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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Hammerer Aluminium Industries has joined Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as a new Production & Transformation member. The company aims to be an active part and contribute to the development of ASI organization and to provide a friendly and safe environment in all its activities. Hammerer Aluminium Industries, founded in 2007, is headquartered in Ranshofen, Austria and has 5 further locations in Germany and Romania. The company generated sales of around 510 million euros in the three production areas Casting (foundry), Extrusion (Extrusion) and Processing (Mechanical Processing) in 2018. The Group's products are used in construction, automotive and transport technology sectors Electrical engineering, in mechanical and plant engineering and in aviation as well as in medical...
The Australian firm Pure Alumina Limited is on track to acquire Canada-based Polar Sapphire that owns one of the world’s most efficient and effective processes for making high purity alumina (HPA). Scott Nichol, the founder and chief executive of Polar Sapphire, who is soon becoming the Pure Alumina’s new managing director, confirmed the news. The deal is a company-maker for Pure Alumina, planning to become the lowest-cost producers of 5N HPA in the world. Polar Sapphire is already operating a pilot plant in Canada that has produced sufficient quantities of HPA for supplying to its growing customer base as well as for product development. Nichol said in an interview that Polar Sapphire took five years to develop the equipment used in its HPA process. “We have developed specific equipment...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) reportedly announced yesterday, June 16 that it achieved cost savings of AED20.8 million through suggestion scheme in the first half of 2019. The EGA suggestion scheme first came into effect in May 1981 with the intention of involving the most valuable asset of an organisation – the employees. Getting their ideas and gaining their involvements are the two main vision of this scheme. Since January 2019, EGA employees have given over 14,000 ideas to reduce costs and improve processes at worksites. During the Holy Month of Ramadan, the company launched another campaign to accelerate the implementation of the employees' suggestions and award them. Around 5,812 suggestions were implemented during the Holy month. Abdulla Kalban, the Managing Director and CEO of...
Constellium was a recipient of the Groupe PSA 2019 Supplier Award in the category of Corporate Social Responsibility. This program recognizes supplier engagement and excellence, and acknowledges the important role that suppliers play in the automaker’s success. Michelle Wen, Executive Vice President, Global Purchasing & Supplier Quality at Groupe PSA, said, “This award recognizes Constellium’s dedication to continuously improve its sustainability performance. Constellium’s EcoVadis ranking has progressed regularly over the years, the company has demonstrated its commitment to a responsible supply chain, and is working to make Constellium more energy efficient, with a target of 10% improvement from 2015 to 2020.” Groupe PSA honored Constellium for its deep and multifaceted commitment to...
Shanghai Metals Market data showed that social inventories of primary aluminium across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, stood at 1.088 million tonnes as of Monday, 17 June 2019. Primary aluminium stocks dropped 30,000 tonnes from 1.118 million tonnes on Thursday June 13. Inventories in China extended their declines over the weekend. The chart below indicates the current status of primary aluminium inventories across all major China markets: Primary aluminium inventories in Wuxi, Jiangsu, and Shanghai dropped 10,000 tonnes and 4,000 tonnes from Thursday June 13 to stand at 382,000 tonnes and 213,000 tonnes on Monday, 17 June 2019. Inventories in Nanhai, Guangdong came in at 242,000 tonnes, a drop of 9,000 tonnes from Thursday June 13. Primary aluminium inventories...
The United Kingdom is known for the automobile industry, followed by the building and construction sector that generates considerable demand for aluminium bar, rods and profiles. Of late, the UK’s aerospace industry has increased its operations that also demand aluminium bar rods and profiles. Besides, the UK is a major aluminium product manufacturing hub; so, the country supplies aluminium bar rods and profiles to other parts of the world besides using in the domestic market. In 2016, the United Kingdom had exported 16,820 tonnes of aluminium bar rods and profiles to several countries, which in 2017 increased to 18,905 tonnes, up 12.39 per cent. In 2018, the export amount rose further to 20,991 tonnes, 25 per cent higher than in 2016 and 11 per cent higher than in 2017. However, this...
Colorado startup Dunraven seamlessly merges clean aluminium design and cozy living to camp in its new Trail Ridge caravan that offers enough room for the whole family. The 18-foot (5.5-m), lightweight all-aluminium box trailer is designed for families that want to fully experience the outdoors with all the facilities inside the trailer. It offers an outdoor kitchen, off-grid power system and standing-height interior that can accommodate five to six people with beds. After the US states like Arizona, California and Utah excelling in the small camper space in last few years, Colorado is recently making its presence felt in the segment. Boulder-based Dunraven joins other emerging Coloradan small camper companies like Colorado Backcountry, Contravans, Timberleaf Trailers and Oasis Campervans....
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced Lotte Aluminium has become a new Production & Transformation member of ASI. This brings the total number of ASI members to 92 and the total number of Production & Transformation members to 40. Lotte Aluminium manufactures and sells aluminium foil, printed packaging materials, corrugated cardboard boxes, and CANㆍPET bottles. The company is dedicated to become Asia’s leading global company in new materials by guaranteeing the world’s best quality and productivity through enhancing global competitiveness, improving its brand value, and technical innovation. “Founded in 1966, our aluminium foil business has been supplying diverse aluminium foil products such as various medicine & food packaging materials and electronic industrial materials...
Noranda Bauxite organised an Agriculture Education Industry Exposition at the Port Rhodes Sports Complex in Discovery Bay, St Ann, Jamaica on May 30 to demonstrate how agricultures and education sector can be developed and boosted by the bauxite industry. Bauxite industry in Jamaica has the impression of being a sector that mines the ground to take out ores and ships to foreign investors at the cost of the environment and community. Noranda Bauxite took a bold step to change that perception while sticking to the theme 'agriculture meets mining' for a first-ever presentation on various facets of the bauxite industry which people in Jamaica are unaware of. It was a new experience for Jamaican visiting the expo and seeing hundreds of small farmers displaying their products farmed on...
Senior aluminium analyst at SMM, Wang Rui, said that aluminium prices in the short term are likely to moderate on weaker demands in a slack season but slower-than-expected in supply and shrinking inventories sustain on optimistic outlook on prices in the long run. At the Nonferrous and Ferrous Metals Summit jointly held by SMM and Chinese financial research firm Horizon Insights in Shanghai on Friday, June 14, Wang Rui expected China’s aluminium stocks to ease to 700,000 to 800,000 tonnes by the end of 2019. He also shared that the costs and balance of alumina will remain the point of focus in the market in 2019. However, the June-August period is likely to see a deficit of alumina by 430,000 tonnes in China, he estimated. Some new alumina capacity of around 4.4 million tonnes is likely...
The dollar index surged on Friday as encouraging US retail sales data for May eased fears of a slowing economy. With weak manufacturing and investment data from China, LME base metals closed lower on Friday, with the biggest loss of 1.6% in aluminium. SHFE base metals also traded lower and aluminium shed 0.5%. A stronger US dollar lowered three-month LME aluminium below all short-term moving averages to close at an intraday low of US$1,758 per tonne on Friday night. It lost all earlier gains to conclude in a weekly decline. LME aluminium is expected to trade between US$1,750-1,830 per tonne today. As on June 14, Friday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1737 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1737.50 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1770 per tonne,...
Followed by restraint on June 14 at RMB 3032 per tonne, the average spot price of alumina has recorded a decline by RMB 53 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,979 per tonne, found Shanghai Metals Market. Due to the price restraints and declines over the month until now, the average spot price of alumina is standing RMB 108 per tonne lower than the same period last month, when the price was at RMB 3087 per tonne, as of May 17. In the east, the price has inched down by RMB 40 per tonne to RMB 3000 per tonne, while that in the central and north by RMB 60 per tonne and RMB 50 per tonne to RMB 2,990 per tonne and RMB 2,950 per tonne. In the south, the price has registered a drop by RMB 45 per tonne to RMB 3020 per tonne. Against the drop in the alumina spot price, the A00 aluminium ingot price has...
The Lexington Recycle Centre has resumed its operations and once again processing recyclable materials, city officials said on Wednesday, June 12. A mechanical problem had halted the facility’s operations for several days. Some officials reported last week that a machine that separates aluminium cans from other materials had stopped working, resulting in operation shut at the facility. On Wednesday, the recycling centre announced that it made a temporary fix to the problem and still working to fix it permanently. Earlier, officials also said that residents can help prevent future mechanical issues by recycling properly and keeping recyclable materials dry by closing lids on carts and dumpsters to prevent moisture from getting in. Unwanted wet materials add additional stress on mechanical...
Pennsylvania lawmakers are aiming to pass a bill to start a bottle and can deposit program in Pennsylvania. State Rep. Wendy Ullman initiated it as a part of a larger legislation called “Zero Waste Pa.” According to Ullman, this program will help cleaning up the streets and waterways as beverage packaging comprises 6% of waste and 50% of all litter. “My legislation will support and reward recycling, which will ultimately reduce waste throughout Pennsylvania and keep our outdoor areas beautiful and free from litter,” Ullman said in a news release. Ullman wants recycling to become a part of everyday life, and she has seen it happen in other states, “It’s part of what people do,” she said of residents in Maine, where a bottle and can deposit system has been in place since the 70s. She wants...
The year 2018 saw the global aluminium industry being impacted by various factors including constraints in supply of raw materials and imposition of various trade restrictions and sanctions by the US Government. Prices saw some never-before-seen highs and lows and a trade war between the U.S. and its allies created concern in the international market. Now, as the five months of the year 2019 are over, the industry has started consolidating. Most of these issues surrounding the aluminium industry are expected to be resolved and supply as well as price is stabilizing during the first half of the year. The start of 2019 has already witnessed the lifting of sanctions on Rusal by the US Government and trade negotiations between the U.S. and China are taking shape in a positive manner. The US...
A00 aluminium ingot price started the week lower after Dragon Boat Festival. Aluminium ingot recorded further down on June 10 from RMB 14060 per tonne to RMB14020 per tonne. The price inched higher on Tuesday and continued till Wednesday. A00 aluminium ingot price ended the week lower at RMB13970 per tonne on Friday, June 14, 2019. As of yesterday, the average price is expected to range at RMB13950-13990 per tonne. Premium showed no movement till Tuesday, June 11. Premium increased by RMB10 per tonne on Wednesday. Then it dropped RMB10 per tonne on Thursday and Friday. As of yesterday, spot aluminium price is likely to trade at a discount of RMB 10 per tonne to a premium of RMB 30 per tonne. Inventories of primary aluminium in China declined slower over the holiday-extended weekend....
The US dollar started the week higher on Monday, June 11 but, dipped on Tuesday. Then it continued moving up and down leading to a mixed performance by LME and SHFE base metals over the week. Finally the dollar index ended the week higher on Friday. LME aluminium started the week with US$ 1720.5 per tonne and gained further to reach US$ 1756 per tonne but on Friday, LME cash contract plunged to US$ 1737.5 per tonne on Friday. Three months aluminium also plunged after seeing some gains mid-week. The contract is not likely to fluctuate much in the coming week and expected to trade within a lower range. As on June 14, Friday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1737 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1737.50 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1770 per...
According to the recent report, India has finally decided to impose additional customs duties on 29 US products including almond, walnut, and pulses, after delaying it for several times since June 2018. As per the report, the duties will come into effect on June 16, as the extension of the duties will expire on the said date. To recall, these import duties on the United States were decided as a retaliatory move when the Trump administration had declared to levy 25 per cent additional tariff on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium in March 2018. Since then, India had been trying to negotiate which led to the US cutting the tariff on aluminium imports. But now, with the United States’ decision to withdraw India’s GSP status and trade negotiations failing to reach a conclusion, India has...
