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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U.S. aluminium Industry files dumping action against China
<p>The Aluminum Association’s Trade Enforcement Working Group today filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions charging that unfairly traded imports of certain aluminum foil from the People’s Republic of China are causing material injury to the domestic industry. This...
Build your own “Earthship” using recyclable aluminium cans
<p>The Earthships are gaining popularity all around the world mostly in the United States. The Earthship movement refers to off-the-grid homes built from aluminium cans and other recycled materials and features solar panels, wind power and gray water systems.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align:...
Aluminium product shipments in North America up YoY and MoM
<p>According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, shipments of aluminium powder and paste to domestic markets stood at 6.27 million pounds during January 2017. The number includes imports by domestic producers. This reported an increase of about 12% over the January 2016 total of...
Noranda Alumina LLC gets financial assistance to expand its business
<p>Noranda Alumina that operates an alumina refinery in Gramercy, US, gets financial support from the Siena Lending Group LLC, a finance company offering asset based loans. Siena Lending Group LLC has also provides $30 million asset-based revolving credit facility for New Day Aluminium LLC to repay...
Kentucky Government approves US$1 million grant to Hansens Aluminum
<p>The state of Kentucky has approved a grant of about $1 million to Hansens Aluminum, a South African aluminum company that plans to open a plant in Henderson.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
U.S. Senator stands by Pennex Aluminum in their fight against unfair trade practices
<p>U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) recently visited Pennex Aluminum Company in Leetonia, Ohio to meet with aluminium manufacturing leaders and workers there and hear out the problems they have been facing in recent times due to rising unfair trade practices</p> <p><img style="vertical-align:...
Aluminium demand and apparent consumption in the US and Canada up in 2016
<p>According to Preliminary estimates, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada that include shipments by domestic producers plus imports totalled an estimated 13 million tons in 2016, up 2.0 per cent over 2015. Demand for semi-fabricated (mill) products totalled 9.1 million tons, slightly...
Secondary aluminium recovery in the U.S. up 7.0% in 2016
<p>According to the recent aluminum recycling statistics by the U.S. Geological Survey and Department of Interior published by the Aluminum Association, the U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated <strong>370500</strong> tons of aluminium scrap during December 2016, which registers a 9.0 per...
U.S. and Canada’s shipments of sheet, foil and can stock improve in January 2017
<p>According to the monthly aluminium highlights published by Aluminum Association, U.S. and Canadian producers shipped estimated 343.8million pounds of can stock during January 2017, registering rise of 3.1 per cent YOY. Month on month, shipments increased 9.1 per cent. Revised shipments for the...
Bonnell Aluminum acquires aluminium extrusion company in Utah
<p>William L. Bonnell Co. Inc. or Bonnell Aluminum, a subsidiary of Tredegar Corp. has recently completed its acquisition of Utah-based Futura Industries Corp, a press statement from the group has confirmed. For more than 60 years, Bonnell Aluminum has built a reputation as one of North America''s...
Data shows a drop in aluminium scrap export by the U.S. in 2016
<p>USA is the world’s largest aluminium scrap exporter. Being a country with one of the highest GDPs, the country consumes significant amount of aluminium can and other aluminium foil packaging that generates large amount of scrap along with e-scraps. The category ranked No. 154 through...
Austal USA christens Navy’s new aluminium hulled ship
<p>Austal USA, the American branch of Australian shipbuilding company and defence contractor Austal, proclaimed that the company has christened its new USS Tulsa (LCS 16), the sixteenth aluminium Independence-class trimaran littoral combat ship (LCS).<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle;...
Aluminium ingot, scrap and mill products import into the U.S. and Canada up 70% in December
<p>Imports of aluminium ingot, scrap and mill products into the U.S. and Canada stand at 702 million pounds in December 2016, up 70% YOY. Exports Including scrap, which accounted for roughly 50.8% reported aluminium exports in December, stands at 472 million pounds, down 7.3% YOY and...
Feb 6-10: A weekly recap of the global primary aluminium industry
<p>The past week saw two of the biggest aluminium producers of the world- <strong>Norsk Hydro and Rio Tinto</strong> announcing their financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year period of 2016 ending December 31. While Hydro’s EBITDA for fourth quarter of the last fiscal rose...
Producer shipments of aluminium ingots in U.S. and Canada up 5.8% in 2016
<p>According to Aluminium Highlights published by the Aluminum Association, domestic U.S. and Canadian producers shipped an estimated 1,712 million pounds of aluminium (including export) during December 2016. It registers a 1.9% drop from the December 2015 total of 1,746 million pounds.</p> <p><img...
NY City to experience first Citywide Ferry service, thanks to aluminium’s enduring role
<p>In June 2017, New York City is going to witness the most anticipated ferry service the city has ever seen in a century and the credit goes to aluminium.</p> <p>Manhattan is an island and the New York City’s five boroughs all sit on rivers- ferries have always been important in...
What is driving the U.S. aluminium premiums up? – An Insight
<p>Aluminium premiums in the U.S. market are logging an upward trend. They picked up last month in tandem with the rising aluminium prices and are now hovering at US$0.09 per pound. The recent surge in the metal imports is found to be supporting the premiums hike, says MetalMiner in the recent...
Top Five PV Aluminium Frame Manufacturers of 2017
<p>Aluminium has been widely used in creating light, durable frames and structures for solar panels as it offers heat bearing capability, corrosion resistant and weather-resistant advantages to solar panel architectures. The malleability of aluminium allows the manufacturers to give shapes as per...
