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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Ball Corporation plans to build $200 million aluminium cups manufacturing facility in Georgia
Ball Corporation is planning to build its first dedicated aluminium cups manufacturing facility in Georgia, according to a recent report. The facility will be adjacent to the company’s existing aluminium beverage can manufacturing plant and is expected to ramp up production in the fourth quarter of...
Rio Tinto reports 3% drop in Q3 aluminium output on lower production at ISAL and Kitimat
Rio Tinto’s aluminium production stood at 0.8 million tonnes in the third quarter of 2019, down 3% year-on-year, reflecting reduced production at ISAL in Iceland and Kitimat in British Columbia, Canada. Rio reported aluminium production of 2.38 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2019. That...
The U.S. primary aluminium production up 18 % YoY in September; YTD production up 35%
The Aluminum Association, in cooperation with the Aluminium Association of Canada, reported primary aluminium production in North America (U.S. and Canada) was at an annual rate of 3,936,695 tonnes during September 2019, declining -0.3% from the August 2019 rate of 3,949,088 tonnes. The production...
Texarkana Aluminum receives a $94,987.74 check from SWEPCO for upgrading lighting at its mill
Texarkana Aluminum, a fully-integrated aluminium rolling mill in North America, has reportedly received an incentive check of $94,987.74 from Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) for an energy efficient lighting initiative. The mill has installed more than 200 LED fixtures, which involved more...
Sen. Ron Wyden questions the relationship between the Kentucky aluminium mill and lifting of sanction on Rusal
Sen. Ron Wyden has questioned the relationship between the Kentucky aluminium mill and the previously sanctioned Russian aluminium company Rusal. He addressed a letter to Craig Bouchard, CEO of Braidy Industries and questioned whether Braidy Industries had established a relationship with Rusal...
Zarbana Aluminum Extrusions purchases land and a US$4.9 million building to expand its extrusion operations
Zarbana Aluminum Extrusions LLC has begun the expansion of its extrusion plant by purchasing land and a US$4.9 million building and installing a huge “state-of-the-art” extrusion press. On Oct. 3, Vienna Enterprises LLC, a Zarbana affiliate, purchased a plant in the industrial park operated by...
France’s exports of total aluminium to the US down 51% YoY in six-month period
France’s exports of total aluminium including scrap to the US came in at 14,100 tonnes in the first six months of 2019, with a year-on-year decrease of 50.87% or 14,600 tonnes, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. In June 2019, exports of aluminium...
August aluminium shipments by domestic U.S. and Canadian facilities drop 5.4% in August
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, aluminium net shipments (including exports) by domestic U.S. and Canadian facilities totalled an estimated 967,058 tonnes during August, a decrease of 5.4 per cent from the August 2018 total of 1 million tonne. Shipments of aluminium mill...
Downeast Cider selects Ardagh aluminium cans for its range
Downeast Cider continues to extend its reach from the East Coast to the West Coast in the U.S., building a following for a growing niche in the specialty hard cider market: “unfiltered” cider. In fact, Downeast, launched by brothers Ross and Matt Brockman, is the original unfiltered cider. "When...
Ohio Aluminium Fabricator Completes $23 Million Expansion
Pennex Aluminum recently completed a $23 million expansion of their Leetonia, Ohio facility. The 175-employee facility specializes in aluminum fabrication and extrusions for the automotive, construction, HVAC, landscaping, and off-road vehicle markets. The company, which is part of...
Shinhwa Group to open its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Alabama
Shinhwa Group, an automotive parts manufacturer in South Korea, announced it will make a new $42 million investment in manufacturing operations in Auburn, Alabama. The company will initially manufacture drive shafts for vehicles made by Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery and Kia...
ISRI Commodities Roundtable Forum highlights oversupply in aluminium scrap and primary aluminium market
The oversupplied primary aluminium and aluminium scrap market was the topic of discussion among the speakers at the 2019 Commodities Roundtable Forum, hosted by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) on Sept. 11-13 in Chicago. Doug Hilderhoff, a principal analyst of London-based CRU...
Wynnchurch Capital announces investment in aluminium extrusion products distributor
Wynnchurch Capital has invested in Eastern Metal Supply (EMS), a distributor of aluminium extrusions and related products. The terms of the investment were not disclosed. Founded in 1982, Florida-based EMS now has fourteen nationwide distribution centers and manufacturing facilities, totalling...
Turkey’s aluminium semi-finished exports to the US up 266% YoY in H1 2019; exports in June rise by 149%
Turkey’s exports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) to the US increased by 148.9% in June compared with the same period last year. Imports stood at 5,650 tonnes in June, from 2,270 tonnes in June 2018. Aluminium products exports to the US reduced by 0.53% from May’s...
Metal Exchange Corporation names new Chief Executive Officer
Metal Exchange Corporation (MEC) has promoted Rick Merluzzi to Chief Executive Officer of MEC. Mike Lefton, former MEC Chairman and CEO, will assume the title of Executive Chairman. Merluzzi oversees all MEC businesses, including Metal Exchange Trading, Pennex Aluminum Company, Continental Aluminum...
Aluminium demand in the U.S. and Canada up 1.3% YoY in Jan-July 2019; semis demand up 2%
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. Demand for semi-fabricated...
Germany’s aluminium semi-finished exports to the US soar 165% YoY in H1 2019; exports up 247% in June
Germany’s exports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) to the US came in at 52,900 tonnes in the first half of 2019, with a year-on-year increase of 164.5% or 32,900 tonnes, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. In June,...
Aluminum Association hosted leaders from the fellow aluminium associations in a meeting during ALUMINUM USA 2019
The Aluminum Association hosted leaders from the fellow aluminium associations around the world in a meeting in Nashville, TN on the concluding day of the ALUMINUM USA trade show. The group discussed opportunities to highlight the report from earlier this year by the Organisation for Economic...
