Aluminium Wires And Cables
China aluminium rod margins squeezed by capacity ramp-up, flat orders
Recently, as new capacity for aluminium rod continues to ramp up and supply growth accelerates, both domestic and export demand have struggled to keep pace. The mismatch between rising output and flat uptake has left the sector grappling with supply-demand imbalances, keeping processing fees for standard aluminium rods under sustained pressure. How the market will evolve has become a key focus for the industry. On the supply side, overall aluminium rod output has kept rising. In mid-July, weekly output briefly exceeded 100,000 tonnes to hit a year-to-date high. Strong sector momentum in the second quarter drove concentrated production scheduling, while a batch of new projects gradually came online. After a temporary pullback in the third quarter, output has recently picked up again, with...
Bahrain’s aluminium wire exports jump 23.7% Y-o-Y to 80,895 tonnes in Q2 2026
Bahrain’s aluminium wire exports continued to gain momentum in the second quarter of 2026, with shipments rising significantly compared with the corresponding periods of 2025 and 2024. The country exported 80,895 tonnes of aluminium wire in Q2 2026, taking its total shipments during the first half of the year to 143,518 tonnes. The export data covers aluminium wire under HS code 7605, excluding stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and similar products, electrically insulated wires and strings for musical instruments. Export volume registers strong Y-o-Y growth Comparing the quarterly figures, Bahrain’s aluminium wire export volume increased by 23.76 per cent Y-o-Y in Q2 2026, against 65,366 tonnes shipped during Q2 2025. The latest quarterly volume also marked a considerable rise from Q2...
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Cables hold the line: KEC’s aluminium conductor Phase II rolls on as revenue jumps 17%
India-based KEC International Limited is pushing ahead with Phase II of its aluminium conductor capacity expansion, even as a difficult second quarter dragged consolidated profit down. The Q2 FY27 investor presentation, dated November 2, lists the expansion as underway in its Cables & Conductors business, one of the few segments that grew in the quarter. The update comes over a year after KEC’s commissioning of the first phase of the plant in Vadodara in February 2025, marking an investment of about INR 600 million (USD 6.33 million). The company has not disclosed the capacity to be added, the investment or a completion date. Explore AL Circle’s report ALuminium Wires & Cables - Insights & Forecast to 2030 for insights into aluminium applications, industry developments and opportunities...
Police arrest 8 in transformer theft gang, seize 164 kg of aluminium wire
A major police operation in India’s Uttar Pradesh has exposed an inter-district network allegedly involved in stealing electricity transformers and selling their internal metal components, including aluminium wire and copper binding, to scrap dealers. Police in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, have busted an inter-district transformer theft gang and arrested eight people, including a scrap dealer accused of purchasing stolen materials. The operation led to the recovery of aluminium wire, copper binding, transformer coils and cash allegedly generated through the sale of stolen electrical components. The gang reportedly operated across several districts, including Kanpur Dehat, Unnao, Lucknow and Fatehpur. A joint team comprising Chaubeypur police, the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit and West...
Aluminium Processing Rate Steady at 61.7% as Peak Season Ends
This week, the operating rate of leading downstream aluminium processors in China held steady M-o-M at 61.7 per cent. Overall industry production remained stable, but internal divergence intensified, with initial signs of a shift from peak season to off-season emerging. The operating rate of primary aluminium alloy producers edged up 0.4 percentage points to 60.6 per cent, driven by a M-o-M increase in wheel hub exports in September and growth in automobile production. Downstream demand showed a mild recovery, and the lower aluminium price center helped slightly repair market sentiment, though actual transactions remained sluggish, with enterprises maintaining production schedules aligned with long-term contracts. The operating rate of aluminium plate per sheet and strip producers held...
Hebei Yingshang Aluminium Co., Ltd. supports SMM in creating the "2027 china wire and cable industry distribution map"
The wire and cable industry is a vital foundational sector of the national economy, often described as the "nerves" and "blood vessels" of the economy, with products spanning energy, transportation, communications, automotive, and military industries. As China's industrialisation continues to advance, the cable industry is showing a clear trend toward cluster-based development, with each industrial cluster area having distinct characteristics, yet still facing challenges in capacity distribution and industry chain coordination. To visually present the geographic distribution of China's cable industry, analyse the current capacity and industry chain status of each region, and provide a basis for government decision-making, enterprise investment, market analysis, and supply chain...
Aluminium rod inventory sees seasonal accumulation after the holiday, processing fee centre expected to gradually rise
China's aluminium rod production in September was 384,000 tonnes, with producer operating rate at 53.2 per cent. Both production and operating rate trended lower under pressure. The aluminium rod market remained severely oversupplied in September, with suppliers successively lowering processing fees to move accumulated inventory, but downstream buying sentiment stayed subdued due to absolute price levels. According to SMM statistics, as of October 9, days of inventories at domestic aluminium rod plants stood at 10.33 days, up 2.19 days from 8.14 days before the holiday (September 30). The inventory ratio rose from 106.67 per cent to 137.14 per cent, a sharp increase of 30.47 percentage points, mainly driven by the National Day holiday—downstream processing enterprises concentrated...
VMI Group raises aluminium winding wire capacity to 25,000 TPA
Vidya Metal Manufacturing Company Private Limited (VMI Group) has increased its installed aluminium winding wire and strip capacity to 25,000 tonnes per annum (TPA), up from 18,000 TPA in early 2025. The expansion follows the commissioning of its new facility at Bandapur, Rajasthan. Abhinav Goyal, Group Director, VMI Group, said, “ Every distribution transformer, every solar inverter and every motor that India adds needs winding wire, and aluminium is the metal that lets OEMs grow without their raw-material cost running away from them. ” The group also produces around 12,000 TPA of copper products across its seven plants. The capacity expansion comes amid growing demand from transformer, motor, inverter and switchgear manufacturers in India, where aluminium is gaining ground as an...
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