FACE welcomes BWA’s policy paper on how European SMEs suffer the most from the unintended consequences of sanctions, specifically on critical raw materials such as aluminium   FACE (the Federation of Aluminium Consumers in Europe) welcomes the publication of a comprehensive report by the German Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade (BWA), authored […]

Head of German Trade Association BWA Michael Schumann at Antalya Diplomacy Forum “Sanctions are making Germany poorer”, said Michael Schumann, Head of the leading German federal trade and business association BWA, at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, which took place on March 1-3, 2024, gathering heads of states and governments, ministers, […]

Asian Development Bank report on value-chains decarbonisation and CBAM “While CBAM serves as a tariff on foreign producers, it will also raise the cost of raw materials such as steel and fertiliser for downstream EU manufacturers, and could even give them an incentive to relocate more production capacity overseas, including […]

Adding aluminium to EU sanctions would be another self-inflicting damage Aluminium was the target of a vigorous and perseverant pro-sanctions lobbying campaign in the context of the EU’s 12th package . In light of our 25 years of fight for the competitiveness and sustainability of the European downstream aluminium industry, […]

Aluminium producer RUSAL has announced that it has passed international verification by registering its new low-carbon footprint aluminium brand, ALLOW INERTA. The tests conducted by a branch of TÜV AUSTRIA Standards & Compliance on greenhouse gas emissions relating to the production of aluminium at the Rusal smelter in Krasnoyarsk, have […]

Aluminum producers in the US and Europe have suggested that stockpiles of Russian aluminum in London Metal Exchange warehouses are distorting global aluminum prices and that the disconnect is poised to get worse as the metal stock grows. However, analysts told S&P Global Commodity Insights that those concerns are unfounded […]