Canada’s H1’26 aluminium exports dip 12.57% amid US tariffs: What does H2 hold?
The first half (H1) of 2026 witnessed Canada’s exports of unwrought aluminium taking a deep plunge. The country supplied a total of 1.33 million tonnes of aluminium products to the world including unwrought aluminium, bars, rods and profiles, aluminium foil, pipes and tubes, plates, sheets and...
Aluminium extrusion 2035 demand nears 44.22Mt: Industry experts decode next decade drivers
Global aluminium extrusion demand is entering a phase with consumption projected to rise from 35.25 million tonnes in 2025 to 35.93 million tonnes in 2026 and 44.22 million tonnes by 2035, representing a 2.29 per cent CAGR. While building and construction will remain the largest end-use sector and...
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Aluminium Center Foundation is now the Dutch Aluminium Association
The Aluminium Center Foundation on 1 st April’20 has integrated into a new sector group under Koninklijke Metaalunie. A new name has been set up for this new initiative: the Dutch Aluminum Association (DAA), the organization for the aluminium industry in the Netherlands. At the start, the new...
ProfilGruppen Extrusions AB joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative as new Production & Transformation member
ProfilGruppen Extrusions AB has joined Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as a new Production & Transformation member. This brings the total number of members working toward a responsible aluminium value chain to 124. “The desire to make progress every day is an important attitude at...
Romanian beer brand Albacher benefits from Multi-Color's aluminium foil can lid label
The Romanian beer brand Albacher is receiving benefit from Multi-Color’s aluminium foil can lid label. The design of the label secures that the beer is clean at the moment a buyer selects it from the shelf. The hygienic lid keeps the top of the can clean and protects from dust and germs. Consumers...
Energy-saving furnace for Heck + Becker at its die-casting technology centre in Germany
At its Die Casting Technology centre in Germany, toolmaker Heck + Becker carries out casting tests for tool acceptance testing and fine-tuning innovative casting processes. It does this with the help of a fully automated die casting cell with a clamping force of 3,200 tonnes. Around 150 tonnes of...
Northvolt and Norsk Hydro joining hands to set-up car battery recycling plant
The World’s Greenest battery maker Northvolt and the Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company Norsk Hydro are joining hands to recycle batteries from Norway’s hundreds of thousands of electric cars as part of Europe’s effort to build a green battery industry to take on Tesla and Asian...
Slovenian Aluminium producer Talum records profit in 2019: Projected 2020 as turbulent
Slovenian Aluminium producer Talum generated EUR 327 million in net revenue and almost EUR 680,000 in net profit in 2019. General Manager Marko Drobnič has told: “More than EUR 290 million came from aluminium product sales with 87% of the sales made in foreign markets.” As an ultra-modern company,...
Alcoa considers to lay-off 534 workers from its San Ciprian aluminium plant in Spain
On 28 th May’20, the aluminium producer, Alcoa announced that it is considering to lay-off 534 workers San Ciprian aluminium plant in the Spanish region of Galicia. However, a final decision is yet to be made. The high energy costs and low aluminium prices led to persistent losses and left the...
Nissan to close Barcelona plant, Aluminium downstream suppliers to auto industry stands down-hearted
Gianluca De Ficchy, Chairman, Nissan Europe said: “Nissan intends to close its Barcelona main plant and two nearby facilities starting in December’20, but it will keep open two facilities in northern Spain.” The Chairman also said: "There was no viable solution for the future of the Barcelona...
Constellium delivers Aluminium Auto Body Sheet for the new Toyota Corolla in Europe
Constellium SE made published today that it delivers Auto Body Sheet for the new Toyota Corolla produced at Toyota’s European manufacturing plants. Constellium was recommended as the solitary supplier of Auto Body Sheet for the hood of the new Corolla, produced at the automaker’s facilities in...
ALVANCE Aluminium appoints Guillaume de Goÿs as new Chief Operating Officer
ALVANCE Aluminium Group, GFG Alliance’s global aluminium division, has announced today, on May 27, that it has appointed Guillaume de Goÿs as new Chief Operating Officer. The primary responsibility of Mr Goÿs will be to drive the group’s expansion and synergies across its upstream and downstream...
The rapid rise of Croatian export of Aluminium cans during 2017-19: Estimated de-growth by 65.68% for 2020
Croatia is a country in Southeast Europe. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy. The Croatian economy is one of the strongest economies in Southeast Europe....
Reynaers Aluminium appoints Steve Hubbard as new operations director
Reynaers Aluminium has reportedly appointed Mr Steve Hubbard as a new operations director. Hubbard comes with more than 30 years of experience in driving operations through process efficiency and best practice implementation. On being appointed by the Reynaers Aluminium, Hubbard said, “These...
World primary aluminium production marginally up at 5.255 million tonnes in April
Global primary aluminium production stood at 5.255 million tonnes in April, slightly more than that in April 2019, according to the latest data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) on Wednesday 20 May 2020. On a month-on-month comparison, the output decreased by 3.83% from 5.464...
European drinks brand Little Miracles introduce two new sparkling ice tea in aluminium cans
The European drinks brand known as Little Miracles has introduced two new low calorie, low sugar, vegan sparkling ice tea in aluminium cans, as part of its goal to become a completely plastic-free brand by summer 2023. Little Miracles started its mission to offer products that have only organic and...
Hydro Extruded Solutions facilities certified against ASI Chain of Custody Standard
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that Hydro’s seven facilities in Europe have been certified against the ASI Chain of Custody Standard. The certification is for its plants in Birtley (UK), Bedwas (UK), Cheltenham (UK), Chrzanów (Poland), Tibshelf (UK), Tønder Precision Tubing...
Dutch Aluminium maker Aldel to sell 180,000 tonnes to Glencore
Adel, the Netherlands-based aluminium maker stated on 18 th May’20 that it has tied up for this year and next year to sell 180,000 tonnes of the metal to commodity trader Glencore. London-listed Glencore is a major player in the aluminium market outside China. Earlier in April’20, Glencore made a...
European Aluminium supports rapid actions for the recovery of the automotive sector at the European level
Aluminium is a part of many large value chains and the largest of them being the automotive and transport sector. This sector alone represents 36% of the aluminium market. As the automotive industry is facing a severe slowdown or is even stopping production, the aluminium production which includes...
Constellium obtains a State loan of 180 million euros to get recovered from COVID-19 hit
A decree from the Ministry of Finances, published on Saturday in the Official Journal, suggests that the State has guaranteed a loan of 180 million euros to the Constellium group, specialised in aluminium products. The state guarantee is provided to a loan granted to Constellium by the banks BNP...
