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From iPhones to trucks, aluminium's downstream and end-user demand story is gathering pace
End User20 JUN 2026

From iPhones to trucks, aluminium's downstream and end-user demand story is gathering pace

If you wanted to understand where aluminium demand is heading in 2026, you could spend hours tracking smelter output, warehouse stocks and trade flows. Or you could simply look at the products shaping everyday life. A smartphone. A motorcycle. A truck engine. A beverage can. A roll of aluminium...

Secondary aluminium in Italy, France and Belgium: 65 Kt recycled, 490 Kt produced & over 1 Mt processed annually
Recycled AL16 JUN 2026

Secondary aluminium in Italy, France and Belgium: 65 Kt recycled, 490 Kt produced & over 1 Mt processed annually

Europe's aluminium industry is undergoing a structural transformation as manufacturers increasingly turn towards secondary aluminium to address rising energy costs, decarbonisation requirements and supply-chain challenges. While the European aluminium market is projected to grow from USD 30.84...

Hydro faces aluminium supply disruption with another force majeure declaration as Qatalum terminates agreement
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Primary AL
14 JUN 2026

Hydro faces aluminium supply disruption with another force majeure declaration as Qatalum terminates agreement

Norsk Hydro has been hit by a second aluminium supply crisis leading to yet another force majeure in just three months after its Qatar joint venture, Qatalum, unexpectedly terminated a long-standing marketing agreement with the Norwegian producer, raising fresh concerns over the company's ability...

From 99% can recycling to 48% automotive demand: Mapping Germany's secondary aluminium production to consumption economy
Recycled AL12 JUN 2026

From 99% can recycling to 48% automotive demand: Mapping Germany's secondary aluminium production to consumption economy

Germany's secondary aluminium industry occupies a unique position within the global metals landscape. In a country consuming approximately 2.1 million tonnes of aluminium annually, recycled metal has evolved from a supplementary feedstock into a fundamental pillar of industrial supply. The...

If India's aluminium volume is booked for the next 5 years, will planned expansions change the scenario?
Primary AL11 JUN 2026

If India's aluminium volume is booked for the next 5 years, will planned expansions change the scenario?

India's aluminium producers are building smelters, expanding refineries, opening mines and writing investment cheques worth more than INR 640 billion. Yet despite all that activity, the industry faces a rather uncomfortable question: what happens when demand grows faster than capacity can be built?...

Primary vs recycled AL: Which will dominate as Europe’s automotive sector heads toward yearly 4.2Mt of aluminium demand by 2030?
Recycled AL08 JUN 2026

Primary vs recycled AL: Which will dominate as Europe’s automotive sector heads toward yearly 4.2Mt of aluminium demand by 2030?

Europe exports roughly 1 million tonnes of aluminium scrap every year, enough material to potentially reduce the region's primary aluminium imports by nearly 24 per cent if retained and recycled domestically. Yet despite recycled aluminium production already catching up with primary output, the...

Europe's 36% BEV surge meets a 42% aluminium consumption share in Q1'26, as China's EV sales slide 21% and the US market shrinks 9%
End User04 JUN 2026

Europe's 36% BEV surge meets a 42% aluminium consumption share in Q1'26, as China's EV sales slide 21% and the US market shrinks 9%

More than 5.45 million electrified vehicles, including battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and hybrids, were sold across Europe, China and the United States during the first quarter of 2026. While Europe delivered double-digit growth driven by stronger demand...

Coal vs renewables: The electricity cost battle influencing aluminium production pattern
Sustainability01 JUN 2026

Coal vs renewables: The electricity cost battle influencing aluminium production pattern

For more than a century, aluminium producers have lived by a simple rule of securing the cheapest electricity possible, and everything else becomes manageable. The logic was straightforward. Aluminium smelting is one of the most electricity-intensive industrial processes on earth. Every tonne of...

Hindalco’s FY26: India operations absorb Novelis shock as revenue hits record INR 2.75 trillion
Downstream26 MAY 2026

Hindalco’s FY26: India operations absorb Novelis shock as revenue hits record INR 2.75 trillion

Hindalco Industries closed FY26 with its highest-ever consolidated revenue and EBITDA, but the profit numbers surfaced through the performance report tells a different tale. Consolidated revenue from operations rose 15.28 per cent year-on-year to INR 2.75 trillion, while consolidated EBITDA climbed...

From USD 86 to USD 350: how 6 months reshaped Japan’s aluminium premium to become Asia’s new risk benchmark
Primary AL15 MAY 2026

From USD 86 to USD 350: how 6 months reshaped Japan’s aluminium premium to become Asia’s new risk benchmark

Japan’s aluminium premium has climbed from USD 86 per tonne in Q4 2025 to an average USD 351.5 per tonne (ranging between USD 350-353 per tonne) for Q2 2026 shipments, being the steepest quarterly escalation in more than a decade and the highest level since the USD 380-per-tonne settlements...

What happens to aluminium when supply, energy and carbon collide: A market simultaneously facing scarcity, costs and power risks
Sustainability12 MAY 2026

What happens to aluminium when supply, energy and carbon collide: A market simultaneously facing scarcity, costs and power risks

The global primary aluminium industry has entered 2026 with a very different market condition from the one that defined the past decade. What was once a story of supply abundance, Chinese expansion and cyclical price swings is now turning into one of scarcity, geopolitical fragmentation and...

China’s aluminium overcapacity may become the hidden stabiliser of its renewable power grid
Primary AL08 MAY 2026

China’s aluminium overcapacity may become the hidden stabiliser of its renewable power grid

For more than a decade, the phrase “industrial overcapacity” has been shorthand for possible inefficiency in China’s heavy industries — too many smelters, too much idle infrastructure, too much capital trapped in sectors that Beijing has repeatedly tried to rationalise. Aluminium has often sat at...

Here’s why we deduce red mud to be aluminium industry’s next resource frontier
Alumina05 MAY 2026

Here’s why we deduce red mud to be aluminium industry’s next resource frontier

For decades, the aluminium industry has lived with a structural contradiction: for every tonne of alumina produced, it generated up to 1.5 tonnes of highly alkaline waste. That equation has now reached a breaking point. With global alumina output crossing 141 million tonnes in 2023 and 154 million...

Solar subsidies, aluminium shocks, and the 2026 market redone by geopolitical distress
End User01 MAY 2026

Solar subsidies, aluminium shocks, and the 2026 market redone by geopolitical distress

The global energy transition has reached a point where renewable policy and industrial metals are structurally interlocked. With one month into Q2 2026, solar installation subsidies and aluminium supply chains have formed a feedback loop that is actively redoing both markets. Aluminium, long...

Can India sustain 8.25% aluminium duties when 55% of demand is imported?
Downstream29 APR 2026

Can India sustain 8.25% aluminium duties when 55% of demand is imported?

India’s aluminium tariff regime, especially now in 2026, has become a regulatory fault line between upstream smelters chasing security, downstream processors absorbing cost pressure, recyclers fighting for cheaper feedstock and the country is trying to balance it all to keep a lid on inflation...

RUSAL’s 2025 profit slump: Future depends on Asia pivot, 2026 war premium, and a fractured aluminium world?
Primary AL24 APR 2026

RUSAL’s 2025 profit slump: Future depends on Asia pivot, 2026 war premium, and a fractured aluminium world?

UC RUSAL’s 2025 numbers mirror a year with revenue growth but without any profit growth. The world’s largest aluminium producer outside China lifted revenue 22.6 per cent year-on-year to USD 14.81 billion, helped by a 16.4 per cent rise in sales volumes to 4.49 million tonnes, but the benefit was...

Why the price volatility in the global aluminium UBC scrap market: LME benchmarks and the underlying economic drivers
Recycled AL22 APR 2026

Why the price volatility in the global aluminium UBC scrap market: LME benchmarks and the underlying economic drivers

中文翻译附于新闻末尾,敬请继续阅读。 The global aluminium market is currently transitioning from a century-long reliance on primary smelting to a circular economy model centred on Used Beverage Can (UBC) scrap. This shift is not merely environmental—it is fundamentally economic, driven by the extreme energy...

Constellium secures multi-year Airbus contract for aluminium alloy extrusions supply
Downstream21 APR 2026

Constellium secures multi-year Airbus contract for aluminium alloy extrusions supply

Constellium SE has entered into a multi-year agreement with Airbus for the supply of aluminium alloy extrusions, strengthening its long-standing position in the aerospace supply chain. Under the agreement, Constellium will supply a range of extruded products, including bars and both small and large...