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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Taiwan’s exports of aluminium semi-finished products to the US jump 167% YoY in H1 2019
Taiwan’s exports of aluminium semi-finished products to the US came in at 36,000 tonnes in the first half of 2019, a jump of 166.67% from 13,500 tonnes in the first half of 2018, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. {newsStudioGallery} But exports of...
Aluminium cans recycling rates in the US outperform plastic and glass bottles, reports Aluminium Association
A report from the Aluminium Association and the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) showed early last week that aluminium cans outperformed other competitive packaging types and materials based on several sustainability metrics. The report - “The Aluminium Can Advantage: Key Sustainability...
Bahrain’s total aluminium exports to the US up 10% YoY in H1 2019
Bahrain’s exports of total aluminium (crude metal and alloys and semi-finished products) to the US came in at 109,000 tonnes in the first half of 2019, 9.77% higher than the corresponding period of 2018. Exports were 99,300 tonnes in the first half of 2018, according to the latest Mineral Industry...
US aluminium scrap imports dropped 10.31% Y-o-Y in H1 2019; Imports in June declined by 3.38% M-o-M
According to the data shared by US Geological survey, the United States’ aluminium scrap imports in the first six months of 2019 came in at 313,000 tonnes, down 10.31 per cent from 349,000 tonnes in the same period last year. Let us here analyse the monthly trend of the United States’ aluminium...
India’s aluminium exports to the US stand 10% higher in the first half of 2019; semi-finished exports up by 38%
India’s exports of total aluminium including crude metal and alloys and semi-finished products to the US in the first half of 2019 stood 9.68% higher than the same period of 2018. India exported 136,000 tonnes of aluminium in the mentioned period. In June alone, exports came in at 15,300 tonnes,...
US bauxite imports up by 38% Q-o-Q in Q2 2019, but alumina imports down by 42%
As shown by the latest US Geological Survey data on bauxite and alumina imports in the second quarter of 2019, the United States imported 1.03 million tonnes of crude and dried bauxite, up 38 per cent from Q1 2019 and 13 per cent from the same period last year. With this, the US' total bauxite...
Allison acquires aluminium transmission castings supplier
Allison Transmission Holdings Inc., the largest global manufacturer of medium-and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions, has acquired Walker Die Casting and C&R Tool and Engineering in a deal worth approximately $103 million. Walker Die Casting, located in Lewisburg, Tennessee, produces...
Malaysia’s imports of aluminium including scrap from the US up 57% YoY in January-June 2019
Malaysia’s total imports of aluminium including scrap from the US stood at 21,600 tonnes in June 2019, 43.05% higher than the corresponding period last year. Imports were 15,100 tonnes in June 2018. On a month-on-month comparison, imports increased by 5.37% from 20,500 tonnes, according to the...
Aluminum can continues to lead as the most sustainable beverage package in the U.S.
According to a newly released report by the Aluminum Association and the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) aluminium cans continue to lead as the most sustainable beverage package in the U.S.. The new report “The Aluminum Can Advantage: Key Sustainability Performance Indicators 2019” shows that...
Residents oppose Alliance Metals' aluminium recycling plant in Arizona on environmental grounds; the company assures safety
Florida-based Alliance Metals, which applied for the permit for an aluminium recycling plant in a farming town in Wenden, Arizona in April 2019, faced with oppositions from local communities. In a public hearing, residents urged environmental regulators not to sign off on the project. Homeowners...
The US exports of aluminium semi-finished products plunge 24% YoY in June; Mexico remains the top importer
The US exports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) stood at 68,600 tonnes in June 2019, off 23.52 per cent from last year’s total of 89,700 tonnes. On a month on month comparison, exports declined 7.05 per cent from May export volume of 73,800 tonnes, according to the...
Washington Mills develops a process to recycle spent fused alumina and put it back to manufacturing chain
Washington Mills has developed a process to collect spent fused alumina and recycle it back into the manufacturing process. Washington Mills is the sole manufacturer of fused alumina in the U.S., which is widely used as a raw material in refractories. Over 150,000 tonnes of fused alumina is...
Novelis reaffirms commitment to acquire Aleris despite the lawsuit by U.S. Department of Justice
Notwithstanding the lawsuit by U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to prevent the acquisition of Aleris, Novelis reaffirmed its commitment towards the proposed acquisition through a press release. The company says it will strongly defend against the DOJ's challenge which is without any merit adding...
United Steelworkers likely to ratify the tentative labour agreement with Alcoa
United Steelworkers officials said that they would recommend their members to ratify a tentative agreement with Alcoa, announced on Friday, a press release from steelworkers said. “The proposed contract builds on decades of collective bargaining progress with hard-fought economic and non-economic...
US files antitrust lawsuit against Novelis to prevent acquisition of US aluminium firm Aleris
According to a recent report, Hindalco’s United States unit Novelis Corporation has again faced a lawsuit for its $2.6 billion proposed purchase of aluminium parts manufacturer Aleris Corporation. The news came after the Justice Department said this on Wednesday, September 4, citing that this...
The US imports of total aluminium increases 8.7% YoY and 4.6% MoM in June 2019
The US imports of aluminium including scrap increased 40,000 tonnes or 8.7 per cent year-on-year to stand at 500,000 tonnes in June 2019. On a month on month comparison, the import volume increased 4.6 per cent from May’s import volume of 478,000 tonnes, according to the latest Mineral Industry...
India's aluminium scrap import from the U.S. grew 74% in H1 2019; Niti Aayog and BIS to regulate scrap usage
Domestic aluminium producers are working together with planning think-tank Niti Aayog and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to determine standards for scrap usage. This was done at the background of exponentially growing aluminium scrap imports and random applications of scrap. Aluminium scrap...
Additional 99,000t of aluminium sheet stock required for 7.7 billion aluminium cans: Wood Mackenzie
Wood Mackenzie research shows that replacing 7.7 billion plaster water bottles a year with 7.7 billion aluminium cans would require 99,000 tonnes of additional aluminium sheet stock. This analysis attempted to answer the question of whether at all replace plastic bottles could be replaced with...
