A potential easing of trade tensions between the United States and Canada could reshape the North American aluminum market, with European buyers facing the risk of stronger competition for Canadian metal. Import data from ITC Trade Map shows that US purchases of Canadian unwrought aluminum fell sharply in 2025, while imports from Canada increased across six European markets, highlighting how trade flows have evolved amid tariff uncertainty. The United States imported approximately 2.03 million metric tons of unwrought aluminum from Canada in 2025, down 25.9% from 2.74 million metric tons in 2024. The decline amounted to around 711,494 metric tons over the year. Import value also decreased, falling 22.2% from $7.82 billion to $6.09 billion. The figures come as the possibility of a...
Century Aluminum’s proposed USD 4 billion primary aluminum smelter in Inola, Oklahoma, is “moving forward on all fronts” as the company prepares for construction, despite local opposition and legal challenges, CEO Jesse Gary said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. Developed jointly by Century Aluminum and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the project is designed to produce 750,000 tonnes of primary aluminum annually, potentially doubling U.S. primary aluminum production. The facility is expected to create thousands of direct and indirect jobs and add USD 1.5 billion to Oklahoma’s gross domestic product, according to company estimates. The partners had targeted construction to begin by the end of 2026. However, local restrictions and permitting challenges have affected the...
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Altech Chemicals announced this week announced the probability of getting mezzanine debt worth US$ 90 million from Macquarie Group for its Malaysian High Purity Alumina Plant project. Altech said the positive response from Macquarie came on the back of the recent increased profile of planned lithium-ion battery plants being constructed in Europe. However, the receipt of the debt is subject to various internal approvals and inter-creditor arrangements with senior lender KfW IPEX-Bank in Germany, said Altech. Altech’s Malaysian HPA project will secure kaolin clay feedstock from Meckering in West Australia, and the plant will be capable of producing alumina product that can achieve 99.99 per cent purity. According to the report, Altech has also posted a suit of innovative financing...
According to the latest report from the US Geological Survey, US domestic primary aluminium production stood at 89,000 tonnes in November 2019. The average daily production was 2,980 tonnes, slightly up from October 2019 and November 2018. The output increased by 47 per cent from November 2017. Total aluminium recovered from scrap was 271,000 tonnes in November, slightly less than the amount in October. That was down 10 per cent from November 2018 and 6 per cent from November 2017. Of this, 145,000 tonnes of aluminium was recovered from new scrap and 126,000 tonnes was recovered from old scrap. Inventories of primary aluminium in LME-approved warehouses in the United States decreased to 5,025 tonnes at the end of November. Inventories of secondary aluminium (North American Secondary...
Hydro, a subsidiary of Norsk Hydro ASA, one of the largest aluminium groups worldwide, headquartered in Norway, is closing sown its car components facility Hydro Components UK Ltd in Rotherham. The plant is specialized for aluminium fabrication. The decision is a part of the wider restructuring of its extruded solutions operations. The plant is situated on the Barbot Hall Industrial Estate and it offers surface finishing and mechanical fabrication solutions for the automotive industry. Hydro delivers to all UK based automotive manufacturers Jaguar/Landrover, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Aston Martin, etc and also exports approximately 20% of its turnover into mainland Europe Volvo, Fiat, BMW. <iframe width="500" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_LcuMSnnRUw" frameborder="0"...
The US firm, Rand Elliott Architects, has reportedly designed a new building with extruded aluminium for the Oklahoma Contemporary Art Centre. The 53,916-square-foot building is covered with 16,800 extruded aluminium fins, replacing the original home at Oklahoma City's State Fair Park. Thousands of extruded aluminium fins used for the building walls, which rise to varying height and angles, have been custom fabricated and taken through a process to lend a stronger sheen to the metal and make them more reflective. "The new building is architecture created to celebrate the ever-changing light in Oklahoma," firm founder Elliot said. Earlier, the firm also used white aluminium fins for the parking garage of the Chesapeake Energy Corporation in Oklahoma. For Oklahoma Contemporary, the fins...
Press Metal has become a new Production & Transformation member of Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). This brings the total number of members working toward a responsible aluminium value chain to 115. Press Metal is a Malaysian-based aluminium company with extensive global presence. The company is the largest integrated aluminium producer in South East Asia. Press Metal has current smelting capacity of 760,000 tonnes and an extrusion capacity of 210,000 tonnes per annum. “As a responsible corporate citizen, ESG compliance is the commitment we keep close to our hearts. We believe joining ASI will complement our efforts along the journey,” said Mr David Tan Hung Hoe, Head of Corporate Affairs. ASI is a global, multi-stakeholder, non-profit standards setting and certification...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, social inventories of primary aluminium across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, came in at 1.488 million tonnes as of Thursday, 5 March 2020, an increase of 103,000 tonnes from February 27. Aluminium inventories increased this week, as demand recovered slowly amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Primary aluminium stocks in Wuxi and Nanhai climbed 35,000 tonnes and 48,000 tonnes from February 27 to stand at 562,000 tonnes and 374,000 tonnes. The current status of primary aluminium inventories across China is given in the chart below: A00 aluminium ingot price recorded an increase of RMB10 per tonne on Friday, 06 March 2020 after rising by RMB50 per tonne on Thursday. Ingot price increased from RMB13060 per tonne to RMB13070...
The American import of aluminium crude, metals and alloys from Bahrain remains quite progressive in Jan-Nov’19, though there is a global turmoil. The total import from June-Nov’19 was recorded at 56,100 tonnes, whereas the total import from Jan-Nov’19 stood at 121,000 tonnes. In June’19 the US import of aluminium crude, metals and alloys from Bahrain remained significant and reflected at 11,000 tonnes, while in July’19 an uptrend of 16.36% was noticed, the total import volume stood at 12,800, an excess of 1800 tonnes from its previous month. The import in Aug’19 shows a drastic fall by 59.92%, as the total import dropped to 5130tonnes, reduction volume by 7670 tonnes. The aluminium crude, metals and alloys in September’19 again fell to 4970 tonnes. In October’19 the total import again...
The US dollar slipped to a fresh eight-week low as US benchmark 10-year Treasury yields declined and traders bet the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates further, after slashing them by 50 basis points this week. The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies, slipped to the lowest level since January 2 at 96.51. Three-month LME aluminium trimmed some losses after it dipped to a session low of US$ 1,722.5 per tonne, which remained above the five- and 20- day moving average. It finished the day 0.35 per cent lower at US$ 1717.5 per tonne, with open interest up 2,625 lots to 744,000 lots as longs loaded up their positions. Today, LME aluminium is expected to hover range-bound between US$1,700 per tonne and US$ 1,730 per tonne. As of Thursday, March 5,...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative has announced today, on March 5, that it has certified Ball Corporation with its Performance and Chain of Custody Standard Certification. 23 plants of Ball Corporation in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, as well as the regional headquarter, quality assurance, and manufacturing facilities for beverage can bodies and ends have received the certification, as per the report. Ball Corporation, the world’s largest producer of aluminium cans, is the first can manufacturer to achieve the ASI Certification for its responsible production, sourcing, and stewardship of aluminium. The ASI Performance Standard sets out 59 criteria under the three sustainability pillars of Governance, Environment, and Social, which address key issues such as biodiversity, indigenous...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, aluminium billet inventories in China have extended their growth this week, although slower from a week ago. Increased shipments from warehouses have been the main reason behind another week of a rise in billet inventories. SMM data shows the stocks of 6063 aluminium billet have grown by 6,400 tonnes over the week across five major consumption areas in China, in contrast to a growth of week-on-week 19,300 tonnes last Thursday, February 27. The inventories, as of March 5, stand at 218,900 tonnes. <iframe width="500" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1pdOZcEbQuc" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> The chart below shows the current status of aluminium...
The Vice-President of Ghana, Mahamadu Bawumia stated: “The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) support for Ghana has boosted its government’s efforts to consolidate the economy”. Bawumia, during the welcome session of a team executive directors and senior officials of the African Development Bank on an official visit, praised various bank-supported projects. He added “Those are areas very critical for us and we are happy to have the African Development Bank helping us. You have been in the trenches with us and things are now going well.” The African Development Bank delegation, led by Bright Okogu, executive director for Nigeria and Sao Tome & Principe, meet local authorities, the private sector, civil society, and other development collaborators. The Vice-President was very much clear in...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the A00 aluminium ingot price has recorded a hike of RMB 50 per tonne on Thursday, March 5, followed a significant decline of RMB 130 per tonne to RMB 13,010 per tonne. The ingot price today stands at RMB 13,060 per tonne, down by RMB 330 per tonne week-on-week. This indicates the Chinese primary aluminium prices are currently recording rapid downfall due to the continued weak demand among downstream consumers and surge in inventories. The average prices, as of today, are expected to range between RMB 13,040 per tonne and RMB 13,080 per tonne, with spot contract to be traded at a discount price of RMB 70 per tonne to RMB 30 per tonne. The price in Gongyi has grown the highest by about RMB 85 per tonne to RMB 13,000 tonnes, followed by Shenyang, where...
The higher procurement of locally supplied bauxite has succumbed Vedanta to crop the cost of making alumina at its Lanjigarh refinery by 8% Y-o-Y to $269 per tonne in Q3 of this fiscal year. The production capacity of alumina at the Lanjigarh plant has risen by 16% Y-o-Y to 476,000 tonnes. The decreased cost of alumina also steered to cut the cost of production of aluminium at $1691 per tonne. The company communicated in a recent investor presentation meet that locally supplied bauxite has now been meeting over half of the company’s total requirement. The Lanjigarh refinery was up by 24% to reach 1.33 million tonnes during April-December’19, whereas the cost of production dipped 16% Y-oY at $281 per tonne. The falling of alumina costs and structural cost reduction measures commenced on by...
The US dollar recovered lost ground on Wednesday, March 4, after a day of an emergency interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve knocked the greenback to an eight-week low. The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies, bounced back 0.43% and hit an intraday high of 97.6. Three-month LME aluminium slipped to as low as US$ 1,717 per tonne overnight before easing some losses and ending down 0.26 per cent on the day. Limited improvement in fundamentals kept aluminium prices under pressure. LME aluminium is expected to be traded between US$1,705 per tonne and US$ 1,750 per tonne. LME aluminium cash (bid) price, as of Wednesday, March 4, continued to extend its growth significantly by US$ 17 per tonne to stand at US$ 1722.5 per tonne, while LME official...
The Russian aluminium giant Rusal anticipates the coronavirus epidemic to negatively affect the aluminium market in China during the first half of 2020. On 28 th February’20 the company stated that its Hong Kong-listed shares down by11% to a 2-month low. Multiple countries from various continents are reporting their coronavirus affected numbers. Though medical science is trying hard to get rid of this pandemic virus, investors are dumping their equities as they are expecting a global recession. Rusal, the world’s largest aluminium producer outside China presumes the coronavirus to stimulate a bigger aluminium supply surplus and weaker demand than formerly expected. The alumina refining in China, in a few particular areas, got suffered due to logistical issues for both bauxite arrivals and...
According to the United States Geological Survey, the country in the third quarter of 2019 ending September 30 had exported 10,000 tonnes of alumina to Mexico, whereas in the second quarter had supplied 12,200 tonnes. The USGS data found that this downfall of about 18 per cent in Q3 was a continued affair, as the United States’ alumina exports in Q2 2019 was also down by about 32 per cent from the previous quarter’s 14,700 tonnes. Year-on-year, the United States alumina exports to Mexico in Q3 2019 had recorded a decline of 29 per cent from 14,000 tonnes. Mexico was the leading destination of the United States alumina exports in the third quarter of 2019, followed by Canada. The US in Q3 had exported 7,350 tonnes of alumina to Canada, down 21 per cent from 9,280 tonnes in Q2. In Q1, the...
Vedanta Ltd’s Jharsuguda bagged the prestigious CII- EHS Award 2019 at the 15th State Level Competition on Best Practices in Environment, Health and Safety (HSE). Mr. Chhavi Nath Singh, CEO of Vedanta Ltd., Jharsuguda said, “As the largest producer of primary aluminium in the country, we are nation builders and the country’s partners in progress. Our actions are guided by the robust Vedanta Sustainability Framework, and best-in-class Health, Safety, and Environment practices form the core of our business. We are committed to continuous improvement in this domain, leveraging global expertise and advanced digital interventions to enhance EHS standards at our operation.” Mr. Ajay Pandey, Head – HSE & Sustainability, Ms. Sasmita Rani Dash, Lead – HSE VSAP (Jharsuguda) and Mr. Manoj Kumar...
According to a recent report, CANPACK is expanding its capacity by more than 1 billion cans annually in Colombia and Russia, as the aluminium cans market in those two countries shows a positive sign of growth. Companies in both Colombia and Russia seek additional capacity for their products, driven by the renewed focus on environmental sustainability and growth in sales. Roberto Villaquirán, CEO of CANPACK Group commented: “We are excited to increase capacity in these markets and continue to offer clients a wide range of aluminium packaging innovations. With a renewed focus on environmental sustainability and continued growth from sectors beyond beer, soft drinks and energy drinks like wine, coffee, teas and water, more brands are turning to CANPACK to help them bring products to market.”...
