Collapsed Canada tariff talks put Indiana's aluminium jobs back in the spotlight
Indiana has emerged as an unlikely flashpoint in the latest round of US-Canada trade friction, after Washington's now-collapsed negotiations with Ottawa briefly put a proposed cut to aluminium tariffs on the table, one that industry advocates say would have hit the state's fabrication workforce...
US aluminium manufacturers launch alliance to address tariff concerns
US aluminium fabricators, extruders and finished-product manufacturers have launched the American Aluminum Alliance. This is a new trade association representing companies at the downstream end of the country’s aluminium value chain. The alliance brings together manufacturers that use aluminium to...
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Aluminium demand in North America up slightly YoY in Jan-August 2019; semis demand up 1.7%
According to the preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) totalled an estimated 8.6 million tonnes from January to August 2019, a slight increase over YTD 2018. Demand for semi-fabricated (mill)...
US tariffs on metal imports weighed down domestic aluminium market: Andy Home at LME Week 2019
United States tariffs on aluminium imports had a great effect on the country’s domestic aluminium industry, said Andy Home, Senior Metals Columnist at Thomson Reuters, at the London Metal Exchange Week 2019. As the US import duties came into effect on the national security grounds in early 2018,...
India’s aluminium semi-finished exports to the US up by 30% YoY in seven-month period
India’s exports of total aluminium including crude metal and alloys and semi-finished products to the US amounted to 147,000 tonnes in the first seven months of 2019, slightly up from 146,000 tonnes in the first seven months of 2018, as updated by US Census Bureau. Total aluminium exports by India...
WTO agrees to settle disagreement over India’s retaliatory tariffs on US products
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has finally agreed on October 28, to establish a panel to settle an issue over India’s decision to impose retaliatory import tariffs on 28 US products. The development took place one month after India declined US request in September, to set up a panel to decide...
Vietnam customs seizes Chinese aluminium being transshipped to the US through Vietnam
According to a press release from Aluminum Extruders Council, Vietnam has started its action against Chinese transhipment of aluminium. It has been reported that “Vietnamese customs discovered and seized about $4.3 billion of Chinese aluminium falsely labelled “Made-in-Vietnam” before being shipped...
The US crude metal and alloys imports down 27% YoY in seven-month period; exports drop by 19%
The US imports of crude metal and alloys declined 72.53% or 240,800 tonnes year-on-year to 91,200 tonnes in July 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. Imports were 332,000 tonnes in July 2018. Imports reduced by 71.05% from June’s imports of...
US aluminium import drops 18% YoY in Jan-July 2019; semi-finished import up about 10%
According to the preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) totalled an estimated 7.5 million tonnes from January to July 2019, an increase of 1.3 per cent over YTD 2018. The U.S. accounted for the...
The US aluminium semi-finished exports up 8% MoM in July; Exports in Jan-Jul down 17% YoY
The US exports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) stood at 74,200 tonnes in July 2019, off 9.4% from last year’s total of 81,900 tonnes. Exports increased by 8.16% from June’s export volume of 68,600 tonnes and 0.54% from May’s export volume of 73,800 tonnes, according...
Global Aluminium Associations call for steps toward rules-based trade at OECD Global Trade Forum
Senior leaders from the aluminium associations of Canada, Europe and the United States gathered at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Global Trade Forum in Paris, France and urged the governments for taking concrete steps toward rules-based trade. They requested for...
The US aluminium scrap exports up 14% YoY in seven months; China and India top the importer list
The US export of aluminium scrap in July was 11% higher year-on-year, according to the latest report from the US Geological Survey. The US shipped 152,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap in July 2019, from 137,000 tonnes in July 2018. But the export volume was down by 4.4% from June and 6.17% from May....
Jalousie shutters from the Dominican Republic to fall under US trade orders against Chinese aluminium extrusion
A press release from the Aluminum Extruders Council confirms that the U. S. Department of Commerce has ruled that jalousie shutters exported from the Dominican Republic fall under the scope of the Aluminum Extruders Council trade orders against the Chinese aluminium extrusion industry. This is a...
The US aluminium semi-finished imports repeat decline in July, contract by 11% MoM
The US imported 117,000 tonnes of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) in July, with a year-on-year increase of 11.43%, as updated by the US Census Bureau. This is the fourth straight month of decline in the imports of semi-finished. The imports dropped by 10.69% from...
Aluminium recovery from scrap in the U.S. drops 16% YoY to 275,000 tonnes in July 2019; YTD volume drops slightly
According to the latest report from United States Geological Survey for aluminium total aluminium recovered from scrap (recovery from purchased, tolled, or imported scrap) in July 2019 was 275,000 tonne, 4% less than the June volume of 286,000 tonnes. The volume is 16% less than the amount in July...
Ball Corporation plans to build $200 million aluminium cups manufacturing facility in Georgia
Ball Corporation is planning to build its first dedicated aluminium cups manufacturing facility in Georgia, according to a recent report. The facility will be adjacent to the company’s existing aluminium beverage can manufacturing plant and is expected to ramp up production in the fourth quarter of...
The U.S. primary aluminium production up 18 % YoY in September; YTD production up 35%
The Aluminum Association, in cooperation with the Aluminium Association of Canada, reported primary aluminium production in North America (U.S. and Canada) was at an annual rate of 3,936,695 tonnes during September 2019, declining -0.3% from the August 2019 rate of 3,949,088 tonnes. The production...
U.S. aluminum, steel producers allege railroad companies of overcharging customers over fuel surcharge
A number of aluminium companies and steelmakers along with other suppliers recently filed separate complaints against four largest railroad companies in the United States. They alleged that the railroad companies in the United States conspired to raise prices and overcharge customers billions of...
Sen. Ron Wyden questions the relationship between the Kentucky aluminium mill and lifting of sanction on Rusal
Sen. Ron Wyden has questioned the relationship between the Kentucky aluminium mill and the previously sanctioned Russian aluminium company Rusal. He addressed a letter to Craig Bouchard, CEO of Braidy Industries and questioned whether Braidy Industries had established a relationship with Rusal...
Zarbana Aluminum Extrusions purchases land and a US$4.9 million building to expand its extrusion operations
Zarbana Aluminum Extrusions LLC has begun the expansion of its extrusion plant by purchasing land and a US$4.9 million building and installing a huge “state-of-the-art” extrusion press. On Oct. 3, Vienna Enterprises LLC, a Zarbana affiliate, purchased a plant in the industrial park operated by...
