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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Aluminum Association welcomes U.S. Court of International Trade’s anti-dumping decision on Chinese aluminium foil
U.S. Court of International Trade has affirmed virtually all of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s final antidumping determination on certain aluminium foil imported from China. The Aluminum Association has welcomed the court’s decision in a statement. Aluminum Association Vice President for Policy...
South Korea’s aluminium semi-finished exports to the US rise 78% YoY in May; imports down by 32%
South Korea exported 31,500 tonnes of aluminium (crude metal and alloys, aluminium semi-finished products and scrap) to the US in the first five months of 2019, from 17,800 tonnes exported in the first five months of 2018. In May, total aluminium exports stood at 5,300 tonnes, up 244.16%...
JW Aluminum's plant expansion on track to leverage on the import duties on Chinese aluminium
JW Aluminum, which started an ambitious $300 million expansion at the metal maker’s Goose Creek plant with the implementation of anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made aluminium, says that its expansion is well on track and is likely to be over by three years. The expansion will double the capacity at...
Malaysia’s aluminium scrap imports from the US up 65% YoY in January-May 2019
Malaysia’s total imports of aluminium including scrap from the US stood at 20,500 tonnes in May 2019, 22.75 per cent per cent higher than the corresponding period of 2018, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. Total aluminium imports including scrap stood...
RePlanet shuts down 284 recycling centres in California
RePlanet, California’s largest chain of recycling centres, has reportedly stopped operations and closed all of its 284 centres and processing facilities located across California. According to a statement on the company’s Facebook page, several reasons like “the reduction in State fees, the...
The US crude metal and alloys imports down 10% YoY and 6% MoM in May; exports drop by 17% YoY
Aluminium imports by the US for consumption stood at 2.43 million tonnes during five months period 2019, down 480,000 tonnes or 16.49% from 2.91 million tonnes during five months period 2018, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. In May, the US imported...
Coke to launch Dasani water in recyclable aluminium cans
According to a recent report, Coca-Cola is switching from plastic bottles to aluminium cans for its Dasani water brand. As per the report, Coke will start selling canned Dasani next month onwards in the north-east of the United States, and by 2020 it plans to reach out to other parts of the...
Aluminum Association reports 7.1 per cent drop in new orders for aluminum mill products through July 2019
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, “Index of Net New Orders of Aluminum Mill Products” in the U.S. declined consecutively in June and July. The Association’s “Index of Net New Orders of Aluminum Mill Products” for June 2019 declined 6.4 per cent from May 2019. In July, the...
The US exports of aluminium semi-finished products plunge 22.64% YoY and 7% MoM in May
The US exports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) dropped 21,600 tonnes or 22.64% year-on-year to 73,800 tonnes in May 2019. On a month on month comparison, the export volume declined 7.05% from April export volume of 79,400 tonnes, according to the latest Mineral...
China Zhongwang seeks legal advice after the company and its owner accused of ditching U.S. tariffs
After Liu Zhongtian, the largest shareholder of China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd had been accused of ditching the U.S. about US$1.8 billion in tariffs through a scheme, the company said on Sunday it was seeking legal advice on the matter. China Zhongwang said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock...
The U.S. indicts Liu Zhongtian, owner of China Zhongwang for US$1.8 billion aluminum tariff evasion
Liu Zhongtian, chairman and president of China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd was accused of ditching US$1.8 billion in tariffs through a scheme under which, he had disguised “huge amounts” of aluminium as pallets and smuggled the material into the United States, federal prosecutors declared in Los Angeles...
Changing trade dynamics in the largest aluminium scrap market
The dynamics of the aluminium scrap market are in a state of transition due to the stricter scrap import policies by China, which used to be one of top markets for aluminium scraps. The trade war initiated by Trump’s 10% tariff on all imported aluminium imposed in March 2018 led many countries to...
Germany’s aluminium semi-finished exports to the US up 155% YoY in four-month period
Germany’s exports of aluminium semi-finished products to the US increased from 11,800 tonnes in January-April 2018 to 30,100 tonnes in January-April 2019. This indicates a jump of 155% year-on-year. Semi-finished exports stood at 9,560 tonnes in April, an increase of 196.89% from 3,220 tonnes in...
North America primary aluminium production up 6.7% in H1 2019; the U.S. registered a growth of 40%
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 3,991,956 tonnes during June 2019, down 13,354 tpy (-0.3%) from the May 2019 rate of 4,005,310 tonnes. Actual...
Japan’s aluminium semi-finished exports to the US rise 20% in Jan-Apr 2019
Japan exported 19,500 tonnes of aluminium including scrap to the US in January-April 2019, compared to 12,600 tonnes exported in January-April 2018, an increase of 54.76% year-on-year, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. In April, exports stood at 7,200...
2a S.p.A. USA plans to invest US$15 million to expand its aluminium foundry in Auburn to cater to automotive sector
2a S.p.A., an Italian die-casting company, plans to invest US$15 million to expand its foundry in Auburn in eastern Alabama, which caters to major automobile and heavy truck makers. With this expansion 2a USA will double the Auburn facility’s current die-casting area and create more than 50 jobs....
Molson Coors urges investigation on aluminium price mechanism; price in the U.S. remains higher with or without tariffs
According to Mr Pete Coors, vice chairman of the Molson Coors Brewing Co., despite the claim that aluminium buyers in the U.S. can avoid tariff cost by buying from US producers and importing from non-tariffed countries, aluminium continues to remain expensive with or without tariffs. Until May,...
Malaysia’s April aluminium scrap imports from US up 71% YoY and 20% MoM
Malaysia imported 58,500 tonnes of crude metal and alloys, aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) and scrap from the US in the first four months of 2019, an increase of 25,900 tonnes or 79% from 32,600 tonnes in the first four months of 2018. In April, total aluminium imports...
