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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Germany’s aluminium bar rods and profiles import to be the highest in EU in 2017
The aluminium bar rods and profiles sector is a well-established, worldwide industry. Major international exporters of aluminium profiles operate out of China, the European Union, Canada, USA, and Japan. Among the top importing regions are the European Union and the USA- these two markets have...
Rio Tinto plans sale of Dunkerque aluminium smelter in France
Rio Tinto, the third largest aluminium producing company in the world, is mulling the sale of its biggest aluminium smelter in Europe after the prices for the metal surged in the last few months. LME aluminium has risen by about 30 per cent this year, and this has lent momentum to Rio’s plan of...
EU anti-dumping regulation agreement could become a game changer for EU trade defence, says European Aluminium DG
Aluminium, the voice of the entire aluminium value chain, supports the agreement on a new EU trade defence regime that was reached yesterday during a final Trilogue meeting between the European Parliament, Commission and Council in Strasbourg. “If confirmed, this agreement could become a game...
TRIMET Aluminium SE confirms sale of €1.24 billion in 2016-17 financial year
TRIMET Aluminium SE announced results for the 2016/2017 financial year (June 30). The company’s sales stood at approximately €1.24 billion. TRIMET Aluminium SE produced around 625,000 tonnes of primary and recycled aluminium in the 2016/2017 financial year. The company produced about 390,000 tonnes...
Ireland registers steady growth in alumina export QoQ through 2016-17
Ireland is the 27th largest export economy in the world houses RUSAL’s alumina refinery Aughinish alumina. Located in a rural part of Ireland, RUSAL’s Aughinish refinery is the only producer of alumina in the country and one of the most efficient alumina facilities globally. The refinery has an...
Italian builder to construct all-aluminium hybrid yacht
Tankoa Yachts, an Italian builder of steel and aluminium luxury mega yachts, announced that the company will construct a new 50-meter hybrid superyacht called Project 'Elettra'. The company made an announcement on 29 September at the Monaco Yacht Show 2017. All-aluminium yacht is expected to be...
500 jobs on the way if plans to redevelop Alcan smelting plant site are approved
More than 500 jobs could be created if plans to redevelop a former aluminium smelting site in Northumberland are given the green light. Harworth Estates Investments Ltd is proposing to build a 121,000sqm employment park in Lynemouth, having purchased the 71 hectare site in April 2015. The company...
Aughinish goes into the red as revenues fall 24 per cent
The largest alumina refinery in Europe on the Shannon estuary, Aughinish Alumina, last year went back into the red with pre-tax losses of $40.5m (€34m). Limerick Alumina Refining recorded the loss as revenues slumped by 24pc from $688.39m (€581m) to $520m (€439m) due to a drop in the price of...
Realistic but ambitious European Aluminium packaging recycling targets needed
On the occasion of its annual aluminium packaging seminar held this year in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), European Aluminium calls for realistic but ambitious aluminium packaging recycling targets. Following the largely positive outcome of the vote of the European Parliament earlier this year and...
Axalta and Reynaers Aluminium showcase ICONICA at Belgian Architecture Festival
Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has worked with Reynaers Aluminium, a European developer of aluminium products for the building sector, to offer architects with beautiful, durable, coated aluminium products. Reynaers Aluminium expanded its product...
Week in Review: A brief overview from the downstream aluminium industry
From the past week the downstream aluminium industry has seen many investments, new agreements and announcement of quarterly reports by some of the companies in the downstream industry. Let’s explore the top stories covering the downstream products vertical for the week that went by: RUSAL invests...
Aluminium anodising company opens sixth production line in Germany
COIL, the world leader for aluminium anodising, is expanding anodised aluminium production capacity, and has inaugurated a new advanced line at its Bernburg site in Germany. Line 6 will have an annual production capacity of 15,000 tonnes. The company made an investment of €24.1 million in these new...
Data shows an increase in aluminium scrap export by Austria in 2017
Austria is the 31st largest export economy in the world. The country exported US$152.2 billion worth of goods in 2016. The country’s exports of aluminium scrap, a significant resource to be used as raw material to produce secondary aluminium and subsequently new aluminium products, represent 1.3%...
MWheels signs new agreement with Wheels India for supply of forged aluminium wheels
MWheels, a distributor of forged aluminium wheels throughout Europe, has signed a new five-year exclusive European distribution agreement with the manufacturing giant Wheels India for Xlite and Xbrite forged aluminium wheels. Xlite and Xbrite, which are five times stronger and 40 per cent lighter...
Aluminium die casting provider announces strong performance figures for 2017 to date
Sarginsons Industries, a leading lightweight casting expert in Coventry, announced growth in growth in sales and profit following a strong 2017 to date. The company witnessed a growth in developing high performance cast aluminium alloys for the automotive and rail industries. Sarginsons said that...
Crown to build new aluminium beverage can facility in Spain
Crown Holdings Inc., a leading supplier of beverage packaging, food packaging, aerosol packaging, metal closures, and specialty packaging product, announced its plans to build a new plant for the manufacturing of aluminium beverage cans in the Valencia region of Spain. The company’s new facility...
Data shows aluminium containers import by Germany to surge in 2017
Aluminium containers are used for packaging of several commercial commodities. Aluminium containers are non-toxic, odourless and moisture resistant. {newsStudioGallery} Germany imports aluminium containers from many countries around the world. Italy is one of the main exporters of these products to...
Finland's VR Group orders 20 new aluminium structure double-deck cars
VR Group, a state-owned railway company in Finland, has ordered 20 new double-deck trains with aluminium structure worth over €50 million with the aim of responding to the increasing demand for this. Transtech, a subsidiary of Škoda Transportation Group, will supply new coaches to the company....
