Constellium Alabama Plant Recognized As Top Manufacturer Of 2020 By State Government
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V.’s aluminium rolling facility in Muscle Shoals, Alabama was recognized as the state’s...
North America
Ball Completes US$80-Million Buyout Of Tubex Aluminium Aerosol Plant In Brazil
Colorado’s Ball Corporation announced on Monday the completion of its acquisition of Tubex Industria E Comercio de Embalagens Ltda. in Brazil for US$80 million. Per the firm, Tubex is now part of Ball Corporation’s aluminium aerosol packaging division, and will complement its...
Strong Performances Leading Into The Quarter Help Novelis Weather Coronavirus Economy
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. reported results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 yesterday. Though...
Aluminum Association Of Canada Condemns New Round Of U.S. Tariffs
The Aluminium Association of Canada (AAC) expressed its disappointment with the Trump Administration’s decision last week to levy a new...
Events
Canada To Impose Retaliatory Tariffs On US$2.7 Billion In U.S. Aluminium Products
Responding to a broadside from the Trump Administration to its aluminium industry, the Canadian government fired a return volley this weekend, announcing the levying of US$2.7 billion in retaliatory tariffs on aluminium products imported from it southern neighbor. On Friday, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said the counter tariffs would begin by the middle […]
Section 232 Tariffs Necessary To Stem Tide Of “Unprecedented Surge” Of Canadian Aluminium: Century CEO Bless
American aluminium maker Century Aluminum’s president and chief executive officer Michael Bless went on record Thursday in support of United States president Donald Trump’s decision to reinstate Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel on imports of the same from Canada. Citing a 95-percent increase in imports of unalloyed primary aluminium from the dominion in […]
United States Scrap Aluminium Recovery Falls In May
Recycled aluminium collected from secondary producers in the United States saw a steep decline in May, recovering 19 percent less of it than the previous year. According to numbers from the United States Geological Survey, secondary producers recovered 231 thousand metric tons of scrap aluminium, which was also down from April’s total by 9 percent. […]
Alfa To Sell Off Aluminium Automotive Parts Maker Nemak
Mexican conglomerate Alfa said late last week it is planning to spin off its 75-percent stake in Nemak, a local producer of automotive parts. Alfa is expected to announce the move later this month, which would leave the struggling unit on its own. “We plan a gradual and orderly transition process to make Nemak an […]
Canada Aluminium Exports To United States Down By 30 Percent: AAC
Data released last week by the Aluminium Association of Canada showed a substantial drop in the sale of standard commodity ingot (P1020) aluminium from smelters in Canada to buyers in the United States from last month’s numbers. Per the association, exports to the States from the dominion in July are projected to be off by […]
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 ...
