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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The Minister of Mines, India, Pralhad Joshi on 25 th February’20 laid the foundation stone of Crusher and Conveyor System at NALCO’s Mining & Refinery (M&R) Complex in Damanjodi, Odisha. The new system will feed bauxite for the 5 th stream of Alumina refinery of the company. The estimated cost would be around INR.483 crore and expected to be completed by April’22. While interacting with the employees of NALCO at M&R Complex in Damanjodi after laying the foundation stone, the Minister of Mines of India Mr Joshi said: “We as a country aim to reach a $5 trillion economy by 2024 and I am sure NALCO will be a success story in this growth trajectory.” The minister also visited Panchpatmali bauxite mine located in the Koraput district, the largest bauxite mine in Asia, having a bauxite deposit...
The economic downturn in many regions of the world, particularly in China, combined with trade issues raised by the US, resulted in significant slow-down in aluminium demand in 2019. Contrary to our expectations at the beginning of the year, the demand growth was barely 0.5% in 2019, owing to weak demand from the automobile, building & construction sectors around the globe. The total aluminium usage across the world, comprising primary and recycled metal, was near stagnant at 88.1 million tonnes throughout the year. Towards the year-end, however, the Chinese and the US Governments were moving towards a preliminary agreement. But lack of clarity on resolving the trade issues will leave the aluminium industry in some uncertainty, for at least, during the first half of 2020. While the...
AlCircle takes pleasure in announcing that it has launched the second edition of its flagship e-magazine “Aluminium LeaderSpeak 2020” . It is an exclusive e-magazine, whereby top industry leaders from the complete aluminium value chain have shared their views on how the year may transpire for them as an organisation as well as for the industry. They have also shared their business strategies and outlook for the Aluminium Industry to wind up in 2020. The year 2019 was an aftermath of trade wars, restrictive tariffs, sanctions, capacity cuts, and price volatility that impacted the entire aluminium value chain. Incessant drops in aluminium prices and input costs amidst low demand for the metal, both globally and China, were the recurrent scenario throughout the year. <iframe width="500"...
According to China customs data, the country in the entire year of 2019 imported 100.66 million tonnes of bauxite, compared to 82.57 million tonnes in 2018. This means the year saw an increase of 21.91 per cent in the import volume, exceeding the 100 million tonnes level for the first time. The Republic of Guinea, Australia, and Indonesia remained the top three bauxite exporters to China, accounting for over 94 per cent of China’s bauxite imports in total. From Guinea, China imported 44.45 million tonnes, up 16.49 per cent year-on-year. Imports from Australia expanded 21.08 per cent to 36.04 million tonnes, as demand from refineries in coastal regions in Shandong and Inner Mongolia held stable and that from northwest China such as Chongqing grew. In the future also, the demand for...
Huawei’s subsidiary company Honor debuts its own MagicBook 14 and MagicBook 15 notebooks with aluminium body. The Honor notebooks look quite similar to Huawei’s machines, though the newborn is tooled up exclusively with AMD Ryzen APU. Generally, Honor is known for stylish designs of their products, and MagicBook 14 and MagicBook 15 laptops are no exception. Both machines come in similar aluminium chassis with Mystic Silver or Space Gray finish as well as blue accents on the edges. The names of the notebooks suggest the systems feature 14-inch and 15.6-inch IPS display panels, with both panels offering Full-HD (1920x1080) resolutions. Since the bodies of the new MagicBooks are very similar to the chassis used by Huawei’s MateBook Ds, the dimensions of the machines end up being the same:...
North America’s primary aluminium production increased by 1.23 per cent year-on-year to 330,000 tonnes in January. On a month-on-month comparison, the output rose 1.85 per cent from 324,000 tonnes. For the full year 2019, the output stood slightly higher at 3.809 million tonnes, an increase of 0.93 per cent from 3.774 million tonnes in 2018, according to the latest data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI). South America produced 97,000 tonnes of primary aluminium in January 2020, an increase of 18.29 per cent from 82,000 tonnes in January 2019. The output inched up by 1.04 per cent from December 2019’s production of 96,000 tonnes. Primary aluminium production declined from 1.164 million tonnes in January-December 2018 to 1.079 million tonnes in January-December 2019....
The US import of Metals and alloys, crude from Argentina has been showing a continuous de-growth. The total import volume from January – October’19 stood at 102,000 tonnes, whereas the import volume during the same phase the previous year was recorded at 146,000 tonnes, a downfall of 30.13% and by volume 44,000 tonnes. The total import from Argentina during May – Oct’19 stood at 47,420 tonnes only. The month of May’19 the import recorded was 20,300 tonnes, whereas in June’19 the import was at 15,100 tonnes, a decline of 25.61% and by volume of 5200 tonnes. The US imports Metals and alloys, crude from Argentina in July had shown a steep fall by 74.17%, the total export volume was 3900, a deficit by 11,200 tonnes from its previous month. The de-growth continued even in August’19 with total...
On Monday, February 24, the social inventories of primary aluminium extended its growth over the weekend, as demand recovered slowly than expected due to Coronavirus, learned Shanghai Metals Market. The data shows the inventories across eight major Chinese consumption areas, including SHFE warrants, increased 84,000 tonnes from Thursday, February 20, to stand at 1.314 million tonnes, as of Monday. On February 20, the inventories stood at 1.23 million tonnes after building up by 137,000 tonnes over the week. The below chart shows the current status of primary aluminium inventories across China in more details: In Wuxi, Shanghai, and Nanhai, the primary aluminium stocks on Monday increased by 35,000 tonnes, 7,000 tonnes, and 42,000 tonnes to stand at 482,000 tonnes, 118,000 tonnes, and...
The average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2522 per tonne on Tuesday, 25 February 2020. That was up RMB 6 per tonne or 0.24 per cent from Monday. The spot alumina prices in China have increased in Central and North markets. The average prices of Alumina-Central and Alumina-North have risen by RMB 5 per tonne and RMB 10 per tonne to stand at RMB 2530 per tonne and RMB 2540 per tonne. Their average prices are expected to move within a range of RMB 2520-RMB 2540 per tonne and RMB 2520-RMB 2560 per tonne. The prices of alumina in East and South China markets remain unchanged at RMB 2520 per tonne each. A00 aluminium ingot price remains unchanged at RMB 13410 per tonne on Tuesday, 25 February 2020. The price is expected to move within a range of RMB 13390-13430 per tonne. Spot aluminium...
The US commerce department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) confirms its recently published congressional budget estimate for the fiscal year 2021 plan is to “to develop a new system to track imports of aluminium products and provide an early warning system for import surges.” ITA details the tracking system as an “Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis program”. This will support the government officials and the industry to better identify trends in trade flows and address aluminium miss-classification, trans-shipment, and evasion of duties. The Aluminum Association has long supported the creation of a formal aluminium import monitoring system. In October 2019, the Congressional Aluminum Caucus sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross endorsing the program. The Commerce...
The US dollar continued to decline on Monday after a large bullish breakout last week, in a risk-off move spurred by the rise in coronavirus cases. LME base metals fell across the board last night. LME aluminium went down 0.7%. Three-month LME aluminium slipped to a session low of US$1,690 per tonne. It then closed down 0.7% on the day at US$1,699 per tonne. The contract is likely to trade between US$1,680-1,720 per tonne. As on Monday February 24, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 1671.5 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1672.5 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1696 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 1698 per tonne; Dec 21 bid price stands at US$ 1825 per tonne, and Dec 21 offer price stands at US$ 1830 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening...
Alumina Ltd. Australia, the investor in bauxite mining and alumina refining through Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals (AWAC), today made public a statutory net profit after tax of US$ 214.0 million for the full-year to 31 December 2019, whereas after excluding significant itineraries, the net profit after tax was US$ 326.6 million. The company declared a final dividend of US 3.6 cents per share. Mike Ferraro, CEO, Alumina Ltd. said: “This is a strong result, reflecting the Company’s ability to generate impressive returns for shareholders through the cycle. AWAC’s full-year alumina production was a record for the current portfolio and the cash cost of production fell by 7%. The quality of the AWAC assets was demonstrated through its cash margin of US$126 per tonne for the year. Alumina...
Alro Group, by production capacity, one of the biggest aluminium producers in Europe, accounted for a combined turnover of 2.8 billion lei in 2019. The preliminary financial results were made public today. The company has posted a 7% downfall and a net loss of 68 million lei, in comparison to a profit of 233 million lei in 2018. The group concluded the year 2019 with an EBIT of 99 million lei. The reason behind the downfall was the impact of several unfavourable factors, domestic and international like trade conflicts, excess production, lower levels of demand, listing on the London Stock Exchange and higher utility prices during 2019. Marian Năstase, President of the ALRO Board of Directors said: "Although we have continued, throughout 2019, to develop, produce and sell high and very...
Pacific Aluminium the subsidiary of Rio Tinto has announced a net loss of $46 million with its interest in the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter for the year 2019. Pacific Aluminium holds 79% shareholding in New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter, and say: “the loss is a result of consistently lower and volatile aluminium prices, coupled with uncompetitive energy prices. Aluminium prices were 15% lower during 2019 than the prior year, averaging $US1791 a tonne.” The CEO of NZAS, Stew Hamilton said: “the result underscored the reasons for the strategic review at Tiwai Point smelter, which last year made $NZ422 million in payments to New Zealand suppliers, including $NZ58 million to suppliers in Southland.” NZAS smelter is considered one of the two smelters in the world producing ultra-high purity...
The US aluminium scrap export to Malaysia has been riding high from May-Oct’19 with total export volume stood at 158,200 tonnes. The aluminium scrap export to Malaysia in May’19 was recorded at 20,200 tonnes, whereas in June’19 it stood at 21,400 tonnes, a rise of 5.88%, with more than 1200 tones. The month of July’19 showed a bit de-growth by 7.47%, with a total volume of export accounted for 19,800 tonnes, a deficit by volume of 1600 tonnes. Again in August’19, the US export of aluminium scrap stood at 25,800 tonnes, a rise by 30.30% and the excess volume stood at 6000 tonnes. The scrap export in September’19 stood at 30,900 tonnes, with an increase in volume by 5,100 tonnes, a growth by 19.76% from the preceding month. The aluminium scrap export market to Malaysia in August’19 &...
The Aluminum Association has added three new member companies- Audubon Metals, REA JET and Trinity Consultants. Audubon Metals joins the association as a producer member- a firm that makes or fabricate aluminium products. The two companies join as associate members – an organization that supplies goods and services to the industry. Marco Palmieri, senior vice president and president of Novelis North America and chair of the Aluminum Association, said: “We’re excited to welcome Audubon Metals, REA JET and Trinity Consultants as the newest members of the Aluminum Association. As the U.S. industry continues to see significant activity across the value chain, it’s important to have these new voices at the table.We look forward to working with them and the rest of our membership as we continue...
The average spot alumina price in China has extended growth by RMB 6 per tonne or 0.24 per cent from Friday to stand at RMB 2516 per tonne on Monday, 24 February 2020. Alumina prices have increased across in East and Central markets in China. The prices of alumina in East and Central markets have climbed by RMB 10 per tonne each to stand at RMB 2520 per tonne and RMB 2525 per tonne. Alumina-North and Alumina-South remain unchanged at RMB 2530 per tonne and RMB 2520 per tonne. A00 aluminium ingot price stands lower by RMB 130 per tonne to RMB 13410 per tonne on February 24, from its previous price of RMB 13540 per tonne. This marks the third consecutive drop in aluminium price. The price is expected to move within a range of RMB 13390-13430 per tonne. Spot aluminium price is likely to be...
On 22 nd February’20, China’s metal association said “A European Union probe into whether China is dumping aluminium extrusions is a result of “internal” factors at the companies that complained and Chinese producers should not have to bear the consequences”. The extruded aluminium is enormously used in transport, construction and electronics. China is undoubtedly the world’s largest producer of aluminium and its extrusions had already been encountered by anti-dumping duties in the USA, Canada, Australia and Vietnam. The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association said: “China’s aluminium extrusion products have not caused damage to the EU’s relevant industries and there is no dumping in Europe.” The association also stressed that Chinese firms benefited from advanced technology and cost...
