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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Iceland likely to continue exporting 1 million tonnes of aluminium (alloyed & non-alloyed) in 2019
With three major smelting companies like Alcan, Century Aluminium, and Alcoa, aluminium is one of the major materials produced and exported by Iceland. As of Q3 2017, aluminium had reportedly accounted for 14 per cent of Iceland’s total exports of goods and services. {newsStudioGallery} Our...
GFG Alliance inaugurates Liberty Aluminium Dunkerque
Sanjeev Gupta’s global GFG Alliance has inaugurated Liberty Aluminium Dunkerque, Europe’s largest smelter, declaring its intention to expand into France’s industrial supply chain. GFG purchased the smelter for around US$500 million from Rio Tinto in December last year. GFG aims to make the...
Norway’s aluminium wire exports volume to drop this year but not the revenue
In the successive year of 2017, when Norway’s aluminium wire exports had increased by about 2 per cent from 70,079 tonnes in 2016 to 71,490 tonnes, the country reportedly saw a year-on-year decline in further exports, found our third-party data. {newsStudioGallery} In 2018, Norway’s aluminium wire...
Turkey's aluminium plates, sheets and strips exports rise to UK but drop to Germany in 2018
Turkey mostly exports aluminium rolled products globally. Assan Alüminyum is Tukey’s leading manufacturer in the flat rolled aluminium sector, producing flat rolled products (coil, sheet and foil) since its establishment in 1988. Assan Alüminyum accounts for more than half of the flat rolled...
US sanctions lift on Rusal brings relief for Aughinish Alumina in Limerick
The US Treasury Department announced on Sunday, January 27, that it removed sanctions on Rusal, the Russian energy giant that owns Aughinish Alumina in Limerick, in a move welcomed by the Irish Government. In December, the US Treasury had announced its intention to remove the sanctions against...
Belgium aluminium scrap imports from France and Germany drop in 2018 in tandem with total import decline
According to the available data, Belgium’s aluminium scrap import in Q1 2018 had stood lower at 72,954 tonnes, compared to 84,174 tonnes in the same period of 2017. Nevertheless, the total volume of import through 2018 was estimated to record higher at 299,165 tonnes. However, now after the end of...
An Interview with Jan Guthmann, Managing Director, Herrmann + Hieber, equipment supplier for aluminium extrusion plants
AlCircle had an opportunity to speak to Jan Guthmann, Managing Director, Herrmann + Hieber , a leading supplier of advanced automated equipment solutions to the steel and aluminium extrusion sector in Europe during ALUMINIUM 2018 fair in Dusseldorf. Here is an excerpt from the brief interview:...
Italy’s estimated imports and exports of aluminium structures grow in 2018
In 2018, Italy’s imports and exports of aluminium structures increased by 10.27% or 3536 tonnes year-on-year and 20.45% or 13213 tonnes year-on-year respectively in 2018. Most of Italy’s aluminium structures export goes to Austria, France, the USA, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Poland and Spain...
Sanctions relief on Rusal expected to ease US-Armenia aluminium trade: ANCA says
The US Senate’s failure to block the easing of Rusal sanctions is expected to reduce the pressure on an Armenian aluminium mill, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). This brings relief to 700 employees of the Armenal mill in Yerevan and thousands of local families supported...
Spain’s aluminium scrap import from France to drop 5.3% and Portugal 11% in 2018
Spain is home to Europe's largest machinery scrapyard. Some of the industry's biggest aluminium scrap dealers and recyclers also have their facilities located here in the Iberian Peninsula country. Thus, the country is known for importing a good amount of aluminium scrap from various parts of the...
Rio’s 2018 aluminium production down 3% due to ongoing labour disruptions at Becancour smelter
Rio Tinto’s aluminium production for the fourth quarter of 2018 stood at 874,000 tonnes, one per cent lower compared with the corresponding period of 2017. Aluminium production in 2018 was three per cent lower than 2017. Rio Tinto produced 3.5 million tonnes of aluminium. The decline in production...
Baglietto begins construction on its 40M Hull all-aluminium superyacht
Italian custom superyacht builder Baglietto has reportedly begun construction on its 40M Hull all-aluminium fully custom yacht. Featuring exterior design by Horacio Bozzo and interior design by Salvagni Architetti, Baglietto is a 39.75 metre luxury yacht. As per the report, it is scheduled for the...
Relief for workers as US Senate fails to block lifting Aughinish Alumina sanctions
The US Senate reportedly failed in its attempt on Wednesday evening, January 16, to block the agreement to lift sanctions against Rusal, the parent company of Aughinish Alumina. With this arrived an immense relief among nearly 400 Aughinish workers in Limerick. The news came when a junior minister...
Deceuninck forms JV with So Easy Holding for aluminium window systems
Deceuninck Group has partnered with So Easy Holding BVBA for “So Easy” aluminium window systems of So Easy System Sp.z.o.o., a designer and manufacturer of innovative aluminium window systems active in Eastern Europe. The company, with an annual turnover of € 12 million euro, has a state of the art...
PANDA Greenstar seeks to open a new recycling facility at Atlas Aluminium site
PANDA Greenstar, Ireland-based waste management and recycling service, is attempting to open a new recycling facility at the Atlas Aluminium site just off the Dock Road. This initiative is for seeking a change of use on an existing light industrial unit to a recycling facility. Per the report, the...
US Senate moves against sanctions removal plan from Aughinish Alumina in Limerick
A vote will be reportedly held today, on January 16, on a move to block the lifting of sanctions affecting Aughinish Alumina in Limerick. Per the report, 11 Republican senators went against their own party and joined hands with Democrats to allow the vote to proceed. In December, the US Treasury...
Recap 2018 : Aggressive Expansions marked downstream aluminium sector; tariffs hit the market while demand remained strong (Part I)
Downstream sector of aluminium has seen an event full 2018, again marked by continuous expansions around the world. Demand remained strong in North America, Japan and Europe. China had a lacklustre year as for downstream growth is concerned. Restrictive trade policies by the U.S. president Trump...
France’s import of aluminium bar rods and profiles to drop in 2019 after two consecutive YoY rises
Aluminium Bars are the 192nd most traded product according to the Product Complexity Index (PCI). According to a report, global demand for aluminium bar rods and profiles is forecast to expand 5.7 per cent per annum between 2016 and 2020. Currently, aluminium alloy profiles, bars and rods account...
