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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Aughinish Alumina guarantees €28 million financial package to EPA in the event of its closure
The US-sanctioned Russian parent company of Aughinish Alumina, one of the major industrial employers in the mid-west, has reportedly guaranteed a €28 million financial package to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in case of its closure. There are fears that the US sanctions may lead to...
Iceland aluminium export records a growth of 6% in Q1 2018
Alcoa, Century Aluminium, and Rio Tinto Alcan are the three notable aluminium smelters in Iceland. In the year 1969, Iceland started producing aluminium in Straumsvík (South Coast). During the first year, the production capacity was at 33 thousand tonnes, which currently is at 850 thousand tonnes...
Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs may impact London’s 2018-2019 budget
A report discussed during London’s corporate services committee meeting on Tuesday September 25 showed that London could be hit by the side effects of Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs on steel and 10% on aluminium. Whoever is elected during municipal election will have to find a way out to manage the...
Ball Corporation inaugurates aluminium speciality can plant in Spain
Ball Corporation has announced the inauguration of its beverage can manufacturing plant in Spain located in Cabanillas del Campo, Guadalajara. With new can plant, which represents for Ball a significant investment of more than 100 million euros, the company expands its presence in Spain, where it...
Russia puts its losses from US aluminum, steel tariffs at $600mln — minister
Russia estimates its losses from steel and aluminum tariffs introduced by the United Statesa at $600 million, Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin said in an RT interview. "We have already calculated the damage done to our economy by this decision of the United States, it stands at...
Arconic opens expanded aluminium and titanium aerospace parts facility in Germany
Arconic opened expanded aluminium and titanium aerospace parts facility in Bestwig, Germany. The expansion increases production capacity to meet growing demand from commercial aircraft manufacturers. Bestwig operations employs approximately 900 people in the production of aluminium and titanium...
Aughinish alumina refinery secure temporary reprieve from US government
The owners of the Aughinish Alumina refinery in West Limerick have reportedly secured a temporary reprieve over threat to alumina jobs from the Trump administration. The news arrived after the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) granted a three-week extension until November 12 on...
Top Five Aluminium Rolling Companies in Europe
The aluminium rolling industry has witnessed a colossal growth over time due to the increasing demand from application sector. To start with, sophisticated and updated methods of manufacturing that resulted in a higher degree of refinement and richness of final product and the application that...
Panasonic Industry Europe launches new conductive polymer hybrid aluminium electrolytic capacitor
Panasonic Industry Europe has expanded its conductive polymer hybrid aluminium electrolytic capacitor range with the launch of new ZF series products, rated at 1,000 hours at 150°C.It is used for power train and engine-mounted applications in the automotive sector. Panasonic said that ZF Series...
Rusal’s Armenal plant cuts aluminium foil production in Armenia
According to Reuters report, Rusal’s Armenal plant has started reducing its aluminium foil production due to U.S. sanctions on the Russian aluminium giant, a source at the plant and a source close to Rusal said. The Armenian aluminium foil is mostly exported to Europe and the United States. The...
Hydro and Rio Tinto terminate acquisition process for Rio's Icelandic aluminium plant ISAL
According to a press update from Norsk Hydro it has signed and an agreement with Rio Tinto to terminate the acquisition process for Rio Tinto's Icelandic aluminium plant ISAL. The takeover process also included its interests in Dutch anode facility Aluchemie and Swedish aluminium fluoride plant...
SMS group to install its fifth extrusion press for Thöni group in Austria
SMS group will install its fifth extrusion press for Thöni group at its future works at Pfaffenhofen, a press release from SMS confirms. Thöni group, headquartered in Telfs, Austria, has placed an order with SMS group for the same. The line includes a 55-MN front-loading extrusion press to process...
US sanctions likely to leave Rusal without any deal during Barlin “mating season”
Metal Bulletin’s 33rd International Aluminium Conference in the German capital of Berlin that begins today, September 12 will unveil the “mating season” for the aluminium industry, where negotiations are settled on the quantities and premiums paid above the LME aluminium price. Reuters reported...
Teignbridge District Council launches new aluminium foil recycling service
Teignbridge District Council has announced the launch of a new aluminium foil recycling service to its residents. Aluminium foil trays and household wrapping foil can now be put into black box for recycling alongside other metal packaging such as food/drink cans and empty aerosols. “A simple way to...
Turkey aluminium stranded wire exports down 11% in H1 2018; UK tops the importer list
Turkey’s exports of commodities increased 11.6 percent year-on-year to USD 14.08 billion in July, 2018 from USD 12.61 billion in the same period previous year. The country also exports aluminium stranded wire to the global market every year. Global trade data indicates that Turkey imported 11 per...
Belgium’s aluminium scraps export to grow this year after a dip in 2017; Germany to remain the top importer
With the passage of time, recycling is becoming a major consideration in continued aluminium use, representing one of the key attributes of this ubiquitous metal, with far-reaching economic, ecological and social implications. More than half of all the aluminium currently produced in the European...
Flexible Packaging Europe summer conference registers record attendance
Reflecting the high levels of interest in flexible packaging – both for its performance and role in the circular economy – the Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) summer conference attracted a record number of attendees to the event, which was held recently in Naples, Italy. During the conference...
650 Aughinish jobs are secured; hopeful Tánaiste Simon Coveney
According to a report, Tánaiste Simon Coveney is hopeful about the job security of more than 650 personnel at Aughinish Alumina refinery in Limerick, following crippling sanctions on its Russian owner by the United States. As per the source, The Minister for Foreign Affairs has accredited the US...
