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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Brazil’s aluminium production falls in July
Brazil’s aluminium output fell 8% year-on-year in July as lower metal prices and high energy costs discouraged new investments in primary production. The country’s primary aluminium output stood at 110,800 tonnes in July, compared with 120,400 tonnes in the same month last year, according to...
First Bauxite Corporation announces appointment of interim chairman
First Bauxite Corporation announces that Larry Washow has been appointed Interim Chairman of the Board of Directors of First Bauxite succeeding John Hicks. The Company thanks Mr. Hicks for his contributions and wishes him well in his future endeavors. Mr. Washow will also continue in his role as a...
Brazil's primary aluminum output down 8.4% in first seven months
Brazil‘s primary aluminum output in the first seven months of 2013 reached 776,800t, down 8.4% from 847,700t year-on-year, national aluminum association Abal said. Primary aluminum production in July totaled 110,800t, an 8% decrease from 120,400t produced in the same month of 2012. Companies...
Hindalco counting on Brazil World Cup to boost sales
Hindalco Industries Ltd. (HNDL), the world’s biggest supplier of aluminum for cans, is counting on next year’s soccer World Cup and the 2016 summer Olympics in Brazil to buoy demand amid sagging sales at home in India. Novelis Inc., a unit of the company controlled by billionaire Kumar Mangalam...
Brazil’s reports sharp increase in bauxite export in July
Brazil’s exports of bauxite presented a sharp increase in July, whereas alumina and aluminium trade fell, according to the country’s trade ministry. All transactions were on a fob basis. Bauxite Bauxite exports from Brazil shot up by 218% year-on-year in July to 949,860 tonnes after increased...
Jaxport’s Talleyrand terminal receives massive aluminum shipment
At the Port of Jacksonville’s Talleyrand terminal, workers from Seaonus unloaded a ship Tuesday filled with 11,000 tons of aluminum ingots. The cargo came from South America and is headed to smelting plants in St. Augustine and the Port Manatee area, near Tampa. It’s a big shipment, said Rick Sharp...
Vale updates alumina and aluminium division
In Q2 2013, Vale's bauxite extraction was 2.8% higher than in Q2 2012 and 6.0% higher than in Q1 2013 as a result of increased alumina production. Alumina production increased 8.5% against Q2 2012 which experienced processing issues and slightly decreased against Q1 2013. Internal consumption of...
Most of Dominican Republic’s bauxite exported to China
Dominican Republic exported 300,000 tons of wet bauxite in two shipments out of the port at Cabo Rojo, Pedernales (southwest) in July, a resumption expected to increase government revenue for the rest of the year and provide more jobs in the country’s poorest region. A Mines Agency (DGM) report...
Novelis marks the commissioning of expanded aluminum rolling operations in South America
Novelis, the world leader in rolled aluminum and recycling, today announced the opening of its expanded aluminum rolling operations in Pindamonhangaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The expansion increases production capacity at the plant by more than 50 percent to greater than 600,000 metric tons of aluminum...
US Aluminum services ranked one of the largest hispanic-owned companies for third year in a row
HispanicBusiness 500 has ranked the largest U.S. Hispanic-owned companies according to revenue for the past 30 years. Now in its 31st year, Florida companies have dominated the list and included is US Aluminum Services, a construction company located in Orlando, Florida. In business since 2004, US...
Primary aluminum output down 8.4% in Brazil
Brazil‘s primary aluminum output in the first half of 2013 reached 666,000t, down 8.4% from 727,300t year-on-year, national aluminum association Abal said. According to the latest data available in Abal’s website, primary aluminum exports in the January-May period of 2013 totaled 207,400t, down...
South American primary aluminum production down 5.86% in Q2
South America‘s primary aluminum production in the second quarter of this year fell 5.86% year-on-year to 482,000t from 512,000t, the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) reported. Output in June was 155,000t, down 7.19% year-on-year and 6.07% month-on-month. Global primary aluminum production...
June World Aluminum Output 2.042 Mln Tons, Down 70,000 Tons
Total world aluminum production in June fell by 70,000 metric tons to 2.042 million tons, according to figures released Monday by the International Aluminum Institute. World production in May stood at 2.112 million tons. June production was up 12,000 tons compared with the same month of 2012, when...
First Bauxite Corporation releases laboratory results on bauxite proppants
First Bauxite Corporation announces the positive results of conductivity testing conducted on 4 size fractions of Intermediate Strength Proppants ("Guyprop(TM)-ISP") manufactured in a laboratory, using bauxite from the Company’s 100% owned Bonasika 1 deposit, in Guyana. Stim-Lab, which conducted...
BelAZ supplies dump trucks for bauxite mining in Venezuela
The Belarusian automobile manufacturer OAO BelAZ has shipped a batch of five mine dump trucks with the carrying capacity of 90 tonnes to Venezuela, representatives of the company told BelTA. The BelAZ 75570 vehicles were sold to the company CVG Bauxilum C.A. The vehicles will be used at the Los...
BOSAI rents gensets to ease electricity woes
BOSAI Minerals, the Chinese bauxite company operating in Linden, has rented three generator sets to resume production and provide electricity to the town, the company said in a brief update. A company spokeswoman said that the town- Mackenzie and Wismar- was likely to experience some power outages...
Hydro signs development agreement with Pará government
Hydro was one of the first companies in Pará to establish a partnership for the benefit of local development, supported by an Intentions Protocol with the state, through its Secretariat of Industry, Commerce and Mining (SEICOM). The agreement will enable a development of a State Plan of New...
Novelis to boost aluminum sheet output 6% in fiscal 2014, no acquisitions in the works: CEO
US aluminum sheet maker Novelis expects to produce around 3 million mt globally in its 2014 fiscal year, around a 6% rise compared with its current output, with the majority of the growth coming from existing South American and Korean expansions CEO Phil Martens said in an interview Tuesday....
