Aluminium extrusion usage in building and construction to grow 1.24% CAGR through 2035, with Americas at 1.15%, Europe at 1.30% & MEA at 2.47%
What does the building and construction market mean for aluminium extrusion industry? The answer may depend less on how much the world builds and more on where it builds and what those buildings require. As construction activity picks up across regions, aluminium extrusion is set to follow - but...
US backs Serra Verde rare earth with $750m, aims to reduce China dependence
The US Department of War has committed USD 750 million to back rare earth supplies from Brazil’s Serra Verde, as Washington moves to build a more secure, China-independent supply chain for critical minerals used in defence, energy, aerospace and advanced manufacturing. The investment will support...
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Alumina production in North America grows by 6% M-o-M in June 2020; South America’s output lowers by 4%
In June 2020, the alumina production (including metallurgical-grade alumina) in North America stood at 223,000 tonnes, up by 6.19 per cent month-on-month from 210,000 tonnes, according to the data released by the International Aluminium Institute. However, on a year-on-year basis, the production in...
Argentina’s import of Aluminium cans during 2017-20 reveals an uneven movement
Argentina benefits from rich natural resources, a highly literate population, an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a diversified industrial base. Argentina's economic performance has historically been very uneven, with high economic growth alternating with severe recessions. The major...
Aluminium production in North America up by 5% in H1 2020; South America’s output drops by 1.78%
North America’s primary aluminium production stood at 330,000 tonnes in June 2020, 5.1 per cent higher year-on-year. The output was 314,000 tonnes in June 2019. On a month on month basis, the output dropped by 4.62 per cent from May’s production of 346,000 tonnes. In the first half of 2020, the...
Colombia’s export of Aluminium scrap during 2017-20: Volume remains unsettled, earnings drips
Colombia has a thriving market economy based primarily on oil, mining, agriculture, and manufacturing. The country's GDP in 2013 was US$226 billion and per capita GDP was US$10,100, placing it as a middle-income country. Colombia's finance ministry projected an economic contraction of 5.5% for this...
Aluminium production in North America and South America up by 4% and 3% MoM in May
North America’s primary aluminium production stood at 346,000 tonnes in May 2020, 6.13 per cent higher year-on-year. The output was 326,000 tonnes in May 2019. On a month on month basis, the output rose by 3.9 per cent from April’s production of 333,000 tonnes. In the first five months of 2020, the...
Abralatas joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative as new Associations member
Abralatas has joined Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as an Association member. This brings the total number of ASI Members to 124. Abralatas, founded in 2003, is the Brazilian Aluminium Can Manufacturers Association. It aims to promote the aluminium can and communicating overall can benefits...
Hydro makes second round of COVID-19 donations to communities in Brazil
Hydro has made a second round of donations to support communities near its operations in the state of Pará in northern Brazil. The company announced that it will donate about 11,000 food baskets, after delivering 25,000 food baskets to seven communities in April. The initiative is in support of the...
Argentina’s aluminium ingot export exhibits $ Billion market during 2019-20
The economy of Argentina is an upper-middle-income economy for the fiscal year 2019 according to the World Bank. It is the second-largest in South America behind Brazil. Argentina benefits from rich natural resources, a highly literate population, an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a...
The sharp decline of Colombia’s importation of Aluminium wires during 2017-20
The economy of Colombia is the fourth largest in Latin America as measured by gross domestic product. Colombia has experienced a historic economic boom over the last decade. The South American nation’s import of aluminium wires during 2017-19 has been recorded with 15,500 tonnes and the expenditure...
Aluminium production in North America and South America down by 3% and 22% MoM in April
North America’s primary aluminium production stood 4.72 per cent higher year-on-year to 333,000 tonnes in April 2020. On a month on month basis, the output declined by 2.62 per cent from March production of 342,000 tonnes. In the first four months of 2020, the production stood 4.27 per cent higher...
Hydro’s primary aluminium plant resumes production line
Hydro announced that the company’s part-owned primary aluminium plant Albras has resumed production line in Brazil after a power outage earlier this year. The facility was operating a 25% reduced capacity after a fire in an electrical transformer in March. “The plant’s three other lines were...
Mexico’s aluminium scrap imports from US record a drop in February 2020 after a rise month ago
According to the Geological Survey of the United States, Mexico imported 16,800 tonnes of aluminium scrap from the US in February 2020. The import was down by 2.33 per cent from 17,200 tonnes in January 2020. In December 2019, Mexico imported 13,100 tonnes of scrap from the US, meaning January saw...
Mexico’s imports of total aluminium from the US stood 2% higher MoM in February; Jan-Feb output dropped 18%
Mexico’s imports of total aluminium including scrap from the US stood at 50,200 tonnes in February 2020, a decrease of 12.54% from 57,400 tonnes in February 2019. On a month-on-month comparison, imports increased by 2.03% from January’s imports of 49,200 tonnes, as updated by the US Census Bureau....
Political stand-off hampering bauxite labour talks in Guyana
The current political stand-off has been constantly hampering the progress of labour talks. This situation is also creating an abstraction of an order for Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) to enter into arbitration to resolve a...
The Aluminium Bar Rods and Profiles importation market of Colombia is expanding as shown during 2017-20
The Republic of Colombia is a country largely situated in the north of South America, with territories in North America. The economy of Colombia is the fourth largest in Latin America as measured by gross domestic product. Colombia has experienced a historic economic boom over the last decade....
Aluminium production in North America and South America up by 5% and 2% YoY in March
North America’s primary aluminium production increased by 5.23 per cent year-on-year to 342,000 tonnes in March 2020. On a month on month basis, the output rose by 8.92 per cent from February’s production of 314,000 tonnes. In the first three months of 2020, the production stood 4.12 per cent...
The Bauxite import market of Ecuador remains un-predicted during 2017-20
Ecuador is a country straddling the equator on South America’s west coast. Ecuador's economy has been one of the most stable in the Latin American continent. The country has enjoyed a healthy economy supported by the dollarization regime the country uses the US dollar for its currency—and high oil...
Chile’s Aluminium foil import market during 2017-20 remains unsettled
Chile a long, narrow country stretching along South America's western edge, with more than 6,000km of Pacific Ocean coastline. The economy of Chile is a high-income economy as ranked by the World Bank, and is considered one of South America's most prosperous nations, leading Latin American nations...
