The Great Comeback of EVs
In an era of rapid expansion of electric vehicles (EVs), not many people know that more than 100 years ago,...
Features
U.S. Sanctions May Mean A Lonely Mating Season For Rusal
The yearly highlight of the global aluminium industry is set to begin on Wednesday in Berlin: Metal Bulletin’s 33rd International Aluminium Conference. The three-day meeting is typically considered the ground for the so-called “mating season,” that time of the year when deals are...
Duty tweak can power India’s secondary aluminium growth
India’s secondary aluminium makers are not perturbed by the import levies announced by the Donald Trump administration. What has disconcerted...
Why Aluminium Prices Could Still Go Up in H2 2018
Base metals prices have been under pressure in recent weeks due to the looming trade war between the US and...
Events
What to Expect From the Can Market in 2018 and Beyond
The global demand for beverage cans will grow between 3.7 – 4% in 2018, and a similar growth trend is expected over the next five years. This growth is driven largely by increased consumption in emerging markets, most of which will take place in China, and the rest of Asia, Europe and South America. At […]
How is India Affected by Turmoil in Aluminium Markets?
The repercussions of the policies pursued by the Donald Trump administration on aluminium markets are too pronounced to be ignored. First, the US treasury invoked Section 232 of its Trade Expansion Act to clamp 10 per cent import duties on aluminium and extending trade barriers to some of its closest allies, including Canada, Mexico, and […]
Alumina Costs Are Hurting Aluminium Smelters
Even if the London Metal Exchange (LME) three-month aluminium price hit a seven-year high of US$ 2718 per tonne on April 19, primary aluminium smelters around the world had little reason to cheer. Why? Because input costs, and alumina above all, have also increased dramatically. Indeed, alumina prices reached an all-time high in the second […]
A Closer Look at Slovenia’s Impol Group
Impol Group, Slovenia’s biggest producer of flat rolled and extruded aluminium products, has big ambitions for its newly established subsidiary Impol-TLM, in the coastal town of Šibenik, Croatia. Impol initially rented the facilities of bankrupted TLM Aluminium in March 2016, and restarted operations, before buying the company last October for €9.8 million. Impol-TLM, along with […]
UC Rusal Sanctions: Dangerous Games on Aluminium Markets
In early April, right as LME aluminium prices slipped below US$ 2000/tonne and heralded further falls, the U.S. Treasury Department announced fresh sanctions against Russia. The U.S. imposed sanctions against 24 Russian businessmen, striking at allies of President Vladimir Putin in a quite unexpected and aggressive move to punish Moscow for its alleged meddling in […]
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an old tradition, a one-day field trip for conference delegates was organized to the Aluminium of Greece (AoG) plant, some 180 km from ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
Electric Vehicles (EVs): outlook for sales and aluminium demand
After last year’s electric vehicles (EVs) sales increase of 72% year/year, to 2.02 million, this year’s growth is expected to ...
Are Things Finally Looking Up For The Aluminium Market?
Base metals prices recovered sharply in the first half of September, after a seasonal slump in August, as investors and ...
