South Korea’s Russian aluminium imports reached a record high in 2025, making Russia the country’s largest aluminium supplier for the first time. The sharp increase has strengthened Korea’s dependence on Russian metal even as the US and Europe tighten sanctions against Moscow. The exposure is...
Asia’s alumina exports entered 2026 on a strong footing, with shipments to global markets reaching 7.05 million tonnes worth USD 2.76 billion in H1 2026 , up 27.36 per cent year-on-year . The sharp rise in H1 was driven by a quarter-on-quarter surge by a considerable margin. This indicates an...
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According to the recent data found by the International Aluminium Institute, the world primary aluminium production grew 3.80 per cent month-on-month in October 2021, putting an end to the two consecutive monthly declines. As per the data, the production stood at 5.689 million tonnes in the said...
The island nation, Sri Lanka declared a state of economic emergency on 31st August 2021, as the country dry out of foreign exchange reserves for essential imports like food. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka is the foremost Asian central bank to increase policy rates after the Covid-19 pandemic in...
The world’s third-largest economy, Japan revealed shrink in the economy more than expected in Q1 due to low paced vaccine rollout and new COVID-19 infections stroke hard on spending on items such as dining out and clothes, raising bars the country will straggle behind others emerging from the...
Ulsan Aluminum Limited has joined ASI as new Production and Transformation member, bringing the total number of ASI Members to 173. The company is a joint venture between Novelis and Kobe Steel. “Joining ASI and working to receiving ASI certifications for both the Performance Standard and the Chain...
The economy of Taiwan is a developed capitalist economy that ranks as the seventh-largest in Asia and 22nd-largest in the world by purchasing power parity (PPP). It is included in the advanced economies group by the International Monetary Fund and gauged in the high-income economies group by the...
Japan’s exports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) to the US totalled 36,500 tonnes in the first three quarters of 2019, indicating an increase of 35.19% from 27,000 tonnes in the first three quarters of 2018, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from...
Global primary aluminium production stood at 5.193 million tonnes in November, with a year-on-year drop of 2.52%, according to the latest data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) on Friday, 20 December 2019. On a month-on-month comparison, aluminium production declined by 2.92%...
Global primary aluminium production in August 2019 stood 1.46% lower compared with the same period of 2018. Aluminium production registered 5.407 million tonnes last month, from 5.487 million tonnes in August 2018, according to the latest data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI)...
Japan is Asia's top importer of aluminium as it has stopped producing primary metal altogether shifting its focus towards value added applications and in secondary recovery. The premiums for primary metal shipments Japan pays each quarter over the London Metal Exchange cash price set the benchmark...
AMAG Austria Metall AG has signed an agreement with Japan’s Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. and Marubeni Corporation on July 8, 2019, in Tokyo for sales expansion of AMAG rolled products in the global automotive industry. They agreed to invest their individual strength to gain a strong foothold for AMAG...
Japan’s aluminium industry is import based and it has stopped producing primary metal altogether shifting its focus towards value added applications and in secondary aluminium recovery. The country is Asia's top importer of aluminium and the premiums for primary metal shipments it agrees to pay...
According to a Platts report, traders in Asia are of the view that the impact of US sanctions on the Iranian copper and aluminium sectors would be minimal on Asia as Iranian exports to the region have been marginal. US President Donald Trump Wednesday signed an executive order imposing sanctions on...
U.S. tariffs on imported aluminium and steel which has triggered a trade war, has shaken the global markets, easing Asia's supply-demand balance and putting pressure on prices in this region while lifting prices in the U.S. This was further worsened by the sanctions imposed upon Rusal by the U.S.,...
Aluminium demand by the automotive industry is projected to more than double by 2025, driven by increasing growth in Asia, a senior executive at Novelis Inc, the world’s largest manufacturer of rolled aluminum products, said on Thursday, 04 October 2018. “Typically what we see is an increase of...
Aluminum extrusions are a high-growth industry due to growing demand in the building and construction and transport sector. Construction sector contributes about 62% of the global extrusion market, while transport sector contributes about 14%. A number of leading producers have been taking up...
In the face of the US tariff storm, the Aluminium China 2018 exhibition and conference in Shanghai from July 11 to 13, will provide China’s aluminium industry with its first global platform since the announcement to expand business into other world markets. In particular, the event, which will...
The recent rise in China’s aluminum exports has had a limited impact on the Asia market to date due to the moves that participants made to protect their businesses after a similar surge in 2015, market sources said Friday. London Metal Exchange aluminum prices traded higher than Shanghai Futures...
Ball Corporation, a leading beverage can maker with production facilities around the globe, announced that it has won a 2017 Asia CanTech Award from CanTech International for its Riya Bindas Mania aluminium aerosol deodorant can for Reacha Cosmetics. The 53-millimeter diameter aluminium aerosol...
