Alcoa Inks Seven-Year Power Deal For Massena Plant
Alcoa’s Massena plant has reached a new, seven-year deal with the New York Power Authority to provide electricity to the...
North America
Quotas On Aluminium And Steel Imports Not A Suitable Replacement For Section 232 Tariffs: Mexico’s Economy Minister
Continuing to argue that tariffs on imports of its country’s aluminium and steel are unjustified, Mexico’s government said yesterday that replacing those tariffs with quotas was not an acceptable substitute for total elimination of the impediment on trade. “The Mexican government’s position...
Removal Of Section 232 Tariffs On Canada’s Aluminium And Steel To Occur In “Next Few Weeks”: Ambassador MacNaughton
Canadian ambassador to the United States David MacNaughton continues to say an end to the Section 232 import tariffs on...
Ottawa Announces C$100 Million Investment In Aluminium And Steel Firms Impacted By Section 232 Tariffs
In an effort at mitigating damage done to the dominion’s small- and medium-sized aluminium and steel manufacturers by the Trump...
Events
Aleris Turns In Record Numbers For Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2018
Cleveland rolled aluminium firm Aleris International, Inc. reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2018 yesterday. An uptick in demand and a favorable metal environment in North America helped propel most of the firm’s numbers past those of preceding periods. The fourth quarter saw Aleris ship 203 metric tons […]
Mexico’s Government Says Ratification Of USMCA Contingent Upon End To Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs
Echoing the United States’ northern neighbors, officials from the Mexican government confirmed over the weekend the position that ratification of NAFTA’s successor hinges in large part upon the Trump Administration lifting the Section 232 tariffs on imported steel and aluminium. While renegotiating the trade deals in which the United States government is a party was […]
Nespresso Invests US$1.2 Million In NYC Aluminium Recycling Technology
Swiss coffee company Nestlé Nespresso S.A., in conjunction with the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY), and Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) said yesterday that the firm has pledged to contribute US$1.2 million to the city’s efforts at collecting, sorting, and recycling aluminium coffee capsules as well as general discarded aluminium. Per the press release, […]
Aluminerie de Bécancour Pitches “Final” Contract Offer To Locked-Out USW Workers
Management at Aluminerie de Bécancour (ABI) has tendered to the plant’s labor union United Steelworkers what it classifies as the “final” contract offer in hopes that it breaks the labor dispute that has idled the plant for over a year. The firm, which is a joint venture between Alcoa Corporation (75 percent) and Rio Tinto […]
Trump And Trudeau Discuss Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs, But To No Avail
Though the United States and Canadian heads of government spoke on the subject of relief for Section 232 aluminium and steel tariffs last week, inside sources say the conversation was not fruitful. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office said on Friday that the P.M. spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump the day before, though the official […]
Aluminium Industry Riding To Higher Demand In Electric Vehicles
This is an exciting time indeed for aluminium consumption, with demand for this highly versatile metal continuing to rise to dizzying heights with every new estimate. Among the brighter stars in the consumption constellation continues to be that of electric vehicles. As ...
Leaders Emerge In The Aluminium Industry’s Race To Zero Carbon
One of the aluminium industry’s major goals continues to be the production of metal in a manner that emits the ...
Aluminium Market Update: Why Are Aluminium Prices Lagging Behind Other Base Metals?
Base metals prices have recovered significantly since January’s lows after news that the US and China are inching closer to ...
The Venezuela Blackout Spells Doom for its Aluminium Industry
After Venezuela’s energy supply failed on March 8th, the directors of the CVG together with the presidents of each company ...
