Alex's Daily Alu Digest
Wednesday, 22 April 2026
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3 stories
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LME Aluminium
$3,613/t
+$23 (+0.6%)
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Cash settlement · USD/t
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ECDP
$585/t
$0 (0.0%)
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P1020A in-whs dp Rotterdam · USD/t
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Constellium secures multi-year Airbus contract for aluminium alloy extrusions
Constellium SE signed a multi-year agreement with Airbus on 21 April 2026 to supply aluminium alloy extrusions — including bars and structural profiles made with Airware® aluminium-lithium alloy — from its Issoire and Montreuil-Juigné plants in France; Constellium shares rose 2.37% on the announcement.
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Novelis angle
The deal covers extrusions rather than rolled plate, leaving Novelis's Koblenz aerospace plate franchise with Airbus — focused on wing skin and fuselage sheet — unaffected by this award.
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Sustainability & Recycling
21 Apr
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#2
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TOMRA introduces AI-based FINDER™ for advanced metal recycling operations
TOMRA Recycling has launched FINDER™, an AI-powered multi-sensor sorting platform designed to recover aluminium, copper, brass, and stainless steel from shredded end-of-life vehicles and electronic scrap; the system combines electromagnetic, near-infrared, and optical sensors with real-time performance monitoring and will be showcased at IFAT 2026 in Munich in May.
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Novelis angle
Higher-purity ELV aluminium fractions recovered by advanced sorters like FINDER™ improve the quality and availability of wrought-alloy scrap that closed-loop recyclers such as Novelis depend on to meet its 3×30 recycled-content targets.
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Geopolitical negotiations remain unresolved, aluminium prices continue, LME outperforms SHFE pattern
As the US-Iran ceasefire expired on 22 April 2026 with negotiations unresolved, LME aluminium closed at $3,553/t (+0.16%), sustained by geopolitical risk premiums; widened SHFE import losses are expected to reduce China's net primary aluminium imports, providing additional support to ex-China supply.
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