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 average spot price of alumina continued to inch higher over the week. After remaining flat on Friday, the price rose by RMB 6 per tonne and RMB 4 per tonne to RMB 2467 per tonne and RMB 2471 per tonne on February 10 and February 11. The alumina price on Thursday stood RMB 4per tonne higher at RMB 2480 per tonne. The price did not show any movement on Friday. Other raw materials like Bauxite (6.0≤Al/Si＜7.0)Shanxi, Australian Alumina FOB Price and Prebaked Anode East are currently hovering at RMB 560 per tonne, USD 285 per tonne and RMB 2790 per tonne as of Friday, February 14. A00 aluminium ingot price started the week with an increase of RMB 40 per tonne on Monday, February 10. The price performed higher at RMB 13600 per tonne and RMB 13740 per tonne on Monday and Tuesday. But the...
On 14 th February’20, the European Commission declares the opening of an anti-dumping investigation into aluminium extrusions emerged from China. The investigation follows a complaint launched by European Aluminium whose member companies are negatively impacted by the dumping of Chinese exports of aluminium extrusions. European Aluminium supports the Commission’s step and desires the swift adoption of appropriate anti-dumping measures. Gerd Götz, Director General of European Aluminium said: “Increasing amounts of under-priced Chinese exports are dumped on the EU market, with harmful consequences for European aluminium producers. In the past year, production lines and entire plants closed, with significant job losses as a result. We ask the EU to be proactive rather than wait until it is...
Gulkula Mining Company has reportedly received a Performance Standard provisional certification from Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASIS) for its bauxite mine operation on the traditional lands of the Yolngu people in East Arnhem in Australia’s Northern Territory. Gulkula commenced operations in 2017 and delivers all stages of the bauxite mining process, starting from drilling and testing to mine rehabilitation that brings the land back to its original landscape and to the requirements of its Traditional Owners. Gulkula is the first indigenous owned and operated bauxite mine to achieve ASI Certification. Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI said “ASI warmly congratulates Gulkula Mining Company on their ASI Performance Standard Certification with provisional status. We take...
The long-awaited exploitation of Minim-Martap Bauxite deposit in Northern Cameroon could be started in 2022. This wish has been rendered by the Project Manager, James Durant in Minim on 13 th February’20. The project its hand over by the Cameroonian government to Australian junior mining company Canyon Resources is being implemented by Canyon Resources’ subsidiary Camalco. A little more than a year after Camalco launched (in September 2018) the last phase of research on this mining project, James Durant visited Cameroon from February 13 th to 14 th , 2020. He is accompanied by a team of mining, rail, and environmental logistics experts. These experts came to check the project and finalize the pre-feasibility study of this mining project by the end of April 2020. The team went to...
On Thursday, February 13, the Aluminum Association announced about the joining of Tom Dobbins as the group’s new president & CEO from March 16. Tom already spent 13 years as the head of the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA), the largest trade association in the world that represents composites manufacturers and their suppliers. Accepting the new role Tom Dobbins said, “I’m thrilled to be taking on this new role during an incredibly important time for the U.S. aluminum industry.” He also said, “The Aluminum Association has a proud legacy as one of the leading voices for the materials manufacturing sector in Washington and beyond. I look forward to taking on a leadership role as the team continues to execute on the recently developed Aluminum Agenda – from policy advocacy...
Tesla has developed a new aluminium alloy for die casting of parts for electrical cars. Besides delivering high yield strength, it can also maintain a high conductivity. This is backed up by a new patent application filed by the car manufacturer. The materials team of Tesla led by alloy expertise Charles Kuehmann has created aluminium alloys for die casting. An extract from the patent of the car manufacturer reads like: “It may be desirable to produce cast aluminium alloys with high yield strength such that the alloys do not fail easily while also containing sufficient conductivity for various applications. The aluminium alloys may be used in different automotive parts, including rotors, stators, busbars, inverters, and other parts. Current cast alloys do not well serve these parts the...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, Stocks of 6063 aluminium billet across five major consumption areas in China stood at 170,600 tonnes as of Thursday February 13, an increase of 23,800 tonnes from February 6. The inventory expanded 46,800 tonnes between January 23 and February 6. The chart below indicates the current status of aluminium billet inventories across China in more details: Inventories of aluminium billet in Foshan and Wuxi stood at 66,400 tonnes and 29,000 tonnes on Thursday, up 7,200 tonnes and 5,500 tonnes from February 6. Stocks in Changzhou, Huzhou and Nanchang rose 400 tonnes, 4,000 tonnes and 6,800 tonnes to stand at 19,200 tonnes, 34,000 tonnes and 22,100 tonnes. The aluminium alloy (ADC12) price on Friday, 14 February 2020, remained unchanged at RMB 15,000 per...
European Aluminium Industry has rated France as one of the key growth markets. As the country has the record of exporting more than 400,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap every year. In recent times the aluminium scrap export has been spotted with de-growth, though it was expected as the previous few years were only showing marginal rises. The scrap market dealers in France have already started reporting their more than sufficient stocks levels. The scrap export from 2017-19 has been recorded at 1,487,808 tonnes, which generated $1.22 billion as foreign income. The year 2020 has been projected with 534,575 tonnes when added it stands to 2,022,383 tonnes. The projected earnings will be $440.25 million, stretching the revenue generation to $1.66 billion. France has been exporting aluminium...
AMAG, a leading Austrian premium supplier of high-quality aluminium cast and flat rolled products for highly varied industries, has been conferred the “Accredited Supplier” award from European aircraft manufacturer Airbus at the Airbus Material & Parts Supplier. AMAG becomes the only aluminium rolled product supplier to receive this award. The company was awarded for its outstanding delivery reliability and excellent product quality and forms part of Airbus’ Supply Chain & Quality Improvement Program (SQIP). “We are delighted to receive this third award and would like to thank Airbus for our excellent partnership over many years. We see this success as an incentive to continue working on our performance, and consequently on developing our business relationship. Our joint projects for the...
New South Wales-based $200 million worth advanced manufacturing business Alpha HPA has reportedly selected Gladstone over two potential sites in Newcastle and Kwinana for its high purity alumina industrial plant. Negotiation of final purchase terms for the land with the state government will be done soon. The news came after Queensland’s Minister for Manufacturing Cameron Dick officially announced this on Tuesday, February 11. While announcing the news, the Minister also spoke about the rapidly-growing market of high purity alumina, mostly driven by the demand for high-technology items like lithium-ion battery separators used in electric vehicles, particularly in Europe and China. With the port nearby which is export-ready and likely suppliers closeby whose by-product will be used to...
A00 aluminium ingot price dropped by RMB 20 per tonne or 0.15 per cent on Friday, 14 February 2020. The price now stood at RMB 13590 per tonne and is expected to move within a range of RMB 13570-13610 per tonne. Spot aluminium contract is likely to be traded at a discount of RMB 60-20 per tonne. In Foshan and Wuxi, the price fell by RMB 40 per tonne and RMB 30 per tonne to stand at RMB 13620 per tonne and RMB 13580 per tonne. Their average prices are expected to range within RMB 13600-13640 per tonne and RMB 13570-13590 per tonne. Aluminium prices in Hangzhou and Chongqing came in at RMB 13580 per tonne and RMB 13610 per tonne, down RMB 30 per tonne and RMB 40 per tonne. Their average prices are expected to range within RMB 13570-13590 per tonne and RMB 13590-13630 per tonne. Aluminium...
STAS and Rio Tinto publicised on 13 th February’20 an agreement for commercially viable of an advanced compact filtration technology (ACF) for aluminium cast houses. The ACF technology built by Rio Tinto and it will be now manufactured and sold under license by equipment manufacturer STAS worldwide. This innovative filtration technology was developed in the early 2000s at Rio Tinto’s Arvida Research and Development Centre (ARDC), located in Quebec, Canada. ACF technology is an optimal filtration solution that can eliminate more than 90% of inclusions in liquid aluminium. It is used to manufacture products intended for critical applications, such as high value-added aluminium sheets and plates used to produce cans. Rio Tinto ventured with STAS to design and manufacture the prototypes of...
According to Shanghai Metals Market survey, secondary aluminium operating rates in China are likely to fall to a record low of 33 per cent in February, primarily due to a week or two delays in production resumption and the slow return of workers and downstream demand after the Chinese New Year Holiday because of Coronavirus outbreak. Due to the virus outbreak, only a few major secondary aluminium producers could begin operations on February 10, while most of the other producers are likely to resume not before the 18th of the month. In January as well, Chinese secondary aluminium producers reduced operations due to a holiday lull. Large-scale producers were mostly closed after January 20, while medium-scale and small plants had put production on halt between January 10 and January 15. SMM...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) published its Full-Year and Fourth Quarter 2019 Results during a meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors on Thursday 13 th February’20. Also, Alba’s Board of Directors approved the appointment of Mr Ali Al Baqali as the Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Commenting on Alba’s 2019 financial performance, the Chairman of Alba’s Board of Directors, Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa said: “It is encouraging to see that Alba has closed 2019 strong despite a challenging year for the industry. 2019 was a great year as we have recorded many firsts in Alba’s history: breakthrough record in Safety, Production and Sales’ volume thanks to our people. With Mr Al Baqali as the realm of Alba in this next chapter of growth, our Company is better...
The US dollar continued to rise on Thursday as investors expressed confidence that the novel coronavirus outbreak will be contained soon. Three-month LME aluminium advanced to a two-week high before it finished the trading day 1.15 per cent higher at US$ 1,755 per tonne. Falling inventories across LME-listed warehouses supported the prices. Today, LME aluminium is seen hovering at US$ 1,720-1,760 per tonne, with the most-liquid SHFE contract at RMB 13,600-13,800 per tonne. As on Thursday, February 13, LME aluminium cash (bid) price declined straight from US$ 1706.5 per tonne to US$ 1701.00 per tonne, while LME official settlement price from US$ 1707 per tonne to US$ 1701.50 per tonne. 3-months bid price came in at US$ 1727.00 per tonne and 3-months offer price at US$ 1727.50 per tonne....
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the social inventories of primary aluminium in China have jumped today, on February 13, for the second consecutive week after the Chinese New Year Holiday. SMM data shows, the inventories across the eight major consumption areas, including SHFE warrants, are standing at 1.09 million tonnes after increasing by about 148,000 tonnes over the week. Higher arrival of shipments by rail and subdued demand amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak are the two major reasons for the significant rise of primary aluminium inventories today. The chart below shows the current status of primary aluminium inventories across China in more details: As the chart above indicates, the primary aluminium inventories in Wuxi have come in at 385,000 tonnes after rising by 43,000...
Aluminium cans are the 520 th most traded product and the 525 th most complex traded product in the global trade market. Germany, one of the largest export economies in the world and also one of the most complex economies, is the leading exporter of aluminium cans in the world. Germany has been the major aluminium cans exporter in Europe with an export volume of 294,772 tonnes from 2017-19, a rock-solid performance. The total revenue generation for the period by exporting aluminium cans rose to $1.15 billion. In 2017 Germany’s aluminium cans export stood at 98,247 tonnes, generating $382.22 million. In 2018 the aluminium can export declined by 15.78%, in volume 15,512 tonnes from the previous. The revenue generation reflected was $356.74 million. The year 2019 showed a soaring trend of...
Hydro has begun operation of new a new water treatment station at its Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil. This comes after Hydro received an operating license from the Secretary of State for Environment and Sustainability (Semas) on January 24, 2020. Hydro said the BRL 675 million ($160 million) project prepares the alumina refinery for future climate change. The project is a part of a modernization of the refinery's effluent management system. “This investment is in line with the company's goal of making Alunorte a global reference in efficiency, safety and quality for the aluminium sector,” says Carlos Neves, Director of Operations of Bauxite & Alumina in Hydro. The project also has new wastewater and rainwater containment basins, new carbon steel pipes and repowering pumps for...
