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08 January 2018
Many Asian countries are of course at the front line when it comes to Chinese exports, and of the 1.4mt of FRPs which China exported over the January-August period of 2017 (latest data), 35% - or 500kt – went to other Asian countries.
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08 January 2018
With the US market now almost closed to Chinese origin extrusions ( in March 2017, the US DoC elected to retain AD margins of 32-33% which were introduced in 2011) we understand that Chinese manufacturers have been making repeated attempts at gaining ground in Europe over the final months of 2017.
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08 January 2018
Download links for all the statistical data published with the weekly report.
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08 January 2018
To stay one step ahead German manufacturers have to pay minute detail when it comes to cost and sometimes this means importing non-EU manufactured plate and sheet to produce goods to high end specification, while keeping manufacturing costs under control.
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08 January 2018
The manufacturing PMI for the Eurozone hit 60.6 in December 2017, up from 60.1 in November, to hit the highest level since the survey commenced in June 1997.
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08 January 2018
While demand faces a temporary logistics bottleneck, more deep rooted concerns are focussed on the ongoing threat of import tariffs being applied to primary aluminium under the Section 232 investigation.
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08 January 2018
The US imported 197kt of extrusions in the first 10 months of 2017, which was an increase of 16% y-o-y, with imports from Vietnam increasing by 30% to 19kt.
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08 January 2018
Analysis of consumption and production of primary aluminium, and an analysis of the market drivers of secondary aluminium and aluminium
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08 January 2018
Looking back at 2017, the most important factors driving the aluminium market were the Chinese central government’s policies.
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08 January 2018
As we discussed in the Asian extrusions section of this week’s report, Chinese suppliers have their eyes on Europe as a market with significant export potential.
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08 January 2018
The steady state of the US cansheet market has encouraged Novelis to approve an upgrade at its Warren, Ohio rolling mill which produces canstock.
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08 January 2018
Technical analysis of the LME aluminium market and aluminium alloy market