European secondary aluminium prices have been stable in the week to Friday August 25, while Fastmarkets launched two additional grades of alloy that have also been steady so far through the month

China’s automotive output and sales both fell in July, on a month-on-month and year-on-year basis, because of reduced seasonal demand in the summer season and the higher base in July 2022, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said this week

Economic stimulus policies put in place by the government of China will be key to sustaining price rises among base metals in the coming quarters, Daria Efanova, head of research at UK-based services provider Sucden Financial, said during the company’s third-quarter metals webinar on Wednesday, August 2

Novelis has noted increasing enthusiasm for low-carbon aluminium sheet from the automotive sector, more so than its other business segments, including beverage cans and specialty markets, according to a top executive at the company

Fastmarkets has launched calculations of two inferred P0610 aluminium Rotterdam premiums, following the first publication of its P0610 netback on Tuesday August 1.

Despite concerns over the uncertainty of China’s economic recovery, base metals price forecasts remain mixed for aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc prices

The continued weakness in the aluminium packaging sector has been reflected in the financial results of producer Constellium published on Wednesday July 26, with lower revenue and shipments reported for the segment

Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI) will dedicate nearly half of the output from its 650,000-tonne capacity aluminium rolling mill Columbus, Mississippi, to primarily produce beverage cans, a market currently experiencing a glut of inventory

Fastmarkets proposes to launch weekly price assessments for European aluminium pressure diecasting ingot, DIN 230 and DIN 239, to expand its coverage of Europe’s secondary aluminium alloys market.

Slower demand for construction materials continues to weigh on Europe’s aluminium and steel market price and premiums