AL Circle Analysis: Import rise meets demand growth on aluminium extrusion chessboard
Aluminium’s downstream trade network is getting more fragmented as import dependence, changing end-use demand and trade-policy interventions reshape regional markets. From North America and Europe to Asia-Pacific, the aluminium industry is navigating a market where access to supply, competitive...
US industrial policy needs to be systematic, not just ad hoc – Part 2
Our current approach can win economic skirmishes, but not the geopolitical conflict. – Part 2 Impact #5 of ad hoc industrial policy: Failing to use all required tools Industrial policy is often caricatured as just tariffs and subsidies. Mis-framed debates that evaluate the merits of tariffs in...
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The U.S aluminium scrap export sees about 15% increase in 2017
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, imports of aluminium ingot, scrap and mill products into the U.S. and Canada (excluding cross-border trade) totalled 745 million pounds in November 2017, up 3.2 per cent over the November 2016 total of 722 million pounds. Data shows the...
Aluminum Association applauds USITC’s preliminary ruling on Chinese Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) made a unanimous preliminary determination on 12 January that unfairly-traded imports of common alloy aluminium sheet from the People’s Republic of China (“China”) are causing injury to U.S. producers. The determination assured the proceeding of the...
U.S. trade panel allows China aluminium sheet dumping probe to proceed
The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday said in an initial finding that imports of aluminium alloy sheet metal from China harm U.S. producers, allowing a U.S. probe to proceed into whether the product was being dumped or unfairly subsidized. Employing a seldom-used tactic aimed at...
Figeac Aero wins contract from Boeing to supply structural aluminium parts for 777X
Figeac Aero has won its first contract from Boeing as a supplier of large structural aluminium parts for the 777X. It will supply the wing component measured 4 m (13 ft.) long, 1 m wide and 0.15 m thick. The manufacturing processes will be streamlined at its headquarters in Figeac, France. However,...
AEC files new circumvention petition on Chinese aluminium extrusions shipped via Vietnam
Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) sought new trade protections against Chinese imports on Tuesday through its Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade Committee (AEFTC), while filing a circumvention petition against China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd and its affiliates of evading anti-dumping and anti-subsidy...
Materion secures aluminium beryllium AlBeMet supply contract from UTC Aerospace Systems
Materion Corporation has secured a contract from UTC Aerospace Systems for the supply of AlBeMet for MS-177 long-range, multi-spectral imaging (MSI) sensor. “The MS-177 sensor gives the U.S. military long-range capabilities to see with greater clarity than previous technologies”, Materion said....
US primary and secondary aluminium production remain flat in Q3 2017
According to the latest report from United States Geological Survey (USGS) domestic primary aluminium production in October 2017 was 63,000 tonnes. The average daily production in October was 2,020 tonnes, essentially unchanged from that in September 2017 and slightly more than that in October...
Germany’s export of aluminium powder and flakes drops year-over-year
Aluminium powder and flakes are used as/for pigments and coatings for decorative purpose. The products are finding more and more application in automobile exterior and electric parts. The data shows a downward trend for aluminium powder and flakes export in Germany. The largest part of aluminium...
Braidy Industries purchases land for aluminium rolling mill in Kentucky
Braidy Industries has purchased 204 acres of land for the construction of $1.3 billion aluminium rolling mill in northeastern Kentucky. According to EastPark chairman and Boyd County Economic Development Director Nickie Smith, the company has paid around $900,000 for the acquisition of land at...
US imports of alumina jumps 19% in Q3 2017, exports drops 32% QoQ
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the Second Quarter 2017 , imports of alumina by the U.S. in the third quarter of 2017 were 364,000 tonnes, 19% more than the amount of 307,000 tonnes imported in the second quarter of 2017 and 17% more than the amount of 315,000 tonnes...
Aluminum exports up 4.8% while import up by 25.6% in North America through October 2017
Preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association indicate that aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) totalled an estimated 11.5 million tonnes through October 2017, up 3.3% over the same period last year. Apparent consumption (total demand...
Alcoa Corporation announces decisions on smelting assets
Alcoa Corporation, a global leader in bauxite, alumina and aluminium products, today announced decisions regarding smelting assets in the United States and Italy. The actions support the Company’s strategic priorities to reduce complexity and to strengthen the balance sheet. In the United States,...
Aluminium powder and flakes exports by France likely to pick up in 2017
Aluminium powder and flakes also known as metana is used for several applications such as manufacture of slurry, explosive and detonators, thermit process used for manufacture of ferro-alloys, specialised welding applications, and manufacture of aluminium paste, paints and several pigments used in...
Aluminum Industry Representatives testify before ITC on imports of common aluminium alloy sheet
Representatives from the U.S. aluminium industry yesterday testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in support of a determination that imports of common aluminium alloy sheet from China threaten to injure domestic producers, a press release from Aluminum Association confirms....
Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) suggests remedy to 232 aluminum investigation
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) was encouraged by the initiation of the 232 Investigation and the implication that President Trump was going to take on the greatest risk to the future of the U.S. aluminum industry - China. AEC members stood up to China’s illegal and unfair trade policies with...
US import of bauxite up 13% QoQ in the second quarter of 2017; YoY import drops 20%
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the Third Quarter 2017 , imports of crude and dried bauxite by the U.S. in Q3 2017 were 914,000 tonnes, 13% more than the revised total of 812,000 tonnes in the second quarter of 2017. However, on a YoY basis, import of bauxite drops...
BAE Systems bags U.S. Navy contract: Cruise modernization involves aluminium structure repair
The British defence and aerospace company BAE Systems has received a US$45.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize its guided missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68). The contract includes elaborate repair work on-board the 567-foot-long Anzio and replacement of critical aluminium structures...
Trump security plan boosts case for steel, aluminium curbs: official
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new security strategy bolsters the case for trade actions to protect U.S. economic interests on national security grounds, including possible import tariffs on steel and aluminium, a senior Trump administration official said on Tuesday. The strategy document released...
