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...
Collapsed Canada tariff talks put Indiana's aluminium jobs back in the spotlight
Indiana has emerged as an unlikely flashpoint in the latest round of US-Canada trade friction, after Washington's now-collapsed negotiations with Ottawa briefly put a proposed cut to aluminium tariffs on the table, one that industry advocates say would have hit the state's fabrication workforce...
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Alley Kat Brewing Company announces to switch to aluminium cans from bottles
On Tuesday, March 10, Alley Kat Brewing Company announced that it decided to switch to aluminium cans after packaging exclusively in bottles since 1995. According to the report, the company will switch to cans this spring, based on the market demand. Neil Herbst said, “We’ve been watching the...
Novelis hires new Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer
The world-leading aluminium rolling and recycling firm, Novelis Incorporation, has announced today, on March 11, that it has hired Roxana Molina, who would be leading the company’s global metal and non-metal procurement programs as Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer. She will...
US aluminium production slightly up in November; secondary recovery declines 10%
According to the latest report from the US Geological Survey, US domestic primary aluminium production stood at 89,000 tonnes in November 2019. The average daily production was 2,980 tonnes, slightly up from October 2019 and November 2018. The output increased by 47 per cent from November 2017....
A new building for Oklohoma Contemporary Art Centre is designed with extruded aluminium fins
The US firm, Rand Elliott Architects, has reportedly designed a new building with extruded aluminium for the Oklahoma Contemporary Art Centre. The 53,916-square-foot building is covered with 16,800 extruded aluminium fins, replacing the original home at Oklahoma City's State Fair Park. Thousands of...
US alumina exports to Mexico, Canada saw a Q-o-Q fall of 18% and 21% in Q3 2019
According to the United States Geological Survey, the country in the third quarter of 2019 ending September 30 had exported 10,000 tonnes of alumina to Mexico, whereas in the second quarter had supplied 12,200 tonnes. The USGS data found that this downfall of about 18 per cent in Q3 was a continued...
Taiwan’s Aluminium scrap import from the US remains stable during May-Oct’19
The aluminium scrap export by Taiwan from the US has been showing stability during May-Oct’19. Taiwan’s total aluminium scrap import during Jan-Oct’18 from the US stood at 46,100 tonnes, whereas in 2019 during the same phase the scrap import was recorded at 53,100, a rise by 15.18%, and by the...
Crown to construct new beverage can manufacturing facility in Kentucky
Crown Holdings, Inc., a leading global supplier of rigid packaging products to consumer marketing companies, will build a new beverage can manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The 327,000 square foot plant is scheduled to be operational by the second quarter of 2021. Timothy J....
Russia’s export of Aluminium crude metal and alloy to the US was in constant dwindle during May-Oct’19
Russia’s export to the US in regards to aluminium crude metal and alloy has been observed to be going through a continuous dwindle in May-Oct’19. The total export volume to the US stood at 59,127 tonnes during May-Oct’19, whereas the export volume during Jan-Oct’19 was recorded at 129,000 tonnes....
Aluminium production in North America and South America up by 1.23% and 18.29% YoY in January
North America’s primary aluminium production increased by 1.23 per cent year-on-year to 330,000 tonnes in January. On a month-on-month comparison, the output rose 1.85 per cent from 324,000 tonnes. For the full year 2019, the output stood slightly higher at 3.809 million tonnes, an increase of 0.93...
Aluminum Association announces addition of three new member companies
The Aluminum Association has added three new member companies- Audubon Metals, REA JET and Trinity Consultants. Audubon Metals joins the association as a producer member- a firm that makes or fabricate aluminium products. The two companies join as associate members – an organization that supplies...
US aluminium scrap imports from Canada grew 7.73% M-o-M, but dropped Y-o-Y by 5.69%
According to the USGS data, the United States aluminium scrap imports from Canada continued to rise in October, totalling at 34,800 tonnes. Month-on-month, the import amount rose by 7.73 per cent or 2,500 tonnes by volume, as the US in September had imported 32,300 tonnes of aluminium scrap from...
The US export of Aluminium Metals, Alloys & Crude market shows stability during July-Oct’19
The US export of metals, alloys, and crude market shows stability with a total volume of export recorded at 73,500 tonnes during July-October’19. The total exports from January-October’19 stood at 197,000 tonnes. There is a steep de-growth of 21.82% when compared with the previous year. The year...
M-o-M slowdown in US aluminium semis imports continued in October last year - USGS data shows
The United States had been seeing a slowdown in aluminium plates, sheets and bars imports since July 2019, while October was of no exception. From 105,000 tonnes in September, the import volume in October dropped to 99,800 tonnes, down 5,200 tonnes or 4.95 per cent. In July and August 2019, the...
The US aluminium scrap import showed a positive trend in Aug/Sept/Oct’19
The American scrap import has shown a positive trend in Aug/Sept/Oct’19 with a total volume of 145,300 tonnes. In August’19 the volume of scrap imports stood at 45,300 tonnes, whereas in September’19 the import was recorded at 47,600 tonnes, a rise of 5.07%, with 2300 tonnes in excess. During...
Tom Dobbins joining Aluminum Association as the group’s new president & CEO from March 16
On Thursday, February 13, the Aluminum Association announced about the joining of Tom Dobbins as the group’s new president & CEO from March 16. Tom already spent 13 years as the head of the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA), the largest trade association in the world that...
Indian Motorcycle’s Styling FTR Rally 2020 furnished with Aluminium wire wheels now made available in North America
Indian Motorcycle, America’s first motorcycle company, on 7 th February’20 published the retail availability of the FTR Rally 2020 in North America. The retro styling with modern performance capabilities was launched in Milan at EICMA in November 2019. The FTR Rally 2020 will be now shipped to...
PSI Metals Completes Generational Change
We are pleased to inform you about the organizational change at PSI Metals. As of the 1st of January 2020, Jörg Hackmann and Harald Henning have been appointed as new Directors at PSI Metals. Together with Thomas Quinet, Managing Director since 2017, the new Strategy Committee will focus on...
Alcoa completes the sale of its Gum Springs Waste Treatment Business to Veolia ES Technical Solutions
Alcoa Corporation has completed the sale of its subsidiary firm Elemental Environmental Solutions LLC (EES), which operates a 1,300-acre hazardous waste treatment business in Gum Springs, Arkansas. The news came after the US-based world’s eighth-largest aluminium producer announced this today,...
