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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After increasing aluminium ingots prices for past three consecutive times, National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) reportedly cut the ingots prices by over 2 per cent, with effect from Wednesday, November 20, as trade sources told Cogencis. With this, the prices of the company ingots came down to the range of INR 147,950 per tonne to INR 151,450 per tonne. Most aluminium producers link prices of their products to the three-month futures of aluminium on the London Metal Exchange, which are up only 3 per cent on the net basis so far in the current quarter, compared with a 7 per cent gain registered earlier. Aluminium products and alumina account for nearly two-thirds of NALCO's gross topline. Sales of chemicals make up the rest of its revenue. Shares of NALCO on November 21 closed at INR...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) chairman Shaikh Daij bin Salman Al Khalifa announced during the opening of Arabal 2019 that its Line 6 Expansion Project would be inaugurated on Sunday, November 24, by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Chairman said Bahrain would become the home of the world’s largest aluminium smelter outside China with the inauguration of Alba’s Line 6 Expansion, which is one of the biggest brownfield developments in the Middle East region with a capex of approximately $3 billion. He also said the sixth pot line would boost Alba’s per-annum aluminium production by 540,000 tonnes, taking the total production capacity to 1.5 million tonnes in a year. The project was commissioned on December 13 last year, ahead of schedule. Progress has been fast-paced since then and all...
A fund from Nespresso has helped New York City residents to recycle aluminium coffee capsules and other small pieces of aluminium, which were not considered as recyclable earlier. Such lightweight items included alongside plastics, glass and other metals in curbside bins were not sortable for value before Nespresso’s initiative. After a partnership between the city's Department of Sanitation (DSNY), Sims Municipal Recycling and Nespresso, Sims added a new nonferrous metal processing line which could process such small items. Nespresso funded US$1.2 million, which covered the majority of the cost for the processing line. As told by Sims General Manager Tom Outerbridge, the new processing line includes numerous components, such as conveyors and an SSI shredder. Sims used to extract ferrous...
Taiwan’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US climbed by 36.74% from July and 6.45% from June in August. Taiwan imported 4,950 tonnes of scrap in August, from 3,620 tonnes and 4,650 tonnes imported in July and June. Imports were down by 8.67% from 5,420 tonnes in May, but up 15.12% from 4,300 tonnes in April. Taiwan imported 43,500 tonnes of aluminium scrap from the US in the first eight months of 2019, as updated by the US Census Bureau. Taiwan's imports of total aluminium including scrap from the US stood at 5,460 tonnes in August 2019, an increase of 26.98% from 4,300 tonnes in July. Imports rose by 3.61% from June’s imports of 5270 tonnes, but down 7.46% from May’s imports of 5,900 tonnes and 0.91% from April’s imports of 5,510 tonnes. Aluminium imports from the US in January-August...
McKechnie Aluminium, a pioneer in manufacturing and delivering high-quality aluminium components in New Zealand, has reportedly invested in new machinery worth $18 million for better production in the future. Already known for having the lowest carbon footprint in Australia, McKechnie Aluminium now boasts for having the newest and most technologically advanced press in New Zealand. Managing director Pramod Khatri said the new machine increased the plant’s capacity by about 30 per cent to 40 per cent, helping produce larger-sized products and complex profiles. "We have leap-frogged into the future in terms of technology, we have got a press that will cater for the future, whatever is coming," said Khatri. He also added the only aluminium extruder in New Zealand had been manufacturing and...
Pierce Aluminum, a leading distributor of aluminium and a manufacturer of aluminium finished products in Massachusetts is planning to consolidate its Kent and South Park operations by early 2020. Both the operations will be consolidated at its new Federal Way location. Pierce Aluminum Company, which was founded in 1967, operates in 10 locations across the U.S. The company will transfer 10 of their employees to Federal Way and plans to hire about four more people by the end of 2020 for the consolidated plant. “We are an aluminum distributor, so Federal Way’s centralized location and access to freeways was a key,” said Randy Pierce, branch manager of Pierce Aluminum-Seattle, adding that the Kent and South Park facilities cover the states of Washington and Oregon. “Having both operations...
Shanghai Metals Market, on Thursday, November 21, found the social inventories of primary aluminium continued to decline by a larger margin, as stocks in Nanhai and Gongyi fell sharply. Data showed the stocks across eight major consumption areas, including SHFE warrants, decreased by 35,000 tonnes week-on-week and 24,000 tonnes from Monday, November 18 to stand at 799,000 tonnes. On last Thursday, November 14, the primary aluminium inventories had come in at 834,000 tonnes after declining by 19,000 tonnes over the week, while that on November 18 were at 823,000 tonnes after decreasing by 11,000 tonnes from November 14. This indicates that the drop in inventories of primary aluminium expanded on November 21. The chart below shows the current status of the primary aluminium inventories...
The US dollar continued to strengthen on Thursday against a basket of other currencies on rekindling of hope for a US-China trade deal. However, mixed signals on the progress of negotiations limited the greenback’s gains. LME and SHFE base metals closed mixed on Thursday. LME aluminium edged down 0.03% and SHFE aluminium gained 0.2%. Three-month LME aluminium fluctuated to end a tad weaker at US$1,743.5 per tonne on Thursday. Aluminium stocks across LME warehouses continued to grow, standing at 1.17 million tonne as of November 21, which will keep LME aluminium prices in check. The contract is expected to move sideways between US$1,735-1,745 per tonne today. As on November 21, Thursday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1752 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$...
Global primary aluminium production totalled 5.392 million tonnes in October, with a year-on-year drop of 1.79%, according to the latest data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) on Wednesday, 20 November 2019. On a month-on-month comparison, aluminium production inched up by 3.26% from 5.222 million tonnes. Primary aluminium production amounted to 53.039 million tonnes in the first ten months of 2019 as compared to 53.513 million tonnes in the first ten months of 2018. This records a slip of 0.89% year-on-year. In Asia ex-China, aluminium production stood at 375,000 tonnes in October 2019, down 0.53% from 377,000 tonnes in October 2018, but up 3.88% from 361,000 tonnes in September 2019. Output in January-October amounted to 3.675 million tonnes, from 3.673 million...
The average spot price of alumina in China has extended its decline again by RMB 14 per tonne, as on Friday, November 22, to stand at RMB 2,489 per tonne, marking the fourth consecutive fall throughout the week. With these declines, the alumina price today stands down by RMB 135 per tonne or 5.14 per cent month-on-month, found Shanghai Metals Market. In the east and central, the average spot price of alumina has dipped by RMB 20 per tonne to RMB 2,500 per tonne, while that in the north by RMB 10 per tonne to RMB 2,490 per tonne. In the south, however, the average alumina spot price has remained restrained at RMB 2,520 per tonne, as of November 22. The imported alumina price has also dwindled for the second day in a row by RMB 10 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,550 per tonne on November 22,...
Building on the success of its first two e-magazines “Aluminium LeaderSpeak 2019” and “Aluminium Industry 4.0: Drivers & Change Makers ”, AlCircle has launched its region focused e-magazine on the topic “Aluminium Middle East: Focus 2020”. In ex-China world, Middle East aluminium sector plays a crucial role as one of the leading producers and suppliers of aluminium. The region has attracted huge investments in their respective countries as part of the regional drive for industrial diversification to the non-oil sector leading to large scale expansions in the existing plants and construction of Greenfield projects in the aluminium sector. Low cost energy, skilled manpower and technological innovations have boosted the growth in last few years and the Middle East smelters now contribute...
Alcoa Corporation, a global leader in bauxite, alumina and aluminum, today announced that it has been accepted as a member of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), an organization focused on enhancing the industry’s contribution to society with safe, fair and sustainable practices. Alcoa is a recognized leader in sustainability, with certifications from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative and inclusion in the annual Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, where the Company was recently recognized as the aluminum industry leader. “Our membership in ICMM gives us an opportunity to learn, define and share best-in-class mining practices through a common set of international standards,” said Alcoa President and Chief Executive Officer Roy Harvey. “Alcoa is focused on delivering...
Garnalex, a new aluminium trade extrusion company that was formed in March 2018, plans to launch operations at the new £9m aluminium extrusion facility later in 2019. Aluminium extrusion machinery is already installed at a new production facility at Nether Heage in Derbyshire. The new investment into the 100,000 square foot factory will allow Garnalex to extrude four tonnes of aluminium an hour on the SMS Hybrex Press. The company also plans to launch its new window and door systems at the end of Q1 2020. “Aluminium extrusion machinery has been installed ready for commissioning at Garnalex’s new production facility at Nether Heage in Derbyshire,” Merritts Machinery Logistics reported. “Merritts were appointed to provide lifting equipment and a mechanical installation team to offload and...
Rocktree Consulting has announced completion of the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a new floating terminal for Metro Mining Limited’s Bauxite Hills Mine in Australia. The miner exports its bauxite to China, the key consumer of bauxite. The FEED work is a part of an updated Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) for the Stage 2 expansion of the Bauxite Hills Mine, which is located approximately 95km north of Weipa, Queensland. Metro Mining is working on expanding its bauxite exports from about 3.5 MT to 6 MT per year by 2021. The optimization of an on-water transhipment facility is a part of the expansion work in order to load bauxite on to larger vessels, increasing transhipment volumes and loading rates. Now Bauxite Hill mine exports bauxite by smaller self-loading bulk...
After a considerable rise of 29 per cent in July 2019, Qatar’s aluminium crude, metals and alloys exports to the United States recorded a drop in August by about 30 per cent to stand at 10,700 tonnes, found United States Geological Survey. In July, the export volume was amounted to 15,300 tonnes after increasing from 11,900 tonnes in June. In May, according to the USGS data, Qatar had exported 15,600 tonnes of crude, metals and alloys to the US, which indicates that the export volume in June had recorded a drop of 24 per cent. So, as can be seen in the above graph, Qatar’s exports to the US were the lowest in August in the said four months’ time. The total crude, metals and alloys exports from Qatar to the US during May-August were at 53,500 tonnes, while that during January-August were...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, Inventories of aluminium billet declined for the sixth straight week as of November 21. Stocks of 6063 aluminium billet across five major consumption areas in China stood at 86,700 tonnes as of Thursday November 21, down 12,100 tonnes from November 14. The chart below indicates the current status of aluminium billet inventories across China in more details: Compared to last Thursday, inventories of aluminium billet in Foshan, Guangdong and Wuxi, Jiangsu stood at 34,800 tonnes and 18,300 tonnes as of Thursday, down 5,800 tonnes and 1,800 tonnes from 40,600 tonnes and 20,100. Stocks in Changzhou, Jiangsu dropped 2,700 tonnes to stand at 12,100 tonnes. Aluminium billet stock in Huzhou, Zhejiang increased by 1,000 tonnes on Thursday. Huzhou inventories...
The US dollar edged higher against a basket of other currencies on Wednesday amid increased political tensions between the US and China. Reuters reported Wednesday that “phase one” trade deal between the US and China may not be completed this year, as Beijing insists on the removal of tariffs. LME base metals closed lower on Wednesday but aluminium gained. The SHFE complex also saw mixed performance overnight and aluminium rose 0.8%. Three-month LME aluminium gained 0.4% to reach US$1,744 per tonne on Wednesday. It is unlikely to convincingly break the five-day moving average today, as aluminium stocks across LME-approved warehouses extended their increase to 1.17 million tonne as of November 20. Transactions are expected at US$1,730-1,750 per tonne today. As on November 20, Wednesday,...
According to a recent report, The Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) together with Aluminium Association of India (AAI), Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) and Aluminium Secondary Manufacturers Association is organising a three-day event ‘Capacity Building and Awareness Programme on Aluminium’. Starting from today, November 21, the programme is reportedly on the recommendations of the Core Committee of Ministry of Mines for Resource Efficiency in Aluminium and in pursuance to the recommendations of the Strategy Paper on Resource Efficiency in Aluminium, jointly prepared by Ministry of Mines and NITI Aayog. Distinguished dignitaries from NITI Aayog, Ministry of Mines, aluminium industry and many more prominent personalities will...
