From black shale to smelter feed: CEM advances North American alumina supply chain
Canadian Energy Metals has demonstrated a process for producing smelter-grade alumina from Saskatchewan black shale and has started a prefeasibility study for its Thor Project. Canadian Energy Metals Corp. (CEM) has taken a step towards developing an alternative North American source of alumina...
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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Primary aluminium weekly recap: EGA meets and greets global aluminium industry leaders to discuss decarbonising electricity generation; Aluminium association reports 5.3% growth in domestic aluminium demand in 1Q2022
The aluminium industry is slowly taking its step toward a greener and more sustainable environment. For example, to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, GE Power had signed a contract to upgrade Emirates Global Aluminium’s (EGA) Al Taweelah power plant gas turbines. This idea will assist the UAE to...
CNH Industrial takes over Speciality Enterprises, North America’s leading aluminium spray boom maker
Specialty Enterprises, North America's leading maker of aluminium spray booms for agricultural purposes, has been bought by CNH Industrial. According to Specialty, aluminium spray booms may be up to 50 per cent lighter than steel versions, weighing between 2,000 and 3,000 pounds less. This leads to...
Manna Capital to build aluminium can sheet rolling mill in alliance with Ball to boost domestic product availability
Manna Capital Partners, a financial advisory and wealth creation company based in Louisville, Kentucky, is reportedly diversifying into aluminium can sheet roll sector. The news came on Thursday, May 26, following an announcement that Manna Capital, in alliance with the world-leading aluminium...
Domestic aluminium demand in North America remains strong, up by 5.3% in 1Q2022
According to preliminary estimates released by the Aluminum Association, as part of its Aluminium Situation report, North American (U.S. and Canada) aluminium demand in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q2022) had increased by 5.3 percent. This comes after an expected 8.2 percent increase in demand...
MetalX buys SRT Aluminum in Wabash, expands operation in northeast Indiana
MetalX, a scrap metal recycler based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has decided to buy SRT Aluminum’s assets and operations in Wabash, Indiana. As per MetalX, the Wabash factory produces 75,000 tonnes of sow and ingot each year using electric induction and reverb furnaces. As a result of this agreement,...
US aluminium plates, sheets and bars imports from Japan in February’22 surge by 445.07% M-o-M
The amount of aluminium plates, sheets and bars imported from Japan by the United States in February 2022 soared up by 3,209 tonnes or 445.07 per cent M-o-M, from 721 tonnes in January 2022. The amount for February 2022 settled at 3,930 tonnes. However, in January, an M-o-M downfall of 4,349 tonnes...
Hydro’s Commerce aluminium plant first in US to achieve Hydro CIRCAL production certificate
Hydro’s aluminium plant in Commerce, Texas, is now certified to produce Hydro CIRCAL, a low-carbon recycled aluminium product containing at least 75 per cent post-consumer, end of life scrap. The plant is Hydro’s first in the United States certified to produce Hydro CIRCAL. The news came after the...
Downstream products weekly recap: Metal Exchange Corp acquires Medalco Metals; Constellium collaborates with Nikon's subsidiary for additive manufacturing development
The downstream aluminium segment has witnessed some key progress this week. St Louis, a US-based global family of companies focused on aluminium and other nonferrous materials, Metal Exchange Corporation acquires Medalco Metals, the full line distributor of Aluminum Flat-Rolled Products from foil...
Metal Exchange Corp acquires aluminium FRP full line distributor Medalco Metals
The global leader in the purchasing, processing and manufacturing of non-ferrous metals, Metal Exchange Corporation has made public that it has acquired Medalco Metals Inc., a US-based distributor of light gauge aluminium rolled products. Medalco, founded in 2003 has successfully positioned itself...
KOBELCO group joins ASI as its new production and transformation member
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced that KOBELCO group (Kobe Steel Group) has joined as the new production and transformation member. Since its inception in 1905, KOBELCO has collaborated with clients to develop and deliver goods that suit their needs while also advancing society. KOBELCO is...
Aluminium packaging leader Ball Corp. signs VPPA to procure new wind energy in Texas
The American company headquartered in Colorado, Ball Corporation announced that it has inked a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) to procure 151 MW of wind energy from a new project in west Texas. The global leader in aluminium packaging Ball Corporation further added that upon purchase,...
Local brewery in US holds stack of aluminium cans waiting to be packed
CraftHaus, a small brewery in Nevada, United States, has piled up stocks of aluminium beverage cans on the line waiting to be packed, in addition to the can aluminium sheet problem. Wyndee Forrest, co-owner of CraftHaus Brewery, will not take a penny until the cans are completely filled with the...
Novelis releases its first Green Bond report securing $140 million for recycling capacity enhancement
The Atlanta, Georgia headquartered American industrial aluminium company Novelis Inc. on 16th May 2022 released its first Green Bond report. Novelis Inc., the leading sustainable aluminium solutions provider and world leader in rolled aluminium products issued a 500 million EUR (approximately $588...
Novelis to build the largest aluminium rolling plant in US to serve the rising beverage cans market
On May 11, Novelis, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group firm Hindalco, announced a $2.5 billion investment in new low-carbon recycling and rolling factory in Bay Minette, Alabama. This state-of-the-art factory will be able to manufacture 600,000 tonnes of aluminium sheets per year. Site...
US monthly aluminium crude metals and alloys imports from Australia in February’22 surge by 183.47%
As per the USGS data, US aluminium crude metals and alloys imports from Australia for February 2022 settled at 27,100 tonnes, which on a month-on-month scale surged by 17,540 tonnes or 183.47 percent from 9,560 tonnes in January 2022. On the other hand, for January 2022 a downfall of 46.88 percent...
Dubal Holding collaborates with Nature Alu to establish UAE’s first high purity aluminium facility
The Chief Executive Officer of Dubal Holding, Ahmad Hamad Bin Fahad and Denis Mazerolle, the President of Nature Alu, Canada based high purity aluminium producer have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to materialise the first high purity aluminium facility in UAE. The primary focus of this...
Rio Tinto produces first batch of scandium oxide in North America for fuel cells and aluminium alloy
On 6 May, Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) reported that its commercial-scale demonstration plant in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec had produced its first batch of high purity scandium oxide. High purity scandium oxide is being extracted from the production residue of titanium dioxide by a phenomenal process...
Downstream products weekly recap: Gränges first to invest in battery foil manufacturing in the US; Alcomet reports two-fold rise in revenue for Q1 2022
The growing EV market has inspired Gränges to equip its production unit in Newport city, Arkansas with the technologies required to manufacture cathode foils for the lithium-ion battery market. A leading supplier of thin-foil solutions in the US, the company will for the first time produce cathode...
