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 […]

Recently a major specialised media sent a questionnaire to FACE. Below are the questions and our replies   Are there enough consumers still willing to buy Russian aluminium? The LME itself has responded saying that all metal of Russian origin continue to be consumed by a broad section of the […]

FACE welcomes the vote of the European Parliament on aluminium as a strategic material, a longstanding request. Europe must act now to save its aluminium industry and make green aluminium a key material of its decarbonisation and reindustrialisation policy. To this end, a trade war with the US must be […]

Dear Mr. Chamberlain, There is currently a lot of media noise and of rumours in the market about discussions within the LME but also within European industry associations, and open calls by major aluminium producers to ban or sanction Russian aluminium in Europe. As the LME quoted our associations in […]