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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EGA inks deal with Europe’s Aludium for high-quality rolling slabs
Emirates Global Aluminium announced that it has inked a five-year agreement with Aludium for the supply of rolling slab. Rolling slab is processed into plate, sheet and foil products which are used in automotive, printing and packaging industries. EGA's Al Taweelah site has the capacity to produce...
Sweden export of aluminium scrap rises 29% in 2017; Germany remains top importer
Sweden’s exports of aluminium scrap increased in 2017. The country exported 142 thousand tonnes of this particular product to the global market. Sweden is estimated to witness a decrease in exports of aluminium scraps last year. The top destinations of Sweden aluminium scrap exports in 2017 were...
EU’s retaliatory tariffs on US imports to come to effect from Friday
The European Commission announced on Wednesday, June 20, that the EU’s retaliatory tariffs on list of products in response to the US tariffs on aluminium and steel will come into effect on Friday 22 June. Donald Trump hit the European Union with tariffs of 10 percent on aluminium and 25 percent on...
Sapa Building System supplies windows system to Newcastle’s student accommodation Verde
Sapa Building System, one of the largest suppliers of aluminium building systems in Europe, has supplied 770 windows to Newcastle’s latest student accommodation. Known as Verde, this is the fourth and final phase of the £250 million Downing Plaza development. Sapa systems were also used on the...
Poland's aluminium can exports to log 6% YoY growth in 2018; Czech Rep. tops the importer list
The global aluminium cans market has grown at a CAGR of around 2.7 per cent during 2010-2017, according to a new research report by ResearchAndMarkets. The total aluminium cans production volume stood at around 293 billion in 2017.The beverage sector currently accounts for the majority of the...
Vimetco and Conef plan to offer shares in aluminium producer Alro
Vimetco and Conef, which owns Romanian aluminium producer Alro, plan to proceed with the public offering of shares in the company. Vimetco and Conef are controlled by Russian investor Vitaliy Machitski. The company together with its subsidiaries consists of upstream and downstream divisions, from...
EU countries unanimously back retaliatory duties on US exports: Source says
Ever since the United States declared additional 25 per cent tariff on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium imported from its three important trading allies like the European Union, Canada and Mexico, the latter started planning retaliatory measures against the US. Yesterday, on June 14, 2018, all...
Data shows aluminium containers export by Italy to increase in 2018
Italy exported US$506.3 billion worth of goods in 2017, an increase of 10 per cent year on year. The country exports aluminium containers to many countries around the world. Italy’s aluminium container export witnessed a drop in volume and value in 2017. Global trade data suggests that Italy’s...
Norway’s aluminium exports up 31% YoY in 2017
Norway on Tuesday filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the US President Donald Trump's aluminium and steel tariffs, Reuters reported. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide said that 10 per cent tariff on aluminium and 25 per cent tariff on steel violate WTO...
Aluminium beverage can recycling rate in EU, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland increased to 74% in 2015
The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland increased by 0.7% to a new record level of 73.6% in 2015. This is well above the recently approved new EU 2025 recycling target of 65% for all packaging. On the whole European continent...
G7 makes explicit urgency to avoid aluminium overcapacity
European Aluminium welcomes the G7’s communication stressing the “urgent need to avoid excess capacity” in the aluminium sector and the push to develop a stronger international rules on market-distorting industrial subsidies and trade-distorting actions by state-owned enterprises. European...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative certifies first aluminium foil roller and converter against ASI Performance Standard
Constantia Teich, which carries out rolling of aluminium foil to basic and final conversion in Weinburg, Austria, has become the first aluminium foil roller and packaging converter and first European company to be certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s Performance Standard for...
EU to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports next month
The European Union announced on Wednesday that it will impose additional duties on certain U.S. products starting from July in response to U.S. tariffs imposed on European aluminium and steel.Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on imported steel and 10 per cent on aluminium from the EU on June 1. The...
Constellium releases 2017 Business and Sustainability Report
Constellium N.V. announced the release of its 2017 Business and Sustainability Report, including results and progress updates on its 2020 sustainability targets. The company press release says, they conducted a new Materiality Assessment to ensure their sustainability programs remain aligned with...
Germany to continue exporting more aluminium scraps than import in 2018
Germany exports more aluminium scrap than it imports every year. The automotive industry is the biggest sources from where aluminium scrap is generated. The country exports about 1 million tons of aluminium scrap. WMR Recycling, Harita Metals Co, ScholzAlu Stockach GmbH, TSR Recycling GmbH & Co. KG...
Inductotherm - Banyard to supply 2x Banyard LFi Smart system to Hydro PTT plant
Inductotherm - Banyard has announced the successful contract for supply to Hydro Precision Tubing Tonder (HPTT) plant in Denmark, with imminent dispatch of 2x Banyard LFi Smart systems, which consists of 2x Zero Friction, Multi-layer, Multi Zone coil Induction Heaters for 9” aluminium billets, to...
Harley Davidson fears sales drop on possible retaliatory tariff by EU; shares decline
The European Union, in retaliation to new U.S. tariffs on EU steel and aluminium exports is planning tariffs on US products including bourbon, motorcycles and blue jeans worth up to 2.8 billion euros ($3.3 billion), as reported to the World Trade Organization. Harley-Davidson said a trade war with...
EU seeks consultations with US at WTO in response to additional aluminium and steel tariffs
As soon as the Trump Government announced its final decision on Thursday, May 31, 2018, to impose additional 25 per cent tariffs on imported steel and 10 per cent on aluminium on the European Union, Mexico, and Canada, the EU decided to go ahead with its countermeasures. On Friday morning, June 1,...
