3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (566+ words) Indiana has emerged as an unlikely flashpoint in the latest round of US-Canada trade friction, after Washington's now-collapsed negotiations with Ottawa briefly put a proposed cut to aluminium tariffs on the table, one that industry advocates say would have hit…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (460+ words) Mexico and Argentina are moving in different directions on aluminium imports from China. Mexico has imposed a new anti-dumping duty on aluminium bars, rods and profiles, while Argentina has dropped its existing anti-dumping order on certain aluminium tubes. Mexico has…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (883+ words) US primary aluminium production reached 167,000 tonnes in Q1 2026, slightly above a year earlier but 1.2 per cent below the previous quarter. US primary aluminium production remained broadly stable at the start of 2026, with output edging higher from a year earlier even as…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (518+ words) US aluminium fabricators, extruders and finished-product manufacturers have launched the American Aluminum Alliance. This is a new trade association representing companies at the downstream end of the country’s aluminium value chain. The alliance brings together manufacturers that use aluminium to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1512+ words) The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entered its definitive phase on 1 January 2026. Until then, importers of covered products were required to report embedded emissions, but no financial liability was attached. That has now changed. For aluminium, the focus has…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (375+ words) Aluminium foil is one of the most familiar forms of aluminium we encounter every day. Used primarily for packaging, food preservation and protection, it is rarely viewed as a material for something more creative. Yet its flexibility, light weight and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (876+ words) Brazil’s beverage can market is maintaining a positive trajectory in 2026, with 16.4 billion cans sold in the first half and full-year growth expected in the low single digits. The more interesting development, however, is the changing beverage mix. Beer and soft…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (381+ words) Iran and Oman issued a joint statement, planning to establish a mutually agreed safe maritime corridor in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi stated that the memorandum of understanding on the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1527+ words) That distinction became important in the first half of 2026. The LME cash aluminium price averaged USD 3,386 per tonne, compared with USD 2,538 per tonne in H1 2025, an increase of USD 848 per tonne, or 33.4 percent. But regional premiums moved very differently, meaning buyers…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (458+ words) By product structure, aluminium alloy sheet dominated July's aluminium plate/sheet and strip exports. Among them, rectangular aluminium alloy sheet with thickness of 0.2-0.28mm (mainly can stock) had exports of 139,100 tonnes, accounting for 43.2 per cent of total July exports, but down…...