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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Venezuela aluminum production continues to drop
Aluminum production in Venezuela continued to drop in 2015, the Ministry of Industry said in its annual report, after a year of labor conflicts, timid investment and a deep recession. Venalum, Latin America's largest aluminum factory, had output of 90,795 metric tons of the metal last year, a 15...
Apollo, Blackstone said among bidders for Ball-Rexam assets
Apollo Global Management, Blackstone Group LP and Madison Dearborn Partners are in the second round of bidding for assets being sold as part of Ball Corp.’s acquisition of Rexam Plc, people familiar with the matter said. The divested operations could be valued at about $4 billion based on combined...
Sapa appoints new business area president from within own organization
Sergio Luiz Vendrasco is the new president of Sapa’s Precision Tubing business area, the area in Sapa providing aluminium solutions for heat transfer applications to the automotive and HVAC&R industries. Vendrasco has been appointed business area president of Sapa Precision Tubing, succeeding...
Declining aluminium prices hit Hydro's earnings, production soars in Brazil
Norwegian aluminium giant Norsk Hydro has announced fourth quarter results of 2015. The underlying earnings before financial items and tax declined to NOK 1,566 million in the fourth quarter, down from NOK 2,215 million in the third quarter of 2015. The decline mainly reflected lower aluminium and...
Argentina may launch anti-dumping probe into Chinese aluminium alloy wheel rim
Argentina informed China’s Ministry of Commerce on February 4 that it has received written application from its domestic industry requesting anti-dumping investigation into certain aluminium alloy wheel rims originated from China. The aluminium alloy wheel rims that Argentina’s domestic industry...
AMD Supply aims to be the largest aluminium supplier in Miami
Continuously expanding its aluminium product offerings, AMD Supply LLC is, “Delivering On its Promise of Low Cost, Better Quality, and Exceptional Customer Service”. AMD is a leading wholesale aluminium supplier in Miami, recently added a whole new array of products to their lineup, stepping closer...
Brazil alumina exports revenue declined 11.8% y-o-y in Dec: MDIC
According to the data revealed by Brazil’s foreign trade ministry, alumina exports of the country remained nearly stable year-on-year in December 2015. A total of 699,456 tons of alumina (aluminium oxide powder refined from bauxite) was shipped abroad last month, a rise from 698,969 tons in...
Ball completes acquisition of Brazilian Joint Venture
Ball Corporation announced that it has completed acquisition of the remaining 39.9 percent minority interest in Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda., which supplies beverage cans and ends to the local Brazilian market. Latapack-Ball was founded in 1995 and was one of the most successful joint ventures in...
Sapa’s Profile Academy completes another successful year of technical training
Sapa’s Profile Academy is one of the most popular technical knowledge training exercises that the company organizes for external stakeholders. Another full year of workshops concluded with successful events in Argentina and the UK. Sapa established its Profile Academy concept in 1996 and has...
Brazil aluminium can recycling rate grew 12.5% in 2014
The recent report published jointly by the Brazilian Aluminium Association (ABAL) and the Brazilian Association of Highly Recyclable Cans Manufacturers (Abralatas) suggests significant rise in aluminium can recycling rates in the country during 2014. According to the report, Brazil recycled 289,500...
Ball wins Brazilian approval of proposed $8.2bn Rexam deal
Ball Corporation has won Brazilian approval of its proposed £5.4bn ($8.2bn) acquisition of Rexam. The tribunal of Brazil’s competition watchdog, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) approved the merger last week on condition it adopts structural and behavioural measures settled in...
Brazil aluminum output slumps through November
Brazil's primary aluminum production fell 20.5% through November to 708,500t, local Aluminum Association Abal reported. Primary aluminum output in November dipped 11.5% year-on-year to 69,300t. Brazilian production of the metal began declining in March 2014 and has yet to bounce back. For full-year...
Mozal Aluminium again considered the largest company in Mozambique
The Mozal Aluminium company was considered the largest company in Mozambique in 2014, according to the 17th edition of the list compiled by consulting firm KPMG Moçambique. KPMG analysed the performance over 2014 of the largest companies in the country through criteria such as turnover,...
First Bauxite Corporation gets mining licence extended
First Bauxite Corporation announced today that the Government of Guyana (GoG) has granted a two-year extension to the construction commencement date under the Bonasika Mining Licence from January 31, 2016 to January 31, 2018. In addition, the GoG may grant a further one year extension to January...
Columbia's aluminium coils and sheets manufacturer signs contract with Russian Alfa-Metal
Detal company and Russian Alfa-Metal have signed a contract for 3 years. Under the contract, Detal exports to the Russian market of 30 thousand tons of metal products. Products will mainly consist of rolls and boards colored aluminum. At the current price level, the cost of the contract will be $70...
Rexam issues Q3 2015 trading update
Rexam, a leading global beverage can maker, issued the following trading update for the period from 1 July 2015. Results for the Group are in line with the plans. Overall global beverage can volumes were up 3% (1% excluding the acquisition of UAC) in the third quarter. Volume growth in Europe...
Brazil breaks aluminium recycling record
Brazil, the world's biggest collector of aluminium cans, broke its own record for recycling the material in 2014, the Brazilian Aluminium Association, or Abal, said. The numbers can be attributed to the rising costs of energy and the fragility of an economy plagued by recession and accelerating...
Ball Corp. acquires remaining interest in Brazilian joint venture
Ball Corp. announced that it will acquire the minority interest owned by its joint-venture partners in Latapack-Ball that supplies cans and ends to the Brazilian market. Ball Corp. said it will acquire the remaining 39.9 percent minority interest in the Latapack-Ball beverage-can business in...
