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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ContiTech, Stihl select Sapa as supplier of the year
ContiTech Vibration Control has awarded Sapa’s aluminium extrusion plant in Slovakia, and Stihl has presented its top award to Sapa’s aluminium tubing plant in Belgium. The awards demonstrate Sapa’s focus on exceeding customer expectations through quality, value creation and supply performance....
U.S. aluminium premiums falling back into line with Europe
More available aluminium means the surcharges that U.S. consumers pay are narrowing into line with costs paid in Asia and Europe, and the regional gap could be closed by the end of the year. Strong U.S. demand for aluminium used in transport and packaging, long queues to get material out of London...
Rexam issues its Q1 trading update
Rexam, a leading global beverage can maker, is today issuing the following trading update for the period from 1 January 2015. Results for the Group are in line with our plans. Overall global beverage can volumes were up 5% (3.5% excluding the acquisition of UAC) in the first quarter. Volumes in...
Romanian aluminium producer Alro forecasts profit after loss
Romanian aluminum producer Alro Slatina posted last year a EUR 24.6 million loss, for a turnover of EUR 452 million. For 2015, the company estimates a profit of USD 63.6 million (EUR 57.8 million). It also forecasts revenues of USD 663.6 million (EUR 603 million) and has planned investments of USD...
Rexam sees volume growth in Europe, with energy drinks boosting beverage cans
Beverage can manufacturer Rexam has seen strong volume growth in Europe, including Russia, it said in a trading update this morning. Rexam is enjoying ‘pretty good’ growth in its Russian business – unlike other companies - but chief executive Graham Chipchase remains cautious about the ‘very, very...
Trimet Aluminium celebrates 30th anniversary
Trimet Aluminium SE is 30 years old. Founded in 1985 by Heinz-Peter Schlüter as a metal trading company, in three decades the company has become a material specialist for the aluminium processing industry. With the takeover of the aluminium smelter in Essen and the recycling plant in Gelsenkirchen,...
Elval S.A. and UACJ Corporation signs MOU for a joint venture company for automotive sector
Elval S.A. and UACJ Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint venture company (“Newco”) for the purchase, production and sale of automotive heat exchanger materials in Europe. Newco will be established in Germany in accordance with the laws of Germany and take the...
Rexam trading in line with expectations with aluminium costs falling
Beverage can maker Rexam PLC on Tuesday said it is trading in line with expectations, with can volumes higher in the first quarter, boosted by a good performance in Europe but offset by softer conditions in the Middle East and North American markets and a slowdown in South America, though the group...
European aluminium industry sets new objectives for the next decade
The Sustainability Roadmap to 2025 launched today by the European aluminium industry paves the way for the sector to maximise its contribution to a more sustainable future in Europe. Promoting a new and ambitious set of voluntary commitments, the Roadmap will drive the industry’s agenda to further...
Hydro proceeds with new recycling line
Laying the foundation stone for the integrated recycling line for used beverage cans (UBC) at its Neuss plant in Germany, Hydro today marked another milestone in this EUR 45 million project. The recycling line, covering an area of some 20,000 square meters, will double our existing annual recycling...
Ball announces plants with greatest sustainability impact in 2014
Ball Corporation is honoring seven of its 58 global manufacturing plants with the R. David Hoover Sustainability Award for making a substantial impact toward Ball's sustainability goals, both inside the plant and within their communities, in 2014. The annual award recognizes one plant in each...
Aluminium end-products cheaper to make as premiums ease
Car frames, soda cans and bicycles are becoming less expensive to produce as manufacturers pay the smallest premiums in almost three years to secure aluminum. The surcharge added to the cost of metal for immediate delivery on the London Metal Exchange will probably fall as much as 46 percent in the...
Polish aluminium smelter Kety to pay higher dividend
Shareholders in Polish aluminium smelter Grupa Kety on Thursday voted in favour of a higher dividend for the 2014 financial year, Kety said in a statement. As a result, Kety will pay a dividend totalling 136 million zlotys ($36.41 million), up from 101 million zlotys the management had previously...
Global production of aluminium aerosol cans reaches new record in 2014
Despite the numerous trouble spots around the world and restrained economic growth in many areas, the production figures released by the international producers of aluminium aerosol cans have only been heading in one direction for years: upwards. The industry also reported positive results for...
Installation of improved pumps benefits aluminium coating facility
France Alu Color, an aluminium powder coating specialist has improved its operations reducing expenditure on chemicals and improving reliability and safety of its surface treatment by adopting a new technology; the Qdos dosig/metering pumps Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG). The...
Nederman receives order from major aluminium producer in the UK
The order, worth approximately SEK 30 million, will provide design, products and installation of a complete fume abatement plant. The order will be booked in Q2, 2015, and the installation is targeted to be completed during 2015. The facility, which supplies plate products to the world's aerospace,...
Aluminium premiums in Europe slide by half since peak
Surcharges for physical aluminium in Europe have spiralled down by nearly half, good news for industrial consumers such as beer can makers which had bitterly complained about warehouse backlogs of up to two years for delivery of the metal. The unraveling of financing deals at warehouses, together...
BMW R nineT will be available with two versions of aluminium fuel tanks from May
The newly launched BMW R nineT with aluminium fuel tanks has been a great addition to BMW’s motorcycle range especially appealing to those who love the powerful, purist styled bikes. They come in a rugged style fitted with the flat-twin engine, unique design and powered by innovative technology....
