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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Aluminium aerosol can industry heading for new production record in 2011
After a record world production of aluminium aerosol cans of about 6 billion units in 2010 the industry is expecting to break this record in 2011. According to AEROBAL, the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers, production grew by 8 per cent in the first half year...
Venezuela aluminium company eyes slow recovery
Venezuela's state aluminium smelter Venalum is hoping for gradual but sustained improvement in production after being badly hit by a power crisis and low prices. Mr Rada Gamluch president of Venezula said that production sank to 258,000 tonnes last year from a capacity of 430,000 tonnes and output...
Guyana opposition warns foreign bauxite firms
Opposition politicians in Guyana threatened to kick out two bauxite mining companies from Russia and China if they flout labor laws. Alliance For Change, the country's second largest opposition party, on Sunday told residents of the eastern bauxite mining town of Linden that Russia's UC Rusal and...
Bauxite exploration depends on location of useful reserves
The exploration of bauxite in Angola will depend on the discovery of reserves considered as economically useful. This was said on Saturday in Luanda by the chairperson of the investment and mining society “Bauxite Angola”, Bernardo Campos, under the workshop on “The Bauxite and Aluminium importance...
Alcasa signs deal with Italian company to design aluminum extrusion plant
Venezuela's CVG-Alcasa has signed an agreement with Italy's Predieri Metalli to perform the basic design and engineering work on a new aluminum extrusion facility at the Puerto Ordaz-based smelter, Alcasa said Thursday. The contract was signed last week and engineers from the Italian firm have...
CBA’s aluminium output up more than 10% in Aug
Companhia Brasiliera doe Aluminio (CBA), a unit of Votorantim Metais, pushed aluminium output up 10.4% in August after solving a technical issue that affected operations from the second quarter. Since the opening of its plant in Alumínio, São Paulo state, in 1955, Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio...
VHE Hall Effect Ammeters Prove Popular with Aluminium Smelters
The VHE Hall Effect Ammeter continues to be in demand by those smelters paying increased attention to pot performance. Recent orders shipped include three ammeters configured for cathode riser bar measurements to Aluar in Argentina, and one configured for anode rod measurements to a European...
Linden bauxite dust problem worsens
Residents of Linden are expressing no-confidence in the management of bauxite company BOSAI fulfilling their recent commitment to have two dust collecting units operational by February 2012, saying that they have for many years been living on empty promises. Their claim was valid, according to...
Bauxite dust collectors operational by Feb – Bosai
A team of experts is expected in Guyana soon to commence building two dust collecting units at the Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Incorporated (BMGGI), which are expected to be operational by February 2012. During a tour of the facility last Friday, Senior Personnel Officer Vance Reid pleaded for the...
Aluar in profit
Argentinian producer Aluar said it earned ARG761M ($180M) in fiscal year 2010/2011. The firm said among the reasons for the figure was a result of higher aluminium prices. In a letter to the Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires to the results of its fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, Aluar said that in...
Aluar net profit up 62% on stronger aluminium prices
Argentina's sole primary aluminium producer, Aluar has reported a net profit increase of 62% for the year ended June 30 on higher aluminium prices.
Bosai workers get 7 percent salary increase
Bauxite company Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana) and workers union NAACIE have agreed on a new Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) which will see employees receiving a 7 percent across-the-board wages and salaries increase and other benefits. A joint statement from the two entities on Friday noted that...
Guyana's economy registers 5.9 % growth
Guyana's economy has achieved real economic growth of 5.9 percent in the first half of 2011. Production of bauxite reached a total of 815,505 tonnes at the half year, an increase of 38.6 percent compared to the same period in 2010. The composition of the industry’s output, a higher proportion of...
Brazil consumption of aluminium castings up 14% in H1
Brazil's consumption of aluminium castings increased 14% in the first half of the year, the local aluminium association, Abal, said on Wednesday.
Research and Markets: Aluminum in Venezuela - Industry Profile Report - Forecast of the Venezuela Aluminium Industry is Acceleration
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Aluminum in Venezuela" report to their offering. Aluminum in Venezuela industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains...
'Technical issues' hit CBA's aluminium output: Votorantim
Votorantim said that a “technical issue” at its fully-owned aluminium subsidiary Companhia Brasileira doe Alumínio (CBA) hurt both production and sales during the second and third quarters this year
Aluminium producers switch sights to Far East markets
The UAE's two aluminium producers are boosting exports to the Far East and other emerging markets to offset disruptions to Middle East orders caused by unrest. Both Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) and Emirates Aluminium (Emal) have suspended shipments to Syria, an important centre for re-export of the...
Lindeners cry for relief from bauxite dust
A group of Lindeners are calling for relief from a dust situation caused by the Bosai bauxite plant in the once-thriving mining town. Several residents, including Regional Councillor Judith Rogers, were present at the AFC’s weekly news conference on Wednesday in Georgetown. “The matter was raised...
