Matalco Inc., which produces aluminum billet and slab using recycled aluminum, plans to close its Canton, Ohio, plant this summer. A photo from one of Matalco's secondary aluminum production sites.

B.C.’s sole aluminum smelter, located in the northwestern town of Kitimat, has landed square in the crosshairs of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war, leaving its owner scrambling to adjust.

Photo: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters A four-hour drive north of the U.S. border, the first big Western aluminum smelter to be built in more than a decade is coming to life on the front line of President ...

On an international scale, aluminum consumption is increasing, with key regional trends shaping demand: With sustainability becoming a growing priority, demand for secondary aluminum, or recycled ...

RUSAL, managers of the Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), has sponsored a quiz competition among selected secondary schools in Ikot Abasi local government area of Akwa Ibom State.

Kitimat, B.C., is benefiting from major industries like an aluminum smelter and a new LNG export facility, with further investments literally in the pipeline. The town of about 8,200 residents in ...

Find her on Bluesky @amandafollett.bsky.social. The northern community of Kitimat was founded on aluminum. Today, its smelter, the only major smelter outside Quebec in Canada, employs more than ...

The company, which describes itself as the biggest aluminum smelter on the continent, can find new export markets if demand weakens in the U.S., he said. "Aluminerie Alouette can quickly turn and ...