Winter Park, Florida 01/03/2016 - Shipments of aluminum extruded products by US and Canadian producers totalled an estimated 419.4 million pounds (190,000 tonnes) during January, off 0.6 percent year-on-year, according to the Aluminum Association.
Compared to the previous month, shipments increased 18.1 percent over the December 2015 revised total of 355.0 million pounds or 161,000 tonnes, the trade group said.
Preliminary shipments for 2015 totalled 5,129.8 million pounds, up 4.8 percent over the 2014 total of 4,894.6 million pounds, it added.