Cleaner aluminium depends on three things going right at once: scrap collection, melting it in a furnace without much carbon, and the electricity behind the whole chain not being coal-powered. Developments across North America, the UK, the European Union (EU), Egypt, Thailand, Malaysia and India depict how unevenly those pieces are falling into place. While some markets are losing recoverable metal at the sorting line, others are redirecting cargoes or writing scrap into industrial policy, and a few are lining up green projects to hold primary aluminium production together. Aluminium scrap trade: North America leads, Thailand bans, EU retains The international aluminium scrap market is facing a combination of changing trade flows and growing pressure to secure cleaner, more consistent...
ASSA ABLOY has agreed to acquire Brazilian aluminium solutions manufacturer Rometal, strengthening its manufacturing presence in Latin America while expanding its portfolio of door systems, furniture fittings and aluminium products. Announced on November 12, 2026, the proposed acquisition would bring an established Brazilian business with approximately 500 employees into the Swedish group's Americas Division. Rometal recorded sales of approximately BRL 332 million (USD 59 million) in 2025, equivalent to approximately SEK 580 million (USD 57.57 million) in ASSA ABLOY's announcement. The purchase price has not been disclosed. ASSA ABLOY described the company's EBIT margin in 2025 as strong and expects the transaction to be accretive to earnings per share from the start. Rometal acquisition...
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Vedanta Resources Plc. is considering making a bid to buy Ohio-based aluminium rolled products maker Aleris Corporation. Vedanta’s key products are aluminium, alumina, copper, and iron ore among others. “While there is no certainty that Vedanta will eventually make a bid for Aleris, competitive bidding, if it happens, can make the deal expensive for the acquirer,” sources preferring anonymity said. Earlier this month, Hindalco Industries Ltd. had made non-binding offer valued at around US$2.5 billion (including debt) through its India aluminium giant’s U.S. unit, Novelis Inc. Aleris, owned by Oaktree Capital Group LLC and Apollo Global Management LLC, had earlier agreed to a buying bid from the Chinese-origin Zhongwang USA LLC. The deal was called off in November last year after the U.S....
An optimistic projection method based on last five years’ export data yielded figures showing India’s bauxite export (HS Code 260600) decreasing by around 53 per cent year-on-year in 2018. From approximately 2.6 million tonnes in 2017 (verified data from Ministry still awaited), the annual bauxite export for the current calendar year is estimated to come down to around 1.2 million tonnes. However, Aluminium Association of India thinks this quantity should further shrink in order to support more value-addition of the aluminium ore within the country. The industry body recently approached the Centre urging an import duty hike on aluminium scrap and primary aluminium to 10 per cent from 2.5 per cent and 7.5 per cent respectively. The association also sought an increase in export duty on...
Alcoa Corporation the leading global conglomerate in bauxite, alumina and aluminium reported fourth quarter and full-year 2017 results yesterday. The results were positively impacted by strong alumina and aluminium pricing and management’s focus on reducing complexity, driving returns and strengthening the balance sheet. The Company closed the year with $1.36 billion cash, up $239 million sequentially and $505 million year-over-year. Based on January 2018 market assumptions2, Alcoa is projecting its full-year 2018 adjusted EBITDA to range between $2.6 billion and $2.8 billion. For Q4 2017, the company reported net loss of $196 million and excluding special items, adjusted net income of $195 million. EBITDA excluding special items was up 38 per cent sequentially, on higher alumina pricing....
Toyota Motor Corporation yesterday released a statement regarding impact of Kobe Steel quality issue on Toyota and Lexus vehicles. The company confirmed that they found no safety issues with the aluminium parts supplied by Kobe Steel. “We have examined the data that Kobe Steel provided (one or more years' worth) and evaluated the potential impacts of the materials purchased from Kobe Steel, using the data that contained the largest deviations from the specifications of Toyota or its suppliers,” the company said in its final report. “In these investigations, regarding all of the materials referenced in Kobe Steel's announcements on October 8, 11, and 13, 2017 we have confirmed that our vehicles' quality and performance satisfy our own internal standards.” Toyota said that aluminium...
The zigzag movement of the A00 ingot price graph is continuing and it is still struggling with climbing inventory and slow consumption. According to Shanghai Metals Market, average A00 ingot price saw another drop today to stand at RMB 14420 per tonne and expected to move within a range of RMB 14,400-14,440. Spot discount will range within RMB 170-130 per tonne today. Aluminium ingot prices registered a drop in all individual markets in China except the South China and North China market. Average spot alumina prices have registered a slight drop to stand at RMB 2864 per tonne today. In East China Market alumina prices registered a rise and in Central China it saw a fall. Chalco and imported alumina prices remain unchanged and so are other domestic spot markets. Bauxite (4.5≤Al/Si＜5.5) and...
Architectural fabrications firm Metalline has become the first to use an innovative natural stone-textured finish on their wide range of CWCT certified rain-screen aluminium cladding panels, the company said in a release recently. Rainscreen Panels supported by carriers and bracketry are designed to allow ventilation and drainage run-off in line with current building regulations. Aluminium cladding rainscreen panels serve this purpose while offering protection to the external façade of a building. Aluminium panels being lightweight help in project erection and the metal’s inherent formability enables designers to experiment with new designs. For refurbishment projects, aluminium cladding rainscreen panels work best because they are easy to install and help in giving an instantaneous...
LME aluminium managed to hold grounds as it showed modest gain to US$2,197.50 per tonne during morning trading hours on Wednesday, January 17. However, the light metal contract fell marginally to close at US$2,187 per tonne, still up from US$2,172 per tonne on Tuesday, January 16. Shanghai Metals Market analysis suggests that LME aluminium will stay range-bound at US$2,175-2,200 per tonne on Thursday, January 18, with resistance at US$2,000 per tonne. As on January 17, LME official cash buyer aluminium price (Bid Price) stands at US$2,186.50 per tonne, cash seller & settlement aluminium price (Offer price) is US$2,187 per tonne, 3M Bid Price is US$2,193.50 per tonne, 3M Offer Price is US$2,194 per tonne, Dec1 Bid Price is US$2,248 per tonne, and Dec1 Offer Price is US$2,253 per tonne. LME...
Concurring with Bengal Global Business Summit, AlCircle; the Global Aluminium Ecosystem organised a Global Aluminium Roundtable Conference at its Ecospace office in Kolkata today. A roundtable meeting covering the topic of global aluminium industry with a special focus on the demand supply dynamics, price trends, downstream expansions, new business opportunities and an outlook for 2018 was hosted with delegates from Gulf Aluminium Council, Danieli, A&L aluminium magazine & Metef Group and JS Group. <iframe width="100%" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BWVRwuUypt0?ecver=1" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe> Gulf Aluminium Council was represented by its Secretary General Mahmood Daylami. Mr Alberto Pomari, the Marketing Director of A&L...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, is pleased to announce the launch of pilot operation of eight new generation RA-550 pots at Sayanogorsk Aluminium Smelter. The total amount of investment in the project amounted to USD 30 mln. The project to develop the technology and launch the RA-550 site at SAZ was implemented within three years. The key advantage of this new development made by the Technical Directorate of RUSAL is its high energy efficiency. RA-550 consumes 10-15% less electricity versus pots of previous generations. Due to design and technological solutions, RA-550 became lighter, more compact, and more environmentally efficient. The RA-550 technology applies a number of innovative engineering solutions that define the new standard of the industry: · Fundamentally new...
Busche Performance Group (BPG) has finalized an agreement with MetalX for sourcing all aluminium raw materials for BPG foundry operations. MetalX will manage all activities related to the sourcing, procurement, delivery, and administration associated with aluminium scrap and refined aluminium products consumed and generated by BPG’s aluminium foundries. Daniel J. Dressler, VP of Procurement and Business Development for parent company BPG said, “This agreement will allow the foundry division to be better connected to the aluminium markets and gain significant benefits from the MetalX team’s expertise with buying and selling of aluminium raw materials in the metals marketplace.” “This will also allow BPG foundries to focus on growing their foundry operations and “partner” with a...
Aluminium prices in China are under pressure as Chinese inventory grows on slow consumption. As reported by Shanghai Metals Market, Average A00 ingot price dropped further to stand at RMB 14,440 per tonne today from RMB 14,700 and expected to move within a range of RMB 14,420-14,460. Spot discount will range within RMB 120-80 per tonne today. Aluminium ingot prices registered a drop in all individual markets in China. As of January 12, domestic primary aluminium inventory stood at 1.76 million tonnes. The record high inventory is also due to the transportation hurdles caused by the bad weather conditions in northwest China. According to Huatai Futures analyst Wu Xiangfeng, profits are expected for aluminium producers after losses since November 2017 due to capacity cut drives. This...
South Africa, the 33rd largest importer in the world, is estimated to import less aluminium wire this year. The top aluminium wire exporter to South Africa is Mozambique. Mozambique exported an estimated 26210 tonnes of aluminium wire in 2017. The country imports major chunk of this product from Malaysia, Oman and India. As per global export-import data, South Africa’s aluminium wire imports reached an estimated total of 35355 tonnes in 2016. In 2017, the volume increased noticeably to stand at 45894 tonnes. In 2018, the estimated aluminium wire import is expected to reach 42507 tonnes. The total aluminium wire import was valued at US$75 million in 2016, which increased to reach US$110 million in 2017. In 2018, the value of imports of this product is also expected to decline in 2018....
Ford’s 2017 launch- the massive Lincoln Navigator SUV won the North American Truck of the Year award in Detroit Auto Show 2018. The aluminium-bodied SUV stood tall amid a crowd of new SUVs, crossovers and trucks. The recognition has given Ford an edge over its competitors General Motors and Fiat Chryslar in the truck and SUV categories. Ford Motor Company unveiled its Lincoln luxury brand’s 2018 Navigator SUV at the 2017 New York International Auto Show. The all new Navigator with aluminium body was positioned to compete with Cadillac Escalade. The company made a switch from steel to aluminium body for its new Navigator and that made the SUV around 90 kg lighter than its predecessors! While Ford is walking away all with all the awards and accolades for its aluminium vision, its rivals are...
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has submitted an application for environmental clearance with the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) for its bauxite mine in Pottangi, Odisha. The expert committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change will examine Nalco’s application on January 19, 2018. The Pottangi bauxite mine will have an annual production capacity of 3.5 million tonnes. The bauxite mine with 75 million tonnes of reserve will supply company’s refinery of one million tonne capacity at Damanjodi. The company will source bauxite from its Panchpatmalli South bauxite mine till Pottangi mine gets operational. Panchpatmalli south bauxite mine with cost of INR 600 crore has a capacity of 3.1 million tonnes per annum.
The Aluminium Association of India has sought an increase in import duty on aluminium scrap. The industry body approached the Centre seeking a hike from 2.5 per cent to 10 per cent. It has also demanded a hike in import duty on primary aluminium from 7.5 per cent to 10 per cent. Before Budget 2017, import duty on aluminium scrap was at 2.5 per cent and that on primary aluminium was 5 per cent. The Government raised the import duty on primary aluminium to 7.5 per cent in the last budget. As a result, the difference between customs duty on primary aluminium and aluminium scrap got widened from 2.5 per cent to 5 per cent. The Association claims, this widening of the import duty gap has resulted in increased aluminium scrap imports up to 56 per cent, which is not only dampening the...
LME aluminium price dropped as ingot flow increased and US dollar index regained strength on Tuesday, January 16. The light metal contract which started the week at around US$2,233 per tonne, slipped to US$2,172 per tonne after night trading yesterday. Shanghai Metals Market analysis suggests that LME aluminium will trade at US$2,180-2,200 per tonne with support at the 20-day moving average on Wednesday, January 17. As on January 16, LME official cash buyer aluminium price (Bid Price) stands at US$2,171.50 per tonne, cash seller & settlement aluminium price (Offer price) is US$2,172 per tonne, 3M Bid Price is US$2,181 per tonne, 3M Offer Price is US$2,181.50 per tonne, Dec1 Bid Price is US$2,242 per tonne, and Dec1 Offer Price is US$2,247 per tonne. LME aluminium opening stock stands at...
Shape Corporation has signed a purchase agreement Ohio-based aluminium extruder, Magnode. The acquisition is expected to close in early March and will increase Shape’s lightweight product and process portfolio. Shape president Mark White said, “Coupling Magnode’s decades of experience in the aluminium extrusion business with Shape’s global footprint and engineering know-how in impact energy management and body structures will mean that Shape is now a fully integrated, one-stop shop for customers seeking aluminium solutions.” “We can support customers with engineering, development and manufacturing in both 6000 or 7000 series aluminium applications and our value stream is optimized to provide the most competitive solutions possible.” The company said that Magnode’s Trenton, Ohio facility...
RUSA announced today that it has entered into a five year agreement with ENERGOPROM Group (EPM) for the supply of 21,500 tonnes of cathode blocks per year. Cathode blocks are critical materials for production of primary aluminium. In the period from 2018 through 2022 ENERGOPROM will cover up to 70 per cent of the total demand for coal-graphite raw materials of company's smelters. The company will supply the products from its Novosibirsk Electrode Plant- the largest of its kind in Russia. Vladislav Soloviev, CEO of RUSAL, commented: “The security of raw materials supply is one of RUSAL’s long term priorities that ensures stable operation of our production facilities. A fixed price, which is a condition of the five-year contract, will help to mitigate risks related to imports, as prior to...
