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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Norsk Hydro: Enova support for Hydro's technology pilot approved by ESA
The EFTA (European Free Trade Association) Surveillance Authority has approved funding of NOK 1.5 billion from Enova for Hydro to test the world's most energy- and climate-efficient aluminium production in a full-scale pilot plant at Karmøy, Norway. Enova's support has been one of the prerequisites...
Crown Holdings reports higher earnings and positive future prospects
Crown Holdings, a leading producer in global metal packaging products, reported a 31% YoY growth in earnings spurred by the strong demand for beverage cans in developing markets like Turkey and South-East Asia. In its third quarter earnings of 2014, the company reported $1.36 earnings per share...
Ball Corporation in Merger Talks with British aluminum can maker Rexam
Rexam, the British aluminum can maker, said on Thursday that it was in talks to potentially be acquired by Ball Corporation in a deal that would value it at 4.29 billion pounds, or about $6.5 billion. The deal, if consummated, would combine two of the world’s largest makers of beverage cans. Rexam...
European Aluminium Association meets with Vice-President Šefcovic to discuss a fit-for-purpose Energy Union for Europe
A delegation from the European aluminium industry today met with European Commission Vice-President for the Energy Union, Maroš Šefcovic. Following the high-level discussions, EAA Director-General Gerd Götz issues the following statement: “To meet fast-growing demand for aluminium in key end-use...
Sapa announces results for the fourth quarter 2014
Sapa AS, a Norwegian manufacturer of extruded aluminium profile and a 50/50 joint venture owned by Orkla Group and Norsk Hydro announces results for the fourth quarter 2014. Underlying EBIT for Sapa declined compared to the previous quarter, mainly due to lower seasonal demand. Underlying EBIT for...
Aluminium Two Thousand World Congress to be held in Florence, Italy, in May 2015
Two events in one: the strength of synergy and the power of innovation. 130 papers from 55 countries, 600 participants for the most comprehensive world review on aluminium technologies and markets. The Aluminium Two Thousand World Congress, at its 9th Edition, will be held in Florence, Italy, in...
Rexam celebrates completion of La Selva plant conversion to aluminium
Rexam, a leading global beverage can maker, proudly announces that its La Selva plant near Tarrogona, Spain, has completed the conversion of its three final production lines from steel to aluminium. Starting in 2011 with the conversion of the first line, this major engineering project was completed...
Hydro has decided to sell Herøya Industrial Park in Porsgrunn, Norway
The decision is a result of the major changes Hydro has gone through over the last 10-15 years, going from a conglomerate operating in several business sectors to a pure aluminium company with its own significant electric power production. Fertilizer production, which played such an important role...
Alcoa opens expanded wheels manufacturing plant in Hungary
Lightweight, high-performance metals leader Alcoa today officially opened its expanded wheels manufacturing plant in Hungary. The larger facility doubles Alcoa’s capacity to produce its Dura-Bright® EVO surface-treated wheels compared to 2014 production levels. The expansion will enable Alcoa to...
Dubai to sell off German alumina products maker
Dubai International Capital (DIC) is launching the sale of German alumina products maker Almatis as the fund seeks to reduce its liabilities in the wake of a debt restructuring, three people familiar with the deal said. DIC has mandated Barclays to explore the options of the possible divestment,...
TRIMET France puts continuous caster into operation
After a test phase lasting several months, the TRIMET plant in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne put a vertical continuous caster into full operation on December 10, 2014. With an annual production capacity of around 60,000 tons of rolling ingots, the system represents a strategic addition to the product...
Aluminium gains as global stockpiles dwindle
The global aluminium stockpiles drops to the lowest it has been in more than five months, tightening supply and pushing the aluminium prices up. London Metal Exchange tracked the metal stockpiles to find that it has now hit 4.08 million which is the least it has been since May 2009. Aluminium...
Aludium launched as Atlas Holdings acquires Alcoa rolling assets in Spain and France
On January 1, 2015, Atlas Holdings LLC launched Aludium — its newest operating company — with the acquisition of rolling mills in Spain and France from Alcoa, a global leader in lightweight metals technology, engineering, and manufacturing. Included in the transaction are mills located in...
EAA investigates aluminium recycling at Vienna event
The European Aluminium Association (EAA) is organising the 13th edition of its International Aluminium Recycling Congress for February 23-24 this year. The venue will be the Vienna Marriott Hotel in Austria's capital city. 'More than half of all the aluminium currently produced in the EU originates...
Lion Trackshire wins new contracts for building aluminium roads
Lion Trackshire, a builder of temporary aluminium roads, has won new contracts for building roads so that vehicles can cross the treacherous paths during the construction of the renewable energy projects like wind and solar farms. The company whose turnover has risen to £16m over the last four...
Pacorini signs a long-term contract with the Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro
Broekman Distriport is to handle and store around 600,000 tonnes of aluminium a year from Norway for logistics service provider Pacorini Metals. In this connection, Pacorini has signed a long-term contract with the Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro, the Port of Rotterdam said in its press release....
Bright Packing bags US$15m deal to supply aluminium foil to Russia
Bright Packaging Industry Bhd has secured a US$15mil (about RM53mil) contract to supply aluminium foil to a multinational tobacco manufacturing company in Russia. The company said on Tuesday it had entered into a purchase-sale agreement with Zao Philip Morris Izhora to supply the aluminium foil....
Aluminium closures market, expected to grow strong in 2015
The aluminium closures market, particularly for wine, is expected to continue strongly growing in 2015. This growth is attributed to a number of factors including the convenience offered to consumers as well as to wine makers and fillers. An end-consumer survey by IPSOS in five major European...
