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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North American aluminium extruded product shipment dropped 1.9 per cent YoY in H1 2019
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, shipments of aluminium extruded products (extruded shapes, pipe & tube, and rod & bar) by U.S. and Canadian producers stood at 210,920 tonnes during May 2019. This registered a 5.2 per cent drop from the May 2018 revised total of 222,623...
Taiwan’s exports of aluminium semi-finished products to US jump 520% YoY in three-month period
Taiwan exported 19,600 tonnes of aluminium semi-finished products to the US in the first three months of 2019, a jump of 520.25 per cent from the same period last year, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. Taiwan’s export to the US was 3,160 tonnes in...
US metal tariffs taking toll on South African aluminium and steel products manufacturers
Trade Union Solidarity on Thursday, June 20, reportedly said that the United States aluminium and steel tariffs were hurting South African manufacturers. At the same time it said that ever since the Trump administration granted tariffs exemption to Canada and Mexico, South African exporters of...
South Korea registers YoY increase in trading of semi-finished aluminium with US in Q1 2019
South Korea exported 19,600 tonnes of aluminium (crude metal and alloys, aluminium semi-finished products and scrap) to the US in the first three months of 2019, from 9,130 tonnes exported in the first three months of 2018, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological...
Reopening of aluminium capacity lifted US alumina import by 128% QoQ in Q1 2019
As shown by the latest US Geological Survey latest release on Bauxite and Alumina in the First Quarter 2019, imports of alumina by the U.S. in the first quarter of 2019 more than doubled to 623,000 tonnes from 273,000 tonnes in fourth quarter of 2018. The volume was 35% more than those in the first...
Malaysia’s aluminium scrap imports from US up 94% YoY in January-March 2019
Malaysia’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 39,100 tonnes in the first three months of 2019, 93.56 per cent higher than the corresponding period of 2018, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. In March, aluminium scrap imports from the US...
Pennsylvania lawmakers aim to pass a bill to start a bottle and can deposit program
Pennsylvania lawmakers are aiming to pass a bill to start a bottle and can deposit program in Pennsylvania. State Rep. Wendy Ullman initiated it as a part of a larger legislation called “Zero Waste Pa.” According to Ullman, this program will help cleaning up the streets and waterways as beverage...
AlCircle Aluminium Industry Outlook: 2019
The year 2018 saw the global aluminium industry being impacted by various factors including constraints in supply of raw materials and imposition of various trade restrictions and sanctions by the US Government. Prices saw some never-before-seen highs and lows and a trade war between the U.S. and...
India decides to impose additional customs duties on 29 US goods with effect from June 16
According to the recent report, India has finally decided to impose additional customs duties on 29 US products including almond, walnut, and pulses, after delaying it for several times since June 2018. As per the report, the duties will come into effect on June 16, as the extension of the duties...
U.S. Commerce Department launches new portal for Section 232 exclusion requests
The U.S. Commerce Department launched a new portal for Section 232 exclusion requests on Thursday, June 13. The companies looking for tariff exclusion need to submit and post all Section 232 exclusion requests in that new portal and the treasury department will post all related objections and...
Fernson Brewing Company ramps up beer can production with WaveGrip’s G1 applicator
US-based craft brewers Fernson Brewing Company has reportedly installed WaveGrip’s G1 multi-packing applicator, in a bid to ramp up its can production. The brewery will use the G1 applicator as a sustainable solution to produce its beer cans, ensuring reduced labour costs and materials to pack its...
Rusal refutes controversy over investment in Braidy’s rolling mill; hopes to restore lost market share by 2020
Rusal said in a press interview that discussions over Rusal investing in Braidy’s aluminium rolling mill at Kentucky happened much before the imposition of the U.S. sanctions on its group of companies. Rusal announced its plan to invest as much as US$200mn in the Kentucky plant after the sanctions...
Top three aluminium importers from the U.S. during the first three months of 2019
The U.S. total exports of aluminium including scrap were essentially unchanged during the first three months of 2019 compared with those of the same period in the previous year. Total exports came in at 741,000 in the mentioned period, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US...
US exports of semi-finished products down 21% YoY, but up 3.8% MoM in March
In March 2019, the US exports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) came in at 75,800 tonnes, down 21.21 per cent from 96,200 in March 2018. On a month on month comparison, the export volume increased 3.84 per cent from the February export volume of 73,000 tonnes,...
Russian Minister does not see Russia’s tariff disputes with the U.S. to be settled by December
Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin does not see Russia’s dispute with the United States on aluminium and steel duties imposed by Washington to be settled by December 2019. In June 2018, Russia filed a lawsuit with the WTO to challenge extra tariffs on steel and aluminium by the...
Brewers and bottlers demand investigation on surging aluminium premiums in the U.S.
Craft beer brewers and bottlers are raising questions on the 100% surge in the US aluminium premiums after Trump’s 10% tariffs on imported aluminium. The chairman of Molson Coors Brewing Co. and a bottler for PepsiCo Inc. has already requested the government to investigate the process which is used...
Braidy industry denies any national security concern over Rusal's investment in its rolling mill
Reacting to the request of investigation by Rusal on its rolling mill, Braidy Industries says Rusal’s investment on the mill is not something that could cause any national security concern and hence, an investigation of foreign investment is not applicable. A statement from Braidy Industries said...
End of United States’ aluminium import tariff on Canada relieves Oswego
Donald Trump’s decision to end the aluminium import tariff on Canada last month seems to have brought in relief to Oswego, as two of the city’s largest businesses were affected by the tariff. Since aluminium is one of the major sources of daily wages for the people in Oswego, President Donald...
