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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UN report recognises Life Cycle Assessments work of EAFA
A new report, from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has used a number of Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) undertaken by the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA), to understand best practice in using LCA as an assessment tool for packaging. The report, produced under the Life Cycle...
Maxion Wheels announces significant investment in Ostrava, Czech aluminum facility
Maxion Wheels is pleased to announce an important investment program at its aluminum wheel production facility in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The investment program will focus on competitive technology advantages, low energy utilization and waste reduction. At the same time, the plant's paint...
Norsk Hydro boosts spending on expected aluminium uplift
Norsk Hydro, one of the world's largest producers of aluminium, will increase capital expenditure by almost 40 percent next year to modernise equipment in expectation of accelerating global demand over the next decade. The company's optimism was tinted with caution, however, as it introduced the...
Cost burden of EU policies putting 'strategic' industries in jeopardy
Retaining Europe's industries offers the greatest potential for growth, jobs and sustainability, argues Gerd Götz. Despite growing demand across key markets and continuous environmental leadership, the EU's aluminium production base is on a sharp decline. The freshly released 2012 sustainable...
Deripaska's CEAC sues Montenegro over aluminum plant bankruptcy
Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska's Central European Aluminum Company (CEAC) is suing Montenegro for 100 million euros ($140 million) over the failure of its aluminum plant there. A statement issued in Cyprus, where the Russian company has its headquarters, CEAC said the case will heard in Vienna....
Great potential for growth in the use of aluminium in car manufacturing
In car manufacturing, the lightweight construction concepts of the future would be unthinkable without aluminium. All participants of the 3rd European Aluminium Congress 2013 (EAC) were in complete agreement about that. Organized by the Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e.V. in Düsseldorf (GDA),...
ETEM SA Light Metals Industry had a remarkable presence at European Aluminium Congress 2013
ETEM was a major supporter of the "European Aluminium Congress" that took place in in Dusseldorf, the 25th and 26th of November 2013. With the need to reduce CO2-emissions, the use of lightweight materials, aluminium, has become an indispensable material in motor cars. The congress, focused on...
Lawsuit filed against Montenegro over KAP bankruptcy
In early July, the Commercial Court of Podgorica launched the bankruptcy proceedings for Montenegro's aluminum giant Krombinat Aluminijuma Podgorica (KAP). This massive aluminum plant was founded in 1971 with the intentions to become a stable pillar of the nation's economy; however, KAP has now...
Aluminium industry urges EU to close competitiveness gap to retain sustainability leadership
Releasing today its 2012 sustainability performance indicators, the aluminium industry urged European policy-makers to address the major competitiveness gap caused by EU policies. At a conference organised by the European Aluminium Association (EAA), industry CEOs presented an Agenda for Action to...
European aluminium market faces 2014 tightness as premium arbitrages come into focus
Aluminium market sources are becoming more concerned that high freight costs and comparatively low premiums will keep metal away from Europe next year, leading to a shortage of aluminium on the continent. “Japanese premiums are at $240-250 [per tonne], the USA is at $220 and yet Europe is below...
Viohalco completes merger with Aluminium Industry SA and Cofidin SA
Belgian company Viohalco SA/NV announces that the cross-border and domestic merger proceedings with, respectively, Viohalco Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA and Cofidin SA have been approved by the shareholders' meetings of the merging companies and took effect on 16 November 2013. The...
Hydro’s can recycling process is moving from France to Holmestrand, Norway
Recycling of used Norwegian drink cans will soon be even more environmentally friendly. The recycling process is moving from France to Hydro in Holmestrand. Norwegians are world champions in returning cans for recycling, and close to half a billion beer and soda cans will be collected and recycled...
Aluminium and copper rise in LME
Aluminium on the London Metal Exchange (LME) have closed out the week considerably higher, after upbeat economic data out of Europe and the US stoked hopes for improved demand for these assets. At the close of open-outcry trading on Friday, LME three-month copper was 1.1 per cent higher on the day...
EBRD supports growth of leading Croatian aluminium packaging manufacturer
Strengthening its engagement in Croatia’s corporate segment, the EBRD is granting a €20 million loan to AFP, a Croatian aluminium packaging manufacturer, to support the company’s development under a comprehensive capital expenditure programme. The investment will include the procurement of...
Metal-Expo’ 2013 has record number of visitors
Metal-Expo’ 2013 International Industrial Exhibition was held on November 12 - 15 at the All-Russia Exhibition Center fairgrounds, Moscow to exhibit the whole range of ferrous and non-ferrous products, as well as the most state-of-the art equipment and modern technologies. More than 700 companies...
Constellium showcases its aluminium solutions portfolio at SOLUTRANS 2013 tradeshow
Constellium N.V. is exhibiting for the first time its broad portfolio of aluminium solutions at SOLUTRANS 2013, the professional tradeshow for haulage and urban transport held in Lyon, France, November 19-23, 2013. Constellium supplies high-tech products for a large variety of applications for...
Bosnia's Boksit signs bauxite delivery deal with local producer Alumina
Bosnian diversified company Boksit has signed a 31 million marka ($21.3 million/15.8 million euro) deal with local aluminum producer Alumina for the delivery of bauxite next year, local media said on Friday. Boksit will also intensify its activities to open new ore deposits as a basis to implement...
Alro announces financial results for the nine months ended 30 Sept '13
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 months ended 30 September 2013.The Company reported in 9M 2013 a net adjusted loss* of RON 21...
