A Canadian aluminium extruder is refusing to move its production to the US despite facing a sharp increase in tariffs that could effectively shut it out of one of its largest markets. Apex Aluminum Extrusions, based in Langley, British Columbia, says more than 40 per cent of its sales previously...
As we reflect on the Middle East crisis that commenced on February 28, 2026, and stretched into the second half of the year, it brings to mind the dramatic rise and fall of the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price that reached four-year highs before cooling down. The skyrocketing prices...
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Alused company has received the approval for building an enterprise in Nevinnomyssk, a city located in Stavropol Territory, Southern Russia. The aluminium recycling plant built with a capacity of 2 thousand tonnes of processing per annum, would be specially focusing on the aluminium recycling....
The leading sustainable aluminium solutions provider and the global leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, Novelis, has successfully bagged the 2025 German Ecodesign Award under the category of “Product”. This award has been given to the firm as a recognition of the aluminium sheet prototype,...
Nation’s largest non-ferrous scrap recycler processes 600,000 tonnes of scrap annually and boosts value, purity and sustainability with STEINERT technology . CMR Green, India’s largest non-ferrous scrap recycler, strengthens its role as a global premium supplier by combining large-scale recycling...
The Manama-based leading aluminium producer, Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill B.S.C. (GARMCO), has collaborated with the SMS group GmbH, with a goal to successfully upgrade and deliver motors and drives in the one-stand reversing hot rolling mill. Although initially designed by a third-party supplier,...
In November, the national weighted average full cost of alumina was approximately RMB 2,949 per tonne, down by RMB 7 per tonne month-on-month; the weighted average cash cost was about RMB 2,779 per tonne. Cost Breakdown: Bauxite: In November, the bauxite market overall showed a weak and fluctuating...
By mid-century, aluminium is set to become one of the defining industrial commodities of the energy transition. Long-range modelling (like Marshall’s Equilibrium Model) points in the same direction, i.e., global aluminium demand could grow by around 80 per cent by 2050 compared with 2020. According...
Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation (KNAC) and Rio Tinto have formalised an updated Native Title Agreement designed to reshape how the two parties work together on bauxite mining activities across Nyiyaparli Country, delivering hassle-free processes and stronger cultural protections. The...
On December 2, the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium cash price fell slightly, but other contracts continued the upward trend. The inventory further dropped from the previous day’s close. The LME cash bid fell by USD 1 per tonne or 0.03 per cent to reach USD 2,858 per tonne and the cash offer...
Global bauxite to aluminium production giant Alcoa has marked a major workforce milestone in Western Australia. A total of 24 apprentices completed four years of technical and on-the-job training across its mines and alumina refineries. The graduation ceremony took place on November 13 2025, at the...
Many key investments have emerged in various themes, including artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing and memory chip stocks. But for now, the attention is more extensive on the nuclear energy stocks. This is more so because many high-profile nuclear stocks in Q3 have reported their...
The Eurasian Economic Commission, under the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, has introduced a series of fresh trade measures targeting the Chinese imports of titanium dioxide and aluminium foil. Following the Council’s instruction, the board has agreed to impose anti-dumping duties on both...
Canpack, a global manufacturer of aluminium beverage cans and packaging solutions has released its results for the quarter and nine-month period ending September 30, 2025, reporting a small rise in beverage-can demand but softer profitability. Q3 2025: Higher volumes, firm sales, softer earnings...
Mysteel assessed the national average spot price for metallurgical-grade alumina with purity above 98.6 per cent at RMB 2,851 per tonne (USD 403 per tonne) on November 27, marking a marginal 0.3 per cent drop from a week earlier. During the same week, alumina stocks reached another all-time high....
According to SMM data, the average tax-inclusive full cost for China's aluminium industry in November 2025 was RMB 16,057 per tonne, up 1.1 per cent m-o-m but down 21 per cent y-o-y. This was mainly due to a smaller-than-expected drop in the monthly average alumina price during the period, coupled...
A new solar power plant project has surfaced by Talum, an aluminium producer of up to 60 MW overall, aiming to evolve utility-scale solar in Slovenia rapidly. In this region, the photovoltaic (PV) facilities, which are installed by households and firms, account for nearly the entire operational...
Aluminium scrap has quietly become one of the most protected raw materials in the world specially in United States and the European Union — not through restrictions, but through deliberate exemptions. Washington has carved scrap out of Section 232 tariffs even as it tightened duties on primary...
Ardagh Group S.A. (Ardagh), which deals in aluminium beverage packaging, recently announced that its present Group CFO, John Sheehan, would be resigning from his post by the end of this year. Mr Sheehan had informed the Board about this decision at the beginning of the year. Meanwhile, Ardagh is...
Futures: During the night session on December 1, the most-traded SHFE aluminium 2601 contract opened at RMB 21,870 per tonne, reached a highest price of RMB 21,940 per tonne, a lowest price of RMB 21,820 per tonne, and finally closed at RMB 21,885 per tonne, up 0.09 per cent. From a technical...
