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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Diageo North America to install two can lines with $80 million investment
Diageo North America announced that the company will invest approximately $80 million to install two can lines at a new facility in Plainfield, Illinois. The plant will have the capacity to produce over 25 million cases of RTDs per year, including Smirnoff seltzers and the newly launched...
Crown Holdings’ net sales up by 12% to $3,078 million in Q1
Crown Holdings announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021. Net sales stood at $3,078 million, a hike of 12% from $2,757 million in the first quarter of 2020 reflecting increased sales unit volumes in all segments. The company’s income from operations was $384 million...
Aluminium production in North America and South America declines by 1.17% and 7.69% YoY in March
North America’s primary aluminium production came in at 338,000 tonnes in March (31days), indicating a decrease of 1.17% from 342,000 tonnes in March 2020, according to the latest data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI). On a monthly basis, the output increased by 9.74% from...
Mexico’s aluminium scrap exports to US record a 23% hike M-o-M to 14,500 tonnes in January 2021
Mexico’s aluminium scrap exports to the US in January 2021 stood at 14,500 tonnes, reflecting a month-on-month increase of 2,700 tonnes or 22.88 per cent, according to the US Geological Survey data. In December 2020, Mexico exported 11,800 tonnes of aluminium scrap to the United States compared to...
Rio Tinto’s Q1 aluminium production grows by 3% to 0.8 million tonnes; Alumina output slightly up
Rio Tinto reported 3% hike in its aluminium production as the Becancour smelter, Quebec operating at full capacity and Kitimat, British Columbia nearing the end of its pot relining cycle. The output grew to 0.8 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2021. The company achieved good production...
Alcoa reports Q1 performance the best in 4 years
The American industrial corporation and one of the global leading aluminium producer, Alcoa, has reported its best first-quarter performance in four years as demand heightened at the beginning of 2021. Wall Street prediction for Alcoa was averagely around $450.8 million, but the country’s largest...
US aluminium crude metal and alloys exports to Mexico stand 43% higher Y-o-Y to 8,470 tonnes in Jan'2021
The United States aluminium crude metal and alloys exports to Mexico started the year in January 2021 with a marginal rise of 200 tonnes month-on-month to 8,470 tonnes, found the US Geological Survey data. In December 2020, the US aluminium crude metal and alloys exports to Mexico stood at 8,270...
Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry acquires the assets of Wabash Castings
Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry (WAF) has expanded its operation with the acquisition of Wabash Castings Inc. WAF will expand its growth in the electric vehicle and consumer goods markets. The company will continue to use the Wabash Castings brand name. Founded in 1909, WAF, founded in 1909, provides...
Rusal America to set up its new aluminium AM powder business at Pittsburgh Tech Centre
Rusal America is reportedly eyeing the additive manufacturing (AM) centre Neighborhood 91 at Pittsburgh International Airport Innovation Campus for its new aluminium AM powder business. The firm declared its move into the aluminium additive manufacturing powder segment in January 2021. The...
Kaiser Aluminum completes acquisition of Alcoa Warrick Rolling Mill for $670 million
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation has completed the acquisition of rolling mill and associated assets from Alcoa Corporation for a purchase price of $670 million. The deal closed on March 31, 2021. The purchase price was funded with a combination of existing cash on hand, and the assumption of other...
Alumina production in North America stands at 308,000 tonnes in Feb'21; Output in South America amounts to 86,000 tonnes
North America's alumina production in February 2021 reflected a month-on-month decline of 32,000 tonnes or 9.41 per cent, found the International Aluminium Institute. From 340,000 tonnes in January 2021, the output decreased to 308,000 tonnes in February, showed the IAI data. North America's...
US firm Metal Impact acquires Luxfer Holdings Aluminium gas cylinder division
The subsidiary of US-based Thunderbird Manufacturing LLC, Metal Impact East LLC has acquired the Luxfer Holdings PLC aluminium gas cylinders division. Metal Impact affirms the acquisition of the manufacturing operations of Luxfer in Graham, North Carolina, as well as its range of products and...
Century Aluminum concludes Mt. Holly Aluminium smelter power contract, receives all necessary approvals
On 25 th March 2021, Century Aluminum of South Carolina (CASC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company announced that it has concluded and received all necessary approvals for, its new, three-year power contract with the South Carolina Public Service Authority, also known as Santee...
Gränges to infuse $33 million to boost aluminium casting capacity in the US
Gränges will infuse $33 million to expand its aluminium casting operations in Huntingdon, Tennessee, to encounter the rise in demand from North American customers. This investment follows the previous and successful investments in new rolling capacity at the sites in Huntingdon and Newport,...
Mexico’s export of Aluminium Stranded Wire during 2018-20 resembles marginal fluctuation
The World Bank estimated that Mexico’s economy will rebound from the expected 9% shrink in 2020, with growth in 2021 of 3.7%. This movement is due to an improvement in Mexican exports to the United States and less uncertainty about the application of the renewed USMCA. However, by 2022 its rate of...
Aluminium production in North America and South America declines by 1.91% and 4.44% YoY in February
North America’s primary aluminium production stood at 308,000 tonnes in February 2021, marking an increase of 1.91% year-on-year, according to the latest data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI). On a monthly basis, the output dropped by 9.4% from January’s output of 340,000...
US aluminium plates, sheets and bars exports to Mexico extend M-o-M decline by 7.79% to 23,100 tonnes
Month-on-month decline in aluminium plates, sheets and bars exports from the United States to Mexico extended decline for the second consecutive months in December 2020 from 23,100 tonnes to 21,300 tonnes, reflecting a downfall of 7.79 per cent. In November, the United States aluminium plates,...
Jupiter Aluminum’s three facilities certified against ASI Chain of Custody Standard
Jupiter Aluminum has been against the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Chain of Custody Standard Certification for its scrap re-melting, cold rolling, annealing, and finishing operations in Hammond, Indiana, as well as its two coil coating facilities located in West Virginia and Indiana, USA....
