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11 February 2019
Hydro Aluminium still expects to see a ~2% increase in European extrusions demand this year, slightly lower that the ~2.5% anticipated in the USA
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11 February 2019
The removal of US sanction on Rusal has certainly starting to take some of the headache out of billet sourcing for European extruders.
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11 February 2019
The top-five destinations in 2017 - Vietnam, Australia, Philippines, the UK and South Africa – accounted for just 28% of all exports.
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11 February 2019
The fact that Chinese rollers managed to export an additional 718kt at a time when the US in particular was become hostile to this material, makes this hike even more impressive.
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11 February 2019
Download links for all the statistical data published with the weekly report.
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11 February 2019
As discussed in the Asian FRP section of this year’s report, Germany and Belgium both saw important increases in Chinese volumes, while Greece saw a flood.
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11 February 2019
We are not expecting to see a repeat performance in 2019; back to back years of double digit growth have not been recorded at least as far back as our records go to the mid-1980s.
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11 February 2019
As volumes of Chinese material increase, downward margin pressure is being exerted on local mills by their customers.
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11 February 2019
Analysis of consumption and production of primary aluminium, and an analysis of the market drivers of secondary aluminium and aluminium.
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11 February 2019
Potentially more interesting for 2019, is the news that Arconic noted some improvements in orders on the aerospace sheet and plate in the final quarter of 2018.
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11 February 2019
According to the latest LME COT report, fund managers trading aluminium were actively reducing their bearish exposure for the second consecutive week.
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11 February 2019
Technical analysis of the LME aluminium market and aluminium alloy market