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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Dajcor Aluminum breaks ground on its fabrication plant in Perry County, Kentucky
Dajcor Aluminum is finally broke ground on its plant in Perry County in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 2. Dajcor Aluminum, a Canada based manufacturer and supplier of extruded, fabricated/machined and anodized aluminium components and assemblies for automotive, renewable energy, medical...
Shift from plastic to aluminium in beverage industry to boost can sheet demand in the US; industry sees a supply gap
The drive to shift to more eco-friendly products is sweeping through the U.S. beverage market, with plastic being replaced with aluminium cans. Firms including Nestle and Unilever have announced plans of changing their packaging material from plastic to aluminium partially. While Coca-Cola...
Primary aluminium production in North America and South America off by 3% and 1% MoM In September
North America’s primary aluminium production totalled 310,000 tonnes in September, unchanged from September 2018 production. Aluminium output decreased 3.43% from 321,000 tonnes in August and 3.73% from 322,000 tonnes in July. Primary aluminium production in the first nine months of 2019 stood...
Ball Corporation reports growth in net profit in Q3; plans new beverage can plant in Arizona
Ball Corporation, a supplier of innovative, sustainable aluminium packaging solutions, reported net earnings attributable to the corporation of $92 million in the third quarter 2019 on sales of $2.95 billion, compared to $59 million in 2018. In January-September, net earnings attributable to the...
Recycled aluminium accounted for 38% of total aluminium supply in the US from January to August 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 August 2019 was 288,000 tonne, 5% more than the July volume of 275,000 tonnes. The volume is 9% less than the amount in...
Constellium to upgrade cold rolling aluminium mill with $9.5 million grant
Constellium has received a $9.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to increase throughput, quality and performance of cold rolled aluminium at its facility in Ravenswood, West Virginia. The company will use the funds to upgrade electrical, mechanical and hydraulic system at...
Aluminium demand in North America up slightly YoY in Jan-August 2019; semis demand up 1.7%
According to the preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) totalled an estimated 8.6 million tonnes from January to August 2019, a slight increase over YTD 2018. Demand for semi-fabricated (mill)...
US tariffs on metal imports weighed down domestic aluminium market: Andy Home at LME Week 2019
United States tariffs on aluminium imports had a great effect on the country’s domestic aluminium industry, said Andy Home, Senior Metals Columnist at Thomson Reuters, at the London Metal Exchange Week 2019. As the US import duties came into effect on the national security grounds in early 2018,...
Novelis breaks ground on a US$36 million expansion to upgrade its Greensboro recycling facility
Novelis Inc., the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling broke ground on a US$36 million expansion to upgrade recycling capacity at its Greensboro facility. The investment will fund state-of-the-art equipment for aluminium scrap recycling along with other technical and construction...
The US crude metal and alloys imports down 27% YoY in seven-month period; exports drop by 19%
The US imports of crude metal and alloys declined 72.53% or 240,800 tonnes year-on-year to 91,200 tonnes in July 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. Imports were 332,000 tonnes in July 2018. Imports reduced by 71.05% from June’s imports of...
Estimated shipment of rolled and extruded aluminium products in North America drop YoY in Jan-Sept 2019
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, shipments of aluminum extruded products (extruded shapes, pipe & tube, and rod & bar) by U.S. and Canadian producers stood at 191,960 tonnes during September 2019, down 6.1 per cent YoY. Compared to the previous month, shipments decreased...
US aluminium import drops 18% YoY in Jan-July 2019; semi-finished import up about 10%
According to the preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) totalled an estimated 7.5 million tonnes from January to July 2019, an increase of 1.3 per cent over YTD 2018. The U.S. accounted for the...
The US aluminium semi-finished exports up 8% MoM in July; Exports in Jan-Jul down 17% YoY
The US exports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) stood at 74,200 tonnes in July 2019, off 9.4% from last year’s total of 81,900 tonnes. Exports increased by 8.16% from June’s export volume of 68,600 tonnes and 0.54% from May’s export volume of 73,800 tonnes, according...
Global Aluminium Associations call for steps toward rules-based trade at OECD Global Trade Forum
Senior leaders from the aluminium associations of Canada, Europe and the United States gathered at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Global Trade Forum in Paris, France and urged the governments for taking concrete steps toward rules-based trade. They requested for...
KinsBrae Packaging launches new resealable PortaVino aluminium wine bottles
KinsBrae Packaging Inc. in Ontario has launched the PortaVino aluminum wine bottle at the Ontario Craft Brewers Conference in Niagara Falls. The KinsBrae PortaVino is a personal size, resealable aluminium bottle for wine, which makes wine drinking fun. Its elegant shape and convenient 250 ml...
Nemak reports 16.4% YoY drop in revenue in 3Q19 on lower aluminium price; sales volume down 14%
Nemak, a leading provider of innovative light weighting solutions for the global automotive industry, published its operational and financial results for the third quarter of 2019. The company’s revenue was down 16.4% YoY to US$963 million in 3Q19, mainly due to lower shipments and aluminium...
The US aluminium semi-finished imports repeat decline in July, contract by 11% MoM
The US imported 117,000 tonnes of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) in July, with a year-on-year increase of 11.43%, as updated by the US Census Bureau. This is the fourth straight month of decline in the imports of semi-finished. The imports dropped by 10.69% from...
Aluminium recovery from scrap in the U.S. drops 16% YoY to 275,000 tonnes in July 2019; YTD volume drops slightly
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 July 2019 was 275,000 tonne, 4% less than the June volume of 286,000 tonnes. The volume is 16% less than the amount in July...
