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 giant Alcoa will be able to extend its Anglesea coal mine about 600 hectares further into heritage-listed parkland, under a confidential arrangement with the Victorian government to renew its mining licence for 50 years...
...The Azerbaijani State Committee on Property has announced an investment contest for sale of 98,71 percent of Baki Elektriktokme, the State Committee said. About 85 percent of the company’s package of shares put for sale falls to a standard package of investment competition, while 13.71 percent remained after the preferential sale of shares to the labor collective...
...The leader of one of the world's largest aluminum producers came to Massena Friday with good news. 115 workers are back on the job after a year-and-a-half shutdown of Alcoa East's three pot lines. Senator Chuck Schumer joined Alcoa CEO Klaus Kleinfeld for a hero's welcome. As David Sommerstein reports, the visit brought hope about Alcoa's long-term future in the North Country...
... SHFE 1105 aluminum contract prices climbed rapidly to RMB 16,590/mt after opening higher at RMB 16,525/mt on Friday. Although SHFE aluminum prices lost some gains as the Shanghai Stock Exchange ... SHFE 1105 aluminum contract prices moved steadily and closed higher at RMB 16,550/mt, up RMB 110/mt or 0.67%. ...
... LME aluminum prices to open significantly higher at USD 2,547/mt. Later, LME aluminum prices fluctuated higher, ... . LME aluminum prices finally closed at USD 2,560/mt, up USD 37/mt or 1.47% compared with the previous trading day. ...
...Recently Southwest Aluminium of Chinalco signed purchasing frame agreement on supplying aluminum and aluminium alloy materials for Airbus and the Parent company, EADS. The event marked that Southwest Aluminium once again became the supplier for the world’s another aviation giant European Airlines Airbus. Firstly Southwest Aluminium of Chinalco was China’s the only one supplier for Boeing to provide materials and accessories...
...luminium Corporation of China (02600) announced that the company succeeded in bidding 9.5% international trade equity of Chalco with the bid price of 115 million yuan (about 137 million yuan). After the deal, Shareholding of Chalco will rise to 100%...
...National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), Indias largest producer and exporter of alumina and aluminium, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India, to increase its output of metals and electric power in the next financial year, a release from the company said...
...The debate on Wednesday on the sustainability indicators for the European aluminium industry was attended by commission and Hungarian presidency representatives and UK Tory MEP Martin Callanan...
...The newly appointed workers are fresh graduates from high schools and other educational establishments in Bahrain, and will be assigned entry level positions. They will join as operators in the Carbon, Potline, Casthouse, Workshop, Reduction & Maintenance and Process Control departments...
...Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Limited ( NALCO )) today said it has paid Rs 476 crore as advance income tax for the financial year 2010-11, as against Rs 295 crore paid for the last fiscal...
...Russian aluminum producer United Co. Rusal sees good prospects for aluminum due to growing demand from Japanese reconstruction in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami...
... Aluminium smelters in the Middle East and North Africa continue to produce metal despite rising political unrest, with alumina reaching plants and finished metal finding its way out, traders and producers say. The region is becoming an increasingly important source of aluminium, which is used in transport and packaging. This year, output could rise to just over 4 million tonnes, or 9 percent of global output...
...Alcoa's chairman will be in Massena to celebrate the re-opening of the East Plant on Friday. Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld will be visiting for a ceremonial pouring of some of the first molten aluminum to be produced at the newly restarted plant...
...-Aluminum futures moved more deeply into contango in the last few weeks on concern that higher oil prices may boost production costs, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch...
...Infrastructure firm Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) on Thursday said it has bagged two orders aggregating to Rs152 crore from Hindalco Industries for latter’s Orissa Project...
...On June 6th-8th, a remarkable cast of executives will meet in New York City for the inaugural Aluminum Summit, supported by leading industry publication American Metal Market...
...As far as the Hindalco is concerned, I think the buying comes at below Rs 200, the moment the stock slips below Rs 200 and one can see again the stock moving back to about Rs 215-220. So may be the range of Rs 200-215 gives lot of comfort even to the short-term traders by playing into the stock in this range...
