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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Quebec's Minister of the Economy: “No reason for the US to impose tariffs on its imports of aluminium from Canada”
Pierre Fitzgibbon, Quebec's Minister of the Economy said that he is "convinced" that there is no reason for the United States to impose tariffs on its imports of aluminium from Canada. On 23 rd June’20, he said: “Such tariffs would harm our savings; our green aluminium has always allowed a stable...
Hindalco exports more than 80% of total output to minimise inventory build-up
Hindalco is exporting more than 80 per cent of the total output to minimise inventory build-up and to absorb plant fixed costs. Countries like Korea, the USA, Malaysia, Brazil, and Japan are leading importers of these products. The demand from the domestic market is down due to the Covid-19...
U.S. dust-up to declare aluminium tariffs on Canada by end of week
The United States of America is planning to re-impose tariffs on aluminium imports from Canada, as reported late on 22 nd June’20, mentioning people familiar with the matter. The announcement is expected to come by the end of the week. If Canada declines to impose export restrictions, the United...
China loses WTO dispute against EU for market economy status, subsidized aluminium supply strikes back
In a spectacular development, China has lost a dispute to the European Union at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for a market economy status, as the former allowed the dispute to lapse. The development occurs after four years of battle for the market-economy status by China. The designation would...
Thailand’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US up by 11.36% MoM in March
Thailand’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 5,880 tonnes in March, an increase of 569.7% from 878 tonnes in March 2019. On a month-on-month basis, imports registered a rise of 11.36% from 5,280 tonnes in February, as updated by the US Census Bureau. In the first quarter of 2020,...
US desire to restore duty benefits to Indian exporters, sun-ray for Indian Aluminium Industry
The US has shown a desire to restore the duty benefits to Indian exporters under its Generalised System of Preferences if it receives a competent counter-offer from the Government of India. The officials of the Ministry of Commerce were closed-lipped on the kind of quid-pro-quo concession India...
UAE’s aluminium crude metal and alloys exports to US surge by over 100% in March 2020
The latest data released by the US Geological Survey shows a significant surge in the United Arab Emirates’ aluminium crude metal and alloys exports to the United States in March 2020, following a dip in February. According to the data, the aluminium crude metal and alloys exports from the UAE to...
European Aluminium Rollers in the hot-list due to another US dumping investigation
The US Aluminium Association's Common Alloy Aluminium Sheet Trade Enforcement Working Group filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions against 18 countries on 9 th March’20. This occurs just after 13 months the US Department of Commerce published AD and CVD orders on imports of common...
Rusal announces the commencement of a new foundry complex to produce high silicon aluminium alloy
Rusal, a leading global aluminium producer, has announced the beginning of a new foundry complex, having a production capacity of 120 thousand tonnes of alloys per year, at the Boguchansky aluminium smelter. The new foundry will produce high silicon aluminium alloy with increased strength, which is...
US primary aluminium output stands at 95,000 tonnes in March 2020; secondary recovery decreases 4% YoY
According to the latest report from the US Geological Survey, US domestic primary aluminium production was 95,000 tonnes in March 2020. The average daily production stood at 3,050 tonnes, essentially unchanged from that in February, slightly more than that in March 2019, and 34% more than that in...
US aluminium plates, sheets and bars exports in Q1 2020 down by 8.41% year-on-year
According to the latest data released by the US Geological Survey, the United States in March 2020 exported 69,900 tonnes of aluminium plates, sheets and bars, bringing the total export amount in the first quarter of the year to 207,000 tonnes. Year-on-year, the United States’ aluminium semis...
US bauxite and alumina imports shrink by over 22% in Q1 2020; Jamaica & Brazil continue to be the top two exporters
According to the data shown by the US Geological Survey on bauxite and alumina imports in the first quarter of 2020, the United States imported 775,000 tonnes of crude and dried bauxite, down by 22.5 per cent from 1 million tonnes of imports in the fourth quarter of 2019. However, when compared to...
Aluminum Extruders Council: Seeks an end to section 232 tariffs on imported Aluminum
The Trump Administration three years ago announced the 232 investigations into the national security implications of imported aluminium products. The US domestic aluminium industry was cheered up. It was presumed that finally, action would be taken on the largest threat to the domestic aluminium...
Washington Governor’s open letter to Alcoa fall short to save Intalco Aluminium smelter’s employees future
Alcoa Corporation initiated the worker's lay-off diligently at its Smelter in Ferndale, Washington post they received an offer of assistance from the state governor. This is also a nod to end the production of the plant. On 4 th June’20, Alcoa began to pass out pink slips on to many of the plant’s...
Taiwan’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US down 2% MoM in February
Taiwan’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 3,480 tonnes in February, with a month-on-month decrease of 1.97%. Taiwan had imported 3,550 tonnes in January 2020. On a yearly basis, imports reduced by 47.7% from 6,650 tonnes in February 2019, as updated by the US Census Bureau. In the...
US aluminium crude metal and alloys exports to Mexico grow above 55% in February
According to the United States Geological Survey data, the US aluminium crude metal and alloys exports to Mexico recorded a month-on-month hike of 55.67 per cent in February 2020 to stand at 9,200 tonnes. In January, the US’ exports to Mexico were 5,910 tonnes after plunging by 3.7 per cent from...
COVID-19 impact: US aluminium’s unfavorable price baffle as premium collapses
The hardest-hit industrial metals by the COVID-19 epidemic are Aluminium. The London Metal Exchange (LME) reflected the price slammed a four-year low of $1,455 per tonne in April’20 and is brawling to recover, as the last trading marked at $1,525. Inventory has spewed, with 663,475 tonnes of metal...
US Commerce Department invites public inputs on 232 tariff exclusion on aluminium and steel
According to a recent report, the Commerce Department of the United States has asked for public inputs to streamline the exclusion process for tariffs and quotas on aluminium and steel imposed by the Trump administration in 2018. The department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has opened...
