In January-June Ukraine imported 2.566 million tons of aluminum ore and concentrate (bauxites), up by 11.7% YoY, valued at $112.740 million, up by 22.6%. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main suppliers were Guinea (57.09%), Guyana (37.53%) and Brazil (2.59%). In 6 months Ukraine exported 22 tons of aluminum ore and concentrate valued at…
The Al-Mg-Sc alloy, developed by the Institute of light alloys and techniques, has successfully passed an international registration and has been included in the international registry of deformable alloys under the 5081 grade. The new alloy could be used in various spheres, including shipbuilding and aerospace industry. The registration has been carried out according to…
In January-April Kazakhstan mined 1.3 million tons of aluminum ores, down by 22% YoY. Raw aluminum manufacture dropped by 9%, to 528.7 thousand tons. Pavlodar region accounted for 99% of the output, as the Kazakhstan Electrolysis Plant is situated there. In Q1, raw aluminum exports decreased by 31.2%, to 212.7 thousand tons, while sales on…
In January-March, aluminum ore mining decreased by 23% YoY, to 960.1 thousand tons, resulting in the drop of raw aluminum production by 9.5%, to 395.9 thousand tons. Exports of aluminum oxides and hydroxides dropped by 52%, and of raw aluminum – by 1%. Exports of primary aluminum grew by 7.8%. The main importers are Italy,…
Sumgait Technologies Park (STP) has launched the supply of aluminum sections to Poland. This is the first export of aluminum profiles to Poland in the history of Azerbaijan. Negotiations on sales started in January and test products were sent to the customer company in late March. The customer originally ordered 20 tons of products as…
RIAK, the plant that produces aluminum sections in Ingushetia, intends to double its output volumes. “From November, the company will reach its planned capacity of 6600 tons per year, thus increasing its output 2-fold”, the company CEO Magomet Tumgoyev said. The plant was opened in 2012, and the second stage launched in April 2018. 80…
In February, Russia exported 403.5 thousand tons of raw aluminum, up by 48% MoM and by 61.7% YoY. Revenue grew by 51% and by 62.4% respectively, to $741 million. In January-February, exports totaled 675.8 thousand tons valued at $1232 million, up by 42% and by 40% YoY respectively. In February the average aluminum price was…
In January-March Ukraine increased aluminum ore and concentrate (bauxite) imports by 22% YoY, to 1.4 million tons valued at $61.13 million, up by 35.3%. According to the State Fiscal Service, Guinea supplied most of the ore (58.47%), followed by Guyana (36.49%) and Brazil (4.77%). Ukraine did not re-export this raw material neither in Q1 2019,…