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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Japan's auto aluminum extruders seeking overseas buyers to boost output
Japanese producers of aluminum extrusion for automotive components were seeking buyers in overseas markets so that they will be able to maintain their output levels, mill sources said Friday. In July, production hit a high last seen in October 2008. Japan's 69 rolling plants produced 12,536 mt of...
Noranda and Steelworkers union extend contract talks
Noranda Aluminum Inc. and the United Steelworkers of America, the union that represents about 780 employees at the Southeast Missouri aluminum plant, have agreed to a one-week extension of the current collective bargaining agreement. The union and plant have been in contract talks, and the...
Police recovers stolen aluminium ingots worth RM1 million in Malaysia
Johor police sprang into action after receiving a tip-off and recovered two trailers containing aluminium alloy ingots stolen from a factory in the Tebrau Industrial Estate here last Thursday. At a press conference at the state police contingent in Johor Baru recently, state police chief Datuk...
2nd Asian Bauxite and Alumina Conference to be held in Singapore
Metal Bulletin and Industrial Minerals Events' upcoming 2nd Asian Bauxite and Alumina Conference is to be held from 30 October 2012 - 31 October 2012 in Singapore This is the premier event of its kind and will provide current, cutting-edge presentations to examine the challenges and opportunities...
Chinese firms plan to spend $8.6 billion on Indonesia smelters
Chinese firms plan to invest $8.6 billion on aluminum and iron smelter projects in Indonesia, the industry minister said on Thursday, in a bid to guarantee supplies of metals under threat from a ban on exports of mineral ores from 2014. Indonesia, a major supplier of metal ores to top consumer...
Alcom sets to sustain recovery
Aluminium Company of Malaysia Bhd (Alcom) says it will be able to sustain its recovery after being hit by soft demand for its products globally last year. The company has been affected by the US and eurozone economic crisis, regional impact of the earthquake in Japan, political crisis in the Middle...
Furukawa-Sky of Aluminum Corp. Japan and Sumitomo Light Metal to merge
Furukawa-Sky (5741) Aluminum Corp., Japan’s biggest maker of rolled aluminum products, agreed to take over Sumitomo Light Metal Industries Ltd. as the companies seek to pare costs and compete with international rivals. Sumitomo Light Metal investors will get 0.346 shares of Furukawa-Sky for each...
Berli Jucker (BJC) to expand container plants in Saraburi, Thailand
Berli Jucker (BJC) plans to invest more than Bt3.5 billion on expanding its two container plants - Thai Beverage Can (TBC) and Thai Malaya Glass - in Hemaraj Industrial Estate, Saraburi province. The company will allocate Bt2 billion for TBC's facility and to boost its manufacturing capacity from...
Indonesia still suffers shortage of aluminum supply
Indonesia is still suffering from a shortage in aluminum supply as PT Asahan Indonesia Aluminium (Inalum), the only aluminium smelter in Southeast Asia, is only able to produce up to 260,000 tonnes a year while the domestic needs reach 800,000 tonnes, ANTARA news agency quoted an official as...
Government plans to invest up to $1.3 billion in Indonesia Asahan Aluminium
The government plans to invest up to Rp 12 trillion ($1.3 billion) in Indonesia Asahan Aluminium, which engages in smelting and producing aluminum, in order to boost its output and prepare the company for an initial public offering, a top minister said. Hatta Rajasa, Indonesia’s chief economic...
Indonesian Govt may float Inalum on stock market
The government is set to take full control over aluminum producer PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) and then float the company on the stock market or offer it to investors after the acquisition, Industry Minister MS Hidayat said in Jakarta on Friday. Hidayat said that official deliberations...
Singapore Aluminum Premiums Stabilize due to slow Demand
Singapore aluminum premiums are holding steady at high levels amid thin trading as consumers limit their purchasing activity due to slow seasonal demand for end products. Premiums to London Metal Exchange three-month aluminum prices are stable around $170 a metric ton, level for the last two weeks,...
Press Metal's construction of a second aluminium smelter at Bintulu would not affect its Mukah plant
Press Metal's construction of a second and larger aluminium smelting plant at the Samalaju industrial park in Bintulu would not affect the operation of its first plant here. "We won't shut down, that's for sure," its plant manager here Dr Siew Eng Fui said during a Kembara 1Malaysia media tour of...
Eastern cables dropped Aluminium rod production project
Eastern Cables has made good performance in the last years with the sale and production target exceeding. But the state run cable manufacturing plant at Patenga in the port city of Chittagong has dropped a proposed plan to set up an Aluminium rod manufacturing plant due to lack of fund. Sources in...
Eastern Cables drops aluminium rod manufacturing plant
Eastern Cables has made good performance in the last years with the sale and production target exceeding. But the state-run cable manufacturing plant at Patenga in the port city of Chittagong has dropped a proposed plan to set up an aluminium rod manufacturing plant due to lack of fund, sources in...
Alloy Sheet of Wuhan Weihua Aluminium Listed as “Wuhan Famous Brand Product”
According to Wuhan Aluminium Industry Association, aluminium alloy sheet of Wuhan Weihua Aluminium Industry Co.,Ltd was listed as “2011 Wuhan Famous Brand Product”by Wuhan Municipal Quality Committee. Weihua Aluminium Industry Co.,Ltd is located in Changfu New City Industrial Park of Caidian...
Aluminium Billet Production to rise at a Growth Rate of 4.4 Per Cent
The boom in the construction sector is rippling into the aluminium extrudes market for various applications, giving a huge boost to the aluminium billet market. The growing automotive and industrial sectors in Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam have expanded the market for aluminium profiles...
Taizhou Parfaitindustry Produces 8mm Aluminium Strip
Taizhou Parfaitindustry Co. Ltd owns professional divided cutting facilities and testing staff. It mainly supplies food aluminium foil, hydrophilic foil, condensing aluminium foil, packing aluminum foil and aluminium board, etc. Major alloys are 1100, 1234, 1050, 1060, 3003, 5052, 5083, 6061, 7076,...
