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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Ball Corporation announced today it has completed the closing of its new revolver and term loan senior secured credit facilities that refinance its existing senior secured credit facilities entered into on June 28, 2022. Explore- Most accurate data to drive business decisions with 50+ reports...
CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd. has achieved ASI Performance Standard V3.1 (2023) and Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard V2 (2022) Certification for the design and manufacture of die casting parts at their Dicastal KSM Autoparts QinHuangdao Co., Ltd. facility located in Hebei Province, China. Aluminium...
The London Metal Exchange (LME) price on December 1 significantly increased from the previous day’s close. However, the opening stock and cancelled warrants declined along with the cost of alumina platts. Both the LME cash bid and offer rose by USD 34 per tonne or 1.2 per cent, where the bid stood...
Ardagh Group, a global supplier of packaging solution, has turned in a solid set of numbers for the third quarter of 2025 ended September 30, riding on resilient demand for packaging across Europe and the Americas. Here metal packaging was star of the show overlooking glass that let Ardagh saw an...
Fives, an international engineering group, has recently installed a new 4Hi cold rolling mill for the aluminium industry at Compañía Valenciana de Aluminio Baux, an aluminium coil producer in Spain, part of Jupiter Aluminium Group. The new mill, with a production capacity of 60,000 tonnes per year,...
Across the aluminium packaging sector, quality control has often been seen as a compliance exercise, a necessary process to ensure product safety and meet regulatory standards. Yet, as the global metal packaging market is projected to surpass USD 190 billion USD by 2032, and consumer demand for...
Instead of recycling, millions of worn-out coffee capsules and other minuscule aluminium items are deemed to pose crucial environmental challenges. Loss of these aluminium items mainly happens when they undergo the conventional sorting systems, which then ends up in the waste. For this, a new...
Winning International Group is reinforcing its grip on the long-haul bauxite trade. The Singapore-based bulker specialist has returned to Hengli Shipbuilding for another round of very large ore carrier (VLOC) newbuilds. The company has secured two more 325,000 dwt vessels to support its...
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Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter on one site, has been honoured with the ‘Excellence in Safety’ Award by the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) during its annual awards ceremony held at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, UK, on 18 November 2025. The award...
With the complete acquisition of the complete shareholding for two major corporate proposals, Maan Aluminium’s strategic course reflects strong confidence from the investors. The measures were put forward at an extraordinary general meeting on November 29, 2025, where the resolutions won 100 per...
An agreement to pay USD 11.8 million by Harman International Industries, Inc., has surfaced for settling the allegations of violating the False Claims Act and other statutes. This allegation came by evading the antidumping and countervailing duties on goods which are made of extruded aluminium from...
In the 19th century, steel became the backbone of global industrial strategy. In the 20th century, it was oil. And, in the 21st century, it is the rare earth elements. 17 metallic elements from the periodic table, chemically similar and physically unremarkable to the eye, have become the...
Rio Tinto’s New Zealand Aluminium Smelter is preparing for a major shift in how it handles spent pot lining, confirming a USD 50 million investment in a new processing facility for the aluminium byproduct at Tiwai Point. The facility will tackle spent cell liners (SCL) that have, until now, been...
China's domestic bauxite prices remained firm last week, as supply tightness has not changed and is unlikely to improve in the near term. Some alumina producers in inland regions intend to raise consumption of seaborne bauxite amid the downward trend of seaborne bauxite prices. In terms of seaborne...
Assan Alüminyum, one of the world's leading flat-rolled aluminium industries, shapes its processes and activities based on its core values of reliability, flexibility, innovation and sustainability. With a firm commitment to environmental stewardship, the company has launched several initiatives...
A refreshed version of the T7, with the Portable SSD T7 Resurrected, as introduced by Samsung, widens the firm’s sustainable approach whilst maintaining the same performance as the previous model. The body of the new drive is made of 100 per cent recycled aluminium, which is certified by TUV...
Futures: On Friday night, the most-traded cast aluminium alloy 2601 contract opened at RMB 20,615 per tonne, fluctuated between RMB 20,535-20,865 per tonne, and finally closed at RMB 20,715 per tonne, up RMB 120 per tonne or 0.58 per cent from the previous trading day. In the KDJ indicator, the...
LME aluminium saw a firm uptick on November 28 across cash, 3-month and December 2026 contracts, while exchange inventories posted a mild decline. On November 28, the LME aluminium cash bid price stood at USD 2,825 per tonne, rising 0.77 per cent from USD 2,803.5 per tonne on November 27. The cash...
