Indian Aluminium Producers Struggle Through Fall in Domestic Demand And Rise In Imports
Despite an aluminium demand growth in India of 7 percent in the April through June quarter, a tepid growth in...
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India’s Aluminium Industry Calls Upon Government To Cut Duties On Raw Materials
Last week India’s aluminium industry called upon New Delhi to cut basic customs duties on aluminium fluoride and other raw materials necessary for aluminium production, as such duties make it all but impossible for domestic producers to compete in the global marketplace....
India’s Automotive Component Manufacturers Going All-In On Aluminium Forging
In a bid to position themselves to take advantage of the ever-tightening emission regulations and the rise of electric vehicles,...
Vedanta To Export Over Half Its Output As India’s Aluminium Imports Continue To Rise
Even as India’s aluminium imports continue to rise, Vedanta Ltd. plans to increase its exports of the metal. Such was...
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India’s Output Growth To Slow Thanks To Soft LME Prices And Maxed-Out Capacity
India’s aluminium production in the coming fiscal year is expected to taper off compared to previous years thanks in part to a weak market for the metal at the London Metal Exchange (LME) in recent months. Such was the conclusion drawn by India’s ratings firm CARE Rating Limited and spelled out in a report released […]
India’s Aluminium Trade Groups Again Call Upon Government To Implement Safeguards
With the finer details of next fiscal year’s budget being ironed out, India’s aluminium sector again took up its call to increase import duties on primary, scrap, and downstream aluminium, and rationalization of aluminium production input costs. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Aluminium Association of India (AAI) have […]
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 such a hike be part of the government’s next iteration of the budget. […]
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 24 percent and scrap aluminium by 22 percent on the year in the April to October period of 2018, and experts believe the rise is but the tip of the iceberg of aluminium imports to […]
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 by the United States Geological Survey reflect a jump of 158 percent in the January through October period over the prior year. Total aluminium exported to India in October came to 25,800 metric tons, an […]
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 ...
