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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Midwest Steel and Aluminium to expand its operations to Rogers
<p>Midwest Steel and Aluminium is moving its operations to Rogers, Arkansas, USA in order to implement its $5.2 million expansion that will enable the company to double its space and hire 15 more people over its current capacity of 22 employees.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display:...
AEC supports Trump administration’s steps to improve collection of antidumping and countervailing duties
<p>The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) is deeply appreciative of the steps the new administration is taking to put an end to abusive trade practices by importers and foreign companies that are causing massive U.S. trade deficits. By increasing the bonding requirements as indicated in the...
US aluminium scrap recovery up 2.2% in January
<p>According to the aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey and Department of Interior, the U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated 754 million pounds of aluminium scrap during January 2017, registering an increase of 2.2 % over the January 2016 total of 738...
Aluminium industry supplier in USA closes door due to industry downturn
<p>A century old Freeport Brick Co., which was bought by Fuzion Technologies in 2005, will shut down on April 30, according to the United Steelworkers union in Pittsburgh. The plant produces fire bricks that line industrial equipment such as kilns and furnaces and supplies to steel mills and...
North American aluminium demand and apparent consumption up in January 2017
<p>Preliminary estimates from the Aluminum Association indicate that aluminium demand in the United States and Canada that includes shipments by domestic producers plus imports stood at an estimated 2,242 million pounds in January 2017, up 5.3% over January 2016. Demand for semi-fabricated (mill)...
U.S. launches probe against Chinese aluminium foil manufacturers
<p>The United States Department of Commerce announced Tuesday, that it has launched a probe to determine whether Chinese aluminium foil imports in the U.S. should be subject to anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties. The move comes just a few weeks after the U.S. aluminium foil industry accused China...
China exports the largest chunk of aluminium plates, sheets, and strips to the US
<p>China is one of the leading producers of aluminium semis along with being the largest producer of primary aluminium. Chinese production and exports of semi-finished products hit the highest in 2016. China has been accused by competitors of selling semi-finished metal into oversupplied global...
US aluminium wheel maker to acquire Uniwheels for $715 million
<p>US aluminium wheel maker Superior Industries has offered to purchase Uniwheels, a manufacturer of light-alloy wheels for the automotive industry, for a $715 million after winning the support of the Warsaw-listed company's biggest shareholder.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;...
Trump assures executive actions to revive coal mining in the US
<p>President Donald Trump said on Monday, March 20 that he was preparing new executive actions to save coal mining in the U.S. and put miners back to work.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/coal%20miners.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226"...
North America’s aluminium extruded product shipments drop in February
<p>According to the latest monthly statistics from Aluminum Association, shipments of Aluminum Extruded Products (extruded shapes, pipe & tube, and rod & bar) by U.S. and Canadian producers stood at an estimated 419.2 million pounds during February 2017, registering a drop of 3.3 per cent...
New can stock scrap receipts in the US drop in February
<p>According to the latest monthly statistics from Aluminum Association, the new can stock (class) scrap receipts in the United States totalled 52.8 million pounds during February 2017. This registered a drop of 4.1 per cent from the February 2016 total of 55.0 million pounds.</p> <p><img...
TSMC considering a microchip fabrication plant in the U.S.
<p>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. may construct a multibillion-dollar microchip fabrication plant in the U.S. as a part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to attract high-tech jobs and investment to the country. The company is considering a number of locations for a high tech...
Good news for aluminium as cans gain over bottles in American beer market
<p>Beer drinkers in America prefer to drink from a convenient aluminium can rather than twisting glass bottle caps. Canned beers represented 56.2% of the market in 2016, continuing the fifth straight annual increase in share and up from 50.3% eight years earlier. The statistics has been shared in...
Aluminum Association keen to take part in Vehicle Fuel Economy and Co2 Emissions review
<p>The Aluminum Association in a press statement said that the association would look forward to work with President Trump and his administration on the review of light-duty vehicle fuel economy and emissions regulations for model years 2022-2025.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display:...
North American primary aluminium production drops 6% YOY in February
<p>The Aluminum Association, in cooperation with the Aluminium Association of Canada has reported the total primary aluminium production in North America in February.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
The U.S. accounts for the largest chunk of aluminium export by Canada
<p>Canada’s primary industry has been an integral part of the North American aluminium industrial value chain since its inception and a substantial part of its annual output is exported to the USA every year. According to the latest report from The Aluminium Association of Canada (AAC), the...
Domestic orders for aluminium mill products and export drop in the U.S. and Canada
<p>The Aluminium Association’s “Index of Net New Orders of Aluminum Mill Products” for February dropped 6.1 % MoM. Orders for flat roll products dropped 5.8 %, while orders for extruded products declined 7.7 % and orders for redraw rod were off 4.9 %. YoY, the orders record a...
China fears AD/CVD petitions may damage trade relations between China and the U.S.
<p>China has responded to the filing of antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petitions by the Aluminium Association’s Trade Enforcement Working Group against Chinese aluminium foil product exporters. On Friday, March 10, the country urged the United States to act wisely on the...
