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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...National Aluminium Company (NALCO) touched an intraday high of Rs 117 and an intraday low of Rs 107.05. At 10:39 hrs the share was quoting at Rs 109.60, down Rs 9.40, or 7.90%...
...Aluminium Bahrain ALBH.BH, which owns the world's fourth-biggest smelter, is in full operation, it said on Tuesday, despite weeks of protests and the government's declaration of martial law...
...Aluminium yesterday traded with the positive node and settled 0.48% up at 114.85 as massive earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan, triggering investor concerns over economic conditions in this country...
...The Aluminum Association is proud to announce its newest company member, Skana Aluminum. Skana Aluminum, located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, continues its long history of aluminum manufacturing in North America and the Wisconsin Lakeshore area. This history extends back to the 1900s with the formation of Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company in 1909 and the establishment of MIRRO cookware product line in 1918. In 1983 the company was purchased by Newell/Rubbermaid and today, lives on as Skana Aluminum...
...Rio Tinto Alcan chief executive Jacynthe Cote saw her total remuneration increase by more than 10 per cent last year to about $5 million. The head of the mining giant's Montreal-based aluminum division earned US$3.38 million last year, up 21.4 per cent from US$2.79 million in 2009...
...The following companies may have unusual price changes in India trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are as of the last close. The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index, or Sensex, lost 271.84, or 1.5 percent, to 18,167.64, its steepest decline since Feb. 24. The S&P CNX Nifty Index on the National Stock Exchange dropped 1.5 percent to 5,449.65. The BSE 200 Index retreated 1.5 percent to 2,231.68...
...Qatalum, the state-of-the-art aluminium smelter being built as a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Hydro in line with Qatar's long-term economic diversification strategy, took part in the 5th Middle East Aluminium conference, which ran from 14 to 16 March 2011 at The Westin Hotel in Dubai...
...Rio Tinto Alcan has reached a deal to buy the Eurocan wharf facility in Kitimat from West Fraser Timber. The wharf has been up for grabs since West Fraser shuttered its paper and linerboard mill last year...
...National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO), India's largest producer and exporter of alumina and aluminium, on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the union ministry of mines, for the financial year 2011-12 with a projected higher production of 63 lakh tons of bauxite and 21 lakh tons of alumina from its captive mines and refinery Complex at Damanjodi.
... SHFE 1105 aluminum contract prices opened slightly higher at RMB 16,670/mt on Tuesday. Later, Nikkei tumbled fresh explosions rocked a damaged nuclear plant at noon and triggered a rise in radiation levels, ....
... LME aluminum prices opened significantly lower at USD 2,510/mt, and later dipped gradually to below the 60-day moving average, and finally closed at USD 2,502/mt supported by a weaker US dollar, ....
...DBS Vickers keeps call and raises the target price to S$0.76 from S$0.70 after the China-based aluminium producer announced its intention to acquire 100 per cent of the equity interest in two Chinese smelting plants, Liupanshui Shuangyuan and Yichang Changjiang, for an aggregate consideration of no more than 442.4 million yuan (S$85.4 million), to be financed by internal funds...
...The year 2011 is the first year of China’s “ twelfth- five” Year. Since reform and openning-up, it has been thirty years. China’s aluminum profile industry has developed vigorously. Aluminium products are mianly used for construction industry...
...Aluminum has become the in-vogue defensive play amid the broader sell-off across the LME metals markets. This is partly due to the fact that there was less speculative premium built into the light metal than, say, copper. It also reflects the unwinding and reversal of previous long copper/short Aluminum trading strategies, a trend that appreciably accelerated last week...
...February aluminium output rose 0.5 percent to 1.31 million tonnes from January, which had posted a 7 percent gain from the end of 2010 as several smelters restarted idle capacity...
...Rebuilding infrastructure and shoring up defenses against natural disasters will boost Japan's demand for industrial metals -- eventually. But first, stagnant industrial activity and power blackouts that have disrupted industrial production and halted production at copper and aluminum smelters and refineries are likely to erode demand...
...The Basel Action Network (BAN), an environmental organization dedicated to promoting responsible e-waste recycling practices and preventing toxic trade, recently announced that Alcoa has joined its e-Stewards Enterprise program to responsibly recycle its e-waste...
...Aluminium and timber, New Zealand's two most valuable exports to Japan at more than $1 billion, could be even more in demand after the devastating earthquake and tsunami...
