UK Secondary Aluminium New Manufacturing Announced

Doubling their capacity in Lochaber, from 50kt primary, by using secondary for extrusions for windows for a volume of 50kt, totalling 100kt output.

New packaging secondary aluminium rolling plant (2026).

Expansion of Hydro global recycling centres, based in Wrexham, to produce 100kt of secondary aluminium, for feeding into CircAL extrusion alloys and into primary reduction cells in Norway.

CirConAl – project to develop lower carbon, lower cost recycled aluminium alloys with automotive manufacturers and suppliers, focussed on extrusion.

Currently import 1.2mt, and export up to 800k of secondary aluminium (this will expand)

• 400kt of automotive sheet - rolling

• 50kt of castings – will increase e.g. aerospace

• 50kt of extrusions

• 150kt of can sheet - rolling

There is a desperate need for low carbon aluminium – UK opportunity to act rapidly to become a world leader in the use of secondary aluminium.

Opportunity to become self sufficient, and then grow as demand increases.