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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The US crude metal and alloys imports drop 37% YoY in nine-month period
The US imports of crude metal and alloys fell 82.78% or 259,100 tonnes year-on-year to 53,900 tonnes in September 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. The US had imported 313,000 tonnes in September 2018. Crude metal and alloys imports dropped...
Aluminium production in North America and South America down by 1.58% and 5.94% MoM in November
North America’s primary aluminium production dropped by 2.2% year-on-year and 1.58% month-on-month to 311,000 tonnes in November 2019. The output in the first eleven months of 2019 stood 1.16% higher than the same period last year. Aluminium production totalled 3.485 million tonnes, from 3.445...
The US aluminium semi-finished exports fell 16% YoY in Jan-Sept
The US exports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) stood at 71,500 tonnes in September, a decrease of 6.17% from 76,200 in September 2018. On a month on month comparison, the export volume reduced by 3.64% from August total of 74,200 tonnes, according to the latest...
US aluminium plates, sheets and bars imports in September slipped by 8.69% M-o-M
According to the United States Aluminium Survey, the country in September imported 105,000 tonnes of aluminium plates, sheets and bars, down by 8.69 per cent from 115,000 tonnes in August. In June and July, US imports came in at 131,000 tonnes and 117,000 tonnes, representing the fact that its...
US aluminium scrap import in September rose by 5% M-o-M, but declined by 12.49% Y-o-Y
The United States Geological Survey revealed the US aluminium scrap imports in September came in at 47,600 tonnes, up 5.07 per cent from August August. However, in July and August, the country’s aluminium scrap imports declined month-on-month. The United States scrap import volume in June was...
The US aluminium semi-finished imports fell in September for sixth consecutive month, Jan-Sept imports up by 9.52%
The US imports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) totalled 105,000 tonnes in September, unchanged from September 2018’s data. On a month on month comparison, the import volume decreased 8.7% or 10,000 tonnes from August total of 115,000 tonnes, according to the latest...
Recycled aluminium accounted for 39% of total aluminium supply in the US from January to September 2019
According to the latest report from United States Geological Survey for aluminium, total aluminium recovered from scrap (recovery from purchased, tolled, or imported scrap) in September 2019 stood at 284,000 tonne, slightly less than the amount in August 2019. The volume is 9% less than the amount...
AAC acknowledges its support for CUSMA; considers it beneficial for the Canadian economy and the aluminium sector
Aluminium Association of Canada announced through a press release that Canadian aluminium industry will work with the governments of Canada and the United States to implement the benefits offered by Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).They also considered the new trade agreement as an...
Mercury Marine wins sustainable process award for aluminium use
Mercury Marine received the Sustainable Process Award from the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council (WSBC) at the Sustainable Business Awards Ceremony. The award recognized Mercury Marine for several sustainable practices in the company’s process of using aluminum for manufacturing outboard...
Aluminum Association applauds the implantation of USMCA; appeals for trade monitoring and enforcement
Leaders from the domestic aluminium industry met with policymakers in Washington including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, White House Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro and members of Congress to discuss some trade issues. They also discussed U.S-Mexico-Canada Agreement...
Increasing use of aluminium in US growing scrap availability; Recyclers to expand capacity
Significant growth in the use of aluminium in transport and packaging industries in the US has resulted in the increasing availability of aluminium scrap and thereby, encouraging recyclers to expand their capacity. Those who are already expanding include Novelis, Matalco, and JW Aluminium. Novelis...
USMCA Agreement signed in Mexico; Canadian aluminium industry disappointed with some terms
The US, Mexico and Canada have finalised a trade deal (USMCA) that will replace the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). Representatives from the three countries signed the deal in Mexico yesterday. The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will be "the best and most important...
Braidy Industries appoints Mike Otero as Chief Operating Officer
Braidy Industries has appointed Mike Otero as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company with effect from January 6, 2020. He joins the Braidy Industries executive team with the added designation of Head of the Ashland Headquarters facility. He will report directly to Craig Bouchard, CEO and...
Mexico’s aluminium scrap exports to US continued to decline by 19% M-o-M
Aluminium scrap exports from Mexico to the United States continued to fall month-on-month in August by about 19 per cent, found the United States Geological Survey. From 12,800 tonnes in July, Mexico’s exports to the US declined to 10,400 tonnes in August. In May and June, on the other hand, the...
Mexico’s foreign minister rejects US new trade deal proposals on aluminium and steel production
On Sunday, December 8, Mexico’s foreign minister rejected the United States proposal for aluminium and steel production under the new trade deal, citing that it would leave Mexico at a disadvantage. During a meeting with senators over details of negotiations for the United States-Mexico-Canada...
Russia’s August exports of aluminium to the US up 48% from July, but down 67% from June
Russia’s exports of aluminium (crude metal and alloys and semi-finished products) to the US totalled 8,280 tonnes in August 2019, an increase of 48.12% or 2,690 tonnes from July. Exports dropped by 66.88% from June’s exports of 25,000 tonnes, 59.81% from May’s exports of 20,600 tonnes, and 70.22%...
Alliance Metals gets air quality permit for its proposed secondary aluminium smelting plant in La Paz County
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has approved Alliance Metals’ application for an air quality permit for its proposed US$30 million secondary aluminium smelting plant in La Paz County, Arizona, a local media report says. Loren Barton, vice president of Miami-based Alliance Metals USA...
Montreal's Kingston Automation Technology modernizes aluminium bottles for better recyclability and convenience
Kingston Automation Technology, a Kingston based business owned by mother-son duo has modernized the aluminium container production process in order to make aluminium bottles more convenient and a viable alternative to plastic bottles. “It was important that we redesign these lines,” owner Ben...
