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 outperforms Steel: First Russian-made all-aluminium tram to float soon
PC Transport Systems, the Russian manufacturer of urban electric vehicles is developing the first Russian-made all-aluminium tram, drawing the best example of aluminium tram production in Europe. The body-shells for the three-section low-floor Type 71-931M1 Vityaz-M tram are being assembled and...
Future Concepts in Battery Foil Production: New Greenfield Aluminium Foil Production Plant in Hungary
ACHENBACH BUSCHHÜTTEN, specialist and world market leader for aluminium foil rolling mills and foil slitting machines, was ordered by LOTTE ALUMINIUM, subsidiary of the multinational LOTTE group which is the fifth-largest company in South Korea, to establish a new Greenfield production plant in...
The Romanian Bauxite import market remains unsettled during 2017-20
Romania is a south-eastern European country known for the forested region of Transylvania, ringed by the Carpathian Mountains. The economy of Romania is a fast developing, upper middle income mixed economy with a very high Human Development Index and a skilled labour force. The demand for aluminium...
Weekly Update 2: COVID19 leading companies to pursue new strategies while their sales & output taken back seat, April 11-24
The COVID19 impacts have brought in a lot of changes in planning, strategizing, and executions for the aluminium companies. Such was our observation over more than a week, from April 11 to April 24. While decline in European car sales by about 52 per cent in March, attributing to the lockdowns...
Longacre invests in Bristol-based aluminium foil re-winder firm “Prowrap”
Prowrap, the Bristol-based professional re-winder and manufacturer of aluminium foil has secured investment from Longacre Group. The deal incorporates Longacre will be funding both brands within the Prowrap portfolio – Procare and Wrapex – and would be maintaining the long-term future of the...
i2r receives the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade
i2r Packaging Solutions has been awarded with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade. The company has won the award for outstanding year on year growth in overseas sales over the last three years. i2r manufactures a comprehensive range of aluminium foil wrinklewall and smoothwall...
The Italian aluminium closure company Guala Closures appoints financial advisor
Guala Closures Group, the Italian MNC has more than 4,700 employees and operates in 5 continents through 30 production plants and markets its products in over 100 countries. Guala Closures S.p.A., the world leader in the production aluminium closures for wines and one of the major global producers...
IPI S.r.l. Pierantonio, Italy plant certified against ASI Performance Standard
IPI has received Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard – Material Stewardship Certification in Italy. The company has achieved certification for its aseptic packaging production operations. The operations include the design and manufacturing of multilayered materials...
Aluminum Association acclaims USITC’s unanimous preliminary verdict on imports of common Aluminum alloy sheet
On 22 nd April’20, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) made a unanimous preliminary determination that unfairly-traded imports of common alloy aluminium sheet from Bahrain, Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Republic of Korea, Oman, Romania, Serbia,...
Aluminium scrap shortage: Panic growing among European aluminium alloy producers
The aluminium scrap shortage panic has grown among the European aluminium alloy producers as they envisaged their pricing levels onwards the resumption of some automotive operations this week. As manufacturers like Volvo and Volkswagen has declared a restricted resumption of their facilities last...
Aluminij Mostar: Bosnian Aluminium smelter’s debt amounts $166 million
Isaac M. Tamir, Chairman of the T. T. Abraham Group, stated: “Mostar’s Aluminum Debt does not apply to the new Aluminum Industries Company, HZHB Elektroprivreda utility company stated that the payment of the electricity consumed debt is an integral part of Mostar’s restructuring plan."...
The Aluminium scrap export market of Germany remains unstable during 2017-20
In the present time, aluminium is a widely used metal in various industries. The metal is lightweight, easy to process, and corrosion-resistant. Aluminium consumption is growing year by year. It is facilitated by the development of aluminium production technologies and the expansion of its scope....
World primary aluminium production rises 2% YoY and 6.4% MoM in March
Global primary aluminium production came in at 5.477 million tonnes in March, representing an increase of 1.52% from 5.395 million tonnes in March 2019, according to the latest data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) on Monday 20 April 2020. On a month-on-month comparison,...
Complete Aluminium Foil Plant on SALE! A Golden Opportunity to expand your production capacity
Aiming at expanding your aluminium semi-finished business or diversify into a new industrial sector? Looking at investing in aluminium flat rolled production plant? Then AlCircle is here to help you with all the necessary information on a complete aluminium foil plant in Germany, which is on SALE!...
New-car sales in Europe record a plunge of 52% in March 2020
New-car sales in Europe’s major markets in March dwindled by 52 per cent, attributing to the lockdowns imposed for the containment of COVID19, showed a data on Friday, April 17. Registrations dropped to 853,077 vehicles in the European Union, Britain, and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)...
Hungary’s Aluminium scrap export shows growth during 2017-19: Estimated dip by 2.08% in 2020, while revenue generation rises by 7.35%
The aluminium scrap export market of Central European nation Hungary during 2017-19 has remained very promising, as the total export volume during the period stood at 277,261 tonnes, while the revenue generation at the same time remained at $367.85 million. The total export of aluminium scrap for...
“COVID-19” pandemic: The “Green-Metal” market seized between expectation and its metal barrier
The global aluminium prices are falling and the surfeit inventories are inclining up rapidly, though the market has not yet entered the catastrophe situation that despoiled the global market in 2008, a year is known for recession. The COVID-19 breakout has stroked out aluminium in the worst...
Luxembourg’s Aluminium ingot importation market remains strong during 2017-20
Luxembourg's economy is quite similar to Germany's and the nation enjoys a degree of economic prosperity very rare among industrialized democracies. In Luxembourg, Hydro is present with metal products operations. The company’s largest aluminium remelting operation in Europe is based in Clervaux,...
