major manufacturing business cut the ribbon on a new facility in Mercer County. On Friday morning, officials with Pennex Aluminum officially celebrated taking over part of the old Werner Ladder building in Greenville. The aluminum casting facility has...
Century Aluminum, other parties file agreements with Kentucky PSC
Century Aluminum of Kentucky joined Big Rivers Electric Corp. and Kenergy Corp. June 12 to announce the parties had filed definitive agreements with the Kentucky Public Service Commission based on the tentative agreement they all reached in April. The agreements from the parties are the first step...
Dubal, Emal shine at Harbor's 6th Aluminium Outlook Summit in USA
Brand awareness of Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) and Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) in the Americas has been taken to new heights with the two companies' joint lead sponsorship of Harbor's 6th Aluminium Outlook Summit (Harbor 2013), hosted by Harbor Intelligence in Chicago, USA, from 3 to 5 June 2013. This...
North American aluminum mill order index up 1.2% in May
The North American net new aluminum mill order index increased 1.2% in May compared with April, according to a report released Wednesday by the Aluminum Association. New mill orders decreased 6.3% compared with May 2012's total. Year-to-date, the index is down 4.3%, the report said. May plate...
Alcoa rolls out medium-duty aluminum wheels
Alcoa has introduced the M-Series line of wheels, designed for medium-duty trucks in Classes 3-6. Each wheel in the series features the same benefits Alcoa forged aluminum wheels provide to heavy duty (Class 7-8) customers customized to fit medium duty applications, Alcoa said. M-Series wheels...
US-based Crystal Finishing Systems expanding
Citing a growth in business, the head of central Wisconsin aluminum extruder and fabricator Crystal Finishing Systems said Wednesday the company is expanding its operations, with plans to install up to five presses and other equipment at a newly acquired manufacturing plant. "We're going to install...
Canada launches program to promote aluminium intensive vehicles in future
As automakers and their suppliers from around the world strive to develop fuel-saving technologies, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has announced a new program to help the Canadian transportation industry reduce the weight of cars, trucks, trailers, buses, and trains by developing...
Novelis boosts production for automotive sector
A revolution has been quietly going on in the aluminum industry. While growth has been broadly positive across most sectors, rolled aluminum sheet used for automotive applications has been experiencing double-digit growth. Novelis, the world’s largest roller of aluminum sheet for the automotive...
