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What is happening with aluminium in Argentina and around the world, by section.
BofA forecasts an aluminium deficit and firm prices through 2027
BofA Global Research kept a constructive view on aluminium through 2027 because of persistent supply problems and low…
Mexico eyes tariff cuts on aluminium and steel
The Mexican government is moving towards a significant reduction in the tariffs on aluminium and steel imposed on the…
UOM: new wage agreement with an IMGR of ARS 1,120,959 for the Aluminium branch
The Metalworkers’ Union (UOM) and the employers’ chambers signed a wage agreement with staggered increases until April…
Copper at USD 10 a pound in 2027 would speed up its replacement by aluminium
Deutsche Bank projects that copper could reach USD 10 per pound in the second quarter of 2027, equivalent to USD 22,050…
Metrar Aluminium Design Competition: awards for outdoor and indoor play designs in November
The fourth edition of the national competition organised by Metrar invited students and professionals in industrial…
Aluminium falls to a 12-week low of USD 3,121
The benchmark aluminium contract on the London Metal Exchange fell 1.5% to USD 3,121 per metric tonne on Thursday, its…
Rio Tinto secures its aluminium smelter in Tasmania until 2031
Rio Tinto reached an agreement to secure the continued operation of its aluminium smelter in Tasmania. The agreement…
Mexico and the United States close to cutting aluminium tariffs
The governments of Mexico and the United States are in the final phase of negotiations to achieve a significant…
STRUGAL announces its participation in the ALUMINIUM 2026 fair
STRUGAL confirmed that it will take part in ALUMINIUM 2026, where it will showcase its industrial capabilities to the…
Aluminium ingot premium in southern China expected to ease
After the National Day holiday, analysts expect the premium for A00 aluminium ingot in southern China to ease from its…
Mexico seeks lower steel and aluminium tariffs in talks with the US
The Mexican government will press the United States this week to reduce the tariffs on steel and aluminium and to avoid…
Rio Tinto and RevoCast expand their supply of low-carbon aluminium
Rio Tinto and RevoCast signed a long-term agreement to market low-carbon aluminium ingots in North America. The…
Aluar is building a solar farm
Aluar is building a solar farm in Abasto, La Plata, covering 55 hectares with 44,550 panels. This investment is relevant…
Aluar cuts gas consumption by 60% thanks to wind power
Aluar has reduced its natural gas consumption by 60% over the last ten years thanks to wind power from its La Flecha…
Aluar drives an 8% rebound in sales of Materials and construction
In a review of large companies, Aluar stands out as the only industrial exception in the domestic market: it pushed the…
IVECO makes pedal boxes with 18 tonnes of recovered aluminium
IVECO recovers aluminium scrap from its Córdoba plant and, with a specialist foundry supplier, turns it into pedal box…
The Xunta asks Alcoa for a timetable for the anode furnace in San Cibrao
The Xunta de Galicia asked Alcoa for a precise timetable for building the anode baking furnace at the San Cibrao plant…
ADIMRA aims to industrialise the energy of Vaca Muerta
The Association of Metalworking Industrialists of the Argentine Republic (ADIMRA) wants to industrialise the energy of…
Vaspia owes its employees 6 months of wages
The metalworking firm Vaspia, located in Lanús Este, owes six months of wages to its 60 employees and offered to pay…
Rio Tinto expands its trading business and adds third-party alumina
The global miner Rio Tinto has changed its long-standing commercial model to start trading third-party metals, with a…
Exlabesa to take aluminium profiles and technology to Düsseldorf
The Galician company Exlabesa will take part in the international ALUMINIUM 2026 fair, to be held in Düsseldorf from 6…
Orbia ships aluminium trifluoride from Matamoros to Pecém
A shipment of aluminium trifluoride belonging to Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials began to be received at the T-MEC…
Metalworking output fell 6.1% in August and capacity use sank to 39.6%
Production in Argentina’s metalworking industry fell 6.1% year on year in August and was down 5.6% over the first eight…
Demand for hybrids to drive 7.2% annual growth in die casting
The Mexican Foundry Society projects that the aluminium die casting market will grow 7.2% a year, from USD 1.65 billion…
Metalworking: activity fell 6.1% year on year in August 2026
Metalworking activity fell 6.1% year on year in August and contracted 5.6% over the first eight months of 2026…
Grupo Baux invests 11 million in recycled aluminium in Segorbe
Grupo Baux invested 11 million euros to boost the production of recycled aluminium at its Segorbe plant. The decision…
US praises Mexico for its customs controls on aluminium
The United States Trade Representative praised Mexico’s implementation of the Aluminium Trade Monitor to curb the…
Metalworking production fell 6.1% year on year in August
Argentina’s metalworking industry saw its production fall 6.1% year on year in August. This is due to weakness in…
Metalworking falls 6.1% in August and fails to gain from Vaca Muerta
Metalworking activity fell 6.1% year on year in August and is down 5.6% so far this year, without managing to capture…
Venalum completes an aluminium export to the United States
Venalum completed an aluminium export operation to the US market. The news stands out in foreign trade among the major…
General Villegas council tenders aluminium windows and doors for ARS 116 million
The Municipality of General Villegas put out to tender the supply and installation of interior and exterior aluminium…
Alcoa San Cibrao returns to profit, with almost 11 million
The Galician plant of Aluminio Español posted profits of almost 11 million euros in 2025 thanks to the restart of its…
UOM sets basic wages for metalworkers in September 2026
The Metalworkers’ Union (UOM) signed a labour agreement setting basic wages for metalworkers in Argentina. Wages vary by…
Stímolo makes windows and doors from 6-metre aluminium bars
The Stímolo Aberturas factory makes aluminium windows and doors in Argentina, with a process that starts when 6-metre…
Argentine companies seek to expand into Paraguay with 16 firms
The trade mission in Asunción aims to strengthen ties with the Paraguayan market in sectors such as construction…
Export surge drives up Aluar’s profit
Aluar’s profits grew exponentially in the last quarter, driven by a sharp increase in its exports. This financial…
Survey of aluminium scrap prices in Formosa
A news report from Formosa sets out the current prices paid per kilo of aluminium scrap, along with other metals such as…
Recycled scrap feeds the aluminium and furniture industries
Argentina’s scrap chain involves yards and carpenters that turn rubbish into raw material for large industries. Scrap…
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