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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Doors opening for women at Hydro’s German aluminium plant
German industry is generally dominated by men. At Hydro’s aluminium rolling mill in Grevenbroich, Germany, Hydro has initiated several apprenticeship programs to increase the share of women in the industry. Hydro represents a great diversity in education, experience, gender, age and cultural...
Altech Chemicals inches towards German credit support for HPA
Altech Chemicals has taken a step closer to clinching the support of an export credit insurance scheme which could cover most of the total capital cost of the company’s high-purity alumina (HPA) project. Altech has received a letter of interest from the administrator of Germany’s export credit...
Europe should continue to strive for the ideal circular economy
The European Commission's Circular Economy package is a balanced and achievable proposal but what now counts are the steps taken by the European Parliament and Council of Ministers to ensure a global mindset, effective enforcement, and strong recycling ambition, write Maarten Labberton and...
Fresh thinking about aluminium at EAC 2015
European Aluminium Congress 2015 focused on building the future with aluminium. Sapa was one of the sponsors of the two-day event, which was held in Düsseldorf and organized by the aluminium associations in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Gerold Trommelschläger, who leads Sapa's extrusion...
The Tea Light Fantastic EAFA supports ‘tea light hunt’ recycling campaign in Ireland
The hunt is on in Ireland with thousands of school children in Dublin seeking out used tea light holders to collect for recycling, thanks to an initiative from Alupro Ireland, which is being co-financed by EAFA, the European Aluminium Foil Association. Alupro Ireland’s Tea Light Hunt campaign,...
"As industry commits to climate, a level playing field is needed," Heidi Brock President & CEO, Aluminum Association
Ms Heidi Brock, President & CEO, Aluminum Association made a very strong commentary on global commitment to environmental stewardship at the 21st Session of the COP 21 Climate Summit. She advocated that as some industries, like the aluminum industries of North America and Europe, gained traction on...
European Aluminium: Next steps critical for Europe’s Circular Economy
The European Commission adopted an ambitious new Circular Economy Package to help European businesses and consumers to make the transition to a stronger and more circular economy where resources are used in a more sustainable way. The proposed actions will contribute to "closing the loop" of...
Circular Economy - EU staggers packaging targets
Revised packaging recycling targets put forward by the EU Commission on 2 December, show a move to capture more aluminium cans and to streamline compliance reporting. The Commission has put forward staggered packaging recycling targets of 65% by 2025 and 75% by 2030. Under the objectives, producers...
Aluminium plant threatened with strike
Workers at the Rio Tinto Alcan aluminium smelter in Straumsvík, South-West Iceland, could come out on strike from tomorrow if no solution is found to a row over working conditions. A short and inconclusive round of talks yesterday failed to resolve the dispute between the operators of the plant and...
Altech Chemicals Ltd signs mandate with German KfW Ipex-Bank for project financing
Altech Chemicals Limited is pleased to advise that it has executed an exclusive mandate with German KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the promotional bank KfW, to provide advisory and structuring services in relation to the provision of senior debt project financing for the Company's...
Ball to sell €1.5bn of bonds to fund Rexam deal
Ball Corporation could be forced to sell off more assets than originally anticipated to satisfy competition concerns over its £4.3bn takeover of Rexam, the UK drinks can maker. US-based Ball announced on Monday that it would sell approximately €1.5bn of bonds denominated in euros and dollars to...
Rexam celebrates inauguration of innovative Widnau plant in Switzerland
Rexam, a leading global can maker, proudly announces the completed construction and inauguration of its new wall-to-wall manufacturing plant in Widnau, Switzerland. The hi-tech plant will produce a range of Slim and Sleek™ cans to meet global growth in energy drinks and marks the culmination of...
Ball offers EU to sell 11 plants for Rexam deal approval
U.S. drinks can maker Ball Corp is ready to sell 11 European plants to get EU antitrust regulators to approve its 4.43 billion pound ($6.69 billion) acquisition of Britain's Rexam Plc, people familiar with the matter said. The world's two largest beverage can makers by volume want to merge to...
Réel announces the acquisition of Alesa
Réel announces the acquisition of Alesa, a specialist in design, supply, installation and service specialist complex materials handling equipment mainly for the aluminium industry. With a hundred employees located in Switzerland, in Canada, and in France, Alesa named now REEL ALESA will become a...
Nabaltec AG's revenues and earnings increase in the first nine months of 2015
Nabaltec AG, the leading supplier of specialized raw materials for technical ceramics, posted EUR 115.4 million in revenues in the first nine months of 2015, up 5.3% from the year before, and reported a strong gain in operating profit (EBIT) as well, which was up 12.5% to EUR 11.7 million. In...
Primary aluminium market ended in deficit during Jan - Sep 2015
The latest report published by the World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS) indicates that global primary aluminium market has recorded a deficit during the initial nine months of the year. As per the report, the market reported a deficit of 370,000 tons when matched with the deficit of 654,000...
Chinese aluminum surcharges fall in Europe
Surcharges for physical delivery of aluminum in Europe leveled off after recent gains and may come under pressure from additional supply if Chinese exports rebound and some inventories are liquidated. The surcharges, or premiums, which consumers pay on top of the London Metal Exchange (LME) cash...
Ball offers concessions in EU antitrust review of Rexam deal
Ball Corp. offered antitrust commitments to European Union merger watchdogs probing its bid for Rexam Plc in an attempt to allay concerns over the deal to create the world’s biggest maker of food and beverage cans. The European Commission extended its deadline to rule on the deal until January 22,...
