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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Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) in cooperation with the Aluminum Anodizers Council (AAC), the Aluminum Association (AA), and the Aluminum Recyclers Council (ARC) has organized a New Aluminum Safety Summit to provide information related to safety in the aluminium industry. The Aluminum Safety Summit will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 15 and 16, 2019, at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. The event will cover issued related to aluminium extrusion, anodizing, recycling, casting and aluminium industry safety improvement. “There are many safety events presented throughout the manufacturing industry, but the Aluminum Safety Summit was designed to fill a need to address safety concerns specific to the aluminium manufacturing environment,” said AEC Safety...
According to a recent report, the consortium of Titagarh Wagons and its subsidiary Titagarh Firema SpA has bid the lowest for manufacturing 102 metro coaches for the Pune Metro Rail project. The order is for manufacturing aluminium-bodied metro cars in India. Titagarh Wagon had acquired a 90 per cent stake in Italian rail equipment firm Firema Trasporti in 2015, which now operates as Titagarh Firema SPA. Upon receiving the order, the consortium will design, manufacture, supply, test, commission Passenger Rolling Stock (Electrical Multiple Units) and train the personnel who operate the Pune Metro Rail. The first 3 car Prototype Metro Trainset are scheduled to be supplied in 78 weeks and the remaining 33 trainsets in phases over a period of 160 weeks. The approximate value of the order in...
Coopers Brewery has released its Sparkling Ale, one of its foundation beers, in bold red 375 ml cans. Sparkling Ale will be available in mid-August to coincide with the release of Coopers XPA in cans. Sparkling Ale and XPA join Coopers Original Pale Ale, Session Ale and Mild Ale in cans. Coopers Marketing and Innovation Director, Cam Pearce, said that the can packaging for crafted beer is becoming increasingly popular. “Every year, the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular (GABS) event goes out to beer lovers with the GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beer survey. The results from May this year, with a record 31,000 people casting votes, was that 77 of the Top 100 beers in the survey were available in cans, compared with only four in 2014,” he said. “Coopers Original Pale Ale, Session Ale and...
The US dollar rose on Thursday to 98.14, as better-than-expected US retail sales data eased fears that the US economy could be headed for a recession. LME base metals closed mixed overnight. LME aluminium nudged up 0.03% and SHFE aluminium inched up 0.1%. LME aluminium gained during day’s trading and closed higher. The trend continued overnight and three-month LME aluminium recovered from earlier losses to end the day a tad higher at US$1,785 per tonne. It is expected to trade between US$1,760-1,800 per tonne today. As on August 15, Wednesday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1742 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1742.50 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1776 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 1777 per tonne; Dec 20 bid price stands at US$...
According to a report on Monday, August 12, Dutch shipyard Heesen has delivered its 50-metre superyacht YN 18650 Erica, earlier known as Project Boreas. The vessel was launch in July 2019 after rigorous sea trials in the North Sea. This full aluminium yacht features an efficient Fast Displacement Hull Form (FDHF) hull designed by Dutch hydrodynamicists Van Oossanen and engineered by Heesen’s in-house naval architects. Thanks to large rudders and a powerful bow thruster, Erica is very responsive when manoeuvring in close quarters, according to the yard. The exterior of the vessel is designed by Frank Laupman of Omega Architects, with both hull and superstructure sporting a custom metallic Mountain Grey by Awlgrip that evokes a contemporary profile. Since this metallic paint application is...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, stocks of 6063 aluminium billet across five major consumption areas stood at 93,700 tonnes as of as of Thursday August 15, down some 2,200 tonnes from Thursday August 8. Aluminium billet inventories dropped this week with a significant decline in stocks in Foshan city of south China’s Guangdong province. Inventories of aluminium billet in Foshan, Guangdong and Wuxi, Jiangsu dropped 9,900 tonnes and 300 tonnes from Thursday, 8 August 2019 to stand at 43,900 tonnes and 16,500 tonnes on Thursday, 15 August 2019. Aluminium billet stocks in Changzhou, Jiangsu remains unchanged at 13,000 tonnes. Aluminium billet stocks in Huzhou, Zhejiang and Nanchang, Jiangxi stood at 10,000 tonnes and 10,300 tonnes, an increase of 1,500 tonnes and 3,500 tonnes from...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the A00 aluminium ingot price has extended its growth by RMB 50 per tonne to RMB 14,240 per tonne, as of August 16. This marks the second consecutive rise after the fall on August 14 from RMB 14,250 per tonne to RMB 14,150 per tonne. The average prices today are expected to range between RMB 14,220 per tonne and RMB 14,260 per tonne, with spot contract to be trade at a discount and premium price of RMB 20 per tonne. The rise in A00 aluminium ingot price, despite the growth in social inventories, could be the steady consumption of primary aluminium among downstream consumers. China, on the other hand, on Wednesday, August 14, issued a fresh batch of import quotas of 11,290 tonnes for newly restricted high-grade aluminium scrap. This perhaps has led to...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) is the world’s largest aluminium smelters ex-China with a production of 1,365,005 metric tonnes (2019). Listed on both the Bahrain Bourse and London Stock Exchange, the Company’s shareholders are Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (69.38%), SABIC Industrial Investment Company (20.62%) and the General Public (10%). Established in 1971 as a 120,000 mtpa smelter, the Alba plant comprises six reduction lines, five power stations, four cast houses, four carbon plants, a dedicated 550,000 mtpa coke calcining plant, a water desalination plant and fume treatment plants along with other ancillary facilities. Alba’s product portfolio comprises high-grade aluminium and Value-Added Products that include standard and T-ingots, extrusion billets, rolling slabs, properzi...
As a European industry association, our focus for 2020 is ensuring that new policymakers in the reconstituted European Commission and Parliament understand our industry. Our agenda features a comprehensive set of policy recommendations across four domains: circular economy, trade, energy & climate, and innovation. First, we must convince more politicians that aluminium is a strategic industrial sector to preserve Europe’s competitiveness and critical for the transition to a climate neutral and circular economy. We will also pay close attention to the new policy initiatives that will be introduced as part of the European Green Deal, presented as Europe’s growth strategy for a resource-efficient and competitive economy to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The European...
Today staying competitive means investing permanently in new technologies, helping to reducing operational costs. Not only the technology itself, also the way that you can purchase it will make a difference in the profitability of your operations. At the background of demographic and political changes and in a complex market which – above all – is ruled by aluminium prices, it is more and more key to stay on top of expenditures. Saving by using new technology By implementing Automated Guided Vehicles in the organization, a high and fast return on investment is assured by several factors. One important and immediate saving is labour cost, but also maintenance costs and damages – two important components in the cost of ownership of a fleet – will be reduced in such a way that the ROI can be...
US Treasury bond yield curve inverted for the first time since 2007 on Wednesday, which sparked fears of an economic recession and led to a plunge on Wall Street. The US dollar index rose 0.16% to 97.98. LME base metals closed lower on Wednesday. LME aluminium dipped 0.06% and SHFE aluminium rose 0.3%. LME aluminium gained during day’s trading and closed higher, however, the contracts lost gained overnight with the rising dollar. Three-month LME aluminium slipped to an intraday low of US$1,769 per tonne, before it rallied to end the day a tad lower at US$1,784.5 per tonne. It is expected to trade between US$1,760-1,850 per tonne today. As on August 14, Tuesday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1740.50per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1741 per tonne;...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the social inventories of primary aluminium, as of August 15, have recorded a week-on-week rise for the third straight week. SMM data shows that stocks across eight major consumption areas, including SHFE warrants, have increased by 1,000 tonne from a week ago to come in at 1.051 million tonnes. Increasing cargoes arrival at Wuxi and weakening demand in Guangdong in a low season could be the two primary causes for this weekly growth in primary aluminium inventories. In Wuxi, Jiangsu, the inventories have grown by some 10,000 tonnes, while that in Nanhai, Guangdong by some 14,000 tonnes. In other major markets like Shanghai, Gongyi, Henan; Linyi, Shandong; and Chongqing, the inventories have dipped. The chart below indicates the current status of...
Windows, Doors & Facades (WDF) 2019, the fourth edition of Middle East’s largest event dedicated to windows, doors and facades will take place from September 24 to 26 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Innovative products and new facades solutions will be showcased at one of the most popular events for the end user applications of a number of materials including aluminium, steel and PVC in the construction sector. While new-age buildings like the Museum of the Future are in course of construction in Dubai and the region, tomorrow’s landmarks that promise to mesmerise the passer by will start taking shape at the event, said a statement. Next generation of façade solutions by leading manufacturers will be presented during the event, which will allow architects and developers to break their...
Globally, automotive aluminium rolled product market is growing, driving the demand for aluminium plates, sheets and strips. According to a report, aluminium flat rolled products market size is expected to exhibit US$129,100 million by 2024, at a CAGR of 6.8 per cent. To cash on this growing business sector, Turkey, over the past few years, has been found increasing its export of aluminium plates, sheets and strips. According to the global export-import data, Turkey in 2016 exported 138,117 tonnes globally, which in 2017 increased to 175,447 tonnes, up 27 wthper cent, and in 2018 216,545 tonnes, up 23.42 per cent year-on-year. This year, the rise is estimated to continue to 248,742 tonnes, recording a sweeping growth of almost 100 per cent. The United Kingdom, which is the second-highest...
A local media report says Maan Aluminium has reported 29.07% rise in total sales to INR 135.91 crore in the quarter ended June 2019. This was against a sale of INR 105.30 crore during the quarter ended June 2018.The company is one of the key players in the aluminium extrusion industry in India and it now includes both trading and manufacturing operations. Net profit of Maan Aluminium increased 0.88% to INR 2.28 crore in the quarter ended June 2019 as against INR 2.26 crore during the June quarter 2018. Currently, it is one of the nation's largest manufacturers and exporters of Aluminium extruded products from central India. The company is exporting its products globally, and is accredited with One Star export house status. Maan has an annual capacity of 9,000 metric tons under one roof...
National Aluminium Company Limited published unaudited financial results for the quarter ended 30th June, 2019. The company reported 29.91 per cent drop in sales in the quarter. Sales in in the quarter ended June 2019 stood at INR 2084.08 crore as compared to INR 2973.31 crore in the quarter ended June 2018. NALCO reported 85.76 per cent decline in net profit in the quarter. Net profit dropped from INR 687.22 crore in the quarter ended June 2018 to INR 97.87 crore in the quarter ended June 2019. Revenue from aluminium segment stood at INR 1,470.12 crore in the quarter as compared to INR 1,750.97 crore in the previous year. The company had posted net profit of INR 1,732 crore during the FY 2018-19, a growth of 29% year-on-year. In the 4th quarter, net profit stood at INR 233 crore....
China’s exports of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products dipped 6.17% year-on-year in July, according to China customs data released on August 8. China exported a total of 487,000 tonnes of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products last month. Aluminium exports declined by 3.8 per cent month-on-month, customs data showed. China had exported 506,000 tonnes in June, down 30,000 tonnes from May. Total exports stood 7.2% higher in the first seven months of 2019. Unwrought aluminium and aluminium products export reached 3.47 million tonnes in the mentioned period. The YoY decline in export was due to the high price ratio of SHFE aluminium to its LME counterpart, the recovery of the Chinese yuan from June, and front-loading in May-June. A weaker yuan could help to boost aluminium exports...
RE:CYCLE, a stylish bicycle developed by Swedish start-up Vélosophy in collaboration with Nespresso from its discarded aluminium coffee pods, is now ready to roll out in the market. The bicycle, which takes 300 espressos each, took about two years for development. The bike will set an example for the recycling potential of billions of single-use coffee pods discarded every year. The limited edition model retails for €1,290 ($1,446). The bike will also showcase Nespresso’s commitment towards fostering a circular economy. Nespresso uses aluminium in its coffee capsules for its remelting and recycling properties and the company has been investing resources to encourage customers to recycle their Nespresso pods. Previously the coffee pods were recycled into Swiss Army knives, fancy pens, and...
