Storvik and Charl-Pol have launched Alumotion to bring proven robotic solutions, local engineering and lifecycle support closer to Canada's aluminium smelters. Canadian aluminium smelters are set to gain a new source of automation expertise as Storvik and Canadian technology company Charl-Pol...
Canada imported 195,000 tonnes of aluminium plates, sheets and strip in the first half of 2026, down from 214,000 tonnes during the same period of 2025. Total imports were therefore lower by 8.9 per cent year-on-year, although the second quarter saw a stronger volume of shipments than the first....
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Showing grief and disgust, Canada’s manufacturing industry has condemned the new aluminium import tariffs imposed by the Trump Government. They are worried about the adverse economic impact that the tariffs may cause, slowing the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Industry experts and groups,...
The announcement for the imposition of 10% surtax on Canadian aluminium by the Donald Trump administration has incited strong reactions from Canada. The management of Alcoa Canada that has been operating an aluminium smelter in Baie-Comeau, is highly disappointed with this decision as it will...
Canada has declared $2.7 billion tariffs on US aluminium products following the day after US President Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on some Canadian aluminium products. However, Canada and the USA outstretched a deal last year to lift tariffs on aluminium imports that had been enforced on...
The American President Donald Trump on 6 th August’20 declared the re-impose of Section 232 aluminium tariffs on Canada to stop an unusual surge of imports from Canada. Over the past twelve months, Canada’s imports of unalloyed primary aluminium to the United States have increased by over 95%....
Following the United States announcement to restore the 10 per cent tariffs on Canadian non-alloyed unwrought aluminium, Canada has decided to retaliate with counter tariffs on the US. The news came after Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland said in a statement that Canada intends to...
On Thursday, August 6, the US President Donald Trump declared to reimpose 10 per cent tariffs on non-alloyed unwrought aluminium imported from Canada, as a measure to protect the US aluminium industry. Speaking in Ohio, Trump said these tariffs were necessary to defend the US aluminium industry as...
According to the latest data shown by the US Geological Statistics, the United States aluminium plates, sheets and bars exports in May 2020 stood at 39,900 tonnes, down by 46.44 per cent month-on-month from 74,500 tonnes. On a year-on-year basis, the exports in May 2020 were down by 46 per cent as...
The United States aluminium imports (including scrap) in May 2020 stood at 423,000 tonnes, registering a downfall of 5.16 per cent from 446,000 tonnes in April, found the latest date of the US Geological Survey. The imports in April were significantly up by 59.29 per cent from 280,000 tonnes in...
The latest data from the Aluminium Association of Canada reveals that Canada's exports of standard P1020 aluminium to the United States have decreased in July from the previous month. The Association estimates the exports to drop by about 30 per cent at the end of the month. So, from 155,000 tonnes...
Prebaked anode exports by China totalled 796,500 tonnes in the first half of 2020, up 23.4 per cent from a year earlier, found the latest customs data. The exports were barely hit by the COVID-19 outbreak as producers increased shipments to overseas to minimize the buildup inventory. However, for...
Aluminerie Alouette's operations in Sept-Îles, Quebec, have been acknowledged by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative with its Performance Standard Certification. The news came after ASI announced today, July 23, that it successfully certified the Aluminerie Alouette plant in Sept-Îles. The plant...
Canada suggests the United States be patient about determining whether to reimpose aluminium tariffs. In response to the United States’ allegations that the raw aluminium exports from Canada to the US have surged ever since the tariffs were lifted in May 2019, Canadian Ambassador Kirsten Hillman...
According to the US Geological Survey, the United States’ aluminium crude metals and alloys imports from Canada surged by 40 per cent month-on-month in March 2020. From 145,000 tonnes in February, the US aluminium crude metals and alloys imports jumped to 203,000 tonnes in March, found the data. In...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that he was anxious about reports that US was considering to re-impose tariffs on Canadian aluminium. On 8 th July’20, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: “US companies would suffer if the Trump administration hits Canadian metal imports with tariffs...
The Prime Minister’s Office of Canada has confirmed that PM Justin Trudeau will not visit Washington, with Mexico's president this week to celebrate a new North American trade deal, after Canada louden concerns over United States aluminium tariffs. On 6 th July’20, over a phone call, Trudeau told...
The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau on 3 rd July’20 stated that he was still unsure whether he would travel to Washington D.C. next week to celebrate a new North American trade treaty. The issue of US tariffs on aluminium is holding him back is the most possible reason. Mexico's President...
In the first quarter of 2020 (January-March), the United States imported 740,000 tonnes of aluminium crude metal and alloys, compared to 895,000 tonnes in the first quarter of the previous year, found the US Geological Survey. Hence, the import volume in Q1 2020 registered a decline of 155,000...
Tom Dobbins, President and CEO, The Aluminium Association on 1 st July’20 delivered the communication in response to the execution of US-Mexico-Canada Agreement: “USMCA’s implementation is a historic achievement, and we greatly appreciate the efforts of the U.S., Canadian and Mexican governments in...
