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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A new 61.87 Sanlorenzo motor yacht has been reportedly sold to the buyer introduced by Camper & Nicholsons International. The yacht is currently under construction with aluminium and steel by Italian yard Sanlorenzo to a design by Officina Italiana Design and Lloyds classed and is scheduled for delivery in 2021. The yacht comes with three interior layout options and two top deck profiles. One of the deck profiles offers a fully enclosed top deck with wheelhouse, creating a private owner’s deck below, and the other profile offers a more conventional arrangement with an open sun deck and an enclosable veranda under the mast. Besides, the yacht boasts an array of desirable lifestyle features the include a Jacuzzi plunge pool on the sun deck, a swimming pool on the main deck, a full beach...
G. Pivaudran, a French company specialising in metal processing to make stoppers, caps and coverings for perfumes, cosmetics and spirits packaging, demonstrated surface treatment tests made on recycled aluminium during the Édition Spéciale by Luxe Pack show in Paris. The tests show promising results notwithstanding the limitations. Though aluminium is infinitely recyclable, the use of recycled material in the luxury packaging sector faces several challenges. The French company, which has a reputation of using only high-purity aluminium, has starter a series of technical tests to understand what proportion of recycled aluminium could be used for luxury packaging markets. In theory, aluminium is infinitely recyclable. However, the use of recycled qualities in the luxury sector faces several...
As shown by the latest US Geological Survey latest release on Bauxite and Alumina in the First Quarter 2019, imports of alumina by the U.S. in the first quarter of 2019 more than doubled to 623,000 tonnes from 273,000 tonnes in fourth quarter of 2018. The volume was 35% more than those in the first quarter of 2018, and more than doubled from those in the first quarter of 2017. The growth in import indicates growing consumption by the domestic aluminium smelters in the US. The growth was primarily driven by reopening of Alcoa and Century smelters after the US tariffs. US aluminium production in the first quarter of 2019 registered a substantial growth of 42.7% to 282,645 tonnes from 197,968 tonnes in Q1 2018 leading to growing demand for alumina and increased import. The leading sources of...
The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) reported that Iran's total production of aluminium declined by 32 per cent in the first two months of the current fiscal (March 21- May 21) compared with last year's corresponding period. Aluminium production came in at 41,367 tonnes. Iran’s flagship aluminium producer Iran Aluminum Company (IRALCO) accounted for 30,625 tonnes of the total figure. That was up 2 per cent in the two-month period. Almahdi Aluminum Company produced 5,221 tonnes, down by 56 per cent. Hormozal Aluminum Company churned out 5,156 tonnes, which was a 73 per cent drop on the year. Iran Alumina Company’s alumina production stood at 38,908 tonnes during the two months, showing a 6 per cent decline. Alumina powder production in...
China’s largest listed steel producer Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (Baosteel) will reportedly start test production at its upcoming aluminium project in Henan province from mid-2020. The first phase of Baosteel’s aluminium alloy casting and deep processing plant will have a capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year and around 6.14 billion yuan of investment will be required for the project, according to Sanmenxia City Urban and Rural Integration Demonstration Zone. Baosteel had earlier shared its strategic intention to diversify its business into the automotive aluminium sector. Last year, the company had even taken a stake in Nanjing Yunhai Special Metals, which also makes aluminium alloy. Per the report, the construction of the Baosteel’s aluminium plant is expected to be completed by June...
The US dollar index inched up on Tuesday with the fall of euro. LME and SHFE base metals traded higher across the board after a "very good" telephone conversation between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on Tuesday night. LME aluminium gained 1.1% on Monday and SHFE aluminium advanced 0.6% overnight. LME aluminium closed higher at US$ 1733 per tonne yesterday after two consecutive losses. Three-month LME aluminium advanced 1.11% to end at US$1,778 per tonne on Tuesday, just below the 20-day moving average. It is expected to test resistance at US$1,800 per tonne today, and trade between US$1,770-1,820 per tonne. As on June 18, Tuesday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1732 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1733 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1761 per...
According to a recent report, the Anglo-Australian mining corporation, Rio Tinto, has temporarily suspended the operation at its Gove Operations bauxite mine last week after Electrical Trades Union (ETU) delegates discovered improper lighting condition at the ship loading facility. ETU Northern Territory organiser David Hayes said that on investigation they found inadequate lighting throughout the whole area and that was the reason why they asked Rio Tinto to stop loading the ship until the installation of new lightings. "It's absolutely extreme that we would have to go there with a company like Rio Tinto, who is a massive multinational organisation, who would put their workers in a high-risk work environment, and have them trudging around with no lights on, or very little lighting,"...
A00 aluminium ingot price recorded an increase of RMB 50 per tonne, after falling four days in a row. Ingot price stood at RMB13900 per tonne on Wednesday, 19 June 2019. The average prices are expected to range between RMB13880 per tonne and RMB13920 per tonne. Spot aluminium contract is likely to be traded at a discount of RMB10 per tonne to a premium of 30 per tonne. Aluminium ingot price in Foshan stood 0.43 per cent higher, standing at RMB13980 per tonne. The average price is expected to hover at RMB13960- 14000 per tonne today. Ingot price in Wuxi and Hangzhou increased by RMB 45 per tonne and RMB 30 per tonne to stand at RMB 13895 per tonne and RMB13905 per tonne respectively. Aluminium ingot price in Chongqing, Shenyang, Tianjin, Linyi, and Gongyi came in at RMB13890 per tonne,...
According to a recent report, researchers at the USA’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has demonstrated a single-step production technique called ‘friction extrusion’ to produce aluminium wire, rod, and tube parts from aluminium powder. According to them, this would specially benefit the specialised aerospace applications, where cost is not a limiting factor. A typical process of producing wire, rod, and tube parts from aluminium powder involves a lot of energy and multiple steps, such as loose powder loaded into a can and gases removed using a vacuum, followed by the can to be sealed, hot pressed, pre-heated, and placed into the extrusion press and then the can to be removed to reveal the extruded part made from consolidated powder. But this new technique eliminates all these...
British–Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company Glencore has reportedly shown interest in acquiring Bosnia’s aluminium smelter Aluminij Mostar. The news came after Glencore’s general manager said this on Monday, June 17. Bosnia’s Aluminij has been in trouble for years and therefore, seeking a strategic partner who can protect it from bankruptcy. The company accumulated heavy debt over the years because of high alumina and electricity prices. The situation further worsened when Bosnian power utility Elektroprivreda HZHB prepared to cut electricity supplies to Aluminij on June 16 due to unpaid debts. Aluminij’s total debt is at 377 million Bosnian marka, of which 280 million marka is owed to the state utility Elektroprivreda HZHB. However, news wire Klix.ba reported on...
For outstanding financial and production achievements over the past four years, the CMD of National Aluminium Company Limited, Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, has been honoured with the ‘Global Indian Business Leader’ award on June 17, 2019. On behalf of Dr. Chand, Nalco DGM (Corporate Communication) Asutosh Rath received the award in New Delhi. Based on Dalal Street Journal’s rating of Nalco as the fastest growing PSU in the last five years, the award ceremony organised by the Indian Achievers’ Forum acknowledged Dr. Chand for leading the company in growth path and achieving the global benchmark of the lowest-cost producer of bauxite and alumina in the world. Since July 2015 when Dr. Chand joined Nalco as CMD, the company had been consistently delivering across all parameters of production,...
China’s largest real estate developer China Evergrande Group is planning to expand heavily into the electric vehicle market by constructing major EV plants in the northeast China city of Shenyang and the south China city of Guangzhou. The company has agreed to invest RMB 280 billion (US$40 billion) to build the two EV production centres after signing an agreement with the governments of the two cities. The company will invest RMB 120 billion in Shenyang and the fund will cover construction of an EV assembly plant, an EV battery factory and a separate plant that will produce electric motors and control systems. The group did not release further details on the EV production site in Shenyang. Evergrande will invest RMB 160 billion in Guangzhou for the construction of the Guangzhou production...
Malaysia’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 39,100 tonnes in the first three months of 2019, 93.56 per cent higher than the corresponding period of 2018, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. In March, aluminium scrap imports from the US came in at 15,200 tonnes, an increase of 141.27 per cent from 6,300 tonnes in the same period last year. Imports increased 7.8 per cent from February’s import volume of 14,100 tonnes. Total aluminium imports including scrap stood at 39,900 tonnes in the first three months of 2019. That was up 84.72 per cent compared with the same period last year. Malaysia had imported 21,600 tonnes of these products in January-March 2018. Imports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.)...
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, The Association’s “Index of Net New Orders of Aluminum Mill Products” for May 2019 declined 1.9 per cent from April 2019. Orders for flat roll products (sheet, plate, can stock and foil) were down slightly month on month, while orders for extruded products were off 5.3 per cent. Total orders were down 10.4 per cent YoY. On average, orders recorded by domestic producers through May 2019 were off 6.8 per cent from the same period of 2018. Shipments of can stock by domestic producers totalled dropped 13 per cent YoY to 312.2 million pounds during May 2019. Month on month shipments were off slightly. YTD shipments through May 2019 were down 7.6 per cent from YTD 2018 to 1,556.1 million pounds. In May, producer shipments of can stock to...
Ahead of the budget, aluminium producers in India have reportedly urged the government to increase import duty on primary aluminium, aluminium scrap, and downstream products. Besides, they have also sought steps from the government to rationalise the costs of raw materials. Industry bodies such as the Aluminium Association of India (AAI) and FICCI have made the government aware of the fact that the rising aluminium imports, declining domestic market share, and rising production and logistic costs have taken a toll on the country's metal industry. Moreover, non-competitive energy costs and acute coal shortage are being found hitting the industry adversely, said Rahul Sharma, co-chairman of FICCI Committee on Mining and Minerals, in a press statement. He also pointed out that the lack of...
The US dollar index was little changed on Monday as investors awaited this week’s crucial US Federal Reserve meeting. LME base metals closed mixed on Monday and aluminium nudged up. SHFE base metals performed similarly and aluminium stayed flat. LME continued its downward trend on the first day of the week. LME cash contract closed lower at US$ 1719.5 per tonne. Three-month LME aluminium slid to a low of US$1,745 per tonne, the lowest since January 11, 2017, on Monday before it rebounded to close overnight at US$1,758.5 per tonne. It is expected to trade rangebound between US$1,740-1,800 per tonne today. As on June 17, Monday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1719 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1719.50 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1754 per...
Canyon Resources Limited has announced the appointment of James Durrant as Project Development Manager for the Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon. James Durrant is an experienced operations leader, project developer and technical marketing manager bringing relevant industry experience from BHP and Danakali. “Durrant brings to the role his operational and corporate leadership experiences from roles in tier 1 operational mining companies and junior mining project development including at Danakali’s Colluli Potash Project where Mr Durrant led the technical, social and environmental studies,” Canyon Resources said through its press release. The market capitalization of the company grew from $20m to $200m during Durrant’s 4 year tenure at Danakali. Durrant compliments the leadership team...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the A00 aluminium ingot price has extended its fall today, June 18, by RMB 80 per tonne to stand at RMB 13,850 per tonne. This is the fourth consecutive fall after a slight rise on June 12 from RMB 14,070 per tonne to RMB 14,080 per tonne. The average prices today are expected to range between RMB 13,830 per tonne and RMB 13,870 per tonne. Spot aluminium contract is likely to be traded at a premium of RMB 40 per tonne. Foshan has seen a major drop among all other cities in China, as the price there has declined by RMB 90 per tonne to stand at RMB 13,920 per tonne, followed by Tianjin and Gongyi, where the price has inched down by RMB 60 per tonne to RMB 13,880 per tonne and RMB 13,785 per tonne respectively. Hangzhou, Wuxi, Chongqing, and Shenyang have...
