The European Union (EU) is preparing a broader restriction on aluminium scrap exports to non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, replacing an earlier trade proposal that would have covered only part of the bloc’s scrap flows. The move could largely impact...
As smartphones, laptops, televisions, electric vehicles, and household appliances become an integral part of modern life, electronic waste (e-waste) is emerging as one of the world's fastest-growing waste streams. Yet, every discarded electronic device contains more than just obsolete technology—it...
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European aluminium sector warns that excess aluminium volumes, particularly from China, are distorting competition, weakening profitability and threatening the long-term resilience of Europe’s upstream and downstream value chains. As global overcapacity and unfair trade practices continue to mount...
Western governments are investing billions of dollars into critical minerals and strategic metals as they try to reduce dependence on China, but industry leaders are warning that the push could recreate the kind of commodity oversupply crises that once flooded global aluminium and other markets....
Aluminium has proved indispensable to modern industry, being lightweight and recyclable, with global demand projected to grow from 106 million tonnes in 2025 to 130 million tonnes by 2035. Although playing a critical role in the global energy transition, the sector remains carbon-intensive,...
The European Union has reached a provisional agreement to implement a trade pact with the United States, a move aimed at avoiding tariff increases from the US and easing uncertainty around transatlantic trade, including aluminium and steel. The agreement includes safeguards that would allow the...
The European Commission is preparing tighter restrictions on goods that could support Russia’s military production, amid growing pressure within the European Union to curb alumina exports linked to the Russian defence sector. EU sanctions envoy David O’Sullivan said the bloc will continue efforts...
The Interministerial Committee for Strategic Investments of the Hellenic Republic has approved a new strategic investment by METLEN Energy & Metals in the ramp-up of gallium production capacity in Greece. It falls within the framework of METLEN's existing bauxite mining and alumina refining...
The aluminium industry witnessed a defining phase shaped by tightening supply chains, rising sustainability pressures, accompanied by an acceleration in recycling investments. From shifting global scrap trade patterns and low-carbon aluminium initiatives to CBAM-driven policy responses and ESG-led...
European aluminium producers are facing mounting pressure as the European Union pushes forward with reforms to its Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), a move expected to increase operating costs across the region’s recycling and refining industries. While the reforms are intended to support...
The interview revolves around the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and its implications for the aluminium sector, particularly Indian exporters. Alberto Monje Gama, global Sustainability Policy Manager at TIC Council explains that CBAM is not primarily designed to reduce...
The Indian Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) signifies India’s venture towards realising sustainability goals by reducing 45 per cent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity by 2030 compared to levels since 2005 and achieving net-zero by 2070. This groundwork was laid and implemented by the...
Today, the European Commission presented its updated EU Emissions Trading System benchmarks for 2026–2030. European Aluminium warns that this update risks undermining aluminium recycling and critical raw materials supply in Europe, at a time when the EU is seeking to strengthen its circular...
Pressure is mounting on the Irish Government and the European Union’s (EU) branch of the European Commission to curb alumina exports from Ireland’s Aughinish Alumina Plant to Russia . It has been alleged that the alumina content is being applied to indirectly offer support to the Russian defence...
In an exclusive conversation with Jan Coetzee, Vice President Commercial Americas at Ferroglobe and Bill Hightower, Vice President of US Corporate Affairs, on the vital synergy between silicon and aluminium industry. They both acknowledge that both silicon and aluminium have strategic importance...
On Wednesday, May 6, 2026, trade ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) convened in Paris to advance discussions on securing supply chains for critical minerals, even as renewed tariff tensions between the United States and the European Union threatened to test the bloc’s unity. The talks build on...
The European Commission has set the first official price for Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) certificates at EUR 75.36 (USD 88.14) per tonne for the January–March quarter of 2026, formally launching the EU’s carbon pricing framework for imports. For the global aluminium value-chain 2026...
European Aluminium, an association representing the aluminium sector in Europe, submitted its review request in December last year, after the EC issued a notice in July 2025, announcing the upcoming expiry of AD duties ranging from 21.2 per cent to 32.1 per cent on Chinese aluminium extrusions....
The European Union (EU) has been discussing some changes around how its rules apply to aluminium and alumina trade, especially when it comes to how materials actually move across supply chains. At the moment, restrictions are in place for certain aluminium imports, but alumina, which is used to...
On 4 March 2026, the European Commission presented its Proposal for a Regulation on establishing a framework of measures for accelerating industrial capacity and decarbonization in strategic sectors, which aims at “improving the functioning of the internal market by establishing a framework to...
