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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BHP’s aluminium production dips in the second half of 2014
BHP’s aluminium production has seen a 16% dip in the second half of 2014 dropping to 517,000 tonnes while its alumina and manganese ore productions have risen. In the December quarter, a drop of 15% year-on-year and a 1.9% quarter-on-quarter was noticed with the company producing 256,000 tonnes of...
Brazil suffers the first trade deficit of $3.93 billion since 1998
Brazil has been a sufferer in the aluminium business in 2014, with exports dipping by 23.5% year-on-year as the primary producers in the country cut production capacities. In 2013, 404,847 tonnes of unwrought non alloyed metal was shipped abroad which fell to 309,878 tonnes in 2014 according to the...
Brazil's aluminum imports up 300% in Jan-Sep
Brazil imported 306,400t of primary aluminum in the first nine months, up 292% from 78,100t in the year-ago period, according to national aluminum association Abal. In terms of value, the country's primary aluminum imports totaled US$686mn in the period, a 279% increase from US$181mn in...
Brazil’s primary aluminium output falls by 31.4%
The primary aluminium output in Brazil in November has fallen by 31.4% year-on-year once again proving that the major players in the industry are taking deliberate steps to curtail production. Compared to the 101,000 tonnes of the metal produced in November, 2013, last month the production was a...
Pell joins Aluminum Association board
Sapa’s Jack C. Pell is one of five new persons elected to the U.S. Aluminum Association’s Board of Directors. Pell leads the commercial organization for Sapa’s Extrusion Americas business area, which is responsible for the company’s general extrusion activities in North and South America. He...
Dominican Republic's bauxite reserves to be searched for rare earth
Starting January, institutions like the National Geologic Service (SGN), the Higher Education Ministry and other universities from the US and Spain will be coming together to look for ‘rare earth’ ores in Sierra de Bahoruco in southwestern Pedernales province, as announced on Friday. Bauxite, which...
First Bauxite releases detailed analysis on multiple projects
The First Bauxite Corporation has completed the strategic review of two of its projects, the Bankable Feasibility Study Update (BFSU Project) which was filed on 21 November 2011 and the planned pre-feasibility study (PFS Project) which was first introduced on 14th Feb, 2013. The first project was...
Aluminum regains hope on the reopening of closed plants
Even with the 23 percent growth rate of zinc production in the Gulf region, the temporary shutdown and closures of aluminum plant all over the world has highly affected the production rate of aluminum, sinking it down lower than the production rate submitted in January. Since the beginning of the...
Guyana: Linden bauxite workers on strike for more pay
Workers at the Chinese-owned BOSAI Minerals Limited bauxite plant at Linden on Tuesday continued to down tools and stayed off the job to press demands for higher salaries, according to well-placed sources. Preliminary information reaching Caribbean News Desk is that the company is offering a six...
Rexam Plc to increase prices to bear rising premiums and energy costs
By revenue, Rexam Plc is the second-largest beverage can maker in the world but the rising aluminium premiums and high energy costs in Brazil are pushing the company to contemplate raising the price for their customers. On Thursday, Rexam came out as one of the biggest losers in the FTSE-250 Midcap...
Brazil’s worst-ever drought severely crippling its aluminium industry
Brazil, which was once the sixth largest aluminium producer in the world has now slipped two spots down to the eighth position primarily due to their severe bout of drought which has made electricity a scarce commodity. While the world primary aluminium production has increased by 3% from 2012 to...
Novelis announces closure of Ouro Preto aluminum smelter to focus Brazilian Operations on core rolled products business
Novelis, the global leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, announced today that consistent with its corporate strategy it will focus its operations in Brazil on its core business of aluminum rolling and recycling. As a result, it will cease operations at its Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, primary...
Fata Aluminum signs cooperation agreement
Fata Aluminum, a leading company in the global market for Automated casting systems for cylinder heads, blocks, pistons and Sand Regeneration systems with companies in the US, Italy and Mexico, and Eco Sand a leading company in the Brazilian market for no-bake system, sand handling and reclamation...
Rexam to launch Germânia 55 in aluminium Fusion bottles
South Africa’s leading beverage can manufacturer, Rexam is making inroads in the Brazilian aluminium bottle market which has been established recently. The company had earlier launched the Smirnoff Ice limited addition in 2013, this year they are back with Germânia 55 beer in Fusion bottles. It is...
Window of opportunity at Fesqua 2014
Fesqua 2014 has turned São Paulo into the world city of fenestration. Sapa’s Brazilian organization is showing its variety of high-end aluminium solutions, including a new window system that offers acoustic reduction performance that leads the market. Fesqua is considered the most important...
Colombia's Alumina sees higher aluminum sales on construction boom
Colombia's aluminum manufacturer Alumina expects to boost sales by 8% this year, on rising demand from the country's construction industry. Alumina, which handles 50% of Colombian aluminum sales, is cutting exports to the US, South America and Central America to focus 70% of its business on the...
Brazil’s aluminium smelter shuts down due to high electricity prices
An Alcoa Inc. smelter has been idled as producing aluminium in Brazil has become very expensive. The Pocos de Caldas smelter has stopped producing aluminium and selling the facility’s power instead to combat the high electricity prices. With the worst drought seen in decades, the water reservoirs...
Aluminum supply tightens as production slumps in Brazil
Producing aluminum in Brazil got so expensive as electricity prices surged to records this year that Alcoa Inc. (AA) idled its Pocos de Caldas smelter and now sells the facility’s power instead of metal. The worst drought in decades drained reservoirs used to run hydroelectric generators that...
