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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Aluminerie Alouette primary aluminium smelter in Quebec receives ASI Performance Standard Certification
Aluminerie Alouette's operations in Sept-Îles, Quebec, have been acknowledged by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative with its Performance Standard Certification. The news came after ASI announced today, July 23, that it successfully certified the Aluminerie Alouette plant in Sept-Îles. The plant...
Aluminium production in North America up by 5% in H1 2020; South America’s output drops by 1.78%
North America’s primary aluminium production stood at 330,000 tonnes in June 2020, 5.1 per cent higher year-on-year. The output was 314,000 tonnes in June 2019. On a month on month basis, the output dropped by 4.62 per cent from May’s production of 346,000 tonnes. In the first half of 2020, the...
US primary aluminium output stands at 92,000 tonnes in April 2020; secondary recovery decreases 15% YoY
According to the latest report from the US Geological Survey, US domestic primary aluminium production was 92,000 tonnes in April 2020. The average daily production stood at 3,060 tonnes, essentially unchanged from that in March 2020 and April 2019, but 30% more than that in April 2018. Total...
Reimplementation of 10% tariffs on Canada’s unalloyed aluminium exports would be a wrong move by US: Kirsten Hillman
Canada suggests the United States be patient about determining whether to reimpose aluminium tariffs. In response to the United States’ allegations that the raw aluminium exports from Canada to the US have surged ever since the tariffs were lifted in May 2019, Canadian Ambassador Kirsten Hillman...
Banyard Aluminium Billet Induction Boost Heater gets full acceptance at Hydro Extrusion Plant in USA
The European manufacturing and technical headquarters for Banyard, Inductotherm Heating & Welding Ltd, has prevailed their gratification post the full acceptance to the production of Banyard Aluminium Billet Induction Boost Heater at the Hydro Extrusion plant, Cressona, USA. Patronising the...
CANPACK to build first aluminium beverage can plant in the United States
The CANPACK Group, a global packaging manufacturer with its headquarters in Krakow, Poland, and GIORGI GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC., based in Blandon, Pennsylvania, and owner of the CANPACK Group, jointly announced that CANPACK will build aluminium beverage can body and ends manufacturing plant, its first...
US aluminium extrusion imports from Canada jump 40% M-o-M in March 2020, imports in Q1 up by 49% Y-o-Y
According to the US Geological Survey, the United States’ aluminium crude metals and alloys imports from Canada surged by 40 per cent month-on-month in March 2020. From 145,000 tonnes in February, the US aluminium crude metals and alloys imports jumped to 203,000 tonnes in March, found the data. In...
Trudeau counsels US against levying illogical tariffs on Canadian Aluminium
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that he was anxious about reports that US was considering to re-impose tariffs on Canadian aluminium. On 8 th July’20, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: “US companies would suffer if the Trump administration hits Canadian metal imports with tariffs...
PMO-Canada confirms: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not visit Washington for any sort of USMCA celebration
The Prime Minister’s Office of Canada has confirmed that PM Justin Trudeau will not visit Washington, with Mexico's president this week to celebrate a new North American trade deal, after Canada louden concerns over United States aluminium tariffs. On 6 th July’20, over a phone call, Trudeau told...
Alcoa Warrick operations marks 60-year milestone, a pioneer in the aluminium food and beverage container market
Alcoa Warrick operations has passed 60-year milestone, undergoing a series of constant growth and evolution. Facilities have been added and modified over the years, while thousands of employees have come and gone. Three generations, going on four, have benefitted from Warrick operations’ presence...
The US exports of crude metal and alloys down by 9% YoY in Q1 2020
The US exports of crude metal and alloys decreased 2.87% to 20,300 tonnes in March, as compared to 20,900 tonnes in March 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. On a month-on-month comparison, exports climbed by 6.8% from February’s exports of...
Citing the issue of US Tariffs on Aluminium, Justin Trudeau 'Unsure' about trip to Washington
The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau on 3 rd July’20 stated that he was still unsure whether he would travel to Washington D.C. next week to celebrate a new North American trade treaty. The issue of US tariffs on aluminium is holding him back is the most possible reason. Mexico's President...
US aluminium crude metal and alloys imports fall 17% in Q1 2020, imports from Canada up 35%
In the first quarter of 2020 (January-March), the United States imported 740,000 tonnes of aluminium crude metal and alloys, compared to 895,000 tonnes in the first quarter of the previous year, found the US Geological Survey. Hence, the import volume in Q1 2020 registered a decline of 155,000...
USMCA is a Win for North American Aluminum Industry: The Aluminium Association
Tom Dobbins, President and CEO, The Aluminium Association on 1 st July’20 delivered the communication in response to the execution of US-Mexico-Canada Agreement: “USMCA’s implementation is a historic achievement, and we greatly appreciate the efforts of the U.S., Canadian and Mexican governments in...
Trump administration’s new tariffs on Canadian aluminium to injure both economies: Justin Trudeau
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau stated that it will hurt US and Canadian economies if the Trump administration imposes new tariffs on Canadian aluminium. On 29 th June’20, Trudeau said: “We have heard, obviously, the musings and proposals from the US that perhaps there need to be more...
Ball teams up with Blue Ocean Innovative Solutions for Ball Aluminium Cup
Ball Corporation, a supplier of innovative, sustainable aluminium packaging solutions for beverage, personal care and others, has teamed up with Blue Ocean Innovative Solutions, a leading omnichannel solutions provider, for retail launch of the Ball Aluminium Cup at Walmart and Sam's Club locations...
The Aluminium Association: Aluminum Industry CEO's oppose 232 Tariff on Canada
More than 15 CEOs and other senior executives representing the entire aluminium industry value chain in the United States sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on 25 th June’20, calling for continued quota-free Section 232 tariff exemptions for aluminium in North America....
Russia’s exports of crude metals and alloys to the US stand 12,500 tonnes lower in Q1 2020
Russia’s exports of crude metals and alloys to the US came in at 5,430 tonnes in March 2020, a decrease of 56.21%year-on-year. The Russia had exported 12,400 tonnes to the US in March 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. On a month on month...
