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 US dollar gained as surprisingly strong growth in US retail sales in June eased worries about the American economy. Base metals ended mostly higher. LME aluminium nudged up, while SHFE aluminium rose 0.1%. Aluminium contracts continued upward movement over the day’s trading yesterday. Three-month LME aluminium came off overnight after climbing to a high of US$1,856.5 per tonne, settling higher on the day at US$1,844 per tonne. LME aluminium is likely to trade at US$1,800-1,860 per tonne today. As on July 16, Tuesday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1817.50per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1818 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1836 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 1837 per tonne; Dec 20 bid price stands at US$ 1938 per tonne, and Dec 20...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the price of A00 aluminium ingot has recorded a marginal rise by RMB 10 per tonne to stand at RMB 13,850 per tonne, as of July 17, 2019. This marks the third consecutive rise since July 15, followed by a drop on July 12 from RMB 13,800 per tonne to RMB 13,720 per tonne. Improved spot aluminium trading over the weekend as downstream consumers started restocking has buoyed the back-to-back rises in A00 aluminium ingot price this week, learned Shanghai Metals Market. But the overall sentiment of the aluminium ingot price is still found sluggish. Compared to the same period last month, the price stands low by RMB 80 per tonne. The average prices today are expected to range between RMB 13,830 per tonne and RMB 13,870 per tonne, with spot contract to be...
A project for replacement of gas cleaning equipment of a sintering shop has been launched at Aluminium of Kazakhstan JSC, an enterprise of The Eurasian Resources Group (ERG). The project with an investment of 200 million euro will be completed in phases, a company statement confirmed. Aluminium of Kazakhstan JSC is the only enterprise in Kazakhstan to produce alumina. It operates the Pavlodar Alumina refinery with an annual capacity of 1.4 million tonnes. According to the statement, electrofilter reconstruction project was launched at the Pavlodar Alumina Refinery. The project was launched as an important step towards safety and sustainability in alumina and aluminium production. According to the head of the department of environmental protection Rinat Sarlybayev, this is a modern...
According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday, July 11, China’s alumina production in June recorded a rise by 5.4 per cent year on year to come in at 6.41 million tonnes. It is the highest monthly figure since May 2017, as per the data published on bureau’s website. In April, China’s alumina output had increased by 4.2 per cent year on year to stand at 6.28 million tonnes, the highest monthly total for the aluminium raw material in records on the bureau’s website since June 2017. NBS also showed that China’s aluminium production in June totalled 2.97 million tonnes of, down 2.98 million tonnes in May but up 1.3 per cent year-on-year. On a daily basis , China’s June aluminium output hit record levels at 99,000 tonnes, up from 96,000 tonnes in May and...
Following the recommendation from commerce ministry’s investigation arm Director General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), the Government of India may reportedly apply a provisional anti-dumping duty between US$ 28.67 per tonne and US$ 199.53 per tonne on imports of aluminium and zinc coated flat products from China, Vietnam, and Korea. The ministry recommended this after conducting a thorough probe, through which it could conclude that there had been a significant increase in imports of the good from these three countries in absolute terms. Aluminium and zinc coated flat products are used in infrastructure projects, solar power plants, roofing, and white goods. DGTR also stated that these products came into India at below their normal values because of which the domestic industry suffered...
Italy is the second-highest aluminium consumption market in Europe just after Germany, with excellent performances in particular of the rolling sector and foundry castings driven by the automotive demand. The country, to meet the increasing demands, imports a considerable amount of aluminium scrap as well from various parts of the world. Let us here analyse its import trend from two of the leading suppliers – Germany and France. According to the global export-import data, Italy’s aluminium scrap import from Germany is likely to drop from172,411 tonnes in 2018 to 169,069 tonnes in 2019, down 3,342 tonnes or 2 per cent, despite a rise in its total amount of estimated aluminium scrap import this year. In 2017, the country's import from Germany was at 169,759 tonnes, 1.6 per cent down from...
The Aluminum Association, in cooperation with the Aluminium Association of Canada, reported primary aluminium production in North America (U.S. and Canada) was at an annual rate of 3,991,956 tonnes during June 2019, a drop of 13,354 tpy or 0.3% from May 2019. The production rate in the U.S. was off 1.4 per cent month on month, while the Canadian rate rose slightly. Year over year, the North American annual rate was 8.4 per cent more than the June 2018 rate of 3,683,641 tonnes. North America's actual primary aluminium production in June 2019 stood at 328,106 tonnes. The U.S. produced 93,042 tonnes of primary aluminium in June 2019, down 4.6% month on month. The volume was 48.6% more from June 2018, which is a significant increase for the industry. For the first half of 2019, the U.S....
Rio Tinto reported a 1 per cent increase in bauxite production to 13.4 million tonnes in the second quarter of 2019. Production was up 5 per cent quarter-on-quarter. Bauxite production increased 1 per cent year-on-year to 26.1 million tonnes in the first half of 2019. “Production at managed operations increased by 2%, with the ramp-up of Amrun progressing despite weather related impacts in the first quarter. This was partly offset by lower production from the nonmanaged Porto Trombetas (MRN) JV in Brazil,” Rio Tinto said. “The expansion project at CBG, a non-managed JV in Guinea, experienced a slower than expected ramp-up, but is now delivering at target run-rates.” The third-party shipments of 9.5 million tonnes were achieved in the second quarter of 2019, eight per cent higher than the...
Altech Chemicals Limited has provided an update on the current status of Stage 1 construction activities at its high purity alumina (HPA) plant site in Johor, Malaysia. Stage one construction work is progressing as planned. They have finished erection of the steel structure for the maintenance workshop frame and roof. The cladding of the roof and canopy is also complete. Altech updates that the installation of internal mezzanine flooring and cladding of the building walls is currently going on. About 90% of work is finished on the wall construction along both the western and eastern site boundaries. The internal site retaining wall construction is complete and the area is currently undergoing backfilling. Construction is going on for the on-site detention (OSD) storm water tanks according...
Rio Tinto’s aluminium production was 0.8 million tonnes in the second quarter of 2019. Production was in line with the corresponding period of 2018. But production was up one per cent quarter-on-quarter. Aluminium production stood at 1.59 million tonnes in the first half of 2019, unchanged from the first half of 2018. “Excluding the non-managed Becancour operation, where a lock-out constrained operation, aluminium production in the first half was 1% higher than the corresponding period in 2018, reflecting continued productivity improvement.” On 2 July 2019, management and unions at the Becancour smelter agreed a new labour arrangement which will lead to restart of production at the end of July, with full ramp-up expected by mid-2020, Rio Tinto said. “At the Kemano hydro-power facility at...
According to a recent report, The Cannondale Bicycle Corporation has launched the next iteration of its long-standing CAAD aluminium performance range - CAAD13. Introducing a new-look machine that is designed to be faster and more comfortable, Cannondale has added dropped seat stays, aerodynamic tubing, disc brakes, and increased tyre clearance to the new bike. Cannondale’s pavement product director David Devine explained: “Every new CAAD bike we design improves on the preceding version, but the CAAD13 represents a pretty radical new direction for us. With CAAD13, we focused on elements that really improve the ride, namely drag reduction, comfort and wide-ranging capability, while not increasing the weight.” Compared to CAAD12, the new model has more careful aluminium distribution,...
Poor summer trades bolstered the US dollar yesterday. Base metals ended mostly higher. LME aluminium climbed 0.8% and SHFE aluminium went up 0.3%. Improved macroeconomic sentiment buoyed most base metals yesterday. All LME aluminium contacts settled over US$ 1800 per tonne mark. Three-month LME aluminium climbed to a high of US$1,843 per tonne and ended 0.82% higher on the day at US$1,843 per tonne. The contract is likely to trade at US$1,790-1,850 per tonne. As on July 15, Monday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1809.50 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1810 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1829 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 1830 per tonne; Dec 20 bid price stands at US$ 1932 per tonne, and Dec 20 offer price stands at US$ 1937 per...
According to a report on Monday, July 15, Bosnia’s Federation Government has decided that Aluminij Mostar will continue operating for the next six months and should come up with a rescue plan during that period. The problem with Aluminij’s power supplies, however, remains unresolved. On July 10, the smelter closed down its operations after being disconnected from the power grid due to huge debt of about 280 million marka to the state power utility. "The company will be able to exist in the next six months and nobody will be able to block its accounts or launch bankruptcy proceedings,” Zdenko Klepic, the head of Aluminij's supervisory board, said after a meeting between the leader of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) party Dragan Covic, the Federation's...
As on Tuesday, 16 July 2019, the average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2547 per tonne, down by RMB 35 per tonne from its previous price of RMB 2582 per tonne on July 15. Average alumina price in East China is hovering around RMB 2650 per tonne, down RMB 30 per tonne from its previous price. Alumina Central China stands at RMB 2560 per tonne, down RMB 30 per tonne from RMB 2590 per tonne. Alumina price in North China has dropped by RMB 40 per tonne to stand at RMB 2530 per tonne, and Alumina South China is down RMB 35 per tonne at RMB 2555 per tonne. Australian alumina FOB price has decreased by USD 10 per tonne to USD 300 per tonne on Tuesday, 16 July 2019. Alumina (Imported) is down RMB 50 per tonne or 1.67 per tonne at RMB 2950 per tonne. The average price is expected to range within...
AlCircle has again come up with an informative report “Red Mud (Bauxite Residue) Management: Storage & Valorisation” to provide a comprehensive, in-depth study on red mud generation, processing, disposal/storage to various valorisation aspects including material extraction and usage in various end-applications. While aluminium as a green metal is offering a wide range of benefits in numerous applications, a concern is arousing over issues surrounding red mud (bauxite residue), which is a slurry by-product formed during the production of alumina, the key raw material for producing aluminium, from bauxite through the Bayer process. Depending on the ore grade, around 4 to 6 tonnes of bauxite is required to produce 2 tonnes of alumina, which in turn provides 1 tonne of aluminium. For each...
Montenegrin aluminium company Uniprom has reportedly opened a silumin alloys production unit worth 10 million euro or $11.3 million at its local aluminium smelter KAP. The news arrived after the government officially announced about the opening of the manufacturing unit on Monday, July 15. At this new unit which will have dozens of employees, Uniprom will produce aluminium alloys in the form of small ingots, said the government in a statement. "The new factory will make a product that can go directly to the halls of automotive or aviation giants. Every new product in Montenegro is a step towards new jobs," Prime Minister Dusko Markovic said during the opening ceremony. In March 2019, the owner of Uniprom Veselin Pejovic had declared that the company was investing about 26 million euro in...
Henan Zhongfu High Precision Aluminum Products Co., Ltd has become a new Production & Transformation member of Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). The company, established in 2013, is a high end aluminium alloy new material manufacturer and is wholly owned by Henan Zhongfu Industrial Co.,Ltd. Henan Zhongfu High Precision Aluminum Products Co., Ltd’s produces aluminium can body stock, can end stock, can tab stock and aluminium foil stock for food, beverage and other product sectors. It is mainly dedicated to world class quality of aluminium strip and sheets. “We are very glad to join ASI. We will make proactive efforts to implement and support ASI Standards to achieve sustainable development of aluminium production,” said General Manager, Wenchao Ma. Zhongfu Industrial Co., Ltd.,...
According to a recent report, Ghana Bauxite Company Limited workers at Awaso are set to resume work following a successful renegotiation with the nine-member committee. The committee was set up to ensure the re-engagement of the workers. The workers were collectively agitated over the poor work conditions at Ghana Bauxite Company Limited and the meagre salaries they get. The Western Regional and Industrial Relations Officer of Construction and Building Materials Workers Union Mr. Richard Asamoah Mensah told Citi News that the committee was working on a memorandum with the workers. “We have been able to cover the collective agreement with the memorandum of understanding of which we are going to sit again in two weeks times. We have had an increase of workers and bonus for the workers,...
