US-Canada tariff dispute puts North American auto-parts supply chains under pressure
The latest escalation in the US-Canada trade dispute is putting pressure on one of North America's most deeply integrated manufacturing networks, with auto-parts makers facing higher costs and growing uncertainty over where and how components should be produced. The two countries have spent decades...
Dr Sanja Miskovic joins American Rare Earths to advance Halleck Creek processing
American Rare Earths has appointed Dr Sanja Miskovic as Chief Technical Advisor, with her work focused on process optimisation and recovery as the company advances the feasibility study for its Halleck Creek Rare Earths Project in Wyoming, USA. Miskovic will work on flowsheet development, mineral...
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US aluminum scrap availability to remain tight: Wise Recycling chief
... Aluminum scrap availability is likely to remain tight in the US and elsewhere because of a number of macroeconomic reasons, one of the largest recyclers of aluminum scrap in the US said Monday. ...
Alcoa Defense Congratulates Austal and Lockheed Martin on Littoral Combat Ship Award
...Alcoa Defense, the defense industry’s leading supplier of aluminum, titanium and other light alloys, today congratulated Austal USA and Lockheed Martin on receiving awards to construct the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fleet for the U.S. Navy. The LCS is the U.S. Navy’s first surface-combatant ship...
Alcoa Profit Tops Analyst Estimates as Aluminum Rises
... Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, ... Net income of $258 million, or 24 cents a share, compares with a net loss of $277 million, or 28 cents, a year earlier, New York-based Alcoa said today in a statement. Sales climbed 4 percent to $5.65 billion. ...
Alcoa Posts Highest Profit in 2 Years on Aluminum
... Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, reported its highest profit in nine quarters after the price of the metal approached pre-recession levels. The shares fell after sales missed analysts’ estimates. Net income of $258 million, or 24 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $277...
Nalco Named One of Best Companies to Sell For, Third Straight Year
... Nalco has again gained recognition from Selling Power magazine as one of the best companies to sell for in the United States. ...
Steel Guru : US <em>primary aluminum</em> output in November up by 8 pct <b>...</b>
... Aluminum Association said that the annual rate of primary US aluminum ... Emerging markets help ease aluminum supply and demand concerns ...
Aluminum shipments in US and Canada continue healthy growth trend
...Metals service center shipments of steel and aluminum products rose robustly in November, perhaps signaling the beginning of a sturdier recovery for the metals industry, the Metals Activity Report from the Metals Service Center Institute shows...
Options Brief: Noranda Aluminum (NOR)
...Shares of Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation (NYSE: NOR) are higher on the session by 4.16%, trading at $12.02...
US primary aluminum October output gains 9pct YoY
...Reuters reported that the annual rate of primary US aluminum production rose 8.6% to 1,746,478 tonnes in October from 1,607,884 tonnes in October 2009 and was up 0.3% from September's annual rate of 1,741,233 tonnes...
While it is sad to see more jobs leaving Birmingham, it's good to know that Bermco Aluminum's move will leave Birmingham a less-polluted city ("Aluminum smelter sets sights on Lincoln," Business, Dec.
...The Department of Justice, via the EPA, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky has announced that they have filed an accusation of violations of the Clean Air Act’s National Emission Standards. The alleged violation involved what is seen by the EPA as hazardous air pollutants for secondary aluminum...
Aluminum company pays fine linked to pollution
...Logan Aluminum in Russellville has agreed to pay a $285,000 fine and install pollution control equipment on one of its furnaces, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday...
Rockefeller Asks Century Aluminum to Reconsider
... U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., has sent a letter to Century Aluminum President and CEO Logan Kruger, asking for the company to reconsider its plan to eliminate health insurance coverage for employees younger than age 65 who have retired from the Ravenswood facility...
Aluminum industry suffers US backlash
...As US authorities have targeted Chinese aluminum products with a preliminary raft of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties, industry producers are beginning to feel the squeeze...
Hungry for aluminum, Brazil and Mexico turning to North America
...dearth of aluminum units in Latin America is forcing Brazilian consumers to look as far north as the United States and Canada in their effort to meet the country's soaring demand, sources in the marketplace told AMM...
Macquarie Harbour Mining Updates aluminum project
...US Expansion; 1. Directors return from United States highly encouraged after meetings and site visits with Smelter Service Corporation and Alcoa Inc. 2. Tennessee State and local county officials express strong support for salt slag business expansion 3. Number of large single purpose landfills...
Supply tightness keeps US aluminum premium buoyant
...Reuters reported that the US Midwest aluminum premium paid above the London Metal Exchange cash price remained at elevated levels in early November as an inability to gain access to warehouse material continued to stifle domestic spot business flows...
Aluminum shipments continue healthy growth trend
...The Metals Activity Report from the Metals Service Center Institute showed that metals service center shipments in the US and Canada for aluminum continued to increase at robust rates in October. Inventory to sales ratios remained stable for both steel and aluminum in both the US and Canada...
Aluminum shipments on healthy growth trend in US and Canada
...Metals service center shipments in the US and Canada for aluminum continued to increase at robust rates in October, the Metals Activity Report from the Metals Service Center Institute shows. Inventory to sales ratios remained stable for aluminum in both the US and Canada...
