World’s Biggest Beer Company Holds Out Hope for Relief from Trump Aluminium Tariffs
The world’s largest beer brewer told shareholders earlier this week that there is still hope for exemptions and other aids...
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American Beer Trade Group Calls for Investigation Into Midwest Premium
Noting the significant changes to the domestic aluminium landscape ushered in by the Trump administration’s blanket 10-percent tariff on aluminium imports, the Beer Institute (BI) petitioned the federal government earlier this month to investigate what it characterizes as anticompetitive activity in the...
Ball Corporation Expanding Aluminium Beverage Can Operations in Argentina and Paraguay
In a move aimed at capitalizing on South America’s growing reliance on aluminium beverage cans, Colorado’s Ball Corporation yesterday announced...
China’s Increased Use of Aluminium Beverage Cans to Fuel Demand Growth: Rio Tinto’s Barrios
The second-biggest metals miner on Earth expects demand for aluminium to continue its upward arc, and much of the fuel...
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Novelis Announces US$4.3 MM Investment at Aluminium Coating Plant in NE Ohio
American rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced a US$4.5-million investment in upgrading its facility in Warren, Ohio. Though the firm’s press release did not go into detail, Novelis’ plans for the plant in Warren include the installation of cutting-edge technology that will allow the plant to offer its clients greater choice in pretreatments, […]
Ball Corporation Debuts Three New Aluminium Beverage Can Sizes
Recognizing new trends in beverage packaging, American packaging firm Ball Corporation is debuting three new can sizes to its slate of beverage package offerings. The three new sizes, namely 25 Cl Sleek, 45 Cl Super Sleek, and 90 Cl King, will make their world debut at drinktec 2017 this week. However, both the 90 Cl […]
Aluminum Association Urges No Exceptions for Can Aluminium in Section 232 Sanctions
The head of the American trade group The Aluminum Association sent the secretary of the U.S. Commerce Department a letter last week urging him not to make broad exemptions in the ongoing Section 232 investigation of alleged aluminium dumping from China into the American market. Heidi Brock sent the letter to Wilbur Ross on Tuesday […]
Romanian Beer Distributor Introduces Cans Topped with Protective Aluminium Foil
In an effort aimed at delivering beer at its freshest and best quality, United Romanian Breweries Bereprod (URBB) will begin covering the tops of its cans with a layer of aluminium foil. URBB says that the change is designed at protecting the can and its bubbly contents from external factors. According to a study it […]
Tri-Arrows Commits US$125 MM in Building Cold-Rolling Mill at Logan Aluminum
Rolled aluminium firm Tri-Arrows Aluminum, Inc. will soon be starting on the construction of a US$125-million cold rolling mill in western Kentucky. According to a press release disseminated by Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin (R), the new mill will be constructed on the campus of Logan Aluminum Inc., a joint venture between Tri-Arrows and Novelis, in […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
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 ...
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 ...
