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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Aluminium bodies of India, US sign pact
The Aluminium Association of India (AAI) and its US counterpart, The Aluminium Association (TAA), on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding for exchange of information on effective recycling programmes in the transportation, packaging and building and construction markets. The MoU will help...
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants
The EPA is proposing amendments to the national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants to address the results of the residual risk and technology review that the EPA is required to conduct by the Clean Air Act. If finalized, these proposed amendments...
Can US Aluminum Demand Continue Rising?
The Aluminum Association’s Nick Adams said that the US is now “essentially” a net exporter, which hasn’t happened in a long time. He makes his case citing the uptick in exports within the sheet and plate markets — up 36 percent in 2011 to date, compared with the same period in 2010. Also, Adams...
US can maker seeks to acquire troubled Hungarian peer for €14m
US-based extruded aluminium can maker Exal Corporation has reached an agreement to acquire troubled Hungarian peer Szenna Pack for €14m and pay off some of its debts, consultancy KPMG Hungaria said on Tuesday. Family-owned Szenna Pack filed for bankruptcy protection in July because of a...
Metal Prices to Fall Further on US, European Debt Fears
LME base metals prices continued to fall.Shanghai metal prices seemed to stabilize, but there is still a possibility that metal prices will fall further in the short term since US and European stocks plummeted again yesterday. Fears of US and European debt issues and expectations of a slowdown of...
SMM Morning Review - 2011/11/22 Aluminum Market
The European debt crisis has shown signs of spreading to France and Germany. Meanwhile, the US super committee said they failed to reach a deficit-cutting agreement for at least USD 1.2 trillion. Though major credit rating agencies said this will not affect their ratings for the US, investor...
Latest Q4 2011 Figures for the Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries Industry in the U.S. and its International Trade
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Supplier Relations US, LLC's new report "Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries Industry in the U.S. and its International Trade" to their offering. This latest 2011 Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries Industry report provides the most updated market research...
Aluminum Association Applauds Passage of Senate Resolution 251
The Aluminum Association today applauded the U.S. Senate for its passage, by unanimous consent, of Senate Resolution 251, "a resolution expressing support for improvement in the collection, processing, and consumption of recyclable materials throughout the United States." "The aluminum industry...
The Aluminum Association Supports America Recycles Day and Offers Challenge
Recycle Every Aluminum Can You See and Use Tomorrow and Everyday The Aluminum Association supported America Recycles Day,November 15th and reminded everyone to recycle all the aluminum they use in their everyday lives. Aluminum is infinitely recyclable meaning it can be eternally recycled with no...
Jupiter Aluminum manager sentenced for conspiracy to violate Clean Air Act
The maintenance manager of Jupiter Aluminum Corporation in Hammond has been sentenced to six months of home detention after pleading guilty in federal court to conspiring to violate a U.S. Clean Air Act permit and to making false statements in reports to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,...
Noranda Aluminum Stock To Go Ex-dividend Tomorrow (NOR)
The ex-dividend date for Noranda Aluminum (NYSE:NOR) is tomorrow, November 9, 2011. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of $1.03 per share. At a price of $10.09 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 1.2%. The average volume for Noranda Aluminum has been...
Jeanerette company gets $192M Coast Guard contract
Metal Shark Aluminum Boats of Jeanerette has a $192 million contract to replace the Coast Guard's fleet of small port security boats. The company will build up to 500 of the boats, which are about 28 feet long, for the Coast Guard, president and co-owner Chris Allard said Monday. "It's a very...
MHM Metals lands first U.S. contract for aluminium waste recycling technology
MHM Metals (ASX: MHM) has reached a milestone in the development of its aluminium waste recycling technology by securing a contract for the supply of feedstock to its first U.S. salt slag and black dross processing facility. The company's first overseas contract is for five years and has been...
America soon to have Scottish Spirits in can
Scottish Spirits Imports, a US based liquor company owned by Scottish Spirits of Cayman Islands, will launch both single-grain and blended Scotch whiskeys in cans in the US. Scottish Spirits in a can will be available at more than 100,000 liquor stores across the country starting December. Scotch...
Alcoa seeks cheaper electric rates
Alcoa Inc. continues to negotiate with the Tennessee Valley Authority for a new power contract that could help the aluminum maker reactivate its shuttered smelting operations in Blount County. But Alcoa Vice President Michael Padgett said Thursday that aluminum prices will have to improve along...
US Aluminum Premiums Climb as Demand Picks up
The U.S. primary aluminum market is seeing a surprisingly strong burst in spot purchases at the start of the quarter, with supplier order books filling up even as volatile financial markets dispel recovery hopes. The demand pickup has caught physical market players by surprise, many of whom...
Century reports loss
Century Aluminium Co reported a net loss for Q3 of $6.6M, compared to a net loss of $16.8M for the year-ago quarter. The latest quarter results were positively impacted by a mark-to-market gain on forward contracts of $4.2M related primarily to aluminium put options. Cost of sales for the quarter...
SMM Morning Review - 2011/10/27 Aluminum Market
Positive news overnight include China said to fine regulate its macro economy at times appropriate, better-than-expected durable goods and new home sales data from the US, and that the German parliament approved the EFSF expansion plan, which helped metals prices surge. However, arguments over aids...
