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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Non-redeemable metal cans clog Vantaa waste plant
Summer sees many people snapping open a can for a long cool drink. That seasonal thirst causes many non-redeemable aluminum cans – many of them from Estonia -- to end up in mixed waste bins. Mixed waste from the capital region most often ends up in Vantaa’s new waste treatment facility – and that’s...
Europe's aluminium industry hails EU waste proposals
The European Aluminium Association (EAA) has welcomed the European Commission's efforts to strengthen the EU’s waste policy framework as an important step forward in its transition to a circular economy. In this same context, the body is also calling for achievable recycling targets and accurate...
Sale of En+ Podgorica aluminum smelter’s assets halted by court
A Cyprus court has granted an injunction on transactions involving the assets of a Montenegrin aluminum smelter, KAP, including a recent deal to sell it to a local company, Uniprom, for EUR 28 million ($38 million), En+ Group’s Pavel Priymakov told RIA Novosti on Monday. Oleg Deripaska’s En+ Group...
Lundgaard to head Sapa Building Systems
Karsten Lundgaard will join Sapa’s corporate management team as executive vice president responsible for the company's aluminium building systems business area. He takes over on August 1. Svein Tore Holsether, Sapa’s President & CEO, has led Sapa Building Systems on an interim basis for the past...
Eurometal's SENNEBOGEN shifts 480t of scrap daily
The first SENNEBOGEN 821 E-Series delivered to the French market has made a solid impression, handling up to 480 tonnes of scrap metal daily. The compact materials handling machine is owned by Eurometal, and is working at the company’s Meyzieu scrapyard near Lyon. The unit was supplied by...
Vimetco publishes AGM Statement and results
Vimetco N.V., the global producer of primary and processed aluminium products, held its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) at the World Trade Center, Strawinskylaan 1643, Tower C, Level 16, 1077 XX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 20 June 2014, where all proposed resolutions were duly passed. The Agenda...
Alumetal IPO to raise 293 mln zlotys for private equity owner
Poland's Alumetal said on Friday it would sell shares at 35 zlotys each in its initial public offering (IPO), which would raise 293 million zlotys ($96.21 million) for the majority owner of the aluminium parts maker. Alumetal's main shareholder, Poland-based private equity fund Abris, set the...
CEWEP: EU recycling target deadline of 2025 or 2030 is a lost opportunity
The Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants (CEWEP) embraces the Commission’s ambition to phase out landfilling of recyclable and recoverable waste and urges the decision makers to promote quality recycling. Waste-to-energy is complementary to quality recycling, helping to achieve a clean...
New EU waste policy framework: EAA asks for joint recycling target for all metals
The European Aluminium Association (EAA) has welcomed the European Commission’s efforts to strengthen the EU waste policy framework as an important step forward in Europe’s transition to a circular economy. In this context it is also calling for achievable recycling targets and accurate...
EU Commission adopts 70% recycling plan
The European Commission today (July 2) formally adopted proposals for the future of waste and recycling targets within Europe, as part of measures towards achieving a circular economy. Key among the proposals is an increased target for Member States to recycle or reuse 70% of municipal waste by...
Hydro takes control of Søral aluminium plant
Aluminium company Hydro and Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) have signed an agreement for Hydro to take over RTA's share of the aluminium smelter Sør-Norge Aluminium AS (Søral) in Norway. Following the closing of the agreement, the plant will become Hydro's fifth fully owned aluminium smelter in Norway. Søral...
Alcoa announces appointments for Global Primary Products and European region
Alcoa today announced new appointments in its Global Primary Products (GPP) segment and for its European region. Tómas Már Sigurdsson has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer for GPP effective June 24. He will focus on the day-to-day operations of Alcoa’s aluminum smelters, alumina refineries...
Russia's Rusal seeks court approval for $3.6 bln debt deal
Russian aluminium giant Rusal has won another reprieve from lenders, extending a deadline to refinance $3.6 billion in debt to the end of October while it seeks court approval for a debt restructuring that is being blocked by a few creditors. Without the deadline extension, the world's largest...
New recycling rules enhance recyling among Scottish firms
More Scottish companies are recycling after the introduction of new regulations, according to a report. Since the start of the year businesses have been required to separate all waste metal, plastic and card for recycling. The Every Can Counts programme, which focuses on recycling aluminium, said...
Rusal seeks court approval for debt restructuring
Rusal is seeking court approval to force through its debt restructuring after failing to win unanimous backing from its creditors. The lenders blocking the restructuring of the Russian aluminium group’s $10bn debt pile are Royal Bank of Scotland, which is 80 per cent owned by the UK government, and...
R&D Bonn: Driving force in aluminium for progress in Europe
Progressiveness and market leadership characterize Hydro, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its innovative aluminium powerhouse in Germany, the Research and Development Centre in Bonn. Within the framework of a symposium at the Petersberg Grandhotel near Bonn, the main focus of the...
Alumetal to build €32 mln plant in Hungary
Polish aluminum casting alloys manufacturer Alumetal plans to build a €32.5 mln plant in Hungary, Alumetal CEO Szymon Adamczyk announced yesterday. Adamczyk said that he expects the first production line at the new plant in Hungary to begin operating in the first half of 2016 and the second...
EGA ready to service growing European demand for aluminium
The UAE's reputation as an emerging giant in the global aluminium industry, and a key supplier to European markets, has been enhanced by the attendance of Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC ("EGA") at the 10th Metef International Aluminium Exhibition ("Metef 2014"), which was held in Verona, Italy from...
