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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EAA calls for 'bold measures' to boost recycling
In light of the forthcoming review of EU waste legislation, the European Aluminium Association (EAA) is advocating higher recycling targets and 'phasing out landfilling of end-use recyclable goods'. The organisation's director general Gerd Götz insists 'bold policy measures are needed to secure the...
Romanian aluminum producer Alro slashes sales target for this year by 6% on lower prices
Romanian company Alro Slatina, the largest aluminum producer in Central and Eastern Europe (excluding CIS), adjusted its sales budget for this year by 6 percent, to USD 605 million, according to data posted on its website. The company previously estimated sales of USD 642 million. The main reason...
Hydro adds new recycling line for aluminium beverage cans
Hydro will build a new, integrated recycling line for used aluminium beverage cans at its Neuss plant in Germany. The line will be completed by end 2015, and increase the plant's existing annual recycling capacity of 50,000 tonnes to more than 100,000 tonnes. In addition to more than doubling the...
Norsk Hydro: Sale of shares to employees
Norsk Hydro employees have purchased shares under a general arrangement offered to employees employed by Norsk Hydro in Norway each year. All employees employed by Norsk Hydro in Norway have been offered to purchase shares valued at NOK 10,000 with a 25 percent discount. 82 percent of the employees...
Higher sales volumes and power production lift Hydro’s First quarter 2014 results
Norsk Hydro ASA's underlying earnings before financial items and tax rose to NOK 772 million in the first quarter 2014 from NOK 471 million in the fourth quarter 2013. The result was lifted by seasonally higher sales volumes and power production. Highlights • Underlying EBIT NOK 772 million •...
Century reports first quarter 2014 financial results
Century Aluminum Company reported a net loss of $20.1 million ($0.23 per basic and diluted common share) for the first quarter of 2014. Cost of sales for the quarter included a benefit of $5.5 million related to deferred power contract liability amortization. Results were negatively impacted by a...
UC RUSAL signs long-term service contract with freight one
UC RUSAL, a leading, global aluminium producer, announces the signing of an exclusive three-year service contract with OJSC Freight One for the export of finished products in covered wagons. Freight One will provide transportation services for the export of RUSAL’s aluminium produced at all of the...
Aleris considering sale of recycling businesses
US-based aluminium rolled and extruded product giant Aleris is 'formally evaluating the potential sale of its recycling and specification alloys businesses'. Chairman and ceo Steve Demetriou comments in a statement: 'While the businesses remain steady and profitable with excellent long-term growth...
Novelis expands finishing capacity for beverage can sheet in Europe
Novelis, the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, today announced the commissioning of a new aluminium slitting and packing line at Aluminium Norf GmbH (Alunorf), its joint-venture facility in Neuss, Germany. With an investment of approximately 15 million Euros, it will increase the...
Siemens to supply drives technology for Alunorf's aluminum hot rolling mill
Siemens Metals Technologies has won an order from German company Aluminium Norf Gmbh (Alunorf) to supply automation and drives systems to expand and modernize hot rolling mill no. 1 in its Neuss Plant. The aim of the project is to increase production capacity. The conversion work will be performed...
Bosnia's Aluminij again faces the risk of closure over debt to EPHZHB utility
Aluminij Mostar, an aluminium smelter located in Bosnian is facing the risk of closure again after the electric supply to the smelter was proposed to cut off by a state-owner electric supply company due to its increasing debt. In late March, EPHZHB, the power provider failed to collect nearly 100...
As price of aluminium continue to rise, LME adds new hedging feature
With the announcement of its new feature, LME has given the traders more number of options than before. Specifically, LME will give the aluminium traders ability to hedge the price of the metal due to the continuous rise in the price of metal as a result of lengthy delivery times. This new contract...
Sapa is giving away more than 15,000 hours of technical training
Increased knowledge about the light metal is driving the use of aluminium solutions, and Sapa is one of the educators leading the way. The company provided more than 15,000 hours of technical training last year alone to participants worldwide. Most of the 15,000 hours of technical training are...
Aleris considers potential sale of recycling and custom alloy unit
Beachwood-based aluminum product maker Aleris Corp. said it is “formally evaluating the potential sale” of its Recycling and Specification Alloys businesses. "While the businesses remain steady and profitable with excellent long-term growth potential, we are always reviewing our operations to...
Hydro agrees to sell aluminium casthouse in Hannover
Hydro has entered into a binding agreement to sell its special alloy aluminium casthouse in Hannover to IQ Industrial Holding S.à r.l. (Luxembourg), a private industrial holding group with operations across Europe. The Hannover casthouse is focused on special aluminium alloys, mainly hard alloys...
UC RUSAL plans to switch to gas as main energy source at Aughinish alumina refinery
UC RUSAL is set to complete a project to switch the Aughinish alumina refinery, Europe’s largest alumina producer, from heavy fuel oil to gas as its main energy source. The two steam generators designed to generate a total of 300 tonnes per hour of reliable, high-pressure superheated steam will...
Alcoa continued its investment on value-add businesses in the first quarter
Alcoa continued to build out its value-add businesses in the first quarter by introducing innovative new products, investing in high-value expansions, and optimizing its rolling mill portfolio. Within Engineered Products and Solutions (EPS), the Company’s downstream business, Alcoa introduced the...
Study proves aluminium household foil a sustainable sandwich wrap option
A recent study at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IFEU) in Germany, disproves the common consumer belief, namely that a disposable product has a far greater environmental impact than a reusable solution and shows that aluminium household foil is a sustainable option that...
