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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Sapa's Bright Forecast for US Aluminum Extrusion Products
Apple’s recent announcement to give manufacturing companies in the US some production of its Mac computers has received plenty of media attention as well as excellent analysis of the rationale companies give for re-shoring. MetalMiner recently spoke with Steve Jackson, business development manager...
Century Aluminum Reviews PSC's rejection of its proposed electricity plan
Century Aluminum is reviewing the Public Service Commission's rejection of its proposals for a special electricity rate for its Jackson County plant. Century Aluminum spokeswoman Lindsey Berryhill said that the company remains committed to restarting the plant in Ravenswood. The company had asked...
Alcoa Awards $40,000 Aluminum Training Grant to Collision Repair Education Foundation
The Collision Repair Education Foundation has announced that Alcoa Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Alcoa, awarded the Collision Repair Education Foundation a $40,000 grant that will provide educational and aluminum repair training to post-secondary collision instructors and students. Collision...
Aleris to close Bens Run recycling facility
Bens Run, a Pleasants County aluminum recycling facility will cease operations next year. Aleris will close its Bens Run recycling facility March 1. Jason Saragian, director of communication for Aleris, said 30-40 employees will be impacted. Employees were notified of the closure Friday. "Despite...
Superfund designation sought for CFAC site
Soon-to-be state Sen. Dee Brown, R-Columbia Falls, on Monday asked Flathead County commissioners to take the lead in getting the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. property declared a Superfund site. Brown said Glencore, the Swiss-based parent company of the mothballed aluminum plant, has been stringing...
Dutch port city overtakes Detroit as largest aluminum storage site
The Dutch port town of Vlissingen stores 1.44 million tons of aluminum in London Metal Exchange warehouses, overtaking Detroit's inventory of 1.42 million tons, Bloomberg News reports. Nic Brown, the head of commodity research at Natixis SA in London is quoted by Bloomberg News as saying Detroit...
PSC denies special power rate for Century Aluminum
The state Public Service Commission denied both alternatives Century Aluminum offered in October in its special electricity rate case because the company's proposals still place the risk on Appalachian Power's customers, the PSC ruled Friday. But the commission proposed that Century may negotiate...
70-ton aluminum furnace shipping out of Zeeland
Zeeland’s StrikoDynarad last week readied a 70-ton aluminum furnace for shipment. For some perspective, that’s 140,000 pounds — heavier than a U.S. Army M1 Abrams Tank and about the top weight of a North Atlantic right whale. StrikoDynarad specializes in devices that melt and handle molten...
Ball Corporation Completes Acquisition of Extruded Aluminum Packaging Facility in Mexico
Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) today completed its acquisition of Envases del Plata S.A. de C.V., a leading producer of aluminum aerosol packaging with a manufacturing plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The San Luis Potosi plant produces extruded aluminum aerosol cans for personal care and household...
BPA signs power supply contract with Intalco saving 600 jobs
A new 10-year electric power supply contract signed Friday, Dec. 7, ends years of job uncertainty for 625 Alcoa Intalco Works employees. More than 100 workers gathered at the aluminum smelter's Totem Terrace assembly hall west of Ferndale to watch Bonneville Power Administration boss Steve Wright...
Century Aluminum names new Board of Directors
Century Aluminum Company CENX announced today that President and Chief Executive Officer Michael A. Bless was elected tothe Company's board of directors. Mr. Bless joined Century in January 2006 as its Chief FinancialOfficer. In February 2012, he was elected as the Company's Presidentand Chief...
Alcoa to shut Auburn plant
Alcoa Inc. on Tuesday confirmed plans to close its Auburn plant, putting 43 out of work. The news is the final chapter in a long, sad saga that has seen the factory’s employment dwindle in the past decade. Almost 400 worked at the auto and defense parts plant in 2005. Alcoa’s global footprint has...
North American aluminum premiums to hit record high in first quarter
Harbor Intelligence looks for North American aluminum premiums to hit record highs in the first quarter and for the market to be in a supply deficit in 2013. The aluminum-analysis firm says there is the risk of potential primary aluminum output disruptions in Canada since no agreement has been...
Aluminum foil can now be recycled at Austin
Austin Resource Recovery in Austin announced that curbside customers can now add the following metal items: • Aluminum baking tins (clean/free of food residue) • Aluminum trays, pie plates (clean/free of food residue) • Clean balled aluminum foil (2 inches or longer) The expanded service comes at...
US production of aluminium declines in third quarter
The US production of Aluminium declined to 202000 tonnes in the third quarter ending September 2012. The production of Aluminium was marginally lower compared to 216000 tonnes in second quarter this year. United States Geological Survey (USGS) said that the total Aluminium production was down by...
100% recyclable all aluminum toy plan called Toobee was made 40 years back in America
The all American Manufactured Made all aluminum 100% recyclable green toy called the Toobee, better known as an annular airfoil was developed by 2 aeronautical engineers over 40 years ago and believe it or not, it is still flying. This product is made from a virgin aluminum beverage can and end...
Aluminum Global Production Growth Slows
According to the World Bureau of Metal Statistics’ most recent report, the market surplus for primary aluminum between January and September 2012 was 488,000 tons, which follows a surplus of 1,871,000 tons recorded for the whole of 2011. Production in January to September 2012 rose by 835,000 tons...
Noranda Aluminum Has Returned 16.6% Since SmarTrend Recommendation
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for Noranda Aluminum on September 28th, 2012 at $6.76. In approximately 2 months, Noranda Aluminum has returned 16.57% as of today's recent price of $5.64. Noranda Aluminum share prices have moved between a 52-week high of $13.18 and a 52-week low of $5.38 and are...
