AL Circle Analysis: Rising bauxite supply, India’s alumina surplus and US policy reshape the aluminium industry
The bauxite and alumina industry has been busy repositioning itself on several fronts. Companies are expanding mining and smelting capacity, exploring new resource regions and moving towards higher-value products, while governments are stepping in to protect strategically important alumina assets....
GM invests $40m in US aluminium casting operations for truck, SUV transmissions
Explore how GM is expanding aluminium casting capacity in Indiana to support 10-speed transmissions and strengthen its US manufacturing footprint. General Motors is investing more than USD 40 million in its Bedford Casting Operations in Indiana, expanding aluminium casting capacity to support...
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America’s FRP market Part 1: Consumption to grow 15.29% CAGR through 2030 amid production uncertainty
Flat-rolled aluminium products (FRP), excluding aluminium foil, are no longer just another industrial material — they’ve become part of the machinery that keeps modern life running. They are everywhere: in electric cars, in the hardware behind renewable-energy systems, packaging, etc. As industries...
One month to CBAM: what’s in, what’s out, who pays, and how the aluminium industry must prepare
When the European Union rolled out its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in 2023, a few energy-intensive industries felt the tremors more. Aluminium was one of them, while the rest were iron and steel, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen, and electricity industries. For them, CBAM appeared not...
Quality concern in A320 aluminium panels: Airbus goal turns nearly unattainable
December 1 witnessed the Airbus AIR market shares dropping 6 per cent due to a quality-control problem in the aluminium fuselage panels on a large number of A320 jets. This resulted in the uncertain conditions currently faced by the affected fleet until the issue is resolved. Image for referential...
SMM survey: Sky-high aluminium prices reshape alloy casting enterprises – long-term contract holders thrive while others cut production
Recently, as aluminium prices continued to fluctuate at highs, SMM surveyed some aluminium alloy casting manufacturers on their current and near-term production and operations. The findings are as follows: Enterprise A: Mainly produces automotive parts such as engine blocks and steering shafts,...
A new recycled aluminium plant would be built in the Stavropol Territory
Alused company has received the approval for building an enterprise in Nevinnomyssk, a city located in Stavropol Territory, Southern Russia. The aluminium recycling plant built with a capacity of 2 thousand tonnes of processing per annum, would be specially focusing on the aluminium recycling....
Novelis secures German Ecodesign Award with a breakthrough 100% recycled aluminium automotive sheet
The leading sustainable aluminium solutions provider and the global leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, Novelis, has successfully bagged the 2025 German Ecodesign Award under the category of “Product”. This award has been given to the firm as a recognition of the aluminium sheet prototype,...
CMR Green turns Indian scrap into premium quality
Nation’s largest non-ferrous scrap recycler processes 600,000 tonnes of scrap annually and boosts value, purity and sustainability with STEINERT technology . CMR Green, India’s largest non-ferrous scrap recycler, strengthens its role as a global premium supplier by combining large-scale recycling...
Collaboration with SMS: GARMCO’s aluminium hot rolling production upgrade succeeds
The Manama-based leading aluminium producer, Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill B.S.C. (GARMCO), has collaborated with the SMS group GmbH, with a goal to successfully upgrade and deliver motors and drives in the one-stand reversing hot rolling mill. Although initially designed by a third-party supplier,...
India & 2050 aluminium prospect: demand is certain, India’s advantage isn’t
By mid-century, aluminium is set to become one of the defining industrial commodities of the energy transition. Long-range modelling (like Marshall’s Equilibrium Model) points in the same direction, i.e., global aluminium demand could grow by around 80 per cent by 2050 compared with 2020. According...
LME cash aluminium slips 0.03% to $2,858/t as futures extend gains
On December 2, the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium cash price fell slightly, but other contracts continued the upward trend. The inventory further dropped from the previous day’s close. The LME cash bid fell by USD 1 per tonne or 0.03 per cent to reach USD 2,858 per tonne and the cash offer...
Alcoa celebrates skilled workforce milestone with 24 apprentices graduating in 2025
Global bauxite to aluminium production giant Alcoa has marked a major workforce milestone in Western Australia. A total of 24 apprentices completed four years of technical and on-the-job training across its mines and alumina refineries. The graduation ceremony took place on November 13 2025, at the...
Anti-dumping duties to be levied on Chinese aluminium, says Eurasian Economic Commission
The Eurasian Economic Commission, under the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, has introduced a series of fresh trade measures targeting the Chinese imports of titanium dioxide and aluminium foil. Following the Council’s instruction, the board has agreed to impose anti-dumping duties on both...
Canpack posts 9% rise in Q3 revenue to $1.18B but EBITDA falls 6% amid cost pressures
Canpack, a global manufacturer of aluminium beverage cans and packaging solutions has released its results for the quarter and nine-month period ending September 30, 2025, reporting a small rise in beverage-can demand but softer profitability. Q3 2025: Higher volumes, firm sales, softer earnings...
Dry season looms: Rising power costs to drive December aluminium weighted average cost higher
According to SMM data, the average tax-inclusive full cost for China's aluminium industry in November 2025 was RMB 16,057 per tonne, up 1.1 per cent m-o-m but down 21 per cent y-o-y. This was mainly due to a smaller-than-expected drop in the monthly average alumina price during the period, coupled...
As the US and EU ring-fencing aluminium scrap through targeted measures, will Asia withstand the supply pressure?
Aluminium scrap has quietly become one of the most protected raw materials in the world specially in United States and the European Union — not through restrictions, but through deliberate exemptions. Washington has carved scrap out of Section 232 tariffs even as it tightened duties on primary...
John Sheehan, CFO of Ardagh Group, to resign
Ardagh Group S.A. (Ardagh), which deals in aluminium beverage packaging, recently announced that its present Group CFO, John Sheehan, would be resigning from his post by the end of this year. Mr Sheehan had informed the Board about this decision at the beginning of the year. Meanwhile, Ardagh is...
US Fed risk warnings and interest rate cut expectations are intertwined, aluminium market maintains high-level consolidation
Futures: During the night session on December 1, the most-traded SHFE aluminium 2601 contract opened at RMB 21,870 per tonne, reached a highest price of RMB 21,940 per tonne, a lowest price of RMB 21,820 per tonne, and finally closed at RMB 21,885 per tonne, up 0.09 per cent. From a technical...
ASI certifies Dicastal KSM Autoparts QinHuangdao Co., Ltd. against Performance Standard V3.1 and Chain of Custody V2
CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd. has achieved ASI Performance Standard V3.1 (2023) and Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard V2 (2022) Certification for the design and manufacture of die casting parts at their Dicastal KSM Autoparts QinHuangdao Co., Ltd. facility located in Hebei Province, China. Aluminium...
