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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Alcoa named in 2020 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
Alcoa has been named in the 2020 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. The company is in the materials category of the North American index. “This designation continues to validate the important work we do to embed sustainability across our entire business and all of our operations, from responsibly...
Mediacorp: Rio Tinto ranks among top 100 employers in Canada
Mediacorp Canada Inc., the nation's largest publisher of quality employment periodicals, reaching over 15 million Canadians each year has published ranking in the Globe and Mail on 13 th November’20, where Rio Tinto was selected among the top 100 employers in the country. The publisher’s editors...
Constellium’s Kentucky Facility receives Award for “Lowest Carbon Emissions” from TVA
Constellium has received two awards for “Lowest Carbon Emissions” and “Most Improved Carbon Emissions” based on its 2019 power consumption. The company’s Bowling Green, Kentucky facility has been recognized as an “exemplary environmental steward” by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The...
Arconic’s Q3 revenue up 19% QoQ on higher volumes in automotive end-market, Down YoY
Arconic Corporation reported revenue of $1.4 billion in third quarter 2020, marking 19% growth quarter-on-quarter due to strength in automotive end-market volumes. But revenue dropped by 22% year over year due to the impact of the pandemic. Net income stood at $5 million in third quarter 2020...
Mexico’s import of Aluminium wires during 2018-20 unfolds gradual downfall
The economy of Mexico in 2020 is seen dwindling heavily as the pandemic takes its toll. Heavy losses in employment and incomes, coupled with elevated uncertainty have thumped the domestic demand. The economy should recover next year, however, as activity gradually revives. FocusEconomics panellists...
The US imports of crude metal and alloys up by 19% in Jan-August 2020; exports down 25%
The US imported 270,000 tonnes of crude metal and alloys in August in 2020, a jump of 266% from 73,800 tonnes in August 2019. On a month-on-month comparison, imports rose by 7% from 253,000 tonnes in July, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. In the...
US aluminium semis imports from Canada decline in Aug’20 for the third month in a row to 205,000 tonnes
In August 2020, the United States imported 205,000 tonnes of aluminium crude metal and alloys from Canada, extending decline for the third month in a row, albeit marginally by 1,000 tonnes or 0.49 per cent, found the US Geological Survey. The United States aluminium semis imports from Canada in...
Rossinavi delivers aluminium, full-custom superyacht EIV to its US client
Italian shipyard Rossinavi has reportedly delivered a 48.08 metre, full-custom superyacht – EIV to its client in the United States. Featuring fast-displacement aluminium hull, EIV is capable to cross the oceans and cruising in shallow waters at a speed of 15km. It has a maximum speed of 19km and a...
US benchmark A380.1 secondary aluminium alloy price stands 23-months high at 88-91 cents per lb
The benchmark A380.1 secondary aluminium alloy price in the United States has increased for the 13 th consecutive week to reach 23-months high, buoyed by rising raw material costs and strong demand from automotive die-casters. Fastmarkets assessed aluminium alloy A380.1 was delivered Midwest at...
US primary aluminium production declines to 80,000 tonnes in August’20; Secondary recovery stands up by 2,000 tonnes
According to the latest report released by the US Geological Survey, domestic primary aluminium production in the United States stood at 80,000 tonnes in August 2020, slightly down by 2,000 tonnes or 2.44 per cent from 82,000 tonnes in the month earlier. The average daily production came in at...
Quebec Govt. undertakes to modernize its aluminium strategy; OEM’s seeks help to improve competitiveness for exports
As the Quebec Govt. wants to breathe new life into the aluminium industry, it needs to well listen to the subcontractors and suppliers of equipment towards aluminium smelter, who desires to double their exports over the next five years. Éloïse Harvey, President of Mecfor and spokesperson for a...
Tenova commissions Roll Grinding Machine and Roll Shop Equipment for the new Hot Rolling Mill at JW Aluminum
JW Aluminium, a leading producer of flat-rolled aluminium products, which are used in a wide variety of commercial and consumer applications based in South Carolina, USA, has successfully commissioned the Roll Grinding Machine and Roll Shop Equipment for the new Hot Rolling Mill towards the...
Rio Tinto to invest $51 million in upgrading its Vaudreuil alumina refinery at Quebec
Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest miner, is reportedly investing $51 million in upgrading facilities at its Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Quebec, Canada. According to the report, three new energy efficient buildings are under construction. Besides, existing facilities will be revamped with a...
US aluminium scrap exports to Mexico extended a hike of 16.5% M-o-M in July 2020, but fell by 19% on a year
In July 2020, the United States’ aluminium scrap exports to Mexico increased by 1,700 tonnes or 16.5 per cent month-on-month to stand at 12,000 tonnes, found the US Geological Survey data. In the month earlier, the US aluminium scrap exports to Mexico came in at 10,300 tonnes, increasing from as...
Alumina production in North America and South America declines 18% and 20% in September 2020
North America’s alumina production stood 18 per cent lower year-on-year to 199,000 tonnes in September 2020. The output in September 2019 was 243,000 tonnes. On a month-on-month comparison, the production declined by 16 per cent from August’s production of 238,000 tonnes. In the first nine months...
Donald Trump formally removes tariffs on Canadian aluminium; threaten to re-impose, if there is surge in imports
On 27 th October’20, The President of United States, Donald Trump issued a decree towards formally removing the tariffs on raw aluminium imports from Canada, but with a threat to re-impose them, if a surge in imports crosses the northern US border. "I have determined that imports of aluminium from...
Ardagh Group to add two new beverage can manufacturing lines at its Olive Branch facility
Ardagh Group will add two new high-speed beverage can manufacturing lines at its Olive Branch, Mississippi, facility. This will meet the rising demand for infinitely recyclable beverage cans. The new lines will start production by the end of 2020. The manufacturing will initially focus on the...
Rusal America Corp secures low carbon Aluminium supply contracts to two Mexican downstream manufacturers
On 22 nd October’20, Brian Hesse, President and CEO, Rusal America Corporation, said: “Rusal America Corp has secured ‘green’ aluminium supply contracts with two separate Mexican downstream manufacturers, with one being the ‘greenest’ slab contract ever signed in North America.” “Mexican...
