Aluminium unibody marks a major design upgrade in iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro Max has moved from a titanium frame to an aluminium unibody, marking one of the biggest material changes. The new phone uses an aluminium unibody alongside 40 per cent recycled content, while adding a larger display, upgraded cameras and longer battery life. The iPhone 15 Pro...
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...
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ALUMINUM USA: premiere well on track Light Metal Age on board as main media partner
The debut of ALUMINUM USA in Detroit on 11 and12 November is fast approaching, and the list of exhibitors and partners is growing steadily. Numerous international companies have registered to participate. With the trade magazine Light Metal Age, the trade show just brought on board a key media...
Greco aluminum railings expand architectural team
Greco Aluminum Railings, manufacturer of fully welded aluminum and glass railings, is pleased to announce a new member to its architectural team, naming Spohn Associates Inc. to represent its full product line of architectural railings in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Greco is rapidly expanding in...
Sapa keen to support heavy-truck segment with more aluminium solutions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty trucks, requiring that fleet fuel economy rise to 24 percent by 2027. Sapa is a key supplier of aluminium solutions to the truck segment. The U.S. Aluminum Association points out that...
Hindalco exports huge quantity of ingots and sow ingots as break bulk cargo to the United States.
Aluminium ingots and sow ingots are being sent in a huge quantity as break bulk cargo to the United States. The ingots so far were being sent to various destinations through containers by all the aluminium manufacturers. Hindalco Industries Ltd, the metal’s flagship company of Aditya Birla Group,...
US demand for beverage containers to reach 283 billion units in 2019
Demand for beverage containers in the US is expected to increase 1.9 percent a year to 283 billion units in 2019, with a value of 31.5 billion USD. Freedonia’s latest Beverage Containers report has cited the proliferation of different package sizes, new product introductions, and increased...
ISRI raises opposition against federal metal theft bill
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) joins the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in their protest against Congressional attempts to impose a federal solution to combat metal theft. In a letter sent earlier this month to all U.S. Senators, NCSL wrote that a federal...
US Aluminum Consumption up 8.1% YTD in April
Demand for aluminum semi-fabricated (mill) products in the United States and Canada (measured in shipments by domestic producers plus imports) totaled an estimated 1,527 million pounds in April, increasing 7.8 percent over the April 2014 total of 1,416 million pounds. Aluminum sheet and plate...
Aluminum scrap exports in US up 11.7% in April
The U.S. aluminum industry purchased1 an estimated 775 million pounds of aluminum scrap during March 2015, according to aluminum recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, up five-tenths of one percent over the March 2014 total of 771 million. USGS...
North American aluminium production down 0.6% in May
The Aluminum Association, in cooperation with the Aluminum Association of Canada, reported primary aluminum production in North America (U.S. and Canada) was at an annual rate of 4,489,865 tonnes during May 2015, down 26,621 tpy (-0.6%) from the previous month's rate of 4,516,486 tonnes. The annual...
Aluminum Industry reacts to new heavy-duty truck fuel economy standards proposed by EPA
On June 19, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty trucks, requiring that fleet fuel economy increase up to 24 percent by 2027. While these proposed rules will first enter public comment period before the final version is...
New Aluminum Association office to showcase dynamic, growing aluminum industry
The Aluminum Association announced that it will move its headquarters to 1400 Crystal Drive in Arlington, VA effective June 22, 2015. The new building is aluminum-clad and is certified Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) standards. The...
LME aluminium contract may fail to serve its purpose
LME aluminium contract which was supposed to be launched in November 2015 may fail to serve the purpose as the aluminium premiums are falling at a higher rate. LME aluminium contract was a strategy to withstand rising aluminium premiums and long LME warehouse queues as well as to free the metal...
USW to vote on Century Aluminum latest contract to end deadlock at Hawesville operations
The union members belonging to United Steelworkers will vote today on the tentative agreement put forward by the company as a solution to end the one-month long lockout at Century Aluminum’s Hawesville, Kentucky smelter. If ratified by the union, workers are expected to return to work on Monday. A...
Aluminium market rises on short covering, open interest drops 2.94%
Aluminium settled up 0.09% at 110.85 gave up it's earier gains after U.S. aluminum premiums have fallen to their Lowest in more than three years as imports and scrap suppLies remain high and merchants unwind Long positions, extending an unprecedented, months-Long rout. The premiums that fabricators...
Management and union reach possible agreement at Century Aluminium; work likely to resume
A tentative agreement at an aluminum smelting plant has been reached, potentially ending a work stoppage affecting roughly 560 employees at the Century Aluminum facility in western Kentucky. The Gleaner reports Allison Beck, acting director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service,...
Alba welcomes Ambassadors of US and Tunisian Republic
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world’s leading aluminium smelters, today, June 07, 2015 received H.E. Mr. William V. Roebuck, Ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Bahrain and H.E. Mr. Mohammed bin Yousuf Ambassador of the Tunisian Republic to the Kingdom of Bahrain in two...
Alba opens new regional sales office in United States
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the largest aluminium smelters in the world, announced today the opening of a new regional sales office in Atlanta as the most recent expansion of Alba in United States. Zac Jungers, recently appointed as the new Sales Manager for Alba Americas, will oversee...
Alba participates in 8th Harbor's Aluminium Outlook Summit
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world's leading aluminium smelters, was a key sponsor and participant in the 8th Harbor's Aluminium Summit, taking place from June 2 to 4, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Harbor Aluminium Summit, considered as one of the largest aluminium market...
