South Korea’s Russian aluminium imports reached a record high in 2025, making Russia the country’s largest aluminium supplier for the first time. The sharp increase has strengthened Korea’s dependence on Russian metal even as the US and Europe tighten sanctions against Moscow. The exposure is...
Asia’s alumina exports entered 2026 on a strong footing, with shipments to global markets reaching 7.05 million tonnes worth USD 2.76 billion in H1 2026 , up 27.36 per cent year-on-year . The sharp rise in H1 was driven by a quarter-on-quarter surge by a considerable margin. This indicates an...
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Press Metal Aluminium Holding Bhd’s low-cost structure, good track record under the present management, and scarcity premium for aluminium are likely to support its share price. The company’s operating cash flows also look healthy as reflected in the financial results of Q1 CY2020 March 31, said...
Ball Corporation has reportedly announced that it has acknowledged its plant in Yangon with the 2019 R. David Hoover Sustainability Award for significant operation and social improvements. Ball claimed that its Yangon plant consistently improved its electricity efficiency by nearly 23 per cent and...
Taiwan’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 3,480 tonnes in February, with a month-on-month decrease of 1.97%. Taiwan had imported 3,550 tonnes in January 2020. On a yearly basis, imports reduced by 47.7% from 6,650 tonnes in February 2019, as updated by the US Census Bureau. In the...
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Berhad, the largest Aluminium smelter in South East Asia announced its financial results for the three months ended 31 March 2020. Revenue decreased by 15.7% year-on-year to RM1.83 billion in 1Q20. The group’s profit after tax and minority interest dropped by 10.9% to...
Design studio Miniwiz, together with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI), and Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, has built a prototype modular ward for hospitals using recycled aluminium panels, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Named Modular...
Altech Chemicals Limited has publicized an update on the status of activities at the Company’s high purity alumina (HPA) site in Johor Bahru, Malaysia that construction activities have now resumed. In response to the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Malaysian government enforced a...
Multiple industries including automobile, aviation and construction have been catastrophically affected, accordingly diminishing the demand for aluminium that is hugely used in these industries. Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd will be focusing on its upstream investments and expansion of its...
On 18 th May’20, Soon Lian Holdings, the aluminium supplier made public that Tony Tan Yee Chin resigned as company Chairman and CEO following differences in an opinion he had with two executive directors regarding the execution of the group's strategic direction in the area of resource allocation...
According to the United States Geological Survey, the US aluminium scrap exports to Malaysia showed a continuous downtrend from December 2019 to February 2020. Until November 2019, the United States aluminium scrap exports saw a month-on-month rise, such as an increase from 30,900 tonnes in...
Hammond Electronics, a global force in the enclosures market with facilities in Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and South East Asia, has extended the variety of popular 1455 standard family enclosures by adding new 1455F flanged extruded aluminium enclosures. The 14555F features a...
The Philippines, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands. A newly industrialized country, the Philippine economy has been transitioning from one based upon agriculture to an economy with more emphasis upon services and...
The Japanese demand for aluminium in 2019 remained strong, though the aluminium wire import market reflected de-growth during 2017-19. The total import volume during 2017-19 was recorded at 23,302 tonnes and the foreign revenue expended stood at $77.28 million. The import estimated for 2020 is 6479...
According to the latest data released by the US Geological Survey, the United States aluminium scrap exports to Malaysia declined in December 2019 by 9,000 tonnes or 22 per cent from the previous month and came in at 32,500 tonnes. In November, however, the export amount to Malaysia rose by 1,400...
The Indonesian government has been in a continuous process to encourage increasing the production of domestic aluminium. But still, the export market of Indonesia’s household articles has been inconsistent throughout 2017-19; as well the 2020 prediction has shown a steep slow down. In 2017 the...
The economy of Bangladesh is a developing market economy and it the 39 th largest in the world in nominal terms, and 29 th largest by purchasing power parity. It is classified among the Next Eleven emerging market middle income economies and a frontier market. In the first quarter of 2019,...
According to the latest update on Altech Chemicals’ construction activities at its high purity alumina (HPA) site in Johor, the onsite electrical substation is progressing and is now ahead of schedule, while all the major constructional works are complete, including the external detailing of the...
The largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, Emirates Global Aluminium, has signed a fresh three-year contract with Vinacomin, a Vietnamese state-owned firm, extending the supply of Vietnamese alumina to the UAE until 2023. As per the new agreement, EGA will...
The US import of Aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) from Vietnam reflected a steady market during June-Nov’19 with a total volume of 10,320 tonnes. In June’19 the total import of US from Vietnam was accounted for 1470 tonnes, whereas in July’19 it was accounted at 1700...
