Novelis Receives Final Regulatory Approval For Aleris Purchase From Chinese Regulators
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced on Friday the receipt of approval from China’s State Administration for...
China
China Issues First Set Of Scrap Aluminium Import Quotas For 2020
Beijing released the first set of imported metal scrap quotas for 2020 earlier this week, establishing a maximum of 550 thousand metric tons of imported metal scrap for use by importers starting next month. On Monday, China’s Solid Waste and Chemicals Management...
Facing Tight Supplies, China’s Secondary Aluminium Producers Boosted Operating Rates In November
Despite difficulties with obtaining raw materials in some sectors, total aluminium production in the People’s Republic of China spiked last...
Exclusions Of Imported Aluminium Can Sheet Hurts China’s Battle Against Oversupply: Aluminum Association
The Aluminum Association voiced its opposition late last week to exclusion requests under Section 301 for aluminium can sheet originating...
Events
China Sets New Set Of Scrap Aluminium Import Quotas To 9,844 Metric Tons Through Year’s End
The government of the People’s Republic of China released a seventh set of quotas for 2019 for the import of scrap aluminium and other scrap metals earlier this week. According to Tuesday’s notice from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment’s China Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Bureau, importers may receive another 9,844 metric tons of […]
Citic Dicastal Opens Second Moroccan Aluminium Alloy Wheel Plant In Kenitra
The People’s Republic of China’s aluminium alloy wheel producer Citic Dicastal commissioned a €350-million manufacturing plant in Northern Morocco last week. The plant’s opening was the second this year by Citic Dicastal in as many years in the North African country. The second product of a project entitled Citic Dicastal Africa, the 7.4-acre plant will […]
EGA Inks Five-Year Bauxite Supply Agreement With Xinfa From GAC Mines In Guinea
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) said earlier this week it has come to a five-year agreement with Xinfa to supply its refineries with bauxite from its bauxite mines in Guinea. Per the firm, EGA’s Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) would supply the Chinese firm with “millions of tonnes” of bauxite starting next year and the first […]
USITC Confirms Antidumping And Countervailing Duties On Aluminium Cable And Wire Imports From China
On Wednesday the United States government released a determination that below-cost imports of aluminium wire and cable from the People’s Republic of China led to a material injury to American manufacturers, necessitating a long-term imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties against future imports. Acting upon a final determination by the U.S. Commerce Department on the […]
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Pair Of Suntown Technology Group Facilities Against Custody Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced yesterday the certification against its Chain of Custody standard of Suntown Technology Group Corporation Limited’s (SNTO) facilities in Changsha and Changde in the People’s Republic of China. The two facilities certified by ASI produce aluminuim foil and include a casthouse plus facilities for re-melting, refining, and material conversion. SNTO’s […]
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
