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...
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Malaysia’s Press Metal Bhd set to up the ante with Samalaju smelter
Press Metal Bhd (Press Metal), a public-listed aluminium company with an extensive global presence, has been regarded as being significantly undervalued but is now set to be on a strong upward trajectory as its greenfield aluminium smelting plant in Samalaju is set to swing into full production...
Novelis goes into expansion mode
Novelis Inc., is expanding its Korean operations to meet growing industrial demand for a variety of aluminum sheets. Using its success here as a springboard, it has made inroads into China and Southeast Asia to become an industry leader in rapidly growing areas. Novelis, which is based in Atlanta,...
Sumatra's aluminium imports outweighs exports
The volume of aluminium export from Sumatra is much smaller than imports. During the first quarter of 2013, Sumatra aluminum export activity shipped via container through terminal BICT totaled 581 tons, according to Tengku Irfansyah, Assistant Manager of Legal and Public IPCs I Belawan...
Bintan Alumina Smelter build $ 1 billion
Indonesia PT Bintan Alumina invest up to U.S. $ 1 billion for the construction of mineral processing and refining plant (smelter) in Bintan, Riau Islands. Director of Bintan Alumina, Zulnahar Usman said that the company is conducting a feasibility study or feasibility study smelter development....
RI govt ready to take over Inalum
The Indonesian government is ready to take full control of PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) after Japanese consortium Nippon Asahan Aluminum’s 30-year contract to manage Inalum expires on Oct.30, an official says. “We no longer depend on Japan and are ready to continue developing PT Inalum as...
Global aluminum demand rises 6% to 12 million mt in Q1: Rusal
Global primary aluminum consumption rose 6% year on year to 12 million mt in the first quarter of 2013, aluminum producer Rusal in Russia said Tuesday. China posted the strongest demand growth rate of 11%, supported by a strong 12.81% year-on-year rise in automotive output during the quarter, Rusal...
Azerbaijan to build $4.8b oil refinery and aluminum plant in RI
Azerbaijan, one of Indonesia’s major suppliers of oil, was planning to build a US$4.8 billion oil refinery in Batam and an aluminum plant in Kalimantan to cement the increasingly close relations between the South Caucasus nation and Southeast Asia’s largest economy, a top Azerbaijani diplomat said....
Otto Fuchs eyes aluminum drill pipe market through partnership with TPS
German forging, extrusion and ring rolling company Otto Fuchs KG is partnering with TPS Technitube Röhrenwerke GmbH to enter the aluminum drill pipe market. “Based on some very special extrusion technologies, Otto Fuchs is able to produce high-strength seamless tubes with very special dimensional...
Asia’s leading Aluminium exhibition prepares to host a record number of international visitors this summer
ALUMINIUM CHINA 2013, Asia’s leading international Aluminium exhibition is set to launch its ground breaking “Smart Sourcing” initiative in the Shanghai New International Expo Center this summer. With over a thousand international visitors already registered for the show, this year’s event is set...
AMG Aluminum announces sale of ownership interest in Chinese joint venture
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. announces that AMG Aluminum has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its 45% equity interest in Nanjing Yunhai KB Alloys Co., Ltd to Nanjing Yunhai Special Metals Co., Ltd. The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2013. This is...
Midas awarded S$17.3 million Singapore MRT train car body orders
Midas Holdings Limited was pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries Co., Ltd has been awarded orders totaling S$17.3 million (approximately RMB86.5 million) from Alstom Transport S.A. to supply train car body module components for new trains on the Singapore North...
The Russian company targeting 2 million tons of alumina by 2013 end
Vimetco Russian company targets to produce 2 million tonnes of alumina ore from his mines located in West Kalimantan by the end of this year. According to Susilo, the Russian company has been working with local company PT Intan in Sangatta area, West Kalimantan to produce alumina. "They are very...
Pilot bauxite projects in Vietnam ‘will pave the way for aluminium industry'
Investing in two pilot bauxite projects in the Central Highlands is the right move for Vietnam and will pave the way for the country's aluminium industry to take off, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang. "The decision to go for these two projects was made after careful...
Automobile aluminum electric wire production base set up in Thailand
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. and Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. have decided to set up a production base for automobile aluminum electric wires in Thailand. The two companies began mass production of wiring harnesses for automobiles using aluminum wires (aluminum harnesses) in 2010. Since...
Aluminium China to expand its international visitor delegation program
In 2013, ALUMINIUM CHINA, the leading aluminium sourcing platform in Asia for industry professionals and buyers from the aluminium industry and a wide array of application industries will expand its international visitor delegation program. As part of this program the organizer Reed Exhibitions...
Chalieco’s first overseas Aluminum Project began production
Chalieco announced that its first total contracted overseas aluminum project ,located in Lintong,Vietnam,has began production recently,designed annual capacity of 650,000 tons. As Chalieco explained,Although Chinese mainland produces and consumpts maximum aluminum in the world,occupying more than...
North Sumatra forms company for a piece of Inalum
North Sumatra administration along with its 10 regencies and municipalities have agreed to form a regional-administration-owned enterprise (BUMD) in hopes of obtaining shares and taking part in the management of PT Indonesia Asaham Aluminium (Inalum) after Japanese consortium Nippon Asahan...
Indonesian government and Japanese consortium NAA agree on Inalum takeover
The Indonesian government and Japanese consortium Nippon Asahan Aluminium (NAA) have agreed that the takeover of Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) will be made through a transfer of shares, instead of transferring assets as stipulated in the contract between the two parties. “We’ve also agreed to...
