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 spot alumina prices in China have dropped today across all markets. The average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2503 per tonne on Thursday, 21 November 2019, from last closed RMB 2518 per tonne on 20 November. This records a drop of RMB 15 per tonne or 0.60 per cent. Source: Shanghai Metals Market The average prices of Alumina-East and Alumina-Central have fallen by RMB 20 per tonne each to stand at RMB 2520 per tonne each; Alumina-North is down by RMB 10 per tonne to RMB 2500 per tonne; Alumina-South remains unchanged at RMB 2520 per tonne as on November 21. Alumina (Imported) price is down by RMB 30 per tonne to RMB 2560 per tonne. The average price is expected to range within RMB 2540-2580 per tonne. A00 aluminium ingot price has extended its growth by RMB 110 per tonne or 0.79...
According to an update from China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CMRA) Recycling Metal Branch, China will remove import tariffs on unwrought aluminium alloy from Pakistan from December 1, once the second phase of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries comes into effect. Currently, China’s tariffs on unwrought aluminium imports from Pakistan is set at 5 per cent, compared to a zero rate for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. Consumption of unwrought aluminium alloy has also swelled in the recent times in China, given to the raw material shortages caused by a sharp decline in imports of aluminium scrap. According to a recent data from Shanghai Metals Market, China imported 18,706 tonnes of unwrought aluminium alloy in September, the highest...
Hind Aluminium Industries Limited, a manufacturer of aluminium & alloy conductors and aluminium wire rods for use in power transmission and distribution applications, announced unaudited consolidated financial results for the quarter half year ended 30 September 2019. Revenue from Operation dropped 20.62 per cent year-on-year. Revenue declined from INR 138.41 crore in the quarter ended 30 September 2018 to INR 109.87 crore in the quarter ended 30 September 2019. Revenue stood at INR 245.70 crore for the half-year ended September 2019. Hind Aluminium Industries had reported revenue of INR 555.40 crore for the year ended 31 March 2019. Hind Aluminium Industries Limited is engaged in manufacturing conductors for power transmission and distribution in Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Silvassa (UT),...
Japan’s imports of aluminium including scrap from the US totalled 3,070 tonnes in August 2019, an increase of 16.29% from July total of 2,640. Compared to June 2019, imports were down by 11.53% from 3,470 tonnes. Aluminium imports by Japan rose by 3.72% from May’s imports of 2,960 tonnes and 11.23% from April’s imports of 2,760 tonnes. {newsStudioGallery} Total aluminium imports from the US amounted to 23,600 tonnes in the first eight months of 2019, as updated by the US Census Bureau. Imports of semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) from the US came in at 1,780 tonnes in August, with a month-on-month increase of 39.06%. Imports climbed by 31.85% from June and 20.27% from May. Japan imported 12,300 tonnes of semi-finished from the US in January-August. Imports of aluminium...
As the leading aluminium rolled products manufacturer, Hindalco Industries Limited is reportedly betting big on the packaging and transport containers sector, said a top company official on Tuesday, November 19. The move is to accelerate the per capita use of aluminium in India, which is at 2.6 kg at the present. The domestic packaging industry is at $5 billion and is growing at around 25 per cent annually. "Per capita intake of aluminium is just 2.6 kg now, while in China it is 30 kg. So we see a huge opportunity in both packaging, cans and transport industry and we are looking to expand in these areas going forward. We expect to hold 40-45 percent of the downstream market," managing director Satish Pai said. In the transportation business, the company plans to manufacture aluminium...
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, estimated net shipments of aluminium sheet and plate by U.S. and Canadian producers stood at 750.1 million pounds during October 2019, down 5.0% year-on-year. Net shipments increased by 3.1% from September 2019. Year-to-date net shipments through October 2019 totalled 7,378.1 million pounds, off 1.3 percent over the same period of 2018. Shipments of can stock by domestic producers declined by 11.2% YoY to 310.7 million pounds during October 2019. On a month on month comparison, shipments increased by 2.1% per cent over the September 2019 total of 304.2 million pounds. Year-to-date shipments through October 2019 stood at 3,113.8 million pounds, down 7.7% YoY. Producer shipments of can stock to U.S. markets decreased 7.6% YoY to...
Ongoing uncertainty in global aluminium markets and the US-China trade dispute were found to take a toll on European aluminium foil rollers in the September quarter. The overall demand had gone down by 2.2 per cent to 228,685 tonnes with year to date figures, while the total production remained unchanged at 714,251 tonnes, according to the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) data. The downturn could be attributed largely to the drop in demand in the market for thinner gauges by around 1.9 per cent YTD. Figures showed a decline of 4.4 per cent in deliveries as well in this category. However, the deliveries of thicker gauges had recorded a rise of 2 per cent in the quarter. The application of thinner gauges is in flexible packaging and household foils, while that of thicker gauges is...
The US dollar stabilised against a basket of other currencies on Tuesday after three consecutive days of losses. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of its rivals, inched up 0.05% to end at 97.847. LME base metals closed mixed on Tuesday. LME aluminium nudged up 0.03% and SHFE aluminium inched down 0.04%. LME aluminium declined by 0.54 per cent from Monday’s close of US$1744 per tonne to end at US$ 1734.5 per tonne on Tuesday, November 19.Three-month LME aluminium fell to the lowest in more than three weeks at US$1728 per tonne on Tuesday, before it recouped those losses to end marginally higher at US$1737 per tonne. LME aluminium is expected to trade between US$1730-1750 per tonne today. As on November 19, Tuesday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at...
Shanghai Metals Market found the average spot price of aluminium has dropped further today, on November 20, by RMB 20 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,518 per tonne. This marks the second consecutive fall in the spot price of alumina after remaining restrained for a week at RMB 2,572 per tonne. Prior to that also, the price recorded incessant declines since the month began with intermittent restraints, ranging between RMB 2,596 per tonne and RMB 2,572 per tonne. The markets in south China have seen the highest fall in alumina price today by RMB 30 per tonne to RMB 2,510 per tonne, followed by the markets in the east and central where the price has dwindled by RMB 20 per tonne and RMB 10 per tonne respectively to come in at RMB 2,540 per tonne. But despite the back-to-back fall in the input...
Emirates Global Aluminium announced that it has extended its UAE-made aluminium supply agreement with BMW. The new deal will see EGA’s aluminium supplies to BMW continue until 2022. A BMW representative visited EGA’s Jebel Ali site in Dubai to mark the start of the new agreement. EGA, one of the largest suppliers of foundry alloys to the automotive industry worldwide, announced that it is to significantly increase its supply of aluminium to BMW. EGA has been supplying BMW with aluminium since 2013. Abdulla Kalban said: “The BMW Group has high standards for the quality of metal as well as for sustainability and social responsibility. We are proud that we have maintained BMW Group’s trust over the past six years and that our relationship will continue into the next decade.” The company...
Shanghai Metals Market found operations at Chinese secondary aluminium producers continued to increase in October, as overall demand in the second half of the year improved from the first half. An SMM data showed the Chinese secondary aluminium operating rates in October stood at 60.69 per cent after rising by 0.83 percentage points month-on-month, while over the year they climbed up by 4.71 percentage points. In July and August 2019, the operating rates were at 55.28 per cent after growing by 3.04 percentage points over the month and at 56.46 per cent after climbing up by 1.18 percentage points respectively, indicating that they had been growing incessantly over the months. However, the growth in operating rates in October stood the lowest in the past four months as continued shortage of...
After month-on-month declines in the United States aluminium scrap exports to India in June and July, August this year saw a rise of 15 per cent, found the United States Geological Survey. The data showed the United States exported 24,600 tonnes of aluminium scrap to India in August, compared to 21,400 tonnes in July. In May and June, the export volume was at 24,200 tonnes and 21,900 tonnes, which indicates that June saw a drop of 10 per cent in the US aluminium scrap exports while that in July plunged further by 2.33 per cent month-on-month. {newsStudioGallery} So, as can be seen in the above graph, the United States aluminium scrap export volume to India stood the highest in August during the said time. Compared to May, the export volume in August was higher by almost 2 per cent....
Suntown Technology Group Corporation Limited’s (SNTO) manufacturing sites in Changsha and Changde, China have been certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Chain of Custody Standard. The certification includes casthouse, re-melting, refining and material conversion activities related to aluminium foil production. With this certification, SNTO becomes the second of ASI’s China-based members to certify multiple facilities against the ASI Chain of Custody Standard. Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI, said “ASI congratulates SNTO for this important Chain of Custody Certification, which covers aluminium recycling and foil production, and builds on their Performance Standard Certification earlier this year. The foil packaging sector has been the most proactive to...
The US dollar extended its decline against a basket of its rivals on Monday. LME base metals closed lower across the board on Monday. LME aluminium fell 1.2% and SHFE aluminium gained 0.4%. LME aluminium opened the week higher at US$1744 per tonne on Monday, November 18.Three-month LME aluminium dropped 1.19% to US$1736.5 per tonne, reversing gains from last Friday. LME aluminium is expected to trade between US$1730-1750 per tonne today. As on November 18, Monday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$1743.50 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1744 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1745 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 1746 per tonne; Dec 20 bid price stands at US$ 1813 per tonne, and Dec 20 offer price stands at US$ 1818 per tonne. The LME...
Vedanta Limited in the late last week reported that its revenue in the second quarter of FY20 dropped by 3 per cent year-on-year to INR 21,739 crore. Net sales and EBITDA also dropped by 3 per cent and 15 per cent year-on-year from INR 22,432 crore to INR 21,739 crore and from INR 5,281 crore to INR 4,497 crore, respectively. Quarter-on-quarter, EBITDA dropped by 13 per cent from INR 5,188 crore, but net sales grew 3 per cent from INR 21,167 crore. This brought the total net sales and EBITDA in the first half of the financial year to INR 42,906 crore and INR 9,685 crore, respectively; down year on year by 3.30 per cent from INR 44,374 crore and 17.42 per cent from INR 11,729 crore. Basic earnings per share, however, rose both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year by 60 per cent and 61 per...
The average spot alumina price in China is down by RMB 34 per tonne or 1.32 per cent on Tuesday, 19 November 2019 to RMB 2538 per tonne, after remaining flat at RMB 2572 per tonne from November 12-18. Source: Shanghai Metals Market Alumina price in East China stands at RMB 2560 per tonne, down RMB 30 per tonne from its previous price. Alumina prices in Central and North have declined by RMB 40 per tonne and RMB 30 per tonne to stand at RMB 2550 per tonne and RMB 2540 per tonne as on November 19. South China remains unchanged at RMB 2520 per tonne. Alumina (Imported) price is down by RMB 50 per tonne to RMB 2590 per tonne. The average price is expected to range within RMB 2580-2600 per tonne. A00 aluminium ingot price has extended its growth to RMB 13960 per tonne on November 19 from its...
As the aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) entered the bearish zone, Vedanta Limited reduced the cost of its production (CoP) during the September quarter of FY20 to $1,852 per tonne. The LME prices (as on November 14) hovered at $1,756 per tonne for the cash buyer. At this price point, 10 per cent of the global aluminium smelters are incurring cash losses. Vedanta’s aluminium CoP during the first half (April-September) of FY20 was even lower at $1,810 per tonne, down 9 per cent from $1,990 in the corresponding period last year. Vedanta’s near term target is to reduce aluminium CoP to $1,500 per tonne. Earlier, Vedanta had planned to cut its CoP to $1,700 per tonne by the end of this financial year. Ajay Dixit, chief executive officer (CEO) of Vedanta’s aluminium and power...
John Nowell’s year-long initiation of making helipads for local hospitals from used aluminium cans has come a long way over the year and a charity is now reportedly appealing for donations of the empty cans. According to the report, the charity has already collected 25 per cent of the aluminium needed to make the first helipad. After being collected, the cans are transported to HMP Stocken where they are crushed to form one cubic metre cubes and stockpiled. They are then smelted to generate aluminium, which is to be used to make sections and then assembled to make helicopter landing pad. To make the deposition and collection of the cans easy and efficient, John Nowell has been busy setting up red collection bins all over the East Midlands, including The King Centre in Barleythorpe and...
