Aluminium

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Aluminium is a core material in the global metals market, from electronics to automobiles. The growing need to transition to a more sustainable future has placed aluminium near the top of the metals market food chain because of its strength, recyclability and lighter weight.

Aluminium prices fluctuate with volatile market conditions. However, the continued shift toward light weighting in electric vehicles and China’s reopening after three years of strict Covid-19 restrictions are helping to increase demand for this sought-after material.

Whether in packaging, construction or electrical equipment, aluminium is being used more and more because of its strength, resistance to corrosion, recyclability and ability to act as a conductor. We provide prices, news and analysis of aluminium so you can keep up to date with the market’s movements.

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High stock levels are keeping consumer requirements low despite a recovery in automotive demand, Fastmarkets has observed

Growing consumer demand for automotive manufacturers to use sustainable materials is driving the uptake of low-carbon aluminium, with producer Rio Tinto announcing a partnership with BMW Group to supply the metal

European aluminium producer Norsk Hydro will not bring smelter capacity back into the market until demand assurance returns, the company’s chief financial officer Pål Kildemo told Fastmarkets in an exclusive interview

More than 100,000 tonnes of aluminium were delivered into London Metal Exchange warehouses in Gwyangyang, South Korea, on the morning of Wednesday February 8

The current shortage of some higher purity grades of aluminium, such as P0610, and the robust demand for units should maintain the higher differential to prices for P1020-grade aluminium, market sources told Fastmarkets on Monday January 30

Supported by stronger market conditions and higher production capacity, the Brazilian aluminium industry will depend less on imports and will instead prioritize locally-produced metal in 2023, market participants told Fastmarkets

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