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, Leicester City Council has teamed up with Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, to help residents recycle more of their aluminium foil trays and wrapping foil. Alupro runs the “Foil in Love with Recycling” campaign, funded by the European Aluminium Foil Association, to help the aluminium packaging industry achieve and exceed recycling rates, a current set for 64 per cent by 2020. Anyone living in Leicester can easily recycle used aluminium foil by putting it in their orange bags or recycling bins. But only 20 per cent of the foil thrown away in Leicester is currently put into recycling. On average, each home in the city uses about 1.8kg of aluminium foil each year. Jodie Angold, Leicester City Council Recycling Officer, said: “The orange bag...
JW Aluminum, which started an ambitious $300 million expansion at the metal maker’s Goose Creek plant with the implementation of anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made aluminium, says that its expansion is well on track and is likely to be over by three years. The expansion will double the capacity at the plant while relying solely on recycled aluminium for its raw material. New, state-of-the-art equipment was transported to the site last week and the new expansion will produce a continuous ribbon of flat-rolled aluminium for the construction industry. The expansion will make JW aluminium one of the most high-tech and environmentally friendly continuous cast facilities in the world. JW Aluminum is replacing its old equipment without halting the production. The company is moving its corporate...
Iran's primary aluminium output stood at 83,207 tonnes during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21-July 22). The output dropped 32% in comparison with last year's corresponding period. This was reported by the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO). The output decline rate remains same from the first three months of the Iranian year. Aluminum production during the month to July 22 stood at 21,061 tonnes, off 31% YOY. Flagship producer Iran Aluminum Company (IRALCO) contributed 61,208 tonnes of the total production, registering an increase of 1% year-on-year. It was followed by Hormozal Aluminum Company with 10,632 tonnes, down 72% YOY; and Almahdi Aluminum Company with 9,800 tons, down 59% YOY. Iran has an estimated...
According to a report, the global aluminium foils market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.5 percent until 2020 to reach 6.4 MMT during the forecasted period, primarily driven by the increasing demand for beverage cans, the major end-user of aluminium foil. The demand for aluminium foils is going to increase in regions such as Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, and Mexico of which nearly 35 - 40 per cent of the market share will be occupied by the packaging industry. {newsStudioGallery} India has also emerged as an important hub of aluminium foil consumption, owing to the change in life style, which includes changed food habits that led to an increased demand for foil packaging. Growing demand for ready to eat confectionaries and pharmaceutical products is another major growth driver for...
Shanghai Metals Market data showed that social inventories of primary aluminium across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, stood at 1.05 million tonnes as of Monday August 19. Stocks declined 2,000 tonnes from 1.051million tonnes on August 15. Primary aluminium inventories declined over the weekend, as stocks in most areas posted declines, except for that in Guangdong. The chart below indicates the current status of primary aluminium inventories across all major China markets: Primary aluminium stocks in Wuxi, Jiangsu remained the same at 314,000 tonnes. Inventories in Shanghai and Gongyi, Henan declined 1,000 tonnes and 2,000 tonnes from August 15 to stand at 200,000 tonnes and 101,000 tonnes on Monday, 19 August 2019. Nanhai, Guangdong stocks increased from...
The US dollar lost gains from earlier trades and ended roughly flat on last Friday, after worries tied to trade tensions and a Federal Reserve rate cut weighed on consumer sentiment. LME base metals closed mixed while SHFE metals fell for the most part. LME aluminium gained 0.6% and SHFE aluminium slipped 0.2%. LME aluminium continued the gains on Friday night it recovered during day’s trading. Three-month LME aluminium gained 0.6% to finish at US$1,795.5 per tonne during Friday night. The contract is likely to trade at US$1,770-1,810 per tonne today. As on August 16, Friday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1755 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1755.50 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1783.50 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 1784 per...
Top automotive component manufacturing companies are reportedly entering the aluminium forging business to start making triple clamps and active clamps used for the manufacture of inverted front forks. The potential is to reach INR 125 crore within three years after the start of supplies. The news came after Anurag Jain, managing director of Endurance Technologies, said on Saturday, August 17. According to Mr. Jain, venturing into this new business will give Endurance an opportunity to grow aluminium forging proprietary to other two-wheeler and four-wheeler aluminium forging requirements, including electric vehicles. He believes that this will help the company increase its profit margins. By and large auto component analysts think that the trend of transitioning to aluminium forging...
The average spot price of alumina registered an increase of RMB 8 per tonne or 0.33 per cent on Monday, 19 August 2019. Alumina price rose from RMB 2442 per tonne to RMB 2450 per tonne. Spot alumina prices in East China, Central China, and South China markets remained unchanged at RMB 2460 per tonne, RMB 2450 per tonne and RMB 2420 per tonne. North China price came in at RMB 2460 per tonne, up RMB 20 per tonne from its previous price. The price is expected to move within a range of RMB 2450-2470. After registering a hike on Friday, A00 aluminium ingot price decreased to stand at RMB 14230 per tonne and expected to move within a range of RMB 14210-14250. Aluminium ingot price in Wuxi and Hangzhou increased RMB 30 per tonne each to stand at RMB 14280 per tonne each on Monday. Aluminium...
On Friday, August 16, Elysis reportedly marked the start of construction of its Research and Development Centre within Rio Tinto's Complexe Jonquière, the site of the Arvida smelter, Vaudreuil refinery, and Arvida Research and Development Centre. In this research and development centre, technical experts will carry on with the advancement of the breakthrough technology that eliminates all direct greenhouse gases (GHG) from the aluminium smelting process. The project, worth $50 million (CAD) is expected to be fully operational in the second half of 2020 with 25 technical experts. As per the report, Elysis will continue to work closely with the Rio Tinto technology design team in France and Alcoa’s Technical Centre (ATC) near Pittsburgh in the United States. The former creates...
Continued from Part I 6. Rusal In 2018, Rusal’s total alumina production stood at 7.7 million tonnes. Aughinish Alumina in Ireland and Ukraine’s Nikolaev Alumina Refinery are two of its largest refineries. Russian production that comprise Bogoslovsk, Achinsk and Urals refinery, contributed 2.8 million tonnes of its total production in 2018. Total alumina production stood at 3.85 million tonnes in the first half of 2019, compared with 3.81 million tonnes in the first half of 2018. This marks an increase of 0.9 per cent year-on-year. At this rate, annual production is likely to stand flat at about 7.7 million tonnes. Aughinish Alumina produced 949,000 tonnes of alumina in H1 2019. It remains the largest supplier of alumina in Europe. 7. Norsk Hydro (Norway) Hydro is a fully integrated...
Alumina or aluminium oxide (Al2O3) is the key raw material for producing aluminium. Due to the exponential growth of the aluminium industry in last two decades and the significance of alumina in the upstream value chain, aluminium producers are building their own refineries and expanding the existing facilities to secure the availability of this resource. For the whole year of 2018, global alumina production stood at about 130 million tonnes and China remained the largest alumina producing country with 72 million tonnes of production. We are listing the top 10 alumina producing companies in the world based on the latest available statistics: {newsStudioGallery} Chalco (China) Chalco is a leading company in China’s non-ferrous industry, which is engaged in the whole value chain, from...
The US dollar index edged down in the beginning of the week amid trade tensions between the US and China and concerns of slowing global economic growth. The dollar then started strengthening over the week and rose to 98.14. LME base metals traded mostly lower during the week. SHFE aluminium traded strong as the news of aluminium production in Shandong getting affected by typhoon rallied the most-liquid SHFE contract. LME aluminium traded lower within a close range. LME aluminium started the week with US$ 1743 per tonne and traded lower over the week. The contract jumped to a high of US$ 1755.5 per tonne on Friday. Three-month LME aluminium also followed the same downward trend starting the week higher at US$ US$1,770 per tonne on Monday and ending higher at US$ 1784 per tonne on Friday....
This week the A00 aluminium ingot price soared by RMB 300 per tonne to stand at RMB 14,250 per tonne, as of August 13, from RMB 13,950 per tonne on August 12, primarily attributed to limited cargo arrivals at inventories and brisk trading of primary aluminium. On August 12, the social inventories of primary aluminium shrank 6,000 tonnes across eight major consumption areas, including SHFE warrants, to stand at 1.035 million tonnes, as of August 12. The growth of RMB 300 per tonne in A00 aluminium ingot price on August 13 was the highest in the last eight months of the year. Followed the rise, the A00 aluminium ingot price declined by RMB 100 per tonne to RMB 14,150 per tonne, as of August 14, and then again rose by RMB 40 per tonne and RMB 50 per tonne on August 15 and August 16 to come...
Manaksia Aluminium Company reported an 11.11 per cent increase in net profit in the quarter ended June 2019. Net profit increased from INR 0.45 crore in the quarter ended June 2018 to INR 0.50 crore in the quarter ended June 2019. Manaksia is one of the leading producers of aluminium flat products in India. Sales of Manaksia Aluminium Company increased 33.08 per cent to INR 80.82 crore in the quarter ended June 2019 as against INR 60.73 crore during the quarter ended June 2018. Manaksia has an annual production capacity of 30,000 tonnes per year. The company’s major products include aluminium coils, aluminium plain sheets, aluminium roofing sheets, aluminium pre-painted/color coated coils, aluminium flooring sheets (5 Bar & Diamond pattern) etc. Manaksia has one of the largest aluminium...
In order to adhere to Beijing’s regulation to ramp up electrified vehicle and light-truck output, Hyundai Motor Co. plans to launch its second and third electric vehicles in China in fourth quarter 2019. According to a statement from Beijing-Hyundai, Hyundai’s JV with BAIC Motor Group, the battery version of the Encino crossover will be commercially available in October. It will be followed by the battery variant of the Lafesta sedan in December. The electric Encino and Lafesta EV will have a range of 500 km and 490 km, respectively. The electric Elantra sedan was the first full electric vehicle by Hyundai in China which went on sale in 2017. The electric versions of the Encino and Lafesta will be produced at Beijing-Hyundai. Hyundai also launched sales of a plug-in hybrid variant of the...
En+ Group, a leading vertically integrated producer of aluminium and electricity, announced in its financial results that the revenue in the first half of the year decreased by 5.4 per cent to US$5.8 billion, compared to the same period last year. Adjusted EBITDA decreased by 30 per cent to US$1.2 billion year-on-year, while the net debt remained unchanged amounted to US$11.3 billion, as of June 30, 2019. En+ Group also revealed the results of the second quarter of 2019, where it said that revenue grew from US$2.8 billion in Q1 2019 to US$3 billion. The key factor for this quarterly growth in revenue was an increase in aluminium sales volume, according to the company. Energy segment showed good operating results and net growth profits in US dollars. Volumes of sales of the metallurgical...
The Johor government in Malaysia said it has not received any bauxite mining application on Felda land in Kota Tinggi. The statement came after a report that private investment firm Via East West Capital (VEWC) had signed an MoU with The One Minerals Mining Sdn Bhd (TOMM) for a 7,000 acres of bauxite mining project in Johor. The joint-venture investment project is claimed to be worth US$350 million (RM1.47 billion) and spanned over the next five years. State International Trade, Investment and Utilities Committee chairman Jimmy Puah Wee Tse said that no individual or a company, had contacted either the Johor Land and Mines Department or the Environmental Department for any bauxite mining project in Kota Tinggi. No approval had been provided to any private firm to undertake such an...
Malaysia’s total imports of aluminium including scrap from the US stood at 20,500 tonnes in May 2019, 22.75 per cent per cent higher than the corresponding period of 2018, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. Total aluminium imports including scrap stood at 79,100 tonnes in the first five months of 2019. That was up 60.45 per cent compared with the same period last year. {newsStudioGallery} Malaysia’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US came in at 77,600 tonnes in January-May 2019, up 65 per cent from January-May’s imports of 46,900 tonnes. Aluminium scrap imports stood at 20,200 tonnes in May, 2019 as compared to 16,000 tonnes in May, 2018. This represents an increase of 26.25 per cent year-on-year. Imports increased 10.38 per cent from...
