Aluminium extrusion 2035 demand nears 44.22Mt: Industry experts decode next decade drivers
Global aluminium extrusion demand is entering a phase with consumption projected to rise from 35.25 million tonnes in 2025 to 35.93 million tonnes in 2026 and 44.22 million tonnes by 2035, representing a 2.29 per cent CAGR. While building and construction will remain the largest end-use sector and...
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...
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First Bauxite LLC in Guyana considers building an Aluminium Smelter: Provided Natural gas sourced electricity supplied
First Bauxite LLC, a natural resource company engaged in the exploration and development of bauxite deposits in Guyana, South America has indicated to the Government of Guyana, regarding its intention to build an aluminium smelter in the country, provided natural gas, a cheap source of electricity...
Hydro starts operations of new water treatment system at Alunorte alumina refinery
Hydro has begun operation of new a new water treatment station at its Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil. This comes after Hydro received an operating license from the Secretary of State for Environment and Sustainability (Semas) on January 24, 2020. Hydro said the BRL 675 million ($160 million)...
Netherlands' Bauxite export spotted upswing 2017-20
The Netherlands’ bauxite export is tending towards an upswing; total bauxite export volume was recorded at 219,453 tonnes during 2017-20. In 2017 the total bauxite export volume stood at 58,540 tonnes, while in 2018 Netherlands bauxite export volume was recorded at 39,993. A steep fall of 31.68%...
RUSAL publishes the decision to suspend its Guyana Bauxite mining operations
Rusal, one of the colossal aluminium producers in the world publishes the decision to suspend its bauxite mining operations in Guyana, as the unrest continues. The company has delivered written notices of termination to 326 employees. Following the illegitimate and serious actions, that has gone...
Labour Ministry meeting with BCGI results in arbitration; Workers can resume duty
The Ministry of Social Protection’s Department of Labour’s meeting with the management of Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) on Friday, January 31, resulted in arbitration. Workers are thus, can return to work now under the three below mentioned conditions as communicated to the company and...
Labour Ministry summons BCGI management to disccus the layoff of 288 workers
The Ministry of Social Protection’s Department of Labour, on Thursday afternoon, reportedly requested the management of Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) to be present in a meeting on Friday to discuss the layoff of 288 employees last week. Junior Minister of Social Protection Keith Scott has...
EPA “Well Pleased” with fresh Bosai tailings pond
The Senior Environmental Officer of Environmental Agency (EPA), Collins Primo, says: “The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is well pleased with the US$10,000 improvements which the Linden-based Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana) has effected to its once problematic tailings pond.” Although he said...
Primary aluminium production in North America and South America up by 4% and 1% MoM in December
North America’s primary aluminium production dropped by 1.52% year-on-year from 329,000 tonnes but up 4.18% month-on-month from 311,000 tonnes to 324,000 tonnes in December 2019. The output for the full year 2019 stood slightly higher at 3.809 million tonnes, an increase of 0.93% from 3.774 million...
Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc layoff more than 100 employees
Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) has reportedly layoff more than 100 employees, with effect from January 23, for downsizing its operations as a result of fuel shortage. The news came after the workers of the company’s mining site in Maple Town Aroaima, Region 10, said that they...
Relief from Bauxite dust pollution for Linden residents: Assurance by Bosai Group
Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Inc. (BMGGI), has assured to carry out an ultra-dynamic dust collection measures. The residents of Linden are poised to enjoy extra relief from the dust pollution caused by the Chinese bauxite mining company. This is according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Mexico imposes countervailing duties on aluminium foil imports from China
According to a Reuters report, Mexico announced that it would impose countervailing duties on imported aluminium foil from China. The government would levy duties on imports that cost below $3.4817 per kilogram, Mexico’s economy ministry said after an anti-dumping investigation. The countervailing...
Norsk Hydro: Production in Paragominas bauxite mine and Alunorte alumina refinery reinstituted
The supply of power to Hydro’s Paragominas bauxite mine has been recommenced, which is allowing production to start again. Production at Hydro’s Alunorte alumina refinery has also been boosted. A transmission tower overturned on 18 th December’19, suspending power supply to Paragominas, which...
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...
US withdraws the decision of applying import tariffs on Brazil’s aluminium and steel: President says
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday, December 20, that the United States would not levy tariffs on aluminium and steel imports from Brazil. Bolsonaro said, "A little while ago, I had the great satisfaction of receiving a phone call from Trump. (Trump) was convinced by my arguments,...
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...
Aluar shares fell more than 10% after Trump's tariff announcement on Argentina and Brazil, the company blames the government
Shares of Argentine aluminium manufacturer Aluar fell more than 10% on Monday after President Donald Trump gave a statement about restoring tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from Argentina and Brazil. Trump announced this in a tweet post earlier on Monday. President of Aluar, Javier Madanes...
Trump administration to restore aluminium and steel tariffs on Brazil and Argentina
On Monday, December 2, the US President Donald Trump announced to immediately restore aluminium and steel import tariffs on Brazil and Argentina and even harsher penalties of up to 100 per cent against $2.4 billion of French imports, as a retaliatory move against France’s new digital-services tax...
CANPACK opens aluminium beverage can facility in Colombia
CANPACK, a leading global manufacturer of aluminium beverage cans, announced the inauguration of its aluminium beverage can facility in Tocancipa, Colombia. The new plant will cater to the increasing demand for sustainable and innovative aluminium packaging. The aluminium beverage can facility is...
