Collapsed Canada tariff talks put Indiana's aluminium jobs back in the spotlight
Indiana has emerged as an unlikely flashpoint in the latest round of US-Canada trade friction, after Washington's now-collapsed negotiations with Ottawa briefly put a proposed cut to aluminium tariffs on the table, one that industry advocates say would have hit the state's fabrication workforce...
US aluminium manufacturers launch alliance to address tariff concerns
US aluminium fabricators, extruders and finished-product manufacturers have launched the American Aluminum Alliance. This is a new trade association representing companies at the downstream end of the country’s aluminium value chain. The alliance brings together manufacturers that use aluminium to...
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Canada to roll out multibillion-dollar counter-tariffs on American aluminium products on Sept 16
According to a recent report, Canada will roll out its planned multibillion-dollar counter-tariffs on American aluminium products within the next few days. The news came after officials in Ottawa and at the Canadian embassy in Washington confirmed that the previously threatened retaliatory tariffs...
Alcoa Intalco Works Aluminium smelter’s layoffs and curtailments conclude
Alcoa Intalco Works aluminium smelter curtailment has been concluded according to workers, many of which were laid off in the process. The Pittsburgh-headquartered Alcoa Corporation declared the planned curtailment and layoffs in April’20 specifying declining market conditions and at that...
Governors of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont call on President Donald Trump to reverse 10% tariffs on Canadian aluminium
Maine Governor Janet Mills, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, and Vermont Governor Phil Scott called on President Donald Trump to reverse his decision to reimpose a 10% tariff on imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminium from Canada. They said this would hurt manufacturers and supply chain...
South Korea's aluminium scrap imports from the US stand 4% higher in January-June 2020
South Korea's imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 21,600 tonnes in June, with a year-on-year decrease of 4%. South Korea had imported 22,500 tonnes in June 2019. On a monthly basis, imports declined by 3.14% from 22,300 tonnes in May 2020, as updated by the US Census Bureau. South Korea...
US aluminium semis imports rebounded to 74,500 tonnes in June 2020; Total imports in H1 edged lower by 40% Y-o-Y
According to the latest data shared by the US Geological Survey, the United States aluminium plates, sheets and bars imports rebounded to 74,500 tonnes in June 2020. In May, the country imported 68,500 tonnes, declining by 6,000 tonnes from April. The US imports in June saw an increase of 8.76 per...
The US imports of crude metal and alloys up by 1.1% in H1 2020; exports drop 27%
The US imports of crude metal and alloys declined by 16.83% year-on-year to stand at 262,000 tonnes in June 2020. Crude metal and alloys import were at 315,000 tonnes in June 2019. On a month-on-month comparison, imports reduced by 17.09% from 316,000 tonnes in May, according to the latest Mineral...
US aluminium scrap exports decline by 14% to 396,000 tonnes in Q2 2020, exports in June increase by 23% M-o-M
According to the latest data shown by the US Geological Survey of June 2020, the United States in the said month export 150,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap, bringing the total scrap exports in the second quarter of the year to 396,000 tonnes. In the first quarter (January-March), the United States...
US aviation authority approves four-bladed aluminium MacCauly C779 Blackmac propellers for Cessna SkyCourier
FAA, the US aviation authority has approved the four-bladed aluminium MacCauly C779 Blackmac propellers specially designed for the Cessna SkyCourier. The propeller manufacturer went through a test program of 135 hours, before securing this certificate, in which the propeller was subjected, among...
India’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US jumps 205% MoM in June 2020
India’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US came in at 12,800 tonnes in June 2020, with a month-on-month increase of 205.49%. India had imported 4,190 tonnes in May 2020. On a yearly, basis, imports dropped by 41.55% from 21,900 tonnes in June 2019, as updated by the US Census Bureau. India...
Austal USA delivers 12th Expeditionary Fast Transport ship made from aluminium to US Navy
The US wing of Australia’s global ship-building firm Austal to deliver USNS Newport, the 12 th Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ship and it brings up the total delivered number to 24 in ten years, including three in the current year to the US Navy by Austal USA. David Singleton,...
US primary aluminium output stands at 89,000 tonnes in June 2020; secondary recovery increases 4% MoM
According to the latest report from the US Geological Survey, US domestic primary aluminium production was 89,000 tonnes in June 2020. The average daily production stood at 2,980 tonnes, 3% less than that in May 2020 and slightly less than that in June 2019. Total aluminium recovered from scrap was...
Dot Foods to offer The Alkaline Water Company’s aluminium bottles to its 4,300 customers nationwide by September 21
The Alkaline Water Company Inc., a producer of premium bottled alkaline water, flavor-infused waters, and CBD infused products, announced that Dot Foods Inc., the largest food redistribution company in the U.S., will offer the entire line of Alkaline88®, A88 Infused™, and aluminium bottles to its...
Italy’s aluminium semi-finished exports declined 58% YoY and 31% MoM in May
Italy’s exports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) to the US stood at 1,230 tonnes in May 2020, with a year-on-year decrease of 58% from 2,950 tonnes in May 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. Aluminium...
US Aluminium tariff needs to be countered by Dairy products: Confederation of National Trade Unions, Canada
The CSN-affiliated Federation of Manufacturing holds that if the United States rebuffs to withdraw the 10% tariff recently imposed on Canadian aluminium than the Canada Government should tentatively end the planned opening in the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) for dairy products and...
US aluminium scrap imports from Canada continue to grow M-o-M by 16% in May 2020
The United States aluminium scrap imports from Canada stood at 19,800 tonnes in May 2020, growing by 2,800 tonnes or 16.47 per cent from 17,000 tonnes in April 2020, according to the latest data shared by the US Geological Survey. In March 2020, the US had imported 5,490 tonnes of aluminium scrap...
Germany’s May aluminium semi-finished exports to the US decline 34% from April’s export volume
Germany’s exports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) to the US came in at 3,370 tonnes in May 2020, with a year-on-year decrease of 70%.Germany had exported 11,200 tonnes in May 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey....
Hong Kong’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US slips 27% in Jan-May 2020
Hong Kong’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US came in at 7,090 tonnes in May, with a month-on-month increase of 1%. Hong Kong had imported 7,020 tonnes in April 2020. On a yearly basis, imports reduced by 37% from 11,200 tonnes in May 2019, as updated by the US Census Bureau. Hong Kong...
US aluminium crude metals and alloys imports from Argentina remained flat in May 2020 after a sharp hike in April
According to the latest data shown by the US Geological Survey, the United States’ imports of aluminium crude metals and alloys from Argentina remained flat month-on-month in May 2020 at 18,400 tonnes. In April, the imports totalled 18,700 tonnes, following a sharp downfall in March from 12,800...
