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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Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland reiterated Canada’s stand on USMCA and U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from Canada on Saturday. In a call with media she cleared that in a meeting with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Munich Security Conference; she...
Bombardier awarded Aleris with Diamond Supplier Certification during the Bombardier Supplier Symposium on February 7th in Montreal, Canada. Aleris was recognized for its outstanding performance as a supplier of aluminium aerospace products from Aleris manufacturing facilities in Koblenz, Germany...
Rio Tinto's BC Works smelter and Kemano Power Operations in British Columbia, Canada, have been certified for responsible production by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). The company’s aluminium operations in Canada have all been certified to the industry’s highest standards for...
Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley on Wednesday called on the Trump administration to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico before Congress begins considering legislation to implement the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade deal. The three countries on Nov. 30...
Pump House Brewery has reportedly announced the launch of its new subsidiary company Candu Packaging to supply aluminium can shrink-sleeving and printing as well bulk blank can sales to breweries in Atlantic Canada. “Currently, when a microbrewery needs cans to put their beer in, their only option...
According to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey, domestic primary aluminium production in October 2018 was 84,000 tonnes. The average daily production in October was 2,710 tonnes, 6% more than that in September 2018, 34% more than that in October 2017. In October,...
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (measured in shipments by domestic producers plus imports) totalled an estimated 10.7 million tonnes in the period from January to October 2018, up 3.4 per cent over the same period of 2017....
Canada seemed to have been all ears to the tariff exemption request from the construction industry in British Columbia in November. British Columbia is the westernmost province in Canada that depends primarily on imported metal. On Wednesday, December 19, Canada reportedly announced that it would...
Alcoa Corporation announced that the company will cut half of the one operating potline’s 138,000 tonnes per year capacity at the Aluminerie de Bécancour Inc. (ABI) smelter in Québec, Canada. Alcoa owns 75 per cent of the aluminium smelter and Rio Tinto Alcan owns the remainder. The Bécancour...
The U.S. is one of the leading consumers of aluminium cans in the world. Due to the growing recognition of the aluminium can as one of the most recycled aluminium products in the world and as one of the most sustainable packaging solution, the use of aluminium cans is growing around the world,...
LB Aluminium Berhad, one of the largest aluminium suppliers based in Malaysia, has recorded a surge in its net profit for the second quarter ended on October 31. The profit reportedly grew by 69.4 per cent to RM2.83 million against RM1.67 million in the previous corresponding quarter, mainly...
The Australian explorer firm Pure Alumina Limited is planning to buy private Canadian high purity alumina (HPA) producer Polar Sapphire. Polar Sapphire makes some of the lowest cost HPA at its Toronto pilot plant available in the market at present. Pure Alumina, formerly called Hill End Gold told...
The Aluminum Association joined global aluminium association leaders from Brazil, Canada, the EU, Japan and Mexico and signed a letter to leaders of the G20 calling for renewed commitment “to tackling the issue of market-distorting aluminium overcapacity.” The association leaders, in the letter...
Canada, the U.S. and Mexico signed the new North American trade agreement on Friday, November 30, on the sidelines of the Group OF G20 summit in Buenos Aires. The new agreement, officially known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), still needs to be ratified by legislators in all three...
Preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association indicate that aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) stood at an estimated 9.6 million tonnes through September 2018, up 3% over the same period of 2017. Demand for semi-fabricated (mill)...
Over the past five years, increased construction activity and expanded energy infrastructure have reportedly spurred the demand for aluminium wires and cables. Thus, the world aluminium wire rod usage increased consequently from 5.87 million tonnes in 2014 to about 6.26 million tonnes in 2017. The...
The World Trade Organization agreed that it would hear complaints coming from a range of countries over the US steel and aluminium tariffs and complaints from Washington over retaliatory duties. The WTO's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed on Wednesday to establish panels to review U.S tariffs of...
On Monday, November 19, more than 30 American business and agriculture groups urged the United States Trade Representatives Robert Lighthizer to exempt aluminium and steel import tariffs on Mexico and Canada, arguing that such tariffs were hurting exporters and putting jobs at risk. In a letter...
