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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Take Back program closes aluminium loop
Six Dutch cities are taking advantage of a metal return program that supports their respective sustainability goals while turning old aluminium poles into new ones. Sapa established the program to close the loop with regard to past-their-prime aluminium light poles and their subsequent replacement....
The EU import tariff on primary aluminium costs billions of Euros to downstream SME's
The first-ever economic study on the downstream EU aluminium industry conducted by LUISS University in Rome unveils the magnitude of the damage inflicted on EU SME's and the unfair competitive advantages given to EU and extra-EU producers by the current import tariff regime and the financial...
Brembo to invest €32 million in Mexico caliper plant
Leading Italian brake brand, Brembo, has announced plans to invest 32 million euros in an aluminium brake caliper manufacturing facility in Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, just outside of Monterrey, Mexico. According to the company, the plant will include a new aluminium foundry and machining facility...
Laurent Musy appointed President of Constellium’s Aerospace and Transportation business unit
Constellium N.V. today announced that Laurent Musy has been appointed President of its Aerospace and Transportation (A&T) business unit effective December 1, 2014, reporting to Pierre Vareille, Chief Executive Officer of Constellium. Mr. Musy has served as President of Constellium’s Packaging &...
Alumimium plant workers face 30% pay cuts after financial rescue
Workers at aluminium factor Aldel have been faced with average pay cuts of 30% following the company’s relaunch, broadcaster Nos said on Thursday. The new wages are in line with metal working sector pay scales but some people will earn up to €700 a month less, union officials say. Staff have...
Aluminum regains hope on the reopening of closed plants
Even with the 23 percent growth rate of zinc production in the Gulf region, the temporary shutdown and closures of aluminum plant all over the world has highly affected the production rate of aluminum, sinking it down lower than the production rate submitted in January. Since the beginning of the...
Sapa’s design manual keeps lead
Sapa has updated and published the fifth edition of its aluminium extrusion Design Manual. While the paper version remains the most popular in the industry, interest in the new electronic “app” is growing. Since Sapa added its Design Manual in Apple’s app store and on Google Play in February 2014,...
Strict EU regulations imposing pressure on the aluminium producers
The Alunorf plant located in Germany’s Neuss city has a production line that the workers fondly call “the grill” and around this plant, several other smelters operate making the area one of Europe’s industrial clusters firing up to 960C, proving that the aluminium industry is a power guzzler....
Sapa publishes technical manual for HVAC&R aluminium heat exchangers
Sapa’s HVAC&R Applications Manual is the first in the industry with documented test results and technical argumentation supporting aluminium as the preferred metal to meet the future demands and legislation of the HVAC&R market. The objective of the new 88-page manual is to educate the...
New award for Alstom’s next-generation train
Sapa won its first major contract with the France-based rail transport powerhouse in 2007, and has continually increased its business with Alstom since. The latest award calls for 40 train sets, with deliveries through 2018. Reaching speeds of 320 km/h, Alstom’s Euroduplex is the only double-deck,...
European aluminium industry roundtable: Lower burden of costs, less scrap exports
The Italian aluminium association Centroal and the European Aluminium Association (EAA) yesterday hosted a landmark Roundtable in Rome under patronage of the Italian Presidency of the EU Council: “A New Deal for European Industrial Renaissance: Concrete Measures towards a Competitive and...
Constellium reports third quarter 2014 financial results
Constellium N.V. today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. • Shipments up 4% versus prior year • Revenues up 8% to €927 million and Adjusted EBITDA up 13% to €72 million • Strong performance in P&ARP driven by 82% growth in Body-in-White shipments and in AS&I led by 23%...
Scrap theft a major roadblock for the nonferrous scrap industry
After spending more than seven years in the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR)’s Nonferrous Metal Division as president, Robert Stein of Alter Trading says that the people who make the important decisions regarding recycling are usually ignorant about the environmental and economic benefits...
Scrap theft a major roadblock for the nonferrous scrap industry
After spending more than seven years in the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR)’s Nonferrous Metal Division as president, Robert Stein of Alter Trading says that the people who make the important decisions regarding recycling are usually ignorant about the environmental and economic benefits...
Alro SA announces its financial results
Alro SA,one of the largest aluminium producers in Central and Eastern Europe, announces today its financial results, in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), for the nine–month period ended 30 September 2014.The Company reports a negative adjusted net result* of...
Klesch Group’s Aldel to restart production in 2015
The Dutch smelter named Aluminium Delfzijl (Aldel) owned by the Klesch Group had applied for bankruptcy 10 months ago but they are now planning to start production early next year. Klesch, the Swiss-based commodities company said that their decision was based on the improving global aluminium...
Alunorf gets yet another energy award
Alunorf, the world's largest aluminium rolling plant and a 50-percent Hydro joint venture, has won yet another energy award in Germany. DENA (the German Energy Agency) has conferred an Energy Efficiency Award 2014 to Alunorf, one of three energy-efficiency projects in the private sector to receive...
Closing date for Alufoil Trophy 2015 extended
EAFA, the European Aluminium Foil Association, announced that entries for the Alufoil Trophy 2015 competition are now extended until 5 December 2014. The Alufoil Trophy recognises and rewards the use of aluminium foil and aluminium closures in all its many forms and uses. From rolls in the kitchen,...
