A potential easing of trade tensions between the United States and Canada could reshape the North American aluminum market, with European buyers facing the risk of stronger competition for Canadian metal. Import data from ITC Trade Map shows that US purchases of Canadian unwrought aluminum fell sharply in 2025, while imports from Canada increased across six European markets, highlighting how trade flows have evolved amid tariff uncertainty. The United States imported approximately 2.03 million metric tons of unwrought aluminum from Canada in 2025, down 25.9% from 2.74 million metric tons in 2024. The decline amounted to around 711,494 metric tons over the year. Import value also decreased, falling 22.2% from $7.82 billion to $6.09 billion. The figures come as the possibility of a...
Century Aluminum’s proposed USD 4 billion primary aluminum smelter in Inola, Oklahoma, is “moving forward on all fronts” as the company prepares for construction, despite local opposition and legal challenges, CEO Jesse Gary said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. Developed jointly by Century Aluminum and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the project is designed to produce 750,000 tonnes of primary aluminum annually, potentially doubling U.S. primary aluminum production. The facility is expected to create thousands of direct and indirect jobs and add USD 1.5 billion to Oklahoma’s gross domestic product, according to company estimates. The partners had targeted construction to begin by the end of 2026. However, local restrictions and permitting challenges have affected the...
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...Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has become the first public sector undertaking in the country to produce aluminium T-ingots...
...- The London Metal Exchange Wednesday said it has listed ingots as an additional shape for high grade primary aluminum brand EMAL...
...Dwindling options to produce affordable electricity could be a boon for aluminum producers that have already sewn up the world’s cheap energy supplies, according to the head of mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd...
...According to the Gladstone Observer, the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) is taking action after a reported spill of 25 000 litres of sulphuric acid from the refinery on Sunday...
...-Alcoa (NYSE:AA), together with the Alcoa Foundation, announced today that Alcoa has become a founding member of the Duke Center for Sustainability & Commerce, an organization dedicated to collaborating with industry and government to turn the vision of sustainability into products and solutions serving society...
...Mytilineos (MYTr.AT: Quote), operator of the Balkan region's biggest aluminium smelter, said its profit soared last year, helped by the global commodities boom and its power station construction affiliate METKA (MTKr.AT: Quote)...
...According to figures released this morning by the International Aluminium Institute, global aluminum production surged to an all time high of 116,180 tonnes per day in February...
...Reuters reported that Premiums for physical aluminum in Europe stalled just below record highs this week with demand steady and Japan's nuclear crisis unnerving investors but material being tightly held was supporting levels...
...Reuters reported that US Midwest spot aluminum premiums rose to 9 month high this week as incentive based financial deals drew more material into warehouses, particularly Detroit where the concentration of deliveries has surged since last year...
...Reuters reported that brisk demand growth and soaring energy costs are expected to nourish aluminium this year while high stocks and prospective oversupply should rein in excess exuberance...
...Commodity reported that aluminum traded with the range bound node and settled 0.2% flat at 114.85 as the weaker US dollar helped push up LME aluminum prices to open higher at USD 2,588 per tonne last night but later the negative US house data caused LME aluminum prices to fluctuate lower to hit a low of USD 2,564 per tonne...
...MANAMA: Alba, the world's fourth-largest aluminium smelter, plans to increase exports of higher-margin products to Europe and says its production is not affected by strikes in Bahrain...
... SHFE 1105 aluminum contract prices opened slightly higher at RMB 16,660/mt on Wednesday. Later, as the Shanghai Stock Exchange composite index held steady at 2,900 points, and LME aluminum prices strengthened to test USD 2,600/mt, ...
... LME aluminum prices opened high and moved higher last night supported by rising energy prices and market expectations of robust demand for base metals from post-earthquake reconstruction in Japan, with prices opening higher at USD 2,618/mt and finally closing at a higher of USD 2,631/mt, ...
... SHFE 1105 aluminum contract prices opened slightly higher at RMB 16,610/mt on Tuesday, and later fluctuated higher, with prices losing some gains at the tail of trading and finally closing at RMB 16,660/mt, ...
... LME aluminum prices to open higher at USD 2,584/mt. LME aluminum prices later moved higher to test the resistance at USD 2,600/mt, and finally stood above this level, up USD 30/mt or 1.17% compared with the previous trading day. ...
... According to China Customs figures disclosed on March 21, China February primary aluminium imports declined 6.88% YoY to 17,851 tons, February alumina imports declined 45.27% YoY to 224,741 tons. Below is the data list released by China Customs of primary aluminium, alumina, aluminum products, bauxite and other imports in February...
...The US aluminum industry is one of the world's largest producers of primary aluminum. Despite the fact that, the global economic crisis severely hit the US aluminum industry, the industry bounced back and sustained its production in 2010. The global slowdown had not only affected the supply of aluminum, it also forced the industry players to shift their production locations to places that offered lower operational costs...
