India’s Primary Aluminium Imports Rose 24 Percent In April – October, With More On The Way
Trade tensions between the United States and the People’s Republic of China helped boost primary aluminium imports to India by...
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Increase In India’s Aluminium Import Duties May Be Death Sentence For SMEs
A renewal in calls by some in India’s aluminium sector for an increase in import duties on scrap and primary aluminium, has been seen since the fall of 2018. The country’s Commerce Ministry has taken up the baton and has urged that...
India’s Total Imports Of Aluminium From U.S. Smelters Rose By 158 Percent In 2018’s First Ten Months
Last year was a banner year for Indian imported aluminium to the United States, as numbers released earlier this week...
India’s Aluminium Recyclers Push Back Against Talk Of Imported Scrap Tariff Hike
Though India’s primary aluminium producers continue to call for raising import duties on raw and scrap aluminium, downstream interests steadfastly...
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India’s Commerce Ministry Lends Support To Increasing Import Duties On Aluminium
An increase in import duties on aluminium entering India gained more momentum this week, as Union Minister Suresh Prabhu revealed that the country’s commerce ministry favors such a measure as a means to protect domestic manufacturers. “That is a proposal to protect our domestic industry. The proposal is under examination and we support the proposal,” […]
Indian Supreme Court Ruling On Pet Coke Imports May Cause Difficulties To Domestic Aluminium Sector
Future investment in India’s aluminium sector has been thrown into a state of uncertainty after the Supreme Court threw out a ban on the import of petroleum coke earlier this month. So says a report released by Fitch Group subsidiary India Ratings and Research yesterday. Per the report, an Indian Supreme Court ruling allowed for […]
Amid Spike In Imported Aluminium Scrap, India’s Aluminium Sector Continues Plea For Relief
Scrap aluminium imported into India spiked by 21.44 percent since the start of the fiscal year, with buyers shipping in 657 thousand metric tons since April 1. According to the Aluminium Association of India (AAI), the government must soon enact artificial barriers to such imports, which rose from last year’s first-half imported aluminium total of […]
AAI Again Petitions Indian Federal Government For Respite From Coal Restrictions
As aluminium producers continue to face ever-shrinking supplies of coal for firing captive power plants, the Aluminium Association of India (AAI) again appealed to the Indian government for a reprieve from its policy of prioritizing electrical plants over aluminium operations. As per recent developments, the coal supplies and rakes for CPPs (captive power plants), especially […]
Indian Trade Group Seeks End To 2.5-Percent Duty On Imported Scrap Aluminium
An Indian scrap metals trade group appealed to the government last week to remove the 2.5 percent import duty on aluminium scrap, setting aright the inverted duty structure on aluminium scrap now in place. The Metal Recycling Association of India criticized the tariff, which is in place despite the assessment of no tariffs on finished […]
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 ...
