H1 2026 sees more renewable energy than ever: Here’s a region-by-region guide to renewable energy supply in the recent past
In the first half of 2025, humanity generated more electricity from renewables than from coal for the first time ever. What led to it? It was possible only because of two decades of falling solar panel prices, taller wind turbines, and governments finally treating clean power like an economic...
AL Circle Analysis: Import rise meets demand growth on aluminium extrusion chessboard
Aluminium’s downstream trade network is getting more fragmented as import dependence, changing end-use demand and trade-policy interventions reshape regional markets. From North America and Europe to Asia-Pacific, the aluminium industry is navigating a market where access to supply, competitive...
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Titanium-Aluminum Alloy Cuts Aircraft Weight
Research from the European Space Agency (ESA) has resulted in an aircraft-grade titanium-aluminum alloy that has properties similar to nickel superalloys but weighs half as much. The research was conducted by participants in the Intermetallic Materials Processing in Relation to Earth and Space...
Sellers raise grade 226 aluminium alloy prices in Europe
Sellers of standard grade 226 aluminium alloy pushed through some small price increases in Europe this week, backed by stronger metal prices on the LME in active market conditions. A number of diecasters were in the market seeking alloy for January, and in some cases, February too. Larger buyers in...
European 1050 Aluminum week Closes With 3.5% Rise
Prices for European 1050 aluminum saw the biggest increase on the weekly Construction MMI® this week, rising 3.5 percent. Chinese aluminum bar remained unchanged for the week. Closing out the third week of declining prices, the price of Chinese rebar dropped by 1.4 percent. The price of US shredded...
German aluminium industry produces less in 2012
German aluminium producers and processors reported slight declines during the period January to September 2012. Almost all areas were affected by this development. The weak general economic situation and the high level of production in the previous year were again the reasons for the downturn. The...
The Trimet Site in Gelsenkirchen Receives ISO/TS 16949:2009 Certificate
The production site of the company Trimet Aluminium AG in Gelsenkirchen has been certified by the German Technical Inspection Association organisation TÜV Nord Cert GmbH in accordance with the technical specification ISO/TS 16949:2009. This quality management standard is oriented towards the...
Complaint over aluminium logjams reaches EU watchdog
The European Union's competition watchdog has received a complaint against owners of metal warehouses for being so slow to release aluminium that it is forcing up prices for manufacturers, a consumer body said. FACE and other consumer sources did not name the warehouse companies concerned in the...
Constellium achieves ISO 50001 certification at its German facilities
Constellium's industrial sites in Burg, Crailsheim, Landau and Singen, Germany, have passed successfully the ISO 50001 energy management system certification audit conducted by DEKRA and DQS, two certification bodies reputed worldwide. This important achievement is representative of the company's...
GF Automotive to further expand its activities in Asia and Europe
GF Automotive, a Corporate Group of Georg Fischer, will further enlarge its existing plants in China and focus in Europe on its iron and aluminum die-casting foundries. The aluminum sand casting business with two foundries in Friedrichshafen and Garching, Germany, will be divested. Georg Fischer...
Alubond Europe manufacturing and commercial facility opens at Serbia, Europe
The world's largest brand of aluminum composite panels Alubond U.S.A, a product of Mulk Holdings, has achieved a significant milestone by opening a 4 hectare state of the art manufacturing and commercial facility in Europe at Banatski Karlovac, Serbia. The opening ceremony was held in the facility...
Janne Sigurdsson, MD of Alcoa Iceland, Wins Gold Stevie Award for Women in Business
Alcoa announced today that Janne Sigurdsson, Managing Director of Alcoa Iceland, has been named the gold Stevie Award winner for Female Executive of the Year in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the 9th annual awards ceremony held recently in New York. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business...
Novelis builds aluminium recycling plant in Germany
U.S.-based rolled aluminium products group Novelis said on Monday it is building a 200 million euro ($259 million) aluminium recycling plant in Germany. Completion of the plant, in Nachterstedt in Saxony-Anhalt in east Germany is scheduled for 2014, it said. The plant will produce 400,000 tonnes of...
Aluminum Global Production Growth Slows
According to the World Bureau of Metal Statistics’ most recent report, the market surplus for primary aluminum between January and September 2012 was 488,000 tons, which follows a surplus of 1,871,000 tons recorded for the whole of 2011. Production in January to September 2012 rose by 835,000 tons...
European physical aluminium market remains focused on 2013 contracts
The European physical aluminium market has seen little spot activity this week with buyers and sellers continuing to negotiate contracts for next year. "There is nothing exciting happening. We are still trying to find the right prices and agreements for next year," one consumer said. He said that...
German aluminum output dips 1.5% Jan-Sep
Germany posted a 1.5% decline in total raw aluminum production to 790,854 mt in January-September 2012, according to a report Tuesday by GDA, the federation of the aluminium producing and processing industry in Germany. Almost all areas of the aluminum industry were affected, the GDA said, and the...
LME aluminum should move between USD 1,950-1,980/mt on 21st Nov: SMM Morning Review
Moody’s downgraded France’s sovereign debt rating on Tuesday, offsetting optimism brought by the upbeat existing home sales in the US. The EU finance ministers meeting was discussing Greece’s application for 15 billion euros worth of bailout funds during the European session, turning investors...
German Jan/Sept aluminium output falls 1.5% on year
Low demand in the sluggish economic environment cut German aluminium production in Jan/Sept 2012 to a fall of 1.5 per cent on the year to 790,854 tonnes, German aluminium industry association GDA estimated on Tuesday. "No improvement is expected in the final quarter of the year," the association...
Romania aims to recycle more plastic bottles and aluminum cans
Romanians are currently recycling only 3 percent of their aluminum waste, way below the European average of 70 percent, but the figure it set to increase via new recycling machines installed at large retailers. The country's Environment and Forestry Ministry recently launched a project aiming at...
Workers protest at closed Alcoa smelter
Alcoa employees protesting the closing of an aluminum smelter on the Italian island of Sardinia threw firecrackers Tuesday and battled police officers. The battle at the now-closed Great Serbariu Mine occurred as government officials were preparing to meet to sign an economic development agreement...
