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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RUSAL, one of the world’s major producers of aluminium, appointed Ayumi Murakami as Representative Director of the Company’s office in Tokyo. In March 2015 Murakami joined Rusal’s Japan office as a Technical Customer Support Manager in the sales team. Murakami was appointed as an acting Representative Director of Rusal Japan in February 2019. Murakami worked for Mitsubishi Aluminium from 1993 in various technical roles before joining Rusal. Murakami demonstrated excellent results during his work in RUSAL, building relationships with the Company’s Japanese customers, launching key qualifications to grow the business in Japan and organized RUSAL’s participation in international industrial exhibitions, including Metal Expo Tokyo in December 2019. Roman Andryushin, RUSAL’s Head of Sales and...
The Netherlands’ bauxite export is tending towards an upswing; total bauxite export volume was recorded at 219,453 tonnes during 2017-20. In 2017 the total bauxite export volume stood at 58,540 tonnes, while in 2018 Netherlands bauxite export volume was recorded at 39,993. A steep fall of 31.68% from previous, by volume the drop stood at 18547 tonnes. The year 2019 showed the bauxite export with a straight rise of 48.77%. The total volume of export was recorded at 59410 tonnes, with 19477 tonnes of excess export when compared to the previous year. The total foreign revenue generated from the bauxite export in 2019 was $17.74 million. The year 2020 has also been projected with a positive trend for bauxite export from the Netherlands. The growth rate for 2020 has been estimated at 3.63%,...
The average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2471 per tonne on Tuesday, 11 February 2020, an increase of RMB 4 per tonne from RMB 2467 per tonne. The alumina prices in China have increased in all major markets except South. The average prices of Alumina-East and Alumina-Central have risen by RMB 5 per tonne each to stand at RMB 2480 per tonne and RMB 2485 per tonne. Their average prices are expected to range at RMB 2470-2490 per tonne and RMB 2470-2500 per tonne. The price in North market is up by RMB 5 per tonne to stand at RMB 2485 per tonne. South China market remains unchanged at RMB 2520 per tonne. Australian alumina FOB price stands USD 5 per tonne higher at USD 285 per tonne on Tuesday, 11 February 2020, after remaining flat at USD 280 per tonne for three days. A00 aluminium ingot...
The Hillside Aluminium smelter, situated at the quaint, coastal town of Richards Bay, along KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast in South Africa. Hillside aluminium smelter is the leading producer of aluminium in South Africa, which is used in the daily life of peoples, is equipped with world-class equipment, efficient systems and a talented workforce. Hillside Aluminium, building a legacy and improving the lives of people in South Africa for generations to come. Hillside aluminium is the sole producers of aluminium into the economy, so they have to be in constant support and believes in sustaining the aluminium industry in South Africa. The aluminium supply company like Isizinda in Richards Bay and Hulamin in Pietermaritzburg, who in turn supply other businesses in South Africa. Hillside...
The US dollar continued to rise and hit a four-month high against the euro on Monday. LME base metals closed mixed on Monday. LME aluminium fell 0.81%. Three-month LME aluminium dropped for the second consecutive day. It finished the Monday session at US$1,707 per tonne, down 0.81%. The contract is likely to move at US$1, 700-1,760 per tonne today. As on Monday February 10, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 1675.5 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1676 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1704 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 1705 per tonne; Dec 21 bid price stands at US$ 1835 per tonne, and Dec 21 offer price stands at US$ 1840 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock decreased to 1229700 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled 8822600 tonnes, and...
The Italjet Dragster 2020 will start its production in Italy in May’20. The scooter will be coming up in three versions: 125cc, 150cc, 200cc four-stroke liquid-cooled single-cylinder engines with Magneti Marelli electronic injection and a double overhead camshaft. The Italjet Dragster 125 makes 15 hp while the 200cc model offers 20 hp. The iconic scooter will be tooled with an Independent Steering System (ISS) that has a new front single-arm made from aerospace aluminium alloy. The front suspension is fitted with horizontal BITUBO hydraulic adjustable shocks which offer no travel effect for the front-end. The rear side, the Italjet Dragster is fitted with a BITUBO single hydro-pneumatic adjustable shock absorber. The R&D of the ISS system has been developed by Italjet. It splits steering...
AlCircle, the world’s leading aluminium industry portal, has launched its Chinese edition ( www.chinese.alcircle.com ) to reach out to the vast majority of Chinese audience who play a very significant part of the global aluminium community. Visitors to AlCircle China can scroll through and stay up-to-date with the latest news from the complete global value-chain of aluminium. Users can access News, Interviews, Blogs, Events and LME and SHFE price updates in AlCircle Chinese portal. China, the largest aluminium producer and consumer, contributes more than 50% of the entire global production and consumption. China’s production and consumption of primary aluminium stood at 35.44 million tonnes and 36.07 million tonnes, respectively, in 2019. The colossal amount of the country’s production...
China debuts the first mission in late January, one of the largest and sensitive radio telescopes in the world after a three-year trial period. The spherical radio telescope with five hundred meters of aperture, or FAST for the intimate ones (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope), would help to learn more about the genesis and the evolutions of the universe, and incidentally to spy some aliens. In the remote county of Pingtang in Guizhou during the year 2011, the construction began. The diameter is half Kms and it is marked as the second-largest radio telescope in the world after the Russian RATAN-600, and the largest with the single satellite dish. The device is made up of more than 4,400 Aluminum panels, operated by around 2,000 mechanical winches. It is also considered...
Vedanta Limited, in its unaudited consolidated results for the third quarter of FY2019-20, ended on December 31, announced that it achieved year-on-year stronger financial performance despite market headwinds. The company's EBITDA rose 10 per cent over the year to INR 6,531 crore, and attributable PAT surged 49 per cent to INR 2,348 crore. As of Q3, the company had total cash and liquid investments of INR 35,205 crore. Vedanta attributed its stronger performance to the highest ever quarterly alumina production of 476,000 tonnes in Lanjigarh refinery, up 16 per cent quarter-on-quarter. Also, continuous structural reduction in cost by about 9 per cent to $1,691 per tonne over the quarter was also a reason behind the company’s enhanced financial performance. Mr. Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan,...
Shandong Nanshan Aluminium Co., Ltd. operations in Donghai Industrial Park and Nanshan Industrial Park sites have been certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard. The facilities include an alumina refinery, aluminium smelter, and semi-fabrication operations including an alloy slab line, two alloy plate and strip production lines, and a hot rolling line. Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI said: “ASI congratulates Shandong Nanshan Aluminium Co., Ltd. on their ASI Certifications for these facilities. This is a significant achievement given that it covers both ASI Standards and includes operations from alumina refining through to semi-fabrication, strengthening its already achieved certification at the company’s...
Dennis Barnes, CEO, Contact Energy NZ is optimistic that Rio Tinto, the major-owner of Tiwai Point Aluminium smelter can keep it open, but with an upgrade of the power grid - for when the facility does eventually close - will happen sooner rather than later. Rio Tinto's review of the ageing smelter - which uses about 12% of New Zealand's power output - is due by the end of March’20. Contact Energy, which has large-scale hydro generation capacity in the south of the South Island, said Rio Tinto's review of Tiwai remained "firmly on the radar". A spokesperson of Rio Tinto said, "A disorderly exit of the smelter would be a poor outcome for New Zealand and we are actively engaged in negotiations for revised terms for electricity supply to Tiwai.” The contract negotiations are between Meridian...
Colorado’s Ball Corporation will build two new speciality beverage aluminium can plants in the United States, announced the firm’s CEO John Hayes on Thursday, February 6. According to him, the continuous rise in using aluminium for beverage and food packaging is inspiring Ball to build can plants. “With global customer and consumer demand for aluminium packaging solutions continuing to outpace existing supply, our previously announced aluminium beverage can and cup projects will add at least 8 billion units of capacity by the end of 2021,” Hayes said in a statement. He added, “Three years ago, a third of all new products coming out was in cans, but today it’s 70%, and that’s a meaningful jump.” One of the two plants will be constructed in Arizona, while the location of the other is to be...
The gradual rise in price for Aluminium Bar Rods and Profiles had shown drowsiness in Kuwait’s import. Kuwait, a small country in the Arab world, but considered to have one of the strongest currencies globally. Kuwait has been importing Aluminium Bar Rods and Profiles from multi countries as and when the prices are offered at the best. The countries include Belgium, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Lebanon, Spain, Turkey, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, UAE and UK. During the year 2017-2019, the total import of Kuwait’s Aluminium Bar Rods was recorded at 47,104 tonnes, amounted to $84.27 million. The estimated figure for2020 has been 14,220 tonnes, the projected amount of $24.06 million. The price clearly shows the inclined way. When added the projected 2020 volume with...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter ex-China, has achieved an all-time record in its metal sales in 2019. The sales’ jumped 33% Year-over-Year (YoY) to 1,350,326 tonnes and the production volume topped 1,365,005 tonnes, up by 35% YoY. For the fourth quarter of 2019, sales stood at 405,259 tonnes, up by 54% YoY from 262,346 tonnes in Q4 2018. Year-over-Year aluminium production rose 62% YoY to 401,175 tonnes from 248,149 tonnes. Alba’s Acting Chief Executive, Ali Al Baqali said: “We are pleased to have closed 2019 strong – our operational performance have gone above and beyond our set-targets for the year with Line 6 in full commercial operation. And, this achievement has been made more significant with our remarkable Safety performance of Zero Lost Time...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the social inventories of primary aluminium, across eight major consumption areas in China, rose over the weekend by 90,000 tonnes to 1.04 million tonnes, as of Monday, February 10. Limited arrival of stocks and lower shipments leaving social warehouses amid an epidemic outbreak is believed to have increased the primary aluminium inventories. The below chart shows the current status of primary aluminium inventories across China in more details: The stocks in Gongyi have seen the highest growth of 32,000 tonnes to stand at 140,000 tonnes, followed by Wuxi and Nanhai, where the stocks have respectively surged by 23,000 tonnes and 22,000 tonnes to 365,000 tonnes and 230,000 tonnes. In Hangzhou, the inventories have increased by 10,000 tonnes to 113,000...
The US dollar rose to a four-month peak against of basket of major currencies on Friday. LME base metals fell across the board. LME aluminium fell 1.12%. Three-month LME aluminium pared some losses after slipped to an intraday low of US$1,706.5 per tonne on loaded-up shorts. It closed 1.12% lower at US$1,721 per tonne. The contract is likely to move at US$1, 700-1,760 per tonne today. As on Friday February 7, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 1693 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1693.5 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1720.5 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 1721 per tonne; Dec 21 bid price stands at US$ 1850 per tonne, and Dec 21 offer price stands at US$ 1855 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock decreased to 1242950 tonnes. Live...
The average alumina spot price has increased in China by RMB 6 per tonne after remaining restrained for a day, found Shanghai Metals Market. The price, as of today, February 10, is hovering at RMB 2,467 per tonne. In the east and north, the price has recorded a rise of RMB 20 per tonne and RMB 10 per tonne to come in at RMB 2,475 per tonne and RMB 2,480 per tonne, respectively. In the central and south, the price has remained restrained, however, at RMB 2,480 per tonne and RMB 2,520 per tonnes. The Australian alumina FOB price has also registered no change from US$280 per tonne since the 5th of February, showed SMM data. The price of A00 aluminium ingot has also grown today for the fourth consecutive day from RMB 13,560 per tonne to RMB 13,600 per tonne, according to SMM. The average...
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, on 8 th February’20 made public that a giant gas turbine, the biggest in the UAE, has been moved by road from DP World’s Jebel Ali port and installed at EGA’s Jebel Ali site in a carefully-planned overnight operation. The Siemens H-class gas turbine, weighing 457 tonnes and with a length of 13.5 meters, was transported 6 Kms from Jebel Ali port, using an oversized truck. On arrival at the EGA site, the turbine was placed in its permanent location at the heart of a new AED 1 billion state-of-the-art power blocks which will further improve the efficiency of EGA’s electricity generation. The whole operation was completed in just over four hours over two days. JA Power & Water...
