Germany and France share one of Europe’s busiest downstream aluminium corridors, and the metal flows in both directions. In the first seven months of 2026, aluminium flat rolled products (FRP), which cover aluminium plates, sheets and strips (HS code: 7606), as well as aluminium foil (HS code: 7607), crossed the border each way, amounting to a total of around USD 692 million. However, the bilateral trade flow is tilted towards Germany, which remains France’s largest FRP supplier. Nonetheless, the inter-dependence remains as the countries do exchange the same products but engage in cross-border trade of specialised high-value products and alloys, feeding the demand on either side. The trade figures for January–July 2026, as compiled from the International Trade Administration, highlight...
KAP Minerals and Cymat Technologies are exploring a partnership to produce scandium-aluminium master alloy in Ontario, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding. The partnership would use scandium oxide from KAP’s Kapuskasing critical minerals project and Cymat’s aluminium-processing technology to produce alloys for aerospace, defence and manufacturing applications. To know the global production, demand and consumption forecasts of aluminium extrusions, explore our report " The World of Aluminium Extrusions to 2035 " Scandium-aluminium alloys can improve strength, performance and weldability while reducing weight. The companies aim to use the proposed venture to establish a domestic supply chain, converting Canadian critical minerals into value-added industrial materials....
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The United Steelworkers' labor contract with Constellium Rolled Products' aluminum rolling mill at Ravenswood is set to expire this weekend, according to several knowledgeable sources. The mill employs about 1,000 people. It is Jackson County's largest employer. Jason Miller, president of Steelworkers Local 5668, did not return a phone call Thursday afternoon. A person who answered the phone at the local's union hall said Miller and others were unavailable because they were in negotiations. Nicholas Brun, Constellium's vice president of communications, did not reply Thursday afternoon to an email seeking comment. Amy Shuler Goodwin, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's director of communications, said Thursday, "Gov. Tomblin is aware of the negotiations going on and hopes both parties come to an...
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (Nasdaq:KALU) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.25 per share on the Company's outstanding common stock. The dividend will be payable on August 15, 2012 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 26, 2012. Company Description Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, headquartered in Foothill Ranch, Calif., is a leading producer of semi-fabricated specialty aluminum products, serving customers worldwide with highly-engineered solutions for aerospace and high-strength, general engineering, and custom automotive and industrial applications. The Company's North American facilities produce value-added sheet, plate, extrusions, rod, bar, tube and wire products, adhering to traditions of quality,...
Midas Holdings Ltd's aluminium alloy unit, Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries Co Ltd, has received orders worth 139.3 million renminbi from China and international customers. In a statement today, Midas said the contracts included a 74.6 million renminbi metro contract from its joint-venture company, Nanjing SR Puzhen Rail Transport Co Ltd, for the supply of metro train sets to the Nanjing Metro Line 3 project and 64.7 million renminbi orders for Siemens AG's projects in Russia and Belgium. Its chief executive officer, Patrick Chew, said the latest contracts once again attested to the company's ability to participate in opportunities within the rail sector both in the China and internationally. "Supported by our distinguished capabilities as a quality manufacturer of aluminium alloy...
Construction products company CSR fears the soft housing market and low Aluminium prices will be a drag on its first half earnings. CSR managing director Rob Sindel told the company's annual general meeting on Thursday that earnings will be weighted to the second half of the year, which ends on March 31, 2013. An expected fall in the number of new house starts to around 135,000 for the current year, compared to about 148,000 in the year to March 31, 2012, had affected demand for CSR's building products, which include the Bradford, Monier and Gyprock brands, and its Viridian glass products. Chairman Jeremy Sutcliffe said the core Australian residential and commercial construction markets were under extreme pressure, despite strong underlying demand for housing. "And, while we see reasons...
U.S. aluminum company Alcoa Inc. AA -0.60% has signed new multiyear agreements valued at about $1.4 billion to supply Airbus with products for virtually all of the passenger-jet maker's commercial programs, including the new A350. Under the deal, signed Wednesday at the Farnborough International Air Show, Alcoa will supply aluminum and aluminum-lithium wing parts and fuselage panels for Airbus's A320 and A380 jetliners as well as the A350 wide-body jet that is still in development. Airbus is a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. EAD.FR -4.66% Alcoa has stepped up its aluminum-lithium offerings as competition has intensified from carbon-fiber reinforced plastic. "Once Boeing BA -2.32% [Co.] said it was going to use plastic on its 787 Dreamliner plane about 10-12 years ago, we...
HELUKABEL has introduced HELUWIND WK POWERLINE ALU. This diesel locomotive (DLO)-like power cable is made of finely-stranded aluminum and is highly flexible, offering customers the performance capabilities of a standard copper cable, but less expensive. The installation advantage of the flexible POWERLINE ALU is that one length of cable can run from behind the drip loop in the down tower area directly to the inverter in the tower base. It requires only one splice, between the copper loop cable and the power line, and a crimp cable lug to connect the power line to the inverter. Constructed using a finely-stranded aluminum core and wrapped with specially-formulated, heat-resistant insulation and outer jacket, the POWERLINE ALU is flexible and durable with resistance to UV-light, oil and...
Bahrain-based locally-owned company Taha International Corporation has been awarded the dross management contract with Oman Aluminium Rolling Company's (OARC) plant currently under construction in Sohar. "OARC's plant will begin commercial production in August 2013 and represents a significant milestone in Oman's downstream aluminium development," said OARC chief executive Buddy Stemple. "We're pleased that Taha will provide us with a dross processing system that fits extremely well with OARC's sustainability goals," he added. "OARC's contract award is another important stepping stone for Taha's cost-effective and environmentally-friendly processing," Taha managing director Frank Pollmann said. Taha's new facility in Oman will come on the heels of a similar installation for Rio Tinto's...
Japan's demand for drinks in aluminum cans typically picks up in July due to higher temperatures, but this year canstock output is off to a slow start due to rainy weather, aluminum rolling mill sources said Wednesday. Japan's May cansheet shipments were 40,201 mt and some sources fear the June shipments may fall short of 43,000 mt due to the weather. Since June, rain has hit once every two weekends in the most populous Tokyo area which has discouraged outdoor activities as well as sales of beer and carbonated drinks. Some areas in south Japan marked record high rainfall during the month. "You have a steamy day and the next day it is cold. Alternate cold and hot days make it hard to plan ahead," a mill source said. Meanwhile, cansheet exports from Japan to Thailand and other Asian...
Aluminum Accurate Works assures to be the absolute solution for different forms of top notch exterior and aluminum installations. The company based on Barrie, Ontario, is providing doors, windows & aluminum installations extended in and around the areas of Innisfil, Simcoe County and Aurora & King City. “We are working for more than 10 years now and come up with an extensive experience to meet up successfully with any kind of exterior installation challenges. AAW always strives to help the customers with premium solutions to siding challenges as presented by them”, says the spokesperson of AAW, while speaking about the servicing approach of the firm. Accurate Aluminum Works was founded by Garth and Jesse Dinan. The Ontario based installation company displays of a comprehensive servicing...
Asco Deutschland will manufacture aluminium floor structure beams for Bombardier Shorts. The parts will equip several fuselage sections of Bombardier aircraft, including the CRJ-700/900/1000, the Global & Challenger families, and the Learjet 70/75. Asco, proven specialist from design to manufacturing of high lift devices and complex precision mechanical subassemblies for the aerospace industry, has signed today a long term contract with Bombardier Aerospace Belfast to supply aluminum floor structure beams. The parts will equip several fuselage sections of Bombardier aircraft, including the CRJ-700/900/1000, the Global & Challenger families, and the Learjet 70/75.
CIC marGUNE is coordinating a line of research in the Basque Country for developing aluminium alloys with enhanced properties. Aluminium alloys are the future of the automobile sector. Until recently and due to the high costs involved, they have been used solely in aeronautics and, in the case of cars, in interiors or for accessories, aluminium alloys are replacing steel in order to achieve lighter and less contaminant vehicles. These materials with enhanced properties are the result of the research work coordinated by CIC marGUNE, the High Performance Cooperative Manufacturing Research Centre, in collaboration with companies and technological centres in the Basque Country. The work undertaken by these bodies is achieving the enhancement of the mechanical properties of aluminium alloys,...
Eastern Cables has made good performance in the last years with the sale and production target exceeding. But the state-run cable manufacturing plant at Patenga in the port city of Chittagong has dropped a proposed plan to set up an aluminium rod manufacturing plant due to lack of fund, sources in the plant said. Sources said that it had proposed to set up the aluminum rod production plant two years back at an estimated cost of Tk 150 million. The proposed project was sent to concerned authorities of the government. Eastern Cables Ltd is yet to get any financial support from the government or other donor agencies for the project, for which it has been dropped temporarily, an insider said, adding that the aluminium rod manufacturing unit was undertaken as it is the major raw material for...
Guala Closures has commenced acquisition of the metal closures division of MCG Industries, a manufacturer of aluminium closures in Cape Town, South Africa. The acquisition is subject to the approval of the South African Competition Commission and is expected to be given in the last quarter of 2012. MCG Industries is reported to be the leading manufacturer of aluminium closures in South Africa for wine, spirits and other beverages. “We have been looking to strengthen our presence in the fast-growing, sub-Saharan African market, the only one that was missing from our portfolio, for a while,” said Marco Giovannini, Chair and CEO of Guala Closures Group. “This acquisition is a further step in the strategy of consolidating our core business - not only does it give us access to other African...
Truck and auto makers are increasing their use of aluminum in vehicles as they lighten weights to improve fuel economy. Aluminum manufacturers will ship 16% more aluminum to automakers this year versus 2011 as car output climbs 11%, according to Lloyd O’Carroll, an analyst at Davenport & Co. in Richmond, Va., Bloomberg News reported. The average amount of the metal in each vehicle will rise 3%, he said in a June 26 note. Heavy truck manufacturers will increase their use of aluminum by about 19% over the next three years as they use the lighter-weight metal to help improve fuel economy, O’Carroll said. “Fuel economy is so critical that it’s driving a lot of behavior,” O’Carroll told Light & Medium Truck.
Showa Denko Packaging Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Showa Denko K.K. (SDK), has started cooperating with Iwatani Corporation's two subsidiaries in China to expand its business in aluminum laminated films used for packaging lithium ion rechargeable batteries (LIBs). The Iwatani Group's Suzhou ISR e-Films Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Province, China) and Zhongshan Iwatani Co., Ltd. (Guandong Province, China) last month began slitting work, and distribution services in China and other Asian markets, for Showa Denko Packaging's aluminum laminated films. The aluminum laminated film is an aluminum foil/resin film composite material, which ensures higher flexibility in molding, lighter weight, and better heat dissipation compared with metallic cans. Thus, this aluminum laminated film is being widely used as...
Hydro Aluminum will put aluminum in the spotlight at its Intersolar North America exhibition stand, booth 9129. The company says many of the technical qualities of the light metal are relevant for a range of applications linked to the solar industry, making aluminum highly competitive in comparison with other metals and other materials. Hydro is a provider of extruded aluminum solutions in North America, including supply sourcing, extrusion, finishing and fabrication of components, as well as contract manufacturing services, for a variety of industries, such as solar. Hydro’s precision-extruded aluminum framing systems are being utilized at the largest concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar facility in Latin America, in Durango, Mexico. Extruded aluminum offers efficient material...
VHE of Iceland supplys a complete range of equipment to ensure the lowest possible electrical resistance in the sealed anode and provide assured mechanical strength. The VHE semi-automatic casting machine relieves the operator of the repetitive parts of the casting process, while providing manual control over the potentially hazardous operation of pouring molten metal. The casting machine runs on rail tracks or may be suspended from an overhead gantry. The ladle is lifted up two vertically mounted curved guide-rails, and is tilted to the pouring position with absolute stability. The operator, sitting in an air-conditioned cab attached to the machine, has an unobstructed view of the casting operation from a position which remains constant relative to the pouring spout. Automation is...
Despite the current sluggishness in the non-ferrous metals markets, India’s Aditya Birla Group has some pretty big plans for the aluminum and copper sectors. To begin with, the Group’s flagship company, Hindalco, also India’s largest non-ferrous metals producer, has made some headway by raising funds for its biggest greenfield project so far. The Aditya Alumina and Aluminum project in the Indian State of Odisha, seeks to raise approximately US $1.65 billion to compete with other majors in this field, particularly Vedanta. While Hindalco, a Fortune 500 company, goes about its expansion plans, its subsidiary, Novelis, a global leader in aluminum rolled products and aluminum cans recycling, has also announced massive investments plans worth US $ 1 billion to mark its presence in growth...
