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...
Korea’s 483kt of Russian aluminium imports hit record high as sanctions risks deepen
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...
Grow with
AL Circle
Press Metal to expand its downstream aluminium portfolio
<p>Malaysian-based aluminium company Press Metal Bhd is proposing to invest worth RM100mil for the production of new aluminium products in 2017. The company is planning to manufacture higher margins aluminium products like billets and to expand export facility in the European market.</p> <p><img...
Indonesia government to appoint Inalum to manage freeport management
<p>The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan announced on 27 February in Jakarta that the government has planned to take over the management of PT Freeport Indonesia if it wins in the international arbitration tribunal.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;...
Top five aluminium powder manufacturers in India
<p>The global aluminium powder market is growing driven by the automotive paints and sealants and other industrial pigments sectors. During 2009-2016, the market has grown at a CAGR of two per cent reaching a volume of 589,012 tonnes in 2016. A recently published report suggests the market will...
Altech plans fixed price contract for HPA plant construction
<p>Altech Chemicals Limited has announced that it has reached an agreement with its appointed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor M+W Group on a framework for a fixed price EPC contract for the construction of the Company’s proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA)...
Showa Aluminum Can to expand its can production capacity in Vietnam
<p>Showa Aluminum Can Corporation (SAC), a subsidiary of Showa Denko Tokyo, will establish its second can production facility in Vietnam in order to expand its business in the country. This new facility would be located in Quang Nam Province of Vietnam.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;...
India on the fast-track of development: To import US$115.5 mln worth aluminium bar rods in 2017
<p>The global market for aluminium bar rods and profiles is projected to grow at 5.7 per cent CAGR from 2016 till 2020, reveals data in a recently published market research report. During 2009-2015, the market grew at a CAGR of 7.4 per cent with aluminium alloy profiles accounting for 96 per cent...
Russia tops as a net exporter of primary aluminium in 2016
<p>2016 has turned out to be a buoyant year for primary aluminium after a long period of volatility. LME aluminium prices recovered 13.4% in 2016 ending the year with a rate of USD 1714 per ton. The market sentiment on aluminium has improved considerably since the beginning of 2016, when prices...
Outlook 2017: Awaiting opportunities in the bauxite sector
<p>According to CRU, global alumina capacity is forecast to grow by 29.6% over the next ten years, reaching 179.6M tonnes by 2024. Metallurgical grade alumina capacity expansion, primarily in China will drive the growth in demand for bauxite. China's growing need for raw materials to feed its...
Lift on ore export ban may affect Indonesia’s growing smelting industry
<p>Indonesia government has operated 32 mineral processing and refining corporations from 2012 to 2016 with the total sum of investment of USD20 billion in smelting industries.</p> <p>Deputy Chairman of Processing and Smelting Companies Association (AP3I), Jonathan Handoyo commented: “From...
Indonesia eases export ban on bauxite and nickel ore with new policy
<p>As an update on the ore export ban imposed in Indonesia, two years back, Indonesia amended the policies on Thursday allowing exports of nickel ore and bauxite and concentrates of other minerals under specific conditions.<br /><br />The ban on unprocessed ore exports was imposed in 2014 to...
Aluminium scrap import-export by Indonesia to surge YoY buoyed by downstream demand
<p>Aluminium scrap import by Indonesia has surged significantly over the last two years as the country is on the verge of becoming an important downstream aluminium product manufacturing hub in south-east Asia, catering mostly to the automotive industry. The country purchased 55,059.5 tonnes of...
Research firm sees better aluminium outlook for Press Metal Bhd
<p>According to a Kenanga Research report, Press Metal Bhd is expected to see further earnings growth in 2017, driven primarily by the rising US dollar and stronger aluminium prices. This positive move is also supported by strong demand from Asia ex-China.<br /><br />Aluminium prices recovered...
South Korea's aluminium bar rods and profiles import volume surges 34% YoY in 2016
<p>According to the data released by the Korea National Statistical Office on December 29, South Korea’s total industrial production increased 1.6 per cent between October and November end after having stood at zero per cent in August, 0.9 per cent in September and -0.4 per cent in October...
Vietnam to import 3,32,266.5 tonnes of aluminium in 2016, up 19% YOY
<p>The Vietnamese aluminium market is expanding piggybacking the growth of major end user industries such as packaging. Latest studies reveal Asia will be the biggest consumer market of the light metal in 2017 and South-east Asian countries will drive the growth. The aluminium can market in...
CBIX steady, Malaysian ban extended for a fourth time
<p>CBIX gained US$0.6/dmt (1%) to US$50.8/dmt with higher ViU-priced cargos from Australia more prominent. As we foreshadowed, Malaysia again extended its mining ban, for another three months (to end-March 2017), with reports of nearly three million tonnes of stocks still needing to be cleared...
Kuantan MP says extending moratorium on bauxite mining will worsen environmental crisis
<p>Fuziah Salleh, Kuantan MP said in a press announcement that extension of bauxite mining ban in Pahang will deteriorate environmental crisis and this could lead to erosion at the bauxite mines.<br /><br />According to Fuziah, this erosion can contaminate river water as well as drinking water....
Daido Metal to acquire Asahi Tec’s aluminium casting business in Thailand
<p>Daido Metal, an auto engine bearing manufacturer is prepared to acquire Thai business from Asahi Tec’s aluminium casting segment worth 10 billion yen ($85 million), hoping to support the company by using its own sales network.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
Next Aluminium China to be held in Shanghai from July 19-21, 2017
<p>Aluminium China 2016, held in Shanghai on July 12th-14th, was a major success. The professional sourcing and networking platform with the most comprehensive coverage of the Asia market attracted 19,530 visitors and buyers from 75 countries and regions all over the world to a compelling line-up...
