Global Aluminium Trade Groups Call On G7 To Rein In Chinese Subsidies
Last week the Aluminum Association, European Aluminium, the Aluminium Association of Canada, and the Japan Aluminium Association came together to...
Japan Aluminium
Japan Aluminium Premiums Drop By 33 Percent In Fourth Quarter
Fourth quarter aluminium prices in Japan took a tumble this week, as buyers are reporting a steep drop in premiums asked for and received in recent days. According to unidentified sources who spoke to Reuters this week, Japanese aluminium buyers have struck...
Japan’s First Second Quarter Aluminium Premiums Deal Lower By 22 Percent From 2019
Japan saw the first significant aluminium delivery deal for the second quarter of this year settle at US$82 per metric...
Prices For Second Quarter Aluminium Deliveries Rise In Japan As Coronavirus Depresses Demand
Prices for aluminium in Japan have jumped by over one fourth over last quarter’s asking price, but buyers have shown...
Events
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch To Be Made Of Recycled Aluminium
The Games of the XXXII Olympiad will begin in the summer of 2020 with the lighting of a torch made from recycled aluminium. According to sources who spoke with domestic media, the Tokyo 2020 torch will be made from aluminium first used to build temporary shelters used in Fukushima prefecture after the area was struck […]
Continuing Overcapacity Prompts Renewed Calls For G20 to Form Global Aluminium Forum
Half a dozen groups representing a wide swath of the global aluminium trade teamed up to renew a call to world leaders for the formation of a global forum for tackling the issue of global aluminium overcapacity. Citing the work of last year’s G20 summit and their publication of the Global Forum on Steel Excess […]
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 ...
