
Aluminium Outlook 2025: Adapting to Global Pressures
The UK aluminium industry enters 2025 with renewed strategic importance and exciting opportunities, despite global challenges.
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The UK aluminium industry enters 2025 with renewed strategic importance and exciting opportunities, despite global challenges.
With 80% of UK scrap steel exported, urgent policy action is needed to secure supply for green steelmaking and meet Net Zero goals with Electric Arc Furnaces.
Discover 7 key trends in metal fabrication, from automation and 3D printing to advanced materials, that are enhancing efficiency, precision, and sustainability.
Discover how metals, especially steel, lead sustainable construction with impressive recycling rates, durability, and synergy with green technologies for a greener future.
From the early days of forge welding to today’s sophisticated methods, each innovation in welding has silently revolutionised the industry, prioritising practicality and efficiency.
A steel-framed office development in the City of London is pioneering a new concept known as ‘materials passports’
A comprehensive report released today provides a valuable snapshot of the UK metals industry
In an interview with the Swiss Trading and Shipping Association (STSA), Kunal Sinha, Head of Recycling for Copper, Cobalt and Electronics at Glencore, explains how this little-known aspect of its work is helping drive a more circular economy.
British Steel is conducting a major study into the use of green hydrogen in the company’s drive to decarbonise its operations and manufacture net-zero steel.
Discover AVA Bridge, an innovative, adaptable, low-carbon footbridge system designed to improve accessibility and efficiency in the UK rail network and beyond.
Budweiser Brewing Group partners with Rusal, Canpack, and Elval to create the lowest carbon footprint beer cans in Europe, made with renewable energy and sustainable aluminium.
Sustainability-focused brands are turning to aluminium for its infinite recyclability, sleek appeal, and safety—especially in personal care and deodorant products.
It was interesting to see the USA highlight decarbonisation when removing steel tariffs with the EU. I believe that increasingly we will see a strong
OGUK’s Decommissioning Insight 2021 highlights the UK’s progress in low-carbon energy transition, innovative decommissioning, and enhancing export potential.
A BCG report reveals that metals and mining companies are lagging in digital adoption, missing key opportunities to boost performance and reduce costs.
An innovative method is being used at the Forge project in London that could transform the construction industry into a leaner and greener sector.
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