In a significant move highlighting the aluminium sector's shift towards sustainability, representatives from Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) and the Brazilian Association of Large Energy Consumers (Abrace) recently visited Alcoa Brazil. Their destination was the Poços de Caldas f...
In a development that sends ripples through the aluminium industry and local communities, Aluminium producer Novelis has made the tough call to shutter another one of its US manufacturing facilities. This announcement comes on the heels of a series of challenging decisions the company has had to ma...
Alcoa has charted a path forward for its San Ciprián aluminium complex in Spain. The company has entered a joint venture (JV) with Ignis Equity Holdings to breathe new life into the smelter's operations. Alcoa will hold a 75% stake and remain the managing operator, while Ignis takes a 25% sh...
In a significant development that sends shockwaves through the local community, Novelis has made the difficult decision to close its manufacturing facility in Fairmont, West Virginia. The news, delivered to the workers earlier today, April 1, brings with it the unfortunate loss of 191 jobs.
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Aluminium beverage canmaker Royal Can Making Company is installing two new lines at the second plant it is building in the city of Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
With an investment in excess of USD100 million for both lines, the company will be running seven production lines i...
US President Trump’s 25% tariffs on products imported from Canada, China and Mexico have been met with a raft of retaliatory import taxes, amid fears that the measures may spark a wider trade war.
The three countries targeted by the tariffs are the US’s top trading partners &ndash...
Beverage producers and customers of canmakers in war-torn Ukraine are expected to steadily increase demand during 2025, according to analysts consulted by The Canmaker.
Despite tough conditions in the country, which has been under bombardment from Russia since 2014, with around 20% of land un...
Global can shipments increased 3% for Ardagh Metal Packaging in 2024, with more than 4% growth in Europe and a 2% rise in the Americas, according to the beverage can manufacturer’s full-year results.
Sales increased 2% to USD4.9 billion, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, dep...
Crown Holdings is planning to build a second beverage can plant in Thailand as part of its capital projects for 2025.
The project was revealed during an analysts conference following the release of the US-based canmaker’s year-end results.
These showed that Crown had posted fourth-quarter glob...
Threatened 25% tariffs on aluminium and steel imports to the US are expected to hit trade with Canada and Mexico, while the Aluminium Association has called on President Donald Trump to exempt the supply needed for American manufacturers.
Trump said on Monday (10 February) he would be implemen...
The world’s northern-most brewery is celebrating 10 years of brewing beer above the Arctic Circle.
Up in the High Arctic at 78 degrees north, 2025 will be a year of celebrations, with Svalbard Bryggeri (Brewery) toasting its 10th anniversary this year, and marking 100 years, and a much bigger...
On February 7th, Anhui Biopin Group officially ended the Spring Festival holiday and all employees returned to their posts, marking the beginning of a new year of work.
To celebrate the new start, our company held a grand commencement ceremony. The ceremony was filled with a festive atmosphere, with...