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"Any further reduction of European metals production risks being permanent, threatening job losses and knock-on impacts on a complex web of essential and strategic EU value chains", Thiran said. (Bloomberg) -- Europe has lost about half of its zinc and aluminum smelting capacity within the past year, and a further surge in power prices could knock more plants offline over winter, the region's biggest metal producers warned. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the growth of aluminum industry in the U.S. It mentions that the industry is progressing slowly in the country, when compared to the markets of Japan and Europe. It informs that Aluminum Co. of America Inc. (ALCOA) has earned 2.4 million dollars at the end of the third quarter of the year 1980, after facing a seven week strike in Australia.

The article discusses the growth of the aluminum market. Report says that China is projected to move from being a net exporter to a net aluminum importer. North American consumption dropped in 2007 but Europe posted a modest growth. Although U.S. housing and automobile sectors are experiencing a downturn, the U.S. market is diminishing in dictating the aluminum market. As stated, this is traced to the growth of industrialization in China and developing countries. Moreover, the weak U.S. dollar is a profitable opportunity for the aluminum exporter.

Metal Bulletin proposes to increase the frequency of its assessments of aluminium billet premiums in Europe, the United States and Brazil, while adjusting the publication calendar. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following Metal Bulletin non-ferrous European free market scrap prices changed on Friday July 20: [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European secondary aluminium ingot prices are under pressure this week, despite continually high outright London Metal Exchange prices, with Metal Bulletin's assessment of 226 diecasting ingots now at its lowest in six weeks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following Metal Bulletin non-ferrous European free market scrap prices changed on Friday September 15: [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Metal Bulletin is proud to host a private Insight event featuring presentations on the current state, and forecasts and global analyses of the steel and non-ferrous metals markets on Wednesday September 20 in Düsseldorf, Germany. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange started Wednesday trading in largely positive territory, with all but aluminium and tin making gains, boosted by encouraging data out of Europe and Japan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

UK secondary aluminium ingot prices were stable on Wednesday June 21, but continue to trade in a wide range as the market has split between high-priced domestic deals and sales into continental Europe at lower numbers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The leader of Europe's aluminium industry association has signalled he might back the EU if it launches action at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to challenge China's alleged breach of WTO rules over subsidies to aluminium producers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the raft of acquisitions that marked the consolidation and reorganization of the North American and European aluminum rolling industries since 1997. Number of rolling plants that came onto the market on both sides of the Atlantic in 2003; Emergence of only three major integrated aluminum producers as a result of the massive consolidation process in the sector; Implications on foreign trade and the aluminum industry.

The article assesses the prospects for the nonferrous metals scrap industry for 2012. It forecasts that pricing for copper and copper scrap from the U.S. will improve based on the increase in demand from China. For the aluminum market, it traces the rebound in pricing to the recovery of the transportation sector although there are allegedly short-term challenges from the situation in the U.S. housing market and sovereign debt crisis in Europe.

The following MB non-ferrous European free market scrap prices changed on Friday August 26: [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The UK's decision to leave the EU has sent shockwaves through the continent, and the secondary aluminium industry has no idea how the decision will affect business - even among those in the UK who voted for Brexit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Duty-unpaid aluminium premiums in Europe drifted lower on Monday June 13, as market participants reported continuing pressure from spreads on the London Metal Exchange. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The latest aluminium transactions, bids, offers and assessments for the month commencing June 1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There was a sharp increase in liquidity in the European aluminium spot market last week, with a high number of transactions reported alongside consumer enquiries for second-half supply deals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European aluminium premiums have dipped this week after London Metal Exchange forward spreads tightened and nearby demand slowed from the previous week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The latest aluminium transactions, bids, offers and assessments for the month commencing May 1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European aluminium premiums have, throughout the year so far, been a function of nearby spreads. With consumers having booked almost all of their first-half needs ahead of time at the end of last year the European spot market has been a quiet place, made doubly so by the volatility of those spreads. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

UK secondary aluminium ingot prices inched higher on Wednesday February 10, with producers seeing no reason why they should sell domestically at lower prices than are on offer in Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European secondary aluminium ingot prices started to lift late last week, following increases in London Metal Exchange aluminium prices and prices for aluminium scrap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The spread between duty-paid and duty-unpaid aluminium premiums in Europe has narrowed in recent days, as market participants have begun to report generally higher levels on the unpaid side. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports the European aluminum industry is saying that high energy costs will cause half of the smelting plants to close within a few years. They want the European Union and national governments to twist arms in the electricity industry to prevent this happening. Most smelters rely on long-term contracts with generators which have rival customers, and some of these contracts--notably those in Germany and the Netherlands, which smelt about 1m tonnes between them--are due soon for renewal. The smelters fear price rises of up to 40%. American-owned Alcan, rival to Alcoa for the world's top spot, is gloomy. In 2003 it added Pechiney, a big French producer, to its European stable, which now produces over a quarter of western Europe's 4.5m tonnes. If prices rise above $30 per MWh in Europe, it reckons, its plants cannot survive. A small plant in France and a big Dutch one are both under threat. If Chinese demand persists, high prices probably will too. Alumina suppliers--which include, not least, vertically integrated Alcoa and Alcan themselves, China's Chalco and the alumina arm of Russia's Rusal--will rejoice. The smelters will survive. The end-users will pay up. Power prices are a genuine long-term worry for the smelters. But the real challenge now is one familiar to many similar industries: raw material costs and the state of the end-market.

The article reports on the decline of the secondary aluminium business in Great Britain during the week October 22, 2015. Topics discussed include the uncertainty over the effects on the market of the emissions scandal involving automobile manufacturer Volkswagen, the failed business of steel manufacturer Caparo, and the low aluminium prices in Europe.

While ingot premiums have reversed their falls in Europe the same cannot be said for aluminium billet premiums, with demand from extruders still depressed across much of the continent as customers show little buying appetite. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European aluminium premiums are rebounding, with both duty-paid and duty-unpaid premiums rising last week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European aluminium spread log [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rapid fall in aluminium premiums showed signs of slowing at the end of last week, with traders reporting a flat market in the second half of the week. But that may have had more than a little to do with the May Day holiday that saw most of Europe take Friday off, and half of it take some or all of Thursday off as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

UK secondary aluminium high-grade ingot prices rose on Wednesday March 26 as higher prices in Europe once again opened the continental market to UK sellers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European duty-unpaid aluminium premiums fell sharply on Tuesday February 24, as market participants reported high levels of availability, coupled with a dearth of buyers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European aluminium premiums are likely to continue to weaken until the end of February, when consumers are expected to come back to the market for second-quarter volumes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The latest aluminium transactions, bids, offers and assessments, for the month commencing December 1. All prices are per tonne and relate to in-warehouse premiums, unless otherwise stated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European aluminium market finds itself in a position that is wildly different from that of a year ago. At the start of 2014, panic-buying among consumers saw huge volumes traded and premiums leap by $100 per tonne in January. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

If the next decade goes the way of the aluminium producers, then 2014 will have been the start of a revolution in automotive manufacturing that will see the light metal take huge gouges out of steel's share of the automotive body sheet market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tight and volatile spreads between nearby and forward aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange have created uncertainty for buyers in Europe as they attempt to work out how to manage their physical purchases over the months ahead. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The latest aluminium transactions and assessments, for the month commencing July 1. All prices are per tonne and relate to in-warehouse premiums, unless otherwise stated [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European secondary aluminium prices slipped again on Friday March 28, as both ingot and scrap raw material prices remain pressured by oversupply. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]