US produced 339kt aluminum in H1 2026: Can new projects change the outlook?
The US aluminum industry, through its troubled journey over the past four decades, has been holding on to its remaining active smelters to maintain domestic aluminum production. However, its production figures reveal how little ground it has regained. Stability has been a strong suit, with 339,000 metric tons produced in H1 2026, yet matching the volume recorded in H1 2024. With domestic primary production still constrained, the focus is shifting to whether the Century Aluminum’s Mt Holly restart and the proposed Oklahoma primary aluminum smelter can turn modest gains into a sustained supply revival. Explore the production, demand and consumption forecasts of bauxite and alumina in our report: “ Global Bauxite & Alumina Market Forecast to 2036: Supply–Demand, Trade Flows & Price Outlook ”...
Germany exports 86% of TRIMET’s aluminium production despite 1.84Mt domestic demand from automotive, packaging & extrusion industries
Germany’s last remaining primary aluminium producer, TRIMET Aluminium SE, has a combined nameplate capacity of approximately 540,000 tonnes per year across its German and French smelters. Yet Germany exported 466,756 tonnes of unwrought primary aluminium in 2025, equivalent to 86.44 per cent of that combined capacity. Exports reached 501,678 tonnes in 2023 and 449,590 tonnes in 2024, while shipments totalled 273,080 tonnes between January and July 2026. The comparison presents an intriguing picture of Germany’s aluminium industry. Despite having a limited primary smelting base, the country continues to export hundreds of thousands of tonnes of unwrought aluminium annually. At the same time, it imported 2 million tonnes of primary aluminium in 2025, more than four times its exports. Why...
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Aluminium hits six-year low on firmer dollar
Aluminium hit a six-year low on Wednesday while other base metals also slipped as the dollar strengthened on speculation that the United States was closer to raising interest rates, a view bolstered by strong economic data. But losses were held in check after data showed activity in the services sector of China, the world's top metals consumer, expanded in July at its fastest pace in 11 months. Markets were pressured by the dollar hitting a 3-1/2 month peak against a basket of currencies after a voting member of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy-setting committee expressed support for an interest rate rise in September. The dollar was also boosted by data on Wednesday showing the pace of growth in the U.S. service sector surged in July to its strongest level in a decade. A stronger dollar...
Aluminum production continues at Noranda's New Madrid plant following damage to casthouse
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation announced today that molten aluminum production at its New Madrid, Missouri aluminum plant is continuing at the same level as before an explosion yesterday in that facility's casthouse. Although the incident affected the company's production of extrusion billet, the company is redirecting that portion of the plant's molten aluminum output to other saleable products such as redraw rod and aluminum ingot. "We are thankful that no serious injuries occurred as a result of yesterday's incident," said Layle K. "Kip" Smith, Noranda's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We are investigating the incident's cause and assessing the damage to the casthouse. Once that assessment is complete we will determine the necessary steps and timeline for restoring our...
LME aluminium to hover above $1,603
LME aluminium has found a support at $1,603 per tonne, and may hover above this level or rebound to $1,653. The support is provided by the 100 percent Fibonacci projection level of a downward wave C, the third wave of a three-wave cycle that developed from the Sept. 2, 2014 high of $2,119. This wave may end either around this support or extend into a much lower range of $1,371-$1,459, formed by the 161.8 percent and the 138.2 percent levels. Regardless of a possible extension of this wave, aluminium may first bounce towards $1,653, the 86.4 percent level.
Constellium reports second quarter 2015 financial results
Constellium N.V. reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015. Highlights below are in comparison to the second quarter of 2014. • Shipments of 386 thousand metric tons, up 38% • Revenue of €1.375 billion, up 49% • Adjusted EBITDA of €93 million, including €19 million from Muscle Shoals adjusted for Midwest premium impact • Strong Adjusted Free Cash Flow of €72 million and liquidity of €690 million • Automotive rolled shipments up 18%; Automotive extruded shipments up 16% • Muscle Shoals operational integration progressing well, still working through metal management issues • Q2 2015 Diluted EPS of (€0.45), EPS excluding unrealized gains on derivatives of (€0.61) Constellium’s second quarter 2015 results include a record Adjusted EBITDA in our AS&I segment and better than...
Aluminum processing industry booming in inner Mongolia
Aluminum processing industry is developing in full swing in Huolingol Industrial Park, Inner Mongolia. Inner Mongolia Jinlian Aluminum Co. has partially finished construction of its 3 million-tpy aluminum plate, strip & folil project, whose investment totals 100 billion yuan ($16 billion). Main body of workshop for 2.5 billion yuan ($400 million) light gauge aluminum foil project is scheduled to be completed later this year. The project is co-invested by Inner Mongolia Jinlian Aluminum Co. and Zhejiang Dingsheng Aluminium Industries Co.
Alcoa raises criticism of CFTC over LME warehouse reform
Alcoa ramps up its criticism of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)'s intervention in the London Metal Exchange's warehousing reform plan, challenging the commodity regulator's handling of the issue for a second time in as many months. In a letter late last month, Alcoa general counsel Max Laun called on CFTC chairman Timothy Massad to retract the regulator's decision to delay ruling on the LME application to register as a "foreign board of trade" in the U.S. The letter again accused the CFTC of overstepping its authority in attempting to regulate a foreign exchange as it privately pushed for the LME to introduce reforms, including a cap on rents at warehouses. The move shows rising concerns among aluminum producers about the impact of the LME rule changes on prices, which...
Global bauxite reserves stand at 28.1bnt as of January 2015
Global bauxite reserves were estimated to be 28.1 billion tonnes (bnt) as of January 2015. The production rose on the back of buoyant demand for aluminium in the global market place. In 2014, production of bauxite was 263 million tonnes (mt), down by 3.7 per cent from same period previous year. A recent research revealed that Guinea with the largest bauxite reserves of 7.4bnt contributes about 26 per cent of the global reserves, followed by Australia with 6.5bnt. Deposits at Weipa mines in Queensland and Gove in the Northern Territory, both in Australia, have been found to have grades between 49–53 per cent of alumina, and are amongst the world's highest grade deposits. There is a host of planned projects on anvil. Investments are also being made in smelting and processing as aluminium...
The Aluminum Extruders Council comments regarding blockbuster report on China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd.
Earlier this week a report surfaced on the Internet that contained a scathing series of allegations against China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd, which is reportedly the second largest extruder in the world. The report, from Dupre Analytics, contends that Zhongwang’s chairman, Liu Zhongtian, and his family have developed a “network of proxies and intermediaries outside of China, and used them to secretly set up entities and aluminum processing facilities that span the globe.” AEC Director of Operations, Jeff Henderson, said, “If proven to be true, these allegations make it clear that Zhongwang investment and penetration into North American and Asian markets has been built on a house of cards. Our industry has read about and seen the pictures of the one and a half billion pounds of extrusions that...
First Bauxite receives NI 43-101 Compliant Technical Report for its Feasibility Study on Bonasika bauxite project
On behalf of the Board of Directors of First Bauxite Corporation, Alan Roughead, President and CEO announced that First Bauxite Corporation has received the NI 43-101 Compliant Technical Report with respect to its Feasibility Study to produce ceramic proppants from its Bonasika bauxite project. On June 18, 2015 the Company announced the FS results for the Project. A copy of the Technical Report has been filed with the applicable securities and regulatory authorities in Canada. The Technical Report was prepared by Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc. First Bauxite Corporation (FBX) is a Canadian natural resource company engaged in the exploration and development of bauxite deposits in Guyana, South America. The Company has its head office in Toronto and is managed by experienced professionals...
Fresh selling seen in aluminium, open interest up 3.75%
Aluminium settled down -0.34% at 102.55 traded under pressure from a globally oversupplied market due to Chinese exports. Three-month Lme aluminium earlier touched a six-year low at $1,601.50 a tonne, a drop of more than 20 percent since early May. The metal used in transport and packaging ended at $1,612, down from $1,618 on Friday. Slowing Chinese economy and poor market fundamentals should keep LME aluminum in check around USD 1,600/mt on Tuesday. Production cuts in China cannot offset growing new capacity and falling consumption. While LME aluminium and ShFE aluminium steadied from six-year and record lows respectively, trapped by a swelling global surplus. Also US factory activity slipped in July and consumer spending advanced at its slowest pace in four months in June, indicating...
Large explosion rocks Noranda's southeast Missouri aluminum plant
A massive explosion rocked a southeast Missouri aluminum plant Tuesday, injuring some workers and creating a plume of smoke that could be seen for miles. The explosion and fire occurred around 12:30 p.m. at the Noranda Aluminum plant near the town of Marston in New Madrid County, about 170 miles south of St. Louis. Noranda spokesman John Parker said all workers had been accounted for and there were no life-threatening injuries. He said some people suffered what appeared to be non-critical burns and smoke inhalation. Parker said one of the injured workers was taken to a hospital for treatment. Others were treated at the scene. Parker said a molten metal explosion occurred in the cast house of the plant, where aluminum is converted into finished products. Production in the cast house has...
Chinese aluminum scrap prices declined on SMPI on 31st July
The Chinese aluminum scrap prices declined marginally on the Scrap Monster Price Index on July 31st, Friday. 6063 Extrusions witnessed a price decline of CNY 150 per MT over the previous day. Aluminum Ingots and Transformers prices declined by CNY 150 per MT and CNY 100 per MT respectively. E.C Aluminum Wire prices dropped by CNY 150 per MT to touch CNY 12,000 per MT. Old Cast prices too witnessed a down move of CNY 100 per MT. The prices of Aluminum Radiators and Old Sheets saw a down move of CNY 100 per MT. UBC and Zorba 90% INF prices declined by CNY 100 per MT each from the previous day levels. Other non-ferrous scrap prices too witnessed marginal decline during the day.
Ford's focus on aluminium body vehicles spurs competition among steelmakers
A joint venture steel plant AM/NS Calvert, in Alabama is preparing to produce the latest generation of ultra high-strength steel for the North American auto industry. Ford's decision to make the body of one of its best sellers F-150 pickup out of aluminum is pressing the steel industry to respond to the escalating struggle to cut vehicle weight. The Calvert partners, Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal and Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., are investing $80 million to improve the Calvert plant. ThyssenKrupp sold the plant to the two partners in February 2014. Shipments of ultra high-strength steel from Calvert to carmakers are expected to begin in early 2017. Despite all the efforts from steel industry players to position steel ahead of aluminium for automotive body making, the...
Manaksia Aluminium Company Ltd to consider 1st quarter results on Aug 13, 2015
A Meeting of the Board of Directors of Manaksia Aluminium Company Ltd will be held on August 13, 2015, to consider, approve and take on record the Un-audited Financial Statements of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. In terms of provisions of the Company's Code of Conduct to Regulate, Monitor and Report Trading by Insiders, the "Trading Window" for trading in the equity shares of the Company shall remain closed from August 03, 2015 and will open 48 hours after the announcement by the Company of the Results to the Stock Exchanges on August 13, 2015.
Aleris reports second quarter 2015 results
Aleris Corporation today reported results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015. Except as otherwise indicated, all amounts reflect the divested recycling and extrusions businesses as discontinued operations. Second Quarter Summary • Adjusted EBITDA of $60 million, up 53 percent compared to second quarter of 2014 • Global automotive volumes up 23 percent compared to prior year • Global aerospace volumes up 13 percent compared to prior year • Improved North America results driven by higher margins and wider scrap spreads • Solid productivity in North America led by Nichols integration and supply chain optimization efforts • Stronger U.S. dollar positively impacted Europe profitability • Asia Pacific achieved break even Adjusted EBITDA • Steep decline in regional premiums led to...
Aluminium prices not curbing Chinese output
Chinese aluminum producers aren't curbing their output despite the metal's slump to a six-year low, suggesting the price of one of the world's most heavily-traded metals still has far to go before finding a floor. Metals producers normally usher in supply cutbacks when prices fall as hard as they have done for aluminium this year. But with a host of new cost-efficient smelters now online in China, few there are considering cutbacks. That is bad news for the broader market as surging Chinese aluminum exports in recent months have been one of the biggest drivers of the metal's price plunge. China accounts for about half of the world's aluminium production. Three-month aluminum futures are hovering near a six-year low of $US1601.50 per ton reached on Monday this week, down by nearly 13 per...
Aluminum Association updates on aluminum net shipments in North America
According to the Aluminum Association reports Aluminum net shipments (including exports) by domestic U.S. and Canadian facilities totaled an estimated 1,941 million pounds during June, up slightly (0.4 percent) over the June 2014 total of 1,933 million pounds. Shipments of aluminum mill products increased 4.1 percent over the previous year to 1,363 million pounds, while shipments of aluminum ingot for castings, exports and destructive uses decreased 7.4 percent year-over-year, totaling 578 million pounds. Preliminary year-to-date producer shipments for 2015 totaled 11,579 million pounds, essentially unchanged from the 2014 total of 11,575 million pounds. June inventory levels totaled an estimated 2,977 million pounds, down 6.0 percent from the previous month and up 6.7 percent...
AluMag organized Asia Automotive Lightweight Procurement Symposium 2015 - a great success
The 2nd International Asia Automotive Lightweight Procurement Symposium, organized by AluMag from the 6th – 8th of July 2015 at the Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel in Shanghai, China, turned out to be a great success. With the number of participants growing and level of internationality surpassing that of the previous year, it set an all new benchmark for events of the same caliber. Over a hundred professionals from numerous OEM, Tier 1, Tier 2 equipment manufacturers and independent consultants attended the event. AlCircle as the official online media partner was privileged to cover the whole event. From Day 1 till the end of the symposium, the team was witness to all the activities and insightful presentations that were made there. The conference was formally started on July 7 with a short...
