Germany’s aluminium scrap exports rebound 4.58% in H1 2026: Which countries are buying the most?
Germany’s aluminium scrap trade showed signs of recovery in the first half of 2026, with exports to the world reaching 616,000 tonnes, up 4.58 per cent from 589,000 tonnes in H1 2025. The increase was even more pronounced against the second half of 2025, with H1 2026 shipments rising 7.50 per cent...
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...
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Gestamp plans to invest $13.4 million in Viohalco’s aluminium profiles production and processing businesses
Gestamp North Europe Services has reportedly expressed its intention to invest 23.5 million levs ($13.4 million/12.0 million euro) in acquiring major stakes of Viohalco’s aluminium profiles production and processing businesses – Etem Automotive Bulgaria and Etem Aluminium Extrusions by increasing...
Norway’s aluminium cans import cost likely to rise in 2019, but import volume to drop
Norway’s aluminium cans import is estimated to stand down this year to 9,374 tonnes, according to our third-party data. In 2018, the estimated import amount was at 9,539 tonnes, after growing from 9,502 tonnes in 2017. But the amount of import in 2017 was down from 2016, as the import volume in the...
ALRO’s consolidated turnover grows 2.4% YoY in Q1 2019
ALRO S.A., one of the largest vertically integrated aluminium producers in Europe by capacity, announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2019. The Group’s turnover stood at RON 767.4 million in Q1 2019, up 2.4% from RON 749.2 million in Q1 2018. The Group registered a...
STAS acquires SERMAS Industrie from France
STAS Inc. announces through a press release that the company, a high-technology equipment supplier for the global aluminum industry based in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada, has acquired SERMAS Industrie, located in St Quentin Sur Isère, near Grenoble in France and which employs around forty employees....
Czech Republic’s aluminium powder and flakes import to drop 6.4% in 2019
After rising in the past three consecutive years, Czech Republic’s aluminium powder and flakes import is likely to stand down this year, found the global export-import data. Compared with 4,591 tonnes in 2018, Czech Republic in 2019 is expected to import 4,297 tonnes, down 6.38 per cent year on...
Statkraft to supply electricity to Alcoa’s aluminium production facilities
Statkraft and Alcoa Norway have inked a long-term contract for the supply of power during the period 2020 to 2026. Statkraft will supply approximately 440 GWh of power annually to Alcoa’s Norwegian aluminium production facilities. Hallvard Granheim, Executive Vice President Markets & IT in...
Aleris reported a net loss of US$33 million in Q1 2019 compared to net income of US$5 million in Q1 2018
Aleris Corporation reported results for Q1 2019 ended March 31 on May 8. The company reported a net loss of US$33 million compared to net income of $5 million in Q1 2018. The company reported a record first quarter adjusted EBITDA of US$85 million compared to US$54 million in 2018. Adjusted EBITDA...
Austria estimated to import 291 thousand tonnes of aluminium scrap in 2019
According to recent estimates, in 2018, Austria imported 305,101 tonnes of aluminium scrap from global markets, an increase of 10733 tonnes or 4 per cent year-on-year. The cost of import stood at USD383 million. The country’s estimated aluminium scrap import from Germany increased 1.3 per cent...
Sweden’s aluminium plates, sheets and strips export to record marginal growth in 2019
Aluminium rolled products — plates, sheets and strip have, for many years, formed a large volume of aluminium products shipped annually all over the world due to the increasing consumption of aluminium rolled products in packaging, automotive and other industrial sectors. To cash on this growing...
Hydro to showcase aluminium solutions at European Battery Show
Hydro announced that it will exhibit during The Battery Show Europe 2019 (May 7- 9), taking place in Stuttgart, Germany. The company will present aluminium solutions at The Battery Show Europe, Europe's largest and fastest-growing trade fair for advanced battery and H/EV technology. “Hydro will...
Netherlands sees YoY increase in alumina import; Jamaica tops 2018 exporter list
The global trade data suggest that the Netherlands will import 21% more alumina in 2019 than last year. The country’s import of alumina came in at 1193453 tonnes last year. Jamaica was the top supplier of alumina to the country in 2018, according to recent statistics. Jamaica’s export to the...
Italy’s aluminium scrap import to continue to see a growing trend this year
Our third-party data finds that aluminium scrap import by Italy is likely to continue to grow this year by 3.17 per cent from the previous year. In 2018, Italy’s estimated aluminium scrap import volume was at 598,353 tonnes, which in 2019 is expected to increase to 617,355 tonnes. The volume is...
Germany eyes an increase in aluminium containers export in 2019 after a drop last year
Germany’s aluminium container export witnessed a drop in both volume and value in 2018 after an increase in 2017. Export from Germany declined 37 per cent year-on-year last year, according to recent estimates. Aluminium containers are used for packaging of several commercial commodities and are...
Ardagh Group’s adjusted EBITDA up 4% in three-month period
Ardagh Group, a global supplier of infinitely recyclable, metal and glass packaging for the world’s leading brands, published results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. Revenue in the three-month period was broadly in line with the prior year. Revenue stood at $2,220 million. On a constant...
Liberty acquires French vehicle components suppliers
Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance has announced the acquisition of two vehicle components suppliers in French. Through its industrial business Liberty, GFG has become the owner of Saint Jean Industries Poitou and Fonderie du Poitou Fonte. As a result of the rulings by the courts of Administration, GFG...
Alufoil Trophy 2019 winners focus on consumer convenience and a better environment
Alufoil Trophy 2019, an annual event, organised by the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) to award the most innovative products and technologies in aluminium foil has once again attracted a strong field of entries. They gave out nine awards in different categories honouring excellence in...
Flat rolled aluminium products manufacturer Elval joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that Elval has joined ASI as a Production & Transformation member. Elval is the aluminium rolling division of ElvalHalcor S.A. and the only Greek producer of flat rolled aluminium products. Lampros Varouchas, Managing Director, ELVAL said: “We are...
Austria’s aluminium structures export not likely to extend its growth this year
Until the early 20th century, aluminium was generally not used in construction. It was in the 1920s when aluminium began to be used for decorative detailing and then in the 1930s, a breakthrough was achieved when the Empire State building in New York used aluminium for much of its interior...
