Novelis Inc. has produced the first coil on the cold mill at its $5 billion Greenfield aluminum recycling and rolling plant in Bay Minette, Alabama, marking a major commissioning milestone for one of the largest new US aluminum manufacturing investments in decades. The first-coil production moves the facility closer to customer qualification and commercial shipments, which Novelis said remain on track to begin in the second quarter of 2027. All assets required to commence commercial shipments are currently in the commissioning process. Novelis moves toward commercial production The Bay Minette facility is the first fully integrated aluminum recycling and rolling plant built in the United States in more than 40 years. Once fully operational, it will add 600 kilotonnes of annual rolled...
Alumina imports in the United States increased in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, although imports fell sharply in the second quarter. Total imports reached 712,000 tonnes in H1 2026, up 2.7 per cent from 693,000 tonnes in H1 2025. The H1 2024 total was 495,000 tonnes. Imports in Q1 2026 reached 446,000 tonnes, up 32 per cent from 337,000 tonnes in Q1 2025. However, imports dropped to 266,000 tonnes in Q2 (a 25 per cent decline) from 356,000 tonnes in the same quarter a year earlier. Brazil remains the largest supplier Brazil remained the largest exporter of alumina to the US during the period covered by the data. Its shipments reached 568,000 tonnes in H1 2026, around 5 per cent increase from 542,000 tonnes in H1 2025. In H1 2024, Brazil supplied 430,000...
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Primary aluminium production in Russia & Eastern Europe stood at 344,000 tonnes for October 2022, representing an increase of 3.61 per cent month-on-month. In September, the output was 332,000 tonnes, reflecting a decline of 5.14 per cent or 18,000 tonnes from 350,000 tonnes in August. That indicated Russia and Eastern Europe’s primary aluminium output growth in October followed a dip in the previous month. On a year-on-year calculation, primary aluminium output in Russia & Eastern Europe during October 2022 edged a 2.27 per cent fall from 352,000 tonnes. Despite an increase in monthly output in October 2022, daily average production remained restrained at 11,100 tonnes month-on-month. But on a year-on-year basis, it dropped by 300 tonnes, in line with the downfall in monthly production....
Well-known aluminium vessel-maker hailing from Southland, Stabicraft has announced the construction of a new manufacturing facility in Seattle, USA. The company specialises in creating aluminium boats and water vessels with airtight chambered hulls preferred by sea or freshwater explorers. Stabicraft usually assembles its flagship aluminium boats at Invercargill, the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand. But recently, the company has claimed to have picked up good business in the USA, further trying to build its boats in the country itself, the chief executive of Stabicraft, David Glen, has confirmed to sources. David Glen also quoted: “We see considerable growth opportunity in the USA. We have been successful in growing our sales there, but the reality is our production...
The government of Ireland announced a new Deposit Return Scheme called ‘Re-Turn, to promote the recycling of aluminium cans and plastic bottles. Recycling aluminium requires 95 per cent of less energy as compared to making aluminium from raw materials. Additionally, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions from the basic production process by 97 per cent. The scheme will be run by Deposit Return Scheme Ireland CLG, and will charge a 15-cent deposit when a beverage is bought in an aluminium can or plastic bottle, which will be later repaid to the customer once they return the product to the shop or collection station. According to Ms O'Brien, Chief Executive of VOICE Ireland, the total recycling rate for plastic is about 30 per cent, while recycling rates for aluminium cans and plastic bottles...
Sustainability, or the urge to shift towards a greener environment, has become the need of the hour. Top companies and individuals, including the aluminium sector, are leaving no stone unturned to shift towards a greener industry. Aluminium as a metal generates around 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) each year. However, by 2050, the demand for aluminium is anticipated to rise by 50% to 80%. As a result, the top producers and people are taking significant actions by adopting renewable energy and producing cutting-edge technologies. With a growing concern for the environment and an increasing emphasis on carbon neutrality, notable aluminium leaders and companies are striving to build a sustainability roadmap for the industry, while groups are taking steps to recognise their...
Awareness programme for aluminium foil recycling is being spread out even to school students in York, the United Kingdom. The walled city in northeast England has designed a competition for primary school students during Christmas to make them learn the importance of recycling aluminium foil. A little change has been brought to recycling in the city, meaning City of York Council now collects foil from residents in their kerbside collections. To promote this change, city councillors have collaborated with Alupro, not-for-profit organisation representing the UK’s aluminium packaging industry, to hold a competition for school students. For the competition, participants will have to create Christmas themed A4 posters with used and washed aluminium foil and other art supplies. The poster...
Switch Mobility Ltd., the exemplary innovator of lightweight aluminium buses that run on electricity, has successfully collaborated with the JSW Group to deliver 71 of its flagship models for employee transportation across the Indian sub-terrain. These SWITCH EiV 12 buses have been specially formulated keeping in mind the Indian public transport sector. These carbon-neutral electric buses are to be assembled for JSW’s Vijayanagar plant and can be referred to as the first major electric bus order for Switch in the country. The lightweight commercial vehicle maker will also look after the entire development, installing charging facilities and reconnoitering maintenance needs. The contract signed by Switch requires the company to continue with all the services for 12 years, as the company...
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has again curtailed its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices, with effect from Tuesday, November 29, marking the second consecutive cut. NALCO’s aluminium ingot price has been reduced by INR 4,600 per tonne from INR 225,050-228,550 on November 19 to INR 220,450-223,950 per tonne on November 29. NALCO’s aluminium wire rod price and billets price have also experienced a cut of INR 4,600 per tonne on November 29, following a trim of INR 2,900 per tonne on November 19. With the latest cut, the former has come in at INR 224,950-229,300 per tonne versus INR 229,550-233,900 per tonne, and the latter hovers around INR 224,900-227,550 per tonne compared to INR 229,500- 232,150 per tonne. NALCO links its aluminium ingot and aluminium products...
A00 aluminium ingot price has nosedived to RMB 18,970 per tonne, losing RMB 200 per tonne, as the Shanghai Metals Market recorded on Wednesday, November 30. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 18,950 per tonne and RMB 18,990 per tonne, with spot contracts trading at premium prices of RMB 90 per tonne and RMB 50 per tonne. The provinces in China have seen unevenly scaling prices today, with the aluminium price rising the highest in Wuxi by RMB 370 per tonne to RMB 19,170 per tonne, followed by RMB 340 per tonne augmentation in Hangzhou to also stop at RMB 19,170 per tonne. The aluminium price in Linyi has dived down by RMB 230 per tonne, closing at RMB 19,020 per tonne. Other than that, the aluminium prices have witnessed a steep downfall in Gongyi, Foshan and Chongqing by...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,371 per tonne on Tuesday and closed at US$2,381.5 per tonne, an increase of US$7.5 per tonne or 0.32 per cent. On Tuesday, November 29, both LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium official settlement price hiked by US$26 per tonne or 1.12 per cent to settle at US$2,341 per tonne and US$2,341.50 per tonne. 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price ascended by US$27 per tonne or 1.14 per cent and US$28.5 per tonne or 1.21 per cent to close at US$2,380 per tonne and US$2,382 per tonne. December 23 bid price and December 23 offer price gained US$28 per tonne or 1.15 per cent to score at US$2,450 per tonne and US$2,455 per tonne. LME aluminium opening stock clocked at 503150 tonnes. Live warrants and Cancelled warrants were halted at 279425 tonnes and...
Vivarail has mastered the art of resuscitating old or retired aluminium trains to make new operational compartments but is currently facing a proprietary issue. The company has been found seeking new administrators to avoid dissolution. Vivarail had its beginnings in the 2013s when founder Adrian Shooter was handed over a large collection of former District Line cars from Transport for London with the sole purpose of refurbishing their aluminium body shells and enhancing the coaches with the latest technology like batteries. Some of these reinstated aluminium coaches are now in service at Southern Midlands, operating between Bedford and Bletchley, also along the Isle of Wight. These aluminium coaches are also being created for usual railway routes in North Wales and on the Greenford...
The release of Nokia T21 tablets has been announced by HMD Global, comprised of 100% recyclable aluminium and 60% recycled plastic. For the past few years, the company has invested sufficiently to transform its constituting materials into sustainable ones that can induce a circular economy. In December 2016, HMD Global took over the operations of the acknowledged Finnish mobile brand, Nokia and, since then, has been rigorously involved in R&D trying to incorporate sustainability agendas into the company profile. With the world moving towards Net Zero, many acknowledged companies are taking their first pledge towards sustainability. HMD wishes to keep up with the race with this particular model. The use of aluminium is ingenious as, among metals, it has a 100 per cent retrieval rate when...
The multipurpose sports and entertainment complex, Espace Mayenne in Laval, France, created by local firm Hérault Arnod architectures, is covered with a curbed, twisted shell made of textured aluminium plates. The project, situated on a former military site, is a component of a larger plan to develop property on the northwest outskirts of Laval. This plan also calls for constructing a 250-meter outdoor velodrome and landscaping a nearby swamp and forest. An aluminium shell covering the building's façade, which sits atop a foundation covered in wood and extends downhill to cover the outside wall to the west, has three horizontal bands of various textures. "This is an area undergoing change. The building's organisation respects the landscape structure and the memory of the site, combining...
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, social inventories of primary aluminium across China’s eight major consumption areas stood at 516,000 tonnes, reaching a new low on Monday, November 28. Over the weekend, the inventories edged 2,000 tonnes lower than 518,000 tonnes on Thursday, October 24, while over a week, the inventories recorded 14,000 tonnes less than 530,000 tonnes on November 21. The figure was also 97,000 tonnes lower than a month ago and 498,000 tonnes less than the same period last year. The inventories in Gongyi and Wuxi only rose over the weekend by 6,000 tonnes and 3,000 tonnes, respectively, to come in at 69,000 tonnes and 122,000 tonnes as of November 28, driven by cargo arrivals and falling shipments out of warehouses. To know more about the current status of...
Beverage makers Lo Bros taking into account the sustainability factor has launched their latest product in a new aluminium packaging option, which is 100% recyclable and eco-friendly. Not Soda will now be available in aluminium beverage cans and it has been created with the notion of discarding the application of single-use plastic packaging solutions. Australian supermarket chains like Ritchies and Drakes are eager to hold on to the brands initiative wherein they have decided to store Not Soda in their stores. The best part behind the elaborate scheme can be explained in very few words; for every can that gets sold, two plastic bottles would be extracted from the ocean bed, which in the long run might yield extraordinary results. This is a perfectly placed initiative that will lower the...
Cellnex has successfully finished the pilot programme to test and confirm the usage of cutting-edge aluminium-air battery technology as a backup power system at its locations as part of a test programme. This was done in partnership with Phinergy, one of the leading developers of clean and high-energy-density systems based on metal-air technology that has revolutionised electricity generation using aluminium as the primary energy source. Aluminium batteries offer clean energy sources and don't produce trash that must be disposed of or pollute the environment. The project involved replacing a diesel generator set with these advanced aluminium-air batteries at Ossa de Montiel, a location close to the Lagunas de Ruidera Park in the province of Albacete (Spain). The 4kW, 20-hour capacity...
On November 27, 2022, the Guinean mining company, Compagnie des bauxites de Guinée (CBG), officially launched a ceremony for the upkeep, maintenance and securing of old sites rehabilitated with native species for rational or sustainable management. The CBG laboratory meeting room served as a framework for this meeting, which took place in the presence of the regional inspector, the prefectural director of the environment of Boké and all the administrative, municipal, CBG and representatives. The general management of the CBG was commended for this project initiative on this occasion by Mamadou Oury Bah, the mayor of the rural commune Sangaredi, on behalf of his populace. He claimed the CBG had replanted numerous hectares of land in several Sangaredi localities affected by the mining firm....
The world alumina production in October 2022 saw a month-on-month increase of 4 per cent to stand at 12.004 million tonnes, found the International Aluminium Institute (IAI). In September, the output was 11.540 million tonnes, down by 3.86 per cent from 12.003 million tonnes in August. That indicated the world alumina production rebounded in October after a fall in the previous month. On a year-on-year basis, world alumina output edged 5.49 per cent higher than 11.379 million tonnes, according to IAI. The daily average production across the world in October 2022 stood at 387,200 tonnes, up by 0.65 per cent from 384,700 tonnes a month ago and 5.48 per cent more than 367,100 tonnes a year earlier. From January to October 2022, world’s total alumina production came in at 116.067 million...
On Tuesday, November 29, the average alumina spot price in China increased by RMB 6 per tonne to halt at RMB 2,803 per tonne. The price in Shanxi has hiked by RMB 10 per tonne to settle at RMB 2,825 per tonne. As per the SMM data, the prices in Shandong and Henan have gone up by RMB 5 per tonne to peg at RMB 2,740 per tonne and RMB 2,885 per tonne. Guizhou and Guangxi have witnessed the same price gain of RMB 5 per tonne to record at RMB 2,750 per tonne and RMB 2,710 per tonne. Prices in Lianyungang and Bayuquan have remained restrained at RMB 2,875 per tonne and RMB 2,900 per tonne. As per the SMM data, the A00 aluminium ingot price has surged by RMB 370 per tonne to clock at RMB 19,170 per tonne, with the average prices ranging between RMB 19,150 per tonne and RMB 19,190 per tonne. The...
