US primary aluminium production edges up 0.6% Y-o-Y in Q1 2026
US primary aluminium production reached 167,000 tonnes in Q1 2026, slightly above a year earlier but 1.2 per cent below the previous quarter. US primary aluminium production remained broadly stable at the start of 2026, with output edging higher from a year earlier even as it slipped slightly from...
US industrial policy needs to be systematic, not just ad hoc – Part 1
Our current approach can win economic skirmishes, but not the geopolitical conflict. – Part 1 After decades during which the very concept was taboo and the reality swept under the rug, the US has now rediscovered industrial policy. But this rediscovery remains incomplete, as too much of it is...
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US may impose 200% tariffs on Russian aluminium this week
According to our report from the United States, the White House is ready to slap a 200 per cent tariff on aluminium produced in Russia as early as this week in order to maintain pressure on Russia as the Ukraine-Russia geopolitical crisis crossed its first anniversary. The geopolitical crisis has...
US detains Chinese aluminium believed to be the result of forced labour
On January 31, 2023, the US Customs and Border Protection began issuing "detention notices" for such products, which the Danish shipping company, active in ocean and inland freight transportation and associated services, A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S said on its website that the action would most likely...
Caroline County, the new home for Patriot Aluminum
Patriot Aluminum, a US-based company known for producing a whole array of rigid aluminium and stainless steel conduit, elbows, couplings, etc., was relocated to Caroline County, Maryland. This was made possible due to the resourceful alliance between Caroline County Economic Development and Donovan...
Hydro Extrusion USA pleads guilty to air pollution charges by Oregon District
The leader in aluminium recycling, Hydro Extrusion USA, has been accused of an air pollution crime and charged almost half a million dollars in penalties. The recycling firm has taken up the blame and agreed to pay up. As early as August 2022, Federal prosecutors had led the accusation statement...
US domestic primary aluminium output records a 3% drop M-o-M in Nov’22, but daily production grows 1%
According to the US Census Bureau data, the United States domestic primary aluminium production in November 2022 stood at 62,000 tonnes, registering a decrease of 2,000 tonnes or 3.15 per cent month-on-month from 64,000 tonnes. The USGS data also shows the US primary aluminium output in November...
Logan Aluminum to ensure lead-free work practices following the settlement with EPA and DOJ
With regard to alleged violations of the federal Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting regulations (RRP) at the renovation projects carried out by Logan Square Aluminum and its contractors in Chicago and the Chicago suburbs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of...
Shortage of aluminium causes delay in the shipment of license plates in some Nebraska counties
Due to the nationwide shortage of aluminium, Betty Johnson, one of the administrators of Nebraska's Driver and Vehicles Records Division, stated that they could not distribute all of the new licence plates to some counties in Nebraska before the expiry of the old plates. As a result, the long-time...
GM allots US$55 million for aluminium castings at Defiance facility to make EV engine parts
It has been currently declared by General Motors (G.M.) that the company is making a US$918 million investment for its production units located in the U.S.A. From the total investment, almost US$55 million will be allotted for the G.M. Defiance plant in Ohio, which houses an aluminium foundry and a...
AMP introduces 19.2 oz. aluminium cans for the growing beverage market
Ardagh Metal Packaging North America will expand its product portfolio by including a new 19.2 oz.(568ml) aluminium beverage can. The brand certainly wishes to further tap into the beverage can market with the introduction of this mid-range size. This latest can size will certainly provide the...
US aluminium plates, sheets and bars exports to Mexico improve 5% in the first ten months of 2022
According to the US Census Bureau data, the United States exported 24,000 tonnes of aluminium plates, sheets and bars to Mexico in October 2022, which reflected a month-on-month surge of 9,000 tonnes or 37.50 per cent. In September, the US exported 15,000 tonnes of aluminium flat-rolled products to...
Import duties on Indian aluminium and steel to pursue until excess capacity is addressed: US official
According to a senior US government official, the US government under Joe Biden will not lift the higher import taxes levied by the Trump administration on aluminium and steel products made in India until the "fundamental issue" of excess capacity and the actions that contributed to the issue are...
India’s aluminium scrap imports from US decline for the second straight month by 2% in Oct’22
India’s aluminium scrap imports from the United States continued to decline in October 2022 by 2.39 per cent or 1,000 tonnes month-on-month to peg at 40,800 tonnes, found the US Census Bureau data. In September 2022, India’s aluminium scrap import volume decreased by 9.33 per cent or 4,300 tonnes...
Wheels India crafts aluminium wheels with flow form technology for US market
Automobile wheel manufacturer from Chennai, Wheels India Ltd, on January 16, declared that it has commenced the export of wheels created by the flow form technology to suffice the requirements of the US market. The company has illustrated that this flow form technology incorporates the utilisation...
US domestic primary aluminium production improves 3000 tonnes M-o-M in Oct’22, with negligible change in daily output
The United States domestic primary aluminium production in October 2022 stood at 64,000 tonnes, registering an increase of 3,000 tonnes month-on-month from 61,000 tonnes in September, found the US Census Bureau data. But on a year-on-year calculation, the output decreased by 12,000 tonnes or 15.8...
Decline in US aluminium scrap exports to South Korea during Sep’22 leads to a quarterly fall by 18%
According to the US Census Bureau data, the United States aluminium scrap exports to the Republic of Korea or South Korea in September 2022 stood at 20,800 tonnes, registering a decline of 6.3 per cent month-on-month. However, in August, the exports increased sequentially by 14.43 per cent from...
Russia plans to divert metal exports from Western countries to alternative markets
The Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Denis Manturov, stated that due to sanctions put in place by the EU and US, Russia would reroute its metal exports from Western nations to alternate markets. The minister identified China, Turkey, Southeast Asia, Russia-led Eurasian...
Talks to reopen Alcoa Intalco smelter go south due to high cost of power
A New York private equity group, a union, the state government, and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has been working to reopen Alcoa Intalco Works, the aluminium smelting facility in Ferndale and rehire 700 of its former employees, for more than a year. However, the effort to restart the...
US aluminium plates, sheets and bars exports to Mexico hike by 20% Q-o-Q in 3Q2022
In September 2022, the United States exported 15,000 tonnes of aluminium plates, sheets and bars to Mexico, down by 1,300 tonnes or 8 per cent month-on-month from 16,300 tonnes, found the US Census Bureau. That brought the United States total exports in Q3 to Mexico at 45,900 tonnes, up by 7,600...
