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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Rusal confirms its leadership in EcoVadis' world sustainable suppliers rating
The Russian aluminium giant aluminium producer reaffirmed its excellent ranking in EcoVadis, the world's largest and most reliable supplier sustainability assessment. The Company has an integral score corresponding with the "silver" level. It associates the Company with the top-8 per cent of the...
Hellenic Cables wins RWE and Northland Power offshore wind contract
As the preferred provider of the inter-array cables for their up to 1.6 GW Nordseecluster development in the German North Sea, a cluster consisting of four offshore wind farm sites, RWE and Northland Power have selected the Greek cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables. Around 185 kilometres of 66-kV...
Promex CYRUS uses AI to carry out inline surface inspection of aluminium profiles
ASCONA and D-CUBE announced a strategic alliance and the release of a comprehensive solution for inline surface inspection of aluminium profiles. The cooperation brings together a cutting-edge product that has already shown its superiority for use in some of the most advanced and biggest aluminium...
Oetinger Aluminium GmbH represents Europe as the first recipient of ASI CoC Standard V2 (2022) Certification
Oetinger Aluminium GmbH, a leading producer and supplier of casting alloy ingots, has obtained ASI Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard V2 (2022) Certification for the Weißenhorn and Neu-Ulm production sites in Germany. Oetinger, thus, represents the first entity in Europe to have received the updated...
Primary aluminium recap: Hydro employees at Karmøy and Årdal call a strike; Alcoa predicts lower production costs in 2Q2023 given a drop in raw materials prices
Workers organised in Industri Energi and FLT at Hydro Karmøy and Hydro Årdal had gone on strike after the collapse of mediation between NHO, YS, and LO. Alcoa Corporation, the world's eighth-largest aluminium manufacturer, said falling metal-making material prices would eventually reduce production...
Aluminium Deutschland opposes EU’s PPWR
Aluminium Deutschland (AD), a German packaging company, has identified loopholes in the EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). The regulation, drafted in 2022, stated that promoting the use of recycled materials in packaging is one of its objectives. However, AD notes that the...
Aldel in Delfzijl: Aluminium is past, green energy is the future
Delfzijl will be home to the biggest battery in Europe, on the site of bankrupt Dutch aluminium producer Aldel. Amstelveen-based GIGA Storage BV will install batteries the size of fifteen football fields that can store more than a gigawatt-hour of electricity. The result is that more wind and solar...
“Our goals towards sustainability are to see more companies embrace infinitely recyclable aluminium as their packaging material of choice”, Tom Giddings, Executive Director, Alupro
Tom Giddings is Executive Director of the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro), the industry-funded, not-for-profit organisation with over 30 years of experience representing the UK’s aluminium packaging industry. Working to fulfil the industry’s objectives to meet, and exceed,...
“Icelandic aluminium production is nearly 900,000 tonnes, the second biggest in Europe after Norway”, Petur Blondal, Managing Director, Icelandic Association of Aluminium Producers (Samal)
Petur Blondal is the Managing Director of the Icelandic Association of Aluminium Producers. He is one of the founders and board members of the Icelandic Aluminium Cluster. Petur is a former journalist and editor at Morgunbladid, Iceland’s biggest daily. He was the Head of PR and investor relations...
Hydro employees at Karmøy and Årdal call a strike from April 17; production cut looms
Hydro employees organised in Industri Energi and FLT at its Karmøy and Årdal plants will reportedly go on strike from Monday, April 17, given a breach in mediation between The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO), the Confederation of the Vocational Unions (YS) and the Norwegian Labor Union...
Heineken can be charged €1million for not complying with Netherland’s DRS
Heineken is quite close to being branded with a €1million fine for successively ignoring the Deposit Return protocol on beverage cans in the Netherlands. The country expanded its deposit return scheme to include beverage cans from April 1. Heineken is continuing to produce aluminium cans without...
Catherine Athènes gets elected to the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Board
On April 12, 2023, the global leader in developing and manufacturing high-value-added aluminium products and solutions and in aluminium recycling, Constellium, announced that Catherine Athènes, the Group Vice President of Global Sustainability and Public Affairs Europe, was elected to the Board of...
"Bathco is saddened to see several of its long-standing partners in Europe shutting down, and see this situation as an opportunity to reboot the industry in Europe on a more sustainable basis", Andreas Schwarz, CEO of Bathco Group.
Andreas Schwarz is the CEO of the Bathco Group, a leading solutions provider in the aluminium industry. With a background in trading functions at Rio Tinto Alcan, Andreas has extensive experience in the industry and has held positions in China, Southern Africa, and Zurich. As CEO of Bathco, he has...
“So far, the aluminium industry has been resilient to the current geopolitical challenges and threats of high inflation,” Patrik Ernst, Director Aluminium Division at REEL International
AlCircle: Do you think the current economic slowdown in Europe will lead to weaker investments in technology and equipment by aluminium companies? Patrik Ernst: So far, the aluminium industry has been resilient to the current geopolitical challenges and threats of high inflation in various...
Alumil named "The Most Sustainable Companies in Greece 2023”
For the third consecutive year, an aluminium architectural systems research, development, and production company, Alumil S.A., is on "The Most Sustainable Companies in Greece 2023" list as one of the 35 leading companies that create the Charter of Sustainable Development and Responsible...
Sustainability weekly recap: BALCO to obtain hybrid renewal electricity for its aluminium operations in Chhattisgarh; Netherlands expands DRS to include steel and aluminium beverage cans
Companies are doing their bit to move towards a sustainable environment, and in this journey, aluminium is considered the ultimate choice for most companies. From April 1, the Netherlands plans to include steel and aluminium beverage cans in its deposit return programme. On April 4, 2023, Alcoa...
Safran installs SLM Solutions’ NXG XII 600 machine to amplify aluminium parts production
Safran, a global path leader in the aviation sector, defence and space markets, has decided to install SLM Solutions’ NXG XII 600 metal Additive Manufacturing machine for the manufacture of bespoke aluminium components for its prevailing and futuristic projects. Safran Group, headquartered in...
Bologna to welcome the 12th edition of Aluminium Two Thousand Congress
The 12th edition of the Aluminium Two Thousand Congress, one of the most awaited conferences for the players of the aluminium industry, will be taking place from September 19 to September 23 at the Royal Hotel Carlton, Bologna, Italy. The conference aims to bring together technical and scientific...
