The global foil industry celebrated its 100 years of commercial operations in 2010. At that time it was reported in a global Foil industry conference in Bangkok that the industry is around 3.2 Mln TPA strong and for the decade gone by, had maintained a steady CAGR of 4%, a rate higher than the overall […]
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Emerging role of secondary smelting and end-products in the Asia-Pacific Markets
It is of course, well understood and acknowledged that Recycling Aluminium saves more than 90 percent of the energy that would be needed to smelt a comparable amount of the metal from its raw materials. It is estimated that recycling of every Kg of Aluminium saves earth 5Kg of Bauxite, 4 Kgs of Chemical products […]
Continue readingCan automotive sector overturn the global aluminium situation?
No prizes for guessing what is the situation in global Aluminium industry today. LME is below sustainable price range for more than 1500 days now, premiums are volatile and highest ever, smelter shutdowns and production cuts have been on since over 5 years, one of the longest recessionary phases experienced since the 1960s. Most new […]
Continue readingInput Security – is it going to be the next big stumbling block in the growth of Global Aluminium industry?
It has long been assumed that global aluminium industry normally goes through a seven-year itch during its growth cycle intervened by 2-3 years of depression. The present depression in the market which started about 2 years after the ‘not so great’ global financial crisis of 2008-09, seems to have overstayed its ‘unwelcome’. Whatever significant capacity growth […]
Continue readingBringing back profits to Aluminium Industry……………
Over last three decades, the global Aluminium industry has been undergoing structural changes. New and major production centers have emerged since 1980s which have slowly but surely taken over the leadership in terms of not only as leading production centers but also fast emerging consumption regions. We are talking here of the China and Gulf […]
Continue readingThe Dilemma of Aluminium Beverage Can Market in India
Despite being around for over half a century, aluminium beverage can (ABC) is yet to find favor in the second most populous country on the globe. Not known to be a great packaged beverage consuming country, Indians until a few years back, continue to consume lesser units per head a year – compared to what […]
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