U.S. Trade Tension With China Prompts Rio Tinto To Shift Aluminium Exports To Europe: CEO Jacques
Anglo-Australian metals titan Rio Tinto Group says the trade troubles between the United States and the People’s Republic of China...
North America
Breakthrough Between U.S. And Canada On Aluminium And Steel Tariffs Within Sight: Sen. Grassley
More signs of a breakthrough on Section 232 aluminium and steel tariffs between the United States and Canadian government emerged this week after comments from both governments reflected a renewed commitment to settling the issue in the near future. Republican Senator Chuck...
Aleris Reports Record Adjusted EBITDA Of US$85 Million In Q1
Cleveland rolled aluminium firm Aleris International, Inc. reported results for the first quarter on Wednesday. Though shipments rose over the...
Novelis Reports 8-Percent Jump In Sales During FY 2019
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. released financial results for the final quarter and full year of fiscal...
Events
Ball Corporation Inks Twin Deals To Move North American Operations To 100 Percent Renewable Energy
In a bid to transition to utilizing exclusively renewable energy, Colorado’s Ball Corporation announced late last month that it executed a pair of virtual power purchase agreements for 388 megawatts of new renewable energy. The agreements, of which one is for solar power and the other is for wind power, will fuel the entirety of […]
BRP Acquires Majority Stake In Australian Aluminium Boatmaker Telwater
Canadian powersports vehicle and propulsion manufacturer Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP) announced last week the acquisition of 80 percent of the outstanding stock in Australian aluminium boat and trailer manufacturer Telwater Pty, Ltd. Though no financial details were provided, BRP said that Telwater’s current owner and managing director Paul Phelan will continue as a part […]
Planned Braidy Aluminium Rolling Mill Enters Collaboration Agreement With BMW
Braidy Industries’ planned US$1.7-billion aluminium rolling mill will include a collaboration with BMW AG to qualify and supply 5xxx and 6xxx aluminium alloy sheet to the German automaker. In an email to S&P Global Platts last week, Braidy said the mill, which will feature a nameplate capacity of 300 thousand metric tons per year upon […]
Sapa Settles U.S. Government Allegations Of Falsifying Certifications For Aluminium Extrusions Supplied To NASA
Norsk Hydro ASA’s subsidiary Sapa Profiles settled with the U.S. Department of Justice last week over claims that it falsified scores of certifications for aluminium extrusions provided to NASA over a period of almost two decades. According to Federal prosecutors, Hydro Extrusion Portland, Inc., formerly known as Sapa Profiles Inc. (SPI), and its corporate parent, […]
Hawesville Restart Yields Four-Percent Rise in Century Aluminum’s Q1 Shipments
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum released production and financial results for the year’s opening quarter earlier this week. Though production was up in the quarter, wider market forces helped keep financial numbers lower than hoped. In the first quarter Century Aluminum shipped 206,451 metric tons of aluminium, up 4 percent from last quarter’s total of […]
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 old tradition, a one-day field trip for conference delegates was organized to the Aluminium of Greece (AoG) plant, some 180 km from ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
Electric Vehicles (EVs): outlook for sales and aluminium demand
After last year’s electric vehicles (EVs) sales increase of 72% year/year, to 2.02 million, this year’s growth is expected to ...
Are Things Finally Looking Up For The Aluminium Market?
Base metals prices recovered sharply in the first half of September, after a seasonal slump in August, as investors and ...
