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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Chinalco Northeast Light Alloy Co., Ltd. (NELA) held a launch ceremony for the installation of 2100mm cold-rolling mill of its oversized special aluminum alloy plate/strip project, `this marked the installation of 2100mm cold-rolling mill has officially started. It is learned that the installation of 2100mm cold-rolling mill is a landmark project for NELA also is the last host device for NELA’s renovation project. This kind of cold-rolling mill will boost company’s market competitiveness and was able to produce high-quality cold rolling products, improve company’s product mix, the planned annual capacity was 120 thousand tons.
According to the data from China Customs that China aluminum stranded cable exported volume was 12,722 totally in April increased 57.87% yoy. This year from January to April totally exported 41,306 tons also grew 62.45% yoy. According to the survey that the operating rate for domestic main aluminum cable enterprises was about 70% in April kept stable, while manufacturers expected that export and the continuous construction and investment of inland power grid will be the new growth points in later period. The rebound of aluminum cable export boost the business in domestic large scale cable enterprises, such as Henan Tong-Da and ZTT.
Recently, Chinalco Southwest Aluminum (Group) Co., Ltd’s drawing force of aluminum alloy thick plate production line broke ten thousand tons which realized full coverage in providing aluminium alloy material to “Large Aircraft” project. This production line was up and running in November last year also was the mating production line of national “Large Aircraft” project. The construction of this production line marked the birth of domestic first professional aluminum alloy thick plate production line, opened a new era for this industry in China. The 12,000 tons stretcher of SWA aluminum alloy thick plate production line equipped with the most advanced level regarded as one of the key devices, its stretching tonnage could reached 8700-8900 tons. It was the first time try to stretch more...
US diecaster Spartan Light Metal Products is seeing strong growth because of business decisions it made during and after the 2009 downturn, including staying diversified in both aluminum and magnesium, President and CEO Don Jubel said in an interview. While Spartan's magnesium business continues to decline as aluminum grows, it remains committed to diversification of metals and parts, keeping spending under control and running plants when and where it makes sense, Jubel said this week. Spartan recently announced a $12.5 million expansion of its Mexico, Missouri, plant that the governor's office said would create 42 additional jobs at the 280-employee operation over the next five years. The company's business looks to be up 15% this year from 2011, if it continues at the pace it's going,...
Novelis, the US based subsidiary of Hindalco Industries, has earmarked capital expenditure of $600-700 million primarily focused on its global expansion of projects in Brazil, South Korea, China and the United States. “We will have negative cash flow in the first quarter of 2012-13. We will invest our existing cash for the capital expenditure. Also due to lower aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange cash flow will be lower among other factors,” said Phil Martens, Novelis president and CEO, in a conference call with analysts and journalists. The world’s leading producer of aluminium rolled products invested around $516 million for its global expansion of projects and key product segment of can, automotive, electronics and high-end specialities in 2011-12. Novelis has also invested...
Demand for aluminium foil in Europe has seen a sharp drop in the first three months of 2012 – with as producers feel the effects of strong economic headwinds. Overall European shipments of aluminium fell almost 5% year-on-year to 204,00t during Q1, according to figures published by the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA). However, demand for thinner gauges mostly used for flexible packaging and household foil suffered more – registering a decline of 6%. Shipments of thicker foil – typically for semi-rigid container and technical applications – slumped by almost 10%. But the one piece of good news was that exports from Europe jumped by nearly 9%, underlining the competitiveness of the European foil rollers on a global scale, said EAFA.
Novelis, the US unit of India's largest aluminum producer Hindalco Industries Ltd , posted a quarterly loss, hurt by lower average aluminum prices and sales. However, the company expects a rise in demand for aluminum-rolled products in Asia, driven primarily by China, over the next five years. The Atlanta-based aluminum products maker forecast fiscal year 2013 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization above the USD 1.05 billion it reported in 2012. For the fourth quarter, net loss attributable to common shareholders was USD 107 million, compared with net profit of USD 50 million, last year. Sales dropped 12% to USD 2.6 billion. Shipments of aluminum-rolled products fell 4%, hurt by soft demand in Europe.
Among the developments on offer for factory Ducati race riders Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden at Mugello this week was a new aluminum swing-arm. The swing-arm, which could replace the current carbon-fibre design, was confirmed by Ducati Corse General Director Filippo Preziosi following Thursday's second and final day with Rossi and Hayden at the team's private Italian test. Improved Thursday weather allowed Rossi and Hayden to complete 76 and 81 laps respectively, which were spent 'trying different configurations of the engine, electronics and chassis, among which was a new aluminum swing-arm'. No lap times were released. “I'd say it was a very useful test because we were able to gather interesting information on the different areas of the bike for which we had planned a robust test...
Constellium today announces that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Airbus estimated at approximately US$2 billion of value to support all leading aircraft programs from Airbus and its parent company, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS). With this deal, Constellium strengthens its collaboration with Airbus and confirms its position as the leading partner for aerospace aluminium products and solutions. Under the new agreement, Constellium will supply Airbus with a broad range of aluminium rolled products for airframes including wing skin panels and stringers, aero-sheets for fuselage panels, as well as rectangular and pre-machined plates for structural components. In addition Constellium aluminium will be used across all key Airbus and EADS programs, and in...
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation today announced the closing of its previously announced offering of $225.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 8.250% senior notes due 2020 (the "notes") in a private transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"). The notes are guaranteed by each of Kaiser Aluminum's existing and future domestic subsidiaries that is a borrower or guarantor under Kaiser Aluminum's revolving credit facility. The notes will pay interest semiannually at a rate of 8.250% per annum. The offering generated net proceeds of approximately $218.6 million, after deducting the initial purchasers' discounts and estimated fees and expenses. Kaiser Aluminum intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the notes for general...
Maspion (Maspion Group) is projecting its exports of household wares to reach $450 million in 2012, which is a 12.5 percent increase from last year, CEO Alim Markus said. “This year, our exports can reach $450 million, composed of $250-300 million from aluminum products, $100 million from housewares and the rest from various other products,” Alim said on the sidelines of an Indonesian-European Union economic partnership promotion in Surabaya, East Java, on Wednesday. Alim also aired optimism that the total volume of production and its sales value would be able to increase by between 8 and 10 percent this year, in line with the healthy growth in domestic market needs and exports. He said that by mid May, Maspion’s exports remained strong, even though the economic conditions in Europe and...
DEGERenergie has shipped 112 DEGERtrakers, featuring MLD technology, to Apex Construction Services, LLC, in Tennessee and installed them together with the Apex construction team. The tracking systems have been installed in four solar fields, which began operation April 14, 2012. Each solar park is equipped with 28 6000NT DEGER trackers and designed to power up to 200 kilowatts. The four small solar farms with "made in the U.S. and Germany" tracking technology are part of the TVA Renewable Energy Program: Generation Partners. TVA, the Tennessee Valley Authority, is a non-profit corporation owned by the United States government that supplies electricity for 9 million people in parts of seven southeastern states. TVA also assists state and local governments with economic development, in...
Emirates Extrusion Factory has bought an aluminium extrusion plant in Dubai, helping to bolster the country's presence at both ends of the metal's production chain. The firm, part of Dubai Investments, said yesterday that it had acquired a state-of-the-art production facility for aluminium extruded profiles from AKFA Aluminium and Plastic, a firm based in Uzbekistan. The 10,000-square-metre factory in Techno Park, a free zone, will process aluminium from nearby plants operated by Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium to make windows, doors and other finished products. "The new factory will streamline our operational processes and dramatically reduce cost and improve time efficiency to help us escalate overall output," said Khalfan Al Suwaidi, the managing director of Emirates Extrusion,...
Together with Aluminium Norf GmbH (Alunorf), located in Neuss, Germany, Siemens Metals Technologies will be modernizing the drive technology in hot rolling mill no. 2. The converter systems of all main drives will be replaced by new Sinamics SL150 cycloconverters in several stages. Siemens will also be responsible for the entire installation and commissioning. The conversion work is scheduled to start this year and finish in December 2017. Aluminium Norf GmbH was founded in 1965. It is a joint venture of Novelis Deutschland GmbH and Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH, and runs the world's largest aluminum smelting plant and rolling mill in Neuss. The company employs over 2,100 people, and sells around 1.5 million tons of hot and cold-rolled aluminum strip per annum. Within a program of...
The start into 2012 was calm for the European aluminium foil manufactures in line with the European economic markets. The first three months showed an overall shipments decrease of almost five per cent to 204,000t compared to last year’s first quarter according to figures published by the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA). Thinner gauges mostly used for flexible packaging and household foil declined by almost six per cent. The shipments of thicker foil segments typically used for semi-rigid container and technical applications fell by almost ten per cent. However, exports* from Europe rose by almost nine per cent underlining the competiveness of the European foil rollers on a global level. Commenting the start of the year and the outlook EAFA’s Executive Director Stefan Glimm...
A Meeting of the Board of Directors of Maan Aluminium Ltd will be held on May 30, 2012, to decide on the recommendation of dividend if any, for the financial year ended March 31, 2012. The Board will consider and approve Audited Financial Results for the financial year ended March 31, 2012. The Maan Aluminium Ltd stock was trading at Rs.30.10, up by Rs.0.10 or 0.33%. The stock hit an intraday high of Rs.31.95 and low of Rs.30.10. The total traded quantity was 22 compared to 2 week average of 303.
JP Morgan served as exclusive book-runner for US fabricated aluminium products maker Kaiser Aluminum Corp's private placement of USD225m (EUR176.1m) senior notes, Thomson Reuters' IFR service reported. The transaction was upsized by USD25m from the initially proposed amount. The company unveiled plans for the sale on 14 May and announced its upsizing and pricing on 18 May, without disclosing names of underwriters. The securities, which bear an 8.25% coupon, were priced at par, IFR said. The coupon will be paid on a semi-annual basis from 1 December 2012 until the maturity on 1 June 2020, the service added. The instruments will benefit from a cover provided by each of Kaiser Aluminum's US units that is a borrower or guarantor under its revolver, the company said. Kaiser Aluminum noted that...
General Cable Corp. (BGC) agreed to acquire Alcan Cable, the wire and aluminum cable business of mining company Rio Tinto PLC (RIO, RIO.LN), for roughly $185 million in a move expected to expand its product offerings. General Cable, a maker of copper, aluminum and fiber-optic wire and cable products for markets including energy, construction and communications, expects the deal to close in the second half of this year. "The addition of aluminum construction cables further expands the range of products we offer to distributors serving electrical and industrial contractors and increases our capacity to efficiently serve our electric utility customers with transmission and distribution products," said Gregory J. Lampert, president and chief executive of General Cable North America. The...
