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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According to a recent report, the BMW group is investing 400 million euros in restructuring its Dingolfing vehicle plant for the production of electric vehicles, including the highly automated BMW iNEXT. The update of the plant should be done by 2021 and the BMW iNEXT will be the first pure electric vehicle produced in Dingolfing. According to BMW, the Dingolfing plant after the revamp will be capable of producing the right mix of fully-electric vehicles, plug-in hydbrids and models with combustion engines to suit demand on a single assembly line. So, this investment is not only for the transmission to e-mobility but also for standard production of highly-automated vehicles. Milan Nedeljkovic, member of the board of management, BMW said: “Thanks to our flexible production structures, our...
Shares of Argentine aluminium manufacturer Aluar fell more than 10% on Monday after President Donald Trump gave a statement about restoring tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from Argentina and Brazil. Trump announced this in a tweet post earlier on Monday. President of Aluar, Javier Madanes Quintanilla said that the decision of the United States to restore tariffs against aluminium and steel from Argentina will hit the company very hard. He criticised the Government of Mauricio Macri for "ineffectiveness" in its foreign policy. The businessman said that the tariffs will have serious repercussions on the country’s commerce and economy. He pointed towards the government’s inability towards maintaining the international commercial relationship in a way it should have been. Madanes...
The US dollar dropped to the lowest in more than one week on Monday against a basket of currencies after data showed US factory activity contracted in November. LME base metals closed mixed on Monday and aluminium gained 1.8% to become the outperformer. The SHFE aluminium also registered a gain. LME aluminium gained substantially on Monday night. As the greenback dropped, three-month LME aluminium climbed to a three-week high of U$1,793 per tonne on Monday night, before it ended up 1.79% at US$1,791.5 per tonne, standing above all near-term moving averages. LME aluminium is expected to trade between US$1,760-1,800 per tonne today. As on December 2, Monday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1789 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1789.50 per tonne; 3-months...
On Monday, December 2, the US President Donald Trump announced to immediately restore aluminium and steel import tariffs on Brazil and Argentina and even harsher penalties of up to 100 per cent against $2.4 billion of French imports, as a retaliatory move against France’s new digital-services tax that has hit the US technology company. The reason cited for the aluminium and steel import tariffs on Brazil and Argentina was the unfair act by the US trading partners to disadvantage the country’s traditional economic pillars as well as its best hopes for future prosperity. Donald Trump tweeted, “Brazil and Argentina have been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies, which is not good for our farmers.” He also said the Federal Reserve body should take correct measures to...
The average spot alumina price in China is down by RMB 3 per tonne or 0.12 per cent on Tuesday, 03 December 2019. Alumina price stands at RMB 2480 per tonne, after remaining flat at RMB 2483 per tonne on November 29 and December 2. Alumina prices remain unchanged across all major markets in China. Source: Shanghai Metals Market The prices of alumina in East, Central, North, and South China markets remain unchanged at RMB 2490 per tonne, RMB 2495 per tonne, RMB 2485 per tonne, and RMB 2520 per tonne. Alumina (Imported) price has dropped by RMB 10 per to stand at RMB 2540 per tonne, after remaining flat since November 25 at RMB 2550 per tonne. The average price is expected to range within RMB 2520-2560 per tonne. Aluminium ingot prices stand higher for the fourth straight day on Tuesday....
Trailblazers Life Choices has been saving pull tabs from beverage cans for various charities to aid in the purchase of wheelchairs. The organization has been already successful in its efforts. Trailblazers is a non-profit agency dedicated to supporting adults living with disabilities operating since 2005. According to Shasta Fisher of Trailblazers Life Choices, a basic wheelchair costs $6,000, which can be procured in exchange for 95,000 pounds or 10 million aluminium tabs. "There is approximately 1,500 tabs to a pound, which is worth $60," Fisher explained. Trailblazers purchased three wheelchairs for its clients from their collection of pull tabs in 2019, Fisher said. "People drop off anything — from Ziploc bags to carloads," she said. Tabs may come from food cans as well as drink cans....
Co-op has teamed up with the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) to encourage the recycling of aluminium over the Christmas period. Co-op and Alupro have urged all UK local authorities to accept aluminium foil for recycling along with food cans and glass bottles. Michael Fletcher, Chief Commerical Officer at Co-op commented: “How we do business really matters. The world is experiencing a climate crisis and we need to work together to avoid it. Accelerating action is the only way to mitigate and reduce impacts on our natural world, and to ensure stable food supply chains in the future. “We are committed in helping our members and customers to make environmentally friendly choices and reducing the environmental impact of products is and always has been at the core of Co-op....
A fully integrated Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro announced on Monday, December 2, that it plans to cut 20 per cent production at its majority-owned Slovalco primary aluminium plant in Slovakia. Weak market is one of the reasons for the production cut, said the company. Located at the center of the actively growing aluminium market in Central Europe, Slovalco’s 55.3 per cent of the share is owned by Hydro Aluminium AS, while the rest (44.7 per cent) owned by Penta Investments. In 2018, Hydro had decided to expand remelt operations at its Slovalco plant in collaboration with joint-venture partner PENTA, aiming at producing and supplying the “greenest” aluminium metal in the industry. The expansion was for facilitating production of primary aluminium as well as for serving as a...
The Czech Republic is set to increase its import of aluminium wire from the global market in 2019. Aluminium wire import is likely to increase by 9.11% year-on-year in 2019, after rising 21.84% YoY in 2018. Romania and Poland were the top suppliers of aluminium wire to the Czech Republic in 2018. {newsStudioGallery} According to recent estimates, Romania and Poland exported about 15797 tonnes and 11075 tonnes of this product last year. In 2019, the Czech Republic is estimated to import 19765 tonnes and 8164 tonnes of aluminium wire from Romania and Poland. Other key bauxite exporting countries namely, Turkey, Germany, and Hungary supplied lesser volumes of aluminium wire to the Czech Republic: 3020 tonnes, 2061 tonnes and 1298 tonnes respectively. According to recent estimates, the Czech...
Followed by the invitation issued by Nespresso in late March 2019 to join its recycling programme, Dutch beverage brand Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) has recently stepped forward and formed an alliance with Nespresso for recycling aluminium coffee capsules in France. The news came as Arnaud Deschamps, Managing Director of Nespresso in France, said: “It is our aim to ensure that all aluminium capsules in France are recycled. Given that aluminium is 100 per cent recyclable, it is our responsibility as a company to establish a system to ensure it is recycled effectively.” Nespresso had issued an invitation urging portioned coffee manufacturers to join its recycling programme aimed at improving the accessibility and convenience of aluminium capsule recycling. Nespresso and JDE are now reportedly...
US based auto parts supplier Nippon Light Metal Georgia (NLMGA) plans to build a US$50 million factory in north-western Georgia. Governor Brian P. Kemp and the state economic development officials from Georgia announced it last Thursday. The company, which makes aluminium automotive components, held a ground breaking ceremony for the new factory in Adairsville — about 60 miles northwest of Atlanta last week. According to Nippon officials the planned expansion is meant to leverage on the growing demand for lighter-weight aluminium parts for vehicles as the automakers across the globe are focusing on lightweight fuel-efficient vehicles. The facility, which is likely to be in 2022, hopes create 110 new jobs. “This facility is the beginning of our dream to manufacture aluminium forged...
Shanghai Metals Market found the social inventories of primary aluminium across eight major consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, have extended decline over the weekend by 35,000 tonnes and over the week by 61,000 tonnes to stand at 720,000 tonnes, as of Monday, December 2. This further decline in inventories could be attributed to the fair consumption of primary aluminium against slower arrivals of stocks during the winter heating season. On last Thursday, November 28 , the inventories were at 755,000 tonnes after declining by 26,000 tonnes from 781,000 tonnes on Monday, November 25 . This represents the fact that the decline in primary aluminium inventories rose on Monday, December 2, from the previous week. The chart below shows the current status of primary aluminium...
The dollar gave up early gains to trade slightly lower against a basket of currencies on last Friday as a still unsigned partial US-China trade deal kept investors on edge. But for the month, the dollar index was up 0.9%, its best monthly performance since July. LME base metals closed mixed while the SHFE complex mostly fell. LME aluminium gained 0.5% and SHFE aluminium advanced 0.29%. LME aluminium closed the last week of November with a substantial gain as the cash contract closed at US$1785.5 per tonne on Friday. Three-month LME aluminium hovered within a broad range before ending slightly higher on the day at US$1,760 per tonne, as reduced LME aluminium inventories drove investors to cut bearish position. As on November 29, Friday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1785 per...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) Chairman Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa said the company’s Line 6 Expansion Project is a game-changer and marks a turning point for Alba and a new era of growth and prosperity for Bahrain. With the inauguration of the Project on Sunday 24 November 2019, Alba has become the largest aluminium smelter in ex-China world. The Line 6 Expansion Project was inaugurated by King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The company is now actively seeking to expand its products’ portfolio and increase sales with a major emphasis on the US market. “24 November 2019 is a historical day for Alba as we were honoured with the presence of His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, for gracing us with His...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the prebaked anode price in the east has recorded a decline of RMB 130 per tonne to RMB 2,850 per tonne on December 2, followed by a month-long restraint at RMB 2,980 per tonne. Even throughout October, the price remained unchanged at RMB 3,030 per tonne until registered a drop on November 1 to RMB 2,980 per tonne. The markets in the central and southwest China have also witnessed a decrease of RMB 130 per tonne and RMB 90 per tonne in the prebaked anode price to RMB 2,910 per tonne and RMB 3,330 per tonne. In the northwest, however, the price has shown no sign of change from its month-long price of RMB 3,550 per tonne. The A00 aluminium ingot price, on the other hand, has extended its growth by RMB 60 per tonne to RMB 14,050 per tonne, primarily...
Ultromex has secured a multi-million pound Middle East contract from Radian Oil and Gas Co. (Radian) to deliver its ALTROMEX dross processing technology. The company provides innovative solutions to the aluminium industry to recover value from aluminium dross and other industrial by-products for both primary and secondary smelters. The agreement followed after Radian entered into a deal with the Saudi Arabian national aluminium producer to process aluminium smelting by-products. Nigel Seddon, Chief Executive of Ultromex, said: “Ultromex has been working closely with Radian and the Saudi primary smelter for some time and we are delighted that our technology has been selected to treat aluminium dross for this primary. “We will be building on this relationship to provide further Ultromex...
The Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Mines, National Aluminium Company, is aiming to extend the longevity of its alumina refining and aluminium smelting operations, and therefore, trying to bank on long-term raw material security. According to a report, Nalco wants to commence the operations of its second bauxite mining lease of Pottangi in 2023, which will feed its fifth stream of alumina refinery at Damanjodi currently under expansion. The Pottangi mining lease and the Panchpatmalli mines have balance deposits of around 160 million tonnes together and are expected to offer ample bauxite to ensure the refinery operations for the next 25 to 30 years. Beside bauxite, Nalco also aims to begin mining from its captive Utkal-D coal block from the calendar year 2020, which is estimated to...
Aluminium cans are the most recyclable packaging units till the end of their lifecycle without quality degradation, and that makes them the preferred packaging material for brands across industries, ahead of other materials like plastic and paper. Recently, the Can Manufacturers Institute pointed out the average aluminium cans in the US have a recycled content of 73%, whereas that in the plastic PET bottles is less than 10 per cent. Besides, other qualities such as lightweight, strong, affordable, easy to handle, and highly resistant to corrosion have contributed to the journey of aluminium cans turning into the most widely used containers. In 2018, the demand for aluminium cans was estimated to grow between 3.7 – 4 per cent, and that in the next five years by some 4 – 3.6 per cent CAGR....
