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...
Aluminium extrusion 2035 demand nears 44.22Mt: Industry experts decode next decade drivers
Global aluminium extrusion demand is entering a phase with consumption projected to rise from 35.25 million tonnes in 2025 to 35.93 million tonnes in 2026 and 44.22 million tonnes by 2035, representing a 2.29 per cent CAGR. While building and construction will remain the largest end-use sector and...
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German aluminium packaging market witnesses positive demand despite challenging economic situation
Despite Germany's difficult economic position, supplies of aluminium tubes and aluminium aerosol cans increased in the first half of 2023, according to Aluminium Deutschland (AD). Aluminium tubes saw a 4.4 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth due to ongoing high demand from the pharmaceutical...
Droopy European aluminium foil deliveries in H1 2023 mirror narrow demand in the packaging sector
The European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) showed that aluminium foil deliveries experienced a demand drop of 9.4 per cent in the first six months of 2023, reaching 444,000 tonnes. The Association further reported that deliveries in the second quarter dropped by 15 per cent Y-o-Y amid weak...
Frankfurt to host European Green Aluminium Summit 2023
The European Green Aluminium Summit 2023 is a highly anticipated event that brings together key stakeholders from the aluminium industry, policymakers, environmentalists, researchers, and innovators to discuss and explore sustainable practices in aluminium production and consumption. Taking place...
Swedish Northvolt and British EMR team up to open first battery recycling facility in Hamburg
Northvolt, a Swedish battery manufacturer, in partnership with EMR, a British metal recycling firm, has opened a recycling plant in Hamburg, Germany. This facility is a crucial part of Northvolt's recycling strategy, with an expected capacity of processing 10,000 tonnes of battery packs annually....
Aluminium catamaran producer ISKRA Shipyard partners with Ultimate Catamarans
Ultimate Catamarans, located in Germany, has announced collaboration with ISKRA Shipyard in Croatia. The relationship will aid in constructing and delivering the Spaceline Design Power Catamarans, bringing together both firms' experience and new technology. ISKRA Shipyard hopes to use its expertise...
Aluminium food can market to dominate European food cans industry, says SkyQuest
SkyQuest forecasts that the European food can market will be worth $28.08 billion by 2030, with a CAGR of 4.4 per cent from 2023 to 2030. Aluminium food cans are expected to dominate the European food can industry, with a CAGR of 2 per cent in the future. Because of its lightweight nature and...
World primary aluminium production drops 0.47% in July 2023 with 3.06% M-o-M hike in Russia
According to the International Aluminium Institute (IAI), total primary aluminium production in July 2022 was 5.889 million tonnes, which dropped by 28,000 tonnes or 0.47 per cent to officially close at 5.861 million in July 2023. On a global scale, the annual primary aluminium production in 2021...
German can manufacturer Tubex wins dual recognition in Aerobal’s World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2023
Aerobal, the international organisation representing aluminium aerosol cans manufacturers, has reportedly announced the winners of the industry’s prestigious competition, ‘World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2023’. Nivea’s pearl & beauty antiperspirant, produced by the German can manufacturer Tubex,...
Bulgarian aluminium extrusion specialist Alcomet releases third sustainability report
Alcomet released its third sustainability report recently, mentioning all its green initiatives around the board. The new report encompasses the operations of 2021 and 2022, which upholds the aluminium extrusion company's prevailing standards of securing environmental, social and governance (ESG)...
Redmi Pad SE with aluminium alloy rear plate is ready for launch in Europe
Aluminium, the wonder metal, has demonstrated its relevance in a variety of fields. Redmi, a subsidiary of Xiaomi, has released its tablet, Redmi Pad SE, for the first time in the European market. The Redmi Pad SE's rear plate is composed of aluminium alloy, which protects and supports the internal...
Montana Aerospace outshines its rivals in the race to perfect aluminium aircraft components
Montana Tech Components AG, established in 2006, with headquarters in Reinach, Switzerland, is the parent company of Montana Aerospace AG, VARTA AAG and Aluflexpack AG. Montana Aerospace, headquartered in Switzerland, has acquired quite a good name for its business in recent years. This counterpart...
NITREX strengthens its global foothold in the surface treatment industry
NITREX, a global player in the surface treatment industry, has achieved yet another milestone by successfully commissioning two cutting-edge nitriding systems for Alumil S.A., Greece's largest extrusion company and a major architectural systems producer. This collaboration reinforces NITREX's...
Dadco Alumina and Chemicals Ltd obtains ASI Performance Standard Certification for its AOS refinery
Dadco Alumina and Chemicals Limited, a leading supplier of high-quality alumina-based products and services in Europe, has received Performance Standard V2 (2017) Certification from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative for producing smelter grade alumina and other alumina chemicals at Aluminium...
Alumina output in Europe portrays a sequential growth of 1.5% to 1.59 Mt in Q2 2023
In Europe (incl. Russia), alumina output during the second quarter of 2023 was recorded at 1.59 million tonnes, with an accumulated daily production for three months at 52,400 tonnes, found the International Aluminium Institute data. These figures indicate a sequential rise of 1.53 per cent in...
Hydro Rein and OVF to establish seven solar projects totaling 655 MW
Hydro Rein and Norwegian landowner Opplysningsvesenets Fund (OVF) are forming a cooperative solar power firm. The partners intend to build seven solar projects totalling 655 MW on chosen Norwegian lands. Geisli Energi AS, Hydro Rein, and OVF have formed a new business to enter the fast-expanding...
Aluminium, a greater substitute for rare earth elements in Electric Vehicles
The rising demand for electric vehicles (EVs) has brought to light the problem of using rare earths in contemporary technologies. Fortunately, there are many solutions for eliminating the usage of rare earths in EVs. Induction motors, for example, have widely been employed in the EV industry and...
China's Easpring clears ground for a battery cathode materials plant in Finland
Beijing Easpring, a Chinese manufacturer of battery cathodes, is currently in the process of constructing a production plant for ternary cathode active material in southeast Finland. This plant will mainly produce considerable amounts of nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) 811 and nickel-cobalt-aluminium...
End user weekly: Aluflexpack invests €70 million to expands its aluminium processing facility in Drniš
This week the end-user sector witnessed a lot of significant events. To begin with, Aluflexpack, a Swiss-based inventor and producer of premium aluminium-based flexible packaging systems, stated that it is reaching the completion of a €70 million ($77 million) investment in expanding and...
