The top ten most read stories on the Aluminium International Today website in 2025 have been revealed.

The top stories highlight the closure of smelters and subsequent job losses, reflecting continuous market uncertainty.

Despite this, there has been investments on new projects across the globe, with a focus on innovation and technology.

Here are the top 10 stories as decided by our readers:

  1. Emirates Global Aluminium unveils USA $4 billion aluminium smelter plans
  2. Century Aluminium “making progress” on Hawesville strategic review
  3. Novelis: construction of $4.1 billion aluminium project on schedule
  4. Novelis makes SECOND US plant closure in a week
  5. Hydro to close five extrusion plants in Europe
  6. Alcoa outlines San Ciprián smelter plan
  7. Alro commissions electric furnace
  8. Alcoa CEO warns of 100,000 Trump tariff US job loses
  9. Green Aluminium Smelter project secures $10 million in Phase 1 funding
  10. Novelis to close US aluminium site