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....
Grow with
AL Circle
UC Rusal plans to increase production from its Packaging Division by 20% until 2014. It will increase from 80kt to 100kt/y, amounting to 5.3% of the world’s total foil production excluding China. It will also review its production portfolio, to focus on converter foil. Total investment in the project will amount to about $17M. The production increase will be achieved by modernising the three largest CIS foil and foil packaging plants: Sayanal, Ural Foil and Armenal. Ural Foil’s production capacity will increase from 16kt to 24kt/y, costing $7M. Armenal’s production capacity will rise from 26kt to 33.6kt/y, costing $6M. Sayanal’s capacity will increase from 38kt to 42kt/y costing $4M. This decision was made after analysing global packaging market trends. Current world market capacity...
In recent days, parts of Foshan Aluminum Door Enterprises will attend Guangzhou Door Industry Expo in group to show their strength in the field of aluminum doors. It it learned that the 111th Canton Fair will hold at the same time. On the occasion, Guangzhou Door Industry Expo will attract both domestic agencies and overseas buyers. More and more Foshan aluminum door enterprises pay close attention to this Expo since it moves to Guangzhou. Sinpolo, Xin Haoxuan, Phonpac, Diaosi, Odick and other famous aluminum door brands in Foshan all think about attending this Expo. The exhibition area will over 10,000 sq.m. What’s more, this Expo will attract a lot of enterprises in aluminum door accessory.
Aluminium or steel? Which is the superior material for use in the transportation industry and for building machinery? The debate among engineers continues. Historically, steel has been perceived to be the stronger and more easily maintained metal, but with modern day technology and an environmentally conscious society, aluminium may yet prove to be the better alternative. “In the past, steel has always been the material of choice, but light weight, non-corrosive and recyclable aluminium is becoming increasingly popular,” said Vincent Cheung, chief financial officer of China Zhongwang Holdings. China Zhongwang was established as an aluminium construction product manufacturer in 1993 focusing on producing soft aluminium parts for the construction industry. According to Cheung there has...
Leader in Aluminum Fabrication, National Metal Fabricators, Takes on Projects for Industry, Retail, Construction and More "Aluminum fabrication is very common, yet some aspects can be challenging for fabricators with limited experience," said Tom Bonine, president of National Metal Fabricators. "That's where we stand out. At National Metal Fabricators, we know the strengths and weaknesses of every material used in manufacturing. Our experienced metalworkers understand aluminum very well." Fabrication jobs at National Metal Fabricators start at their Cincinnati Laser Cutting Center, which is capable of cutting most types of manufacturing materials, including aluminum up to 3/16-inch. For customized aluminum fabrication services, National Metal Fabricators regularly accepts projects for...
Mingtai Aluminum Industry stated that in order to expand business scope; improve selling network and realize internationalization development strategy, the Group plans to establish wholly-owned commercial company. The registered capital of the new company reaches to 20,000 thousand yuan according to the announcement.
Plenty of college campuses do their part to lighten metal vessels — especially during tailgate season. The effort at Ohio State University, however, is creating a different kind of buzz. OSU is one of just two U.S. schools — the other is the University of Michigan — to share in a two-year, $4?million grant recently awarded by the Alcoa Foundation, an arm of the world’s leading aluminum producer. OSU’s Institute for Materials Research is getting $400,000 to support its pursuit of lighter — and environmentally friendly — vehicle chassis and bodies. “There is a growing recognition that the lightest-weight and most-affordable vehicles in the future will not be made from one material, but many different ones,” said OSU’s Glenn S. Daehn, professor of materials science and engineering and...
It is reported that China has always been the biggest aluminum products manufacturer for the past few years. While many countries in Middle East were in the process of building aluminum factory projects owing to abundant resources and developed electric power. It it expected that the annual production of aluminum products in Middle East will be doubled and reaches to 5000 thousand tons yearly in 2015. On that occasion, Middle East will be the strong competitor of China in the field of aluminum production.
The most active SHFE aluminum contract price fluctuated narrowly around the daily moving average on Monday and met strong resistance at RMB 15,800/mt level. Accordingly, spot prices in South China market edged up slightly, but downstream buyers were not actively buying at higher prices, so increase was suppressed compared to East China. Mainstream transactions were done at RMB 15,960-15,980/mt. Since inventories in South China were less than 90,000 mt, cargo holders were reluctant to move goods. The stalemate between buyers and sellers resulted in quiet transaction in the market.
Already troubled Aluminium markets due to rise of inventories will find tough to maintain a stable trend after the news that China auto sales declined by 2.4% in the month of November. China produced a total of 1695000 vehicles in November and sold a total of 1656000 vehicles. The first 11 months of China auto sales depicted a modest growth. China Automobile Manufacturers Association said that the total production of vehicles in Jan-Nov 2011 was 16728300 units, sales during the period was 16815600 units. This marked an increase of 2 and 2.5% in production and sales from a year ago period. Aluminum is majorly used in automobile production. The decline in the automobiles is expected to remain in the December period as well; this will be because of the demand slowdown on lower liquidity. LME...
U.S. service centers shipped 128.0 thousand tons of aluminum products in October 2011, up 10.3% from October 2010. Year-to-date, 2011 aluminum shipments were 1,271.2 thousand tons, up 16.1% from the first 10 months of 2010. Aluminum products inventories at the end of October 2011 were 358.2 thousand tons, 6.3% more than the inventories at the end of October 2010 and 1.3% more than September 2011. That level is a 2.8 months supply, down 3.6% from October 2010. Canadian service centers shipped 12.3 thousand tons of aluminum products in October 2011, up 5.7% October 2010. Year-to-date in 2011, Canadian aluminum shipments were 123.6 thousand tons, up 8.7% from the first 10 months of 2010. Inventories of aluminum products were 36.4 thousand tons, up 13.9% from October 2010 and 4.2% more than...
A.C.E. Building service has been selected as design/build contractor for an expansion project for Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry. The 35,000-square-foot addition features two overhead crane bays for enhanced production efficiencies, specialized machine bases and a dust collection system.
Industrial packaging material manufacturer Ess Dee Aluminium is entering the consumer space with the launch of aluminium foils for food, taking on players such as Hindalco. The company has inked an agreement with Walt Disney to manufacture colourful foil with cartoon characters mainly targeted at kids. “We have tied up with Walt Disney for exclusive rights of their famous comic characters, which will be used in our coloured foils,” Sudip Dutta, chairman and managing director of Ess Dee, said. Under the pact with Disney, the company also has the rights to the cartoon character Doraemon. The use of aluminium foil for food packaging and cooking is on the rise in urban households as consumers look for safer options to experiment with food and keep it fresh for long. “We have signed an...
The process of the share capital increase in subsidiary ALUSIS S.A. with the participation of the parent Company ALUMIL S.A. has been completed. The share capital increase resulted in the following shareholding structure of ALUSIS S.A. a) ALUMIL now holds 75% and b) Christos Evangelopoulos holds 25%. ALUSIS's share capital after the increase reaches € 459.000 divided into 15.300 shares at € 30 each. Subsidiary ALOUSYS S.A. in trading mechanisms and aluminum accessories.
Traded prices of spot aluminum in Shanghai were between RMB 15,870-15,900/mt on Friday, with discounts of RMB 20/mt to premiums of RMB 10/mt over the SHFE current-month aluminum price. Low-iron aluminum was traded between RMB 15,920-15,960/mt in Shanghai. Traded prices of spot aluminum in Wuxi were between RMB 15,870-15,900/mt. SHFE aluminum prices rebounded strongly with the SHFE current-month aluminum price surging to RMB 15,900/mt. However, downstream purchases were weak due to higher prices, dragging down spot prices with discounts over the SHFE current-month aluminum price. Spot prices moved down as supply were sufficient in the market, leaving transactions quiet.
Apart from copper aluminum is the most widely used material in Cable Industry. In the process of national economy development, huge demand for power cable is a must for industrialization and urbanization. Owing to lack of historical data just on a rough calculation for the demand of aluminum. During the 12th Five-year Plan period the investment in power grid will increase 70% compared with the former 5 years and the growth rate will keep at 6%-7% in next 5 years. Since UHV cable need more aluminum, electric wire/cable annual increment for aluminum may about 140-200 thousand tons from 2011 to 2015.
Kobe Steel, Ltd. plans to increase the production capacity of its subsidiary in China that makes aluminum forgings for automotive suspensions. Kobe Steel will install an additional forging press, as well as newly construct melting and casting equipment at Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (China) Co., Ltd. Total investment is anticipated to reach 4.5 billion yen and operations are to begin in March 2013. Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (China) (or KAAP China) was established in September 2010 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. The first phase of the plant is currently under construction and is anticipated to begin volume production in August 2012. In recently years, automobile companies in China have been rapidly increasing production, and there also is a growing need for lighter vehicles to...
Taweelah Extrusion Co (Talex) said on Wednesday it was setting up an extrusion products plant at Abu Dhabi's new industrial zone with an investment outlay of AED735m ($200m), as the oil-rich emirate works to diversify its economy. Talex, a joint venture between state-owned Abu Dhabi Basic Industries Corp and privately owned Gulf Extrusions, signed a long-term lease agreement with the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), a statement from Kizad said. The plant will receive aluminium in molten form from Emirates Aluminium (Emal), another tenant of the zone. Some 30 companies have signed agreements to establish themselves at Kizad with nearly 100 more awaiting approvals. Talex plans to start making extrusion products for the automotive markets in the fourth quarter of 2013.
On December 9, Xie Jinhui, the General Manager of Chinalco Ruimin Co., Ltd and the other two together visited Northwest Aluminum Branch. In the company of Li Jianrong who is the GM of the branch visited extrusion and rolling factory; investigated the debugging site of aluminum foil production and fabricating yard of special extrusions. After this the leaders of Northwest Aluminum Branch and Xie Jinhui hold a symposium and exchanged views on future cooperation and issues concerned both sides.
