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08 May 2018
The Chinese government’s latest decision to slap a one-month ban on non-ferrous scrap imports from the US took effect on May 3 and will last until June 4.
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08 May 2018
Despite the ongoing intensification of the US-China trade tensions, China exporters still managed to sell 617kt of FRPs into overseas markets in the first quarter of 2018.
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08 May 2018
The Sayanogorsk smelter supplies around 100ktpy of rolling slabs, most in 5xxx and 6xxx series alloys for the European autosheet sector, but overall Rusal supplies close to 450ktpy of slab into the European markets from some of the company’s recently completed casthouse projects .
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08 May 2018
Download links for all the statistical data published with the weekly report.
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08 May 2018
There is still major uncertainty as to how freely European billet manufactures will be able to purchase Rusal produced billet after the October deadline.
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08 May 2018
At one point in mid-April, quotes for good quality billet delivered Germany hit $600/tonne, the highest level in three years.
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08 May 2018
In Japan, the production of extrusions has slipped in early 2018, falling by 1.1% yoy in the January-February period, to 124.1kt (-1.5kt).
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08 May 2018
In the current market it is near impossible to get a hold of imported general purpose DC sheet, whether 5052 or 3003, for under $2/lb.
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08 May 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 May 2018
As with Europe the threat of reduced billet supplies from Rusal has played an important role in the surge in US billet premiums in the past month.
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08 May 2018
The mid-April announcement of retroactive AD/CV tariffs on US imports of Chinese origin common alloy sheet (which are to be applied at a rate of 33-113% on most Chinese suppliers) has meant that many customers are no longer willing to touch Chinese material.
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08 May 2018
Technical analysis of the LME aluminium market and aluminium alloy market