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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On the news of China’s primary aluminium output dip by 1.6 per cent from a year ago to 2.9 million tonnes in September, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the price of A00 aluminium ingot has recorded a further rise of RMB 40 per tonne to RMB 14,000 tonnes, as on Friday, October 18, found Shanghai Metals Market. This marks the third consecutive rise ranging between RMB 13,770 per tonne and RMB 14,000 per tonne. Significant decline in primary aluminium inventories by 61,000 tonnes to 916,000 tonnes over the week ended on Thursday, October 17, could also be attributed to the growth in A00 aluminium ingot price. The average prices of aluminium ingot today are expected to range between RMB 13,980 per tonne and RMB 14,020 per tonne, with a spot contract to be traded at a...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that International Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium Society (IBAAS) has joined as an Associations member. This brings the total number of ASI Members to 102. “The benefit of joining ASI is the opportunity for networking, access to research material and work on sustainability aspects of aluminium industry. We look forward to collaborating with ASI on joint events in India,” Dr. Ashok Nandi, President, IBAAS. IBAAS was set up and registered in India by professionals active in various fields of aluminium industry. IBAAS has successfully organized eight International events of Aluminium Industry in Asia and Africa starting from 2012 to 2019 period. Past conference and exhibition details can be accessed at the IBAAS website. The Aluminium...
According to the latest report from United States Geological Survey for aluminium total aluminium recovered from scrap (recovery from purchased, tolled, or imported scrap) in July 2019 was 275,000 tonne, 4% less than the June volume of 286,000 tonnes. The volume is 16% less than the amount in July 2018, and 9% less than that in July 2017. Of this, 145,000 tonnes of aluminium were recovered from new scrap and 129,000 tonnes were recovered from old scrap. For the first seven months of 2019, total aluminium recovery from scrap stood at about 2 million tonnes, down slightly from 2.17 million tonnes in the same period of 2018. Of this, 1.1 million tonnes of aluminium were recovered from new scrap and 880,000 tonnes were recovered from old scrap. Inventories of primary aluminium in LME-approved...
According to a recent report, commercial aluminium systems specialist Jack Aluminium has partnered with Geze UK to create the first PAS24 approved automatic sliding door system. Designed to fill a gap in the healthcare and care home sectors where residents and care teams need the convenience of sliding doors and also where safety and security are of utmost importance, this new system would use Jack Aluminium’s JD47 Non-thermal Door & Shopfront system and Geze’s bespoke hardware. Jeff Pearson, Sales & Marketing Director at Jack Aluminium Systems, explained: “We knew from talking to customers that there was a real market for an automatic sliding door system that could meet the high levels of security that these healthcare facilities need.” He also said, “This new product resolves this issue...
Alcoa continued to project a global aluminium deficit ranging between 800 thousand and 1.2 million tonnes in comparison to 1.0 million and 1.4 million tonnes projected in Q2 2019. The company lowered its global aluminium demand growth projection for 2019 to a range of -0.6 percent to 0.4 percent from a previous quarter’s estimate between 1.25 percent and 2.25 percent. “The change is driven by weakening macroeconomic conditions, trade tensions between the US and China, and contracting manufacturing activity, especially in the global automotive sector,” Alcoa said on Wednesday, 16 October 2019. Alcoa projected a global surplus market for alumina in 2019, ranging between 1 million and 1.8 million tonnes, up from last quarter’s estimate of 500 thousand tonnes to 1.3 million tonnes, driven by...
According to the global export-import data, aluminium cans import into Belgium from Germany is estimated to come in at 7,494 tonnes in 2019, compared with 10,327 tonnes in 2018. This means this year is likely to see a downfall of 27 per cent in Belgium’s aluminium cans import from the previous year. In 2018 as well, Belgium’s aluminium cans import from Germany was lesser than that of 2017, as the import volume in the latter year was at about 11,338 tonnes. This indicates a year-on-year drop of 9 per cent in 2018. From the Netherlands, on the other hand, Belgium’s aluminium cans import is likely to record year-on-year growth. From 9064 tonnes in 2018, the volume is expected to increase to 13,337 tonnes, up 47 per cent. But in the last year, the import volume was down by about 23 per cent...
AlCircle has launched a new Sector Focus Report – "Aluminium Foil and its End uses: Current Trends and Forecast” into its 2019 Report portfolio. AlCircle has been into the business of information for pretty long and has already become the reference point for the aluminium industry as far as news, analysis, blogs and events are concerned. The portal, on regular interval, offers exclusive sector specific reports that are designed to help industry participants in better decision making with current information, data and market analysis. Due to its versatility and multiple uses, aluminium foil turns out to be one of the most consumed aluminium products across the world. Growing at 3.9% per annum, the global aluminium foil usage reached 5.33 million tonnes in 2018 and is further, forecast to...
Alcoa Corporation has announced its third quarter 2019 results. The company has reported a net loss of $221 million in Q3 2019 compared with a net loss of $402 million in Q2 2019. Excluding the impact of special items, third quarter 2019 adjusted net loss stands at $82 million, from adjusted net loss of $2 million in Q2. President and Chief Executive Officer Roy Harvey said: “Our third quarter showed continued strong operational performance and stability across our aluminium value chain. Our Bauxite and Alumina segments reached new quarterly production records since our launch in 2016, and our aluminium business continued to rebound. While market and pricing challenges persisted through the quarter, our cash balance remained steady.” Adjusted EBITDA excluding special items has dropped $67...
Shanghai Metals Market found that 6063 aluminium billet stocks, across five major consumption areas in China, have recorded a decline by 7,600 tonnes to 129,200 tonnes on Thursday, October 17, followed by two consecutive rises after the Chinese National Day holiday. Recovering consumption is one of the reasons for this decline, according to SMM. Since the Chinese market resumed after the National Day holiday, aluminium billet inventories were found increased by 35,400 tonnes and then 1,600 tonnes to come in at 136,800 tonnes, as of last Thursday, October 10. The chart below indicates the current status of aluminium billet inventories across China in more details: The inventories in Wuxi, Jiangsu have dropped by 3,300 tonnes to stand at 19,200 tonnes, while that in Huzhou, Zhejiang; and...
The US dollar weakened for a second straight day to month lows against a basket of its rivals on Wednesday after bleak US retail sales data painted a gloomy picture of the economy and supported the case for further interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. LME base metals closed lower on Wednesday and aluminium dipped 0.1%. SHFE aluminium inched up 0.1%. Three-month LME aluminium recovered from earlier losses to end 0.12% weaker at US$1,727.5 per tonne on Thursday. Traders aggressively covered long positions on Wednesday, as they see limited upward momentum in LME aluminium with high inventories across LME-approved warehouses. A weaker US dollar might provide some support to base metals today. LME aluminium is expected to trade between US$1,710-1,740 per tonne. As on October 16,...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, social inventories of primary aluminium across eight major consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, stood at 916,000 tonnes as of Thursday, 17 October 2019, down 61,000 tonnes from a week ago. Primary aluminium inventories dropped significantly this week as arrivals shrank sharply while outflows held stable. The current status of primary aluminium inventories across China is given in the chart below: A00 aluminium ingot price recorded a growth of RMB 80 per tonne or 0.58 per cent from Wednesday’s price of RMB 13880 per tonne. The price stood at RMB 13960 per tonne on Thursday and expected to move within a range of RMB 13940 per tonne and RMB 13980 per tonne. Spot aluminium price is likely to be traded at a premium of RMB 30-70 per tonne....
Ball Corporation is planning to build its first dedicated aluminium cups manufacturing facility in Georgia, according to a recent report. The facility will be adjacent to the company’s existing aluminium beverage can manufacturing plant and is expected to ramp up production in the fourth quarter of 2020. The report states the facility will be worth around $200 million and create jobs for 145 new employees (approx.). “We’re increasingly hearing from customers and consumers that they want to do the right thing for the environment, and they need more options,” said John Hayes, Ball chief executive officer. “This product launch is aligned with our ‘Drive for 10’ strategy and is another step in innovating to serve unmet needs. Using our years of experience and specialised expertise, we are...
China Hongqiao Group is planning to set up a “green aluminium” industrial park in Southwest China’s Yunnan capitalizing on the hydropower resources of the province, a statement from affiliate firm Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering says. A number of Chinese aluminium producers, including Aluminum Corp of China, or Chinalco, and Henan Shenhuo, have been focusing on Yunnan, because of the easy access to cleaner hydropower for the energy-intensive smelting process. Hongqiao Chairman Zhang Bo attended a signing ceremony with Yunnan government officials in Kunming on Tuesday. According to the statement, government will work together with Hongqiao to set up the park, according to the company statement. In China, Hongqiao is also known as Weiqiao. Hongqiao will be the main investor in the park...
Rio Tinto’s third quarter bauxite production stood 9% higher than the same period of 2018, with increased production across all sites. Production came in at 13.79 million tonnes, up 3% quarter-on-quarter. Bauxite production stood at 39.96 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2019, with a year-on-year increase of 3%. The company shipped 10.4 million tonnes of bauxite to third parties in the third quarter, 23% higher than the same period of 2018. The third-party shipments stood at 28.68 million tonnes in January-September, 13% higher than the same period of 2018. Rio expects its share of bauxite production to be around 54 million tonnes (previously 56 to 59 million tonnes), reflecting weather related events in the first quarter, downtime to address commissioning items on new mines and...
Shanghai Metals Market found that Chinese secondary aluminium producers, primarily in northern Chinese provinces, such as Hebei, Shandong and Henan, continued to ramp up operation in September for fulfilling orders in advance as they were required to close for up to 10 days around the National Day in early October. SMM survey data shows the operating rates rose to 60.69 per cent in September, up 2.44 percentage points from August 2019 and 4.23 percentage points from the September 2018. A rebound in downstream demand also helped drive the operating rates amidst overall low inventories of raw materials and finished products at secondary aluminium producers. Also increasing orders at secondary aluminium producers in Chongqing in September triggered the rise in operation. Orders increased as...
Italy delivered about 213314 tonnes of aluminium bar, rods and profiles to the global market in 2019, unchanged from 2017. The top export destinations of aluminium bar, rods and profiles in 2018 were Germany (21640 tonnes), Turkey (13480 tonnes), Poland (8764 tonnes), Slovenia (8146 tonnes), France (7869 tonnes), and India (7601 tonnes) among others. According to recent estimates, Italy exported 80266 tonnes of aluminium bar, rods and profiles in 2016, which increased by 165.4% or 132756 tonnes to total at 213022 tonnes in 2017. The country’s estimated exports stood at 213314 tonnes in 2018. The aluminium bar, rods and profiles export volume is estimated to stand at 215984 tonnes in 2019, up 1.25% from 2018 and 1.39% from 2017. Italy total export was valued at US$181 million in 2016. The...
Vedanta Ltd has raised the prices of aluminium ingots after cutting them five times in a row, trade sources told Cogencis. The natural resources major raised the prices of these products by nearly 2% with effect from Thursday, for the first time since early September. The hike in prices is in line with the improvement in prices of aluminium on the London Metal Exchange, which had been under pressure because of the trade talks between US and China failing to come to a resolution. So far in October, the three-month futures of aluminium are up over 1% on the LME, against a fall in prices in September and August. Companies generally link the prices of their aluminium products to the three-month futures of the metal on the LME. The aluminium vertical contributed around a third to the company's...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (Alba) is hosting the 23rd Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL 2019), that will be held under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Alba organized a Press Conference on Tuesday, 15 October 2019 at the Gulf Hotel, Kingdom of Bahrain to announce more details of the mega event. The press conference was presided over by Chairman of the Arabal Organising Committee Mohammed Al-Naki. The conference was also attended by Mohammed Yahya, EGA (Arabal Vice Chairman); Khalifa Al-Mazrouei, EGA; Jameel Shakeel, Sohar Aluminium; Mahmoud Fawzy Sharaf, Egyptalum; Ghannam Al Ghannam, Maa’aden; and Abdulla Seyadee, Alba. Alba’s Acting Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali along with Alba’s...
