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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Aleris recognized by the United Kingdom's ministry of defense
Aleris recently received recognition from the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense for the role the company's aluminum defense solutions played in improving the protection of the Warrior armored vehicle. The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense (MOD) recently included Aleris' aluminum defense...
Amtek Auto buys Germany's Kuepper group of companies for 200 million euros
Amtek Auto has signed an agreement to buy Germany's Kuepper group of companies for about 200 million euros in its second big European acquisition in 2013. The deal, which is likely to be announced in a few days and will add clients like BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen and increase its consolidated...
European aluminium beverage can recycling at record level of 68%
The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the EU 27 + EFTA countries increased by 2.4% points to a new record level of 68% in 2011. If the collection of cans in the remaining European countries and Turkey is included, this means that more than 25 billion cans are recycled in Europe...
Sapa decides to close aluminium tubing plant in Seneffe
Sapa has announced its intention to close operations at its Precision Tubing plant in Seneffe, Belgium. On November 7, Sapa communicated that the company had conducted a process of reviewing restructuring needs in Precision Tubing Europe to improve profitability and adjust to the market situation...
Europe's aluminium premiums approach record despite LME reforms
Europe's aluminium premiums - or costs to get metal out of storage - are approaching record highs despite reforms aimed at stemming them, as persistent use of material for collateral in financing deals squeezes availability. Premiums had fallen to their lowest in a year late in September, before an...
European aluminium beverage can recycling at record level of 68%
European aluminium beverage can recycling at record level of 68% Brussels, 16 December 2013: The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the EU 27 + EFTA countries increased by 2.4% points to a new record level of 68% in 2011. If the collection of cans in the remaining European...
Heavy energy taxes must be removed for aluminium industry to thrive
A recent study by the Centre for European Policy Studies has shown that the aluminium industry in Europe is at an 11 per cent cost disadvantage with the rest of the world. Carl Tomlinson, President of the Aluminium Federation (ALFED), argues that this is a "direct result of energy taxation”, with...
Sapa Building System attracts over 3,300 architects
The aluminium systems brand Sapa Building System just completed its traditional holiday trade shows in Scandinavia, gathering more than 3,300 architects and construction specifiers. This annual three-week marketing event lasted through December 17, covering 11 major cities in Denmark, Finland,...
Trimet completes purchase of Rio Tinto plants
Trimet Aluminum AG has taken control of two former Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. production plants in France. The Essen, Germany-based aluminum producer said Dec. 16 that the move came after it received regulatory approval for a deal signed in July. The plants—in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Castelsarrasin,...
Former aluminum trader from Glencore's sets up physical metals trading firm
Glencore's former No. 2 aluminum trader Matt Lucke has opened a physical metals trading firm, becoming the first high-profile alumni of the commodity trading giant's powerful metals business to return to the market since its takeover of Xstrata in May. The 40-year old American told Reuters last...
Novelis announces $205M investment to expand global automotive aluminum capacity to 900,000 tons annually
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced it will invest an additional $205 million to further expand its global manufacturing operations serving the rapidly growing automotive market. The company will build new finishing lines at its plants in Oswego, N.Y. and...
Alcoa's aluminum production cuts not to help the aluminium industry considerably
Aluminum production is rising in Africa, China, the Arabian Gulf, Eastern and Central Europe and (this surprised us a little) North America, but it is falling in Oceania, South America, Western Europe and Asia (ex-China), according to FastMarkets. We continue our Aluminum Outlook 2014 from Part One...
EC clears Rio Tinto Alcan's sale of French aluminium plants
The European Commission said Friday it has approved Rio Tinto Alcan's planned sale of aluminium plants in France. "The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of joint control over two aluminium production facilities located in France of the Rio Tinto Alcan...
German company buys Burnside alumina refinery
Almatis, a German company, has purchased a Burnside alumina refinery out of bankruptcy. Details of Almatis’ purchase of the refinery, which had been owned by Ormet Corp., were not disclosed. But in November, a U.S. bankruptcy court judge in Delaware approved Almatis’ $39 million bid to buy the...
LME approves ICL for first warehouse in in Moerdijk, Netherlands
Independent Commodities Logistics BV (ICL) has received approval from the London Metal Exchange for the first warehouse in Moerdijk, Netherlands, the exchange informed its members on Friday December 13. The warehouse in Moerdijk run by ICL will be listed from March 13 next year and will be a good...
Italian die-cast aluminum cookware growing in the Russian market
Since 1965, the famous Italian factory of pans and grills is now a point of reference for many Russians. The statistics speak for themselves, RISOLI' is growing in the Russian market, in fact, many Russian buyers and investors in previous international exhibitions such as "Ambiente Frankfurt" and...
EU legislation 'stifling' growth of aluminium industry, warns ALFED
EU Legislation is “stifling” the aluminium industry’s competitiveness in Europe, a leading industrial body has said. The Aluminium Federation (ALFED) spoke to the Information Daily ahead of a Breakfast Briefing tomorrow, organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the UK Aluminium Industry....
Europe's top court sends alumina aid case back to lower court
Europe's highest court on Tuesday told a lower court to re-examine a long-running dispute between France, Italy and Ireland and EU competition regulators over whether millions of euros in state aid granted to the alumina sector was legal. The European Commission, the EU executive in charge of...
