ALRO GROUP Q2/2026 Trading Update | ||||||
20 July 2026 | ||||||
This Trading Update provides basic preparatory information on the economic environment of ALRO Group's key performance indicators for the quarter that ended on 30 June 2026 ("Q2 2026"). The Half-Year Report for the six-month period ending 30 June 2026 i.e. 1 January - 30 June 2026 ("2026 Half-Year") will be published on Monday, 31 August 2026, and the Company's representatives will hold the Financial Results Conference Call on Tuesday, 1 September 2026. The information contained in this trading update may be subject to change and may differ from the numbers of the quarterly/ half-year/ annual report. | ||||||
Economic Environment Indicators | ||||||
Indicator | Q2/25 | Q3/25 | Q4/25 | Q1/26 | Q2/26 | |
Average LME 3M | USD/tonne | 2,462 | 2,617 | 2,845 | 3,199 | 3,524 |
Exchange rate used (average) | RON/USD | 4.4385 | 4.3395 | 4.3732 | 4.3540 | 4.4662 |
Exchange rate used (end of period) | RON/USD | 4.3329 | 4.3247 | 4.3417 | 4.4463 | 4.6010 |
EUA forward price* (average) | EUR | - | - | 68.86 | - | |
EUA spot price* (average) | EUR | 68.87 | 72.39 | 81.03 | 76.03 | 75.23 |
* EUA = European Union Allowance and means a transferable allowance to emit one tonne of CO 2 equivalent during a specified period. | ||||||
EUA forward price means the simple average of the daily one-year forward EUA prices (closing offer prices) for delivery in December of the year for which the compensation is granted, as observed in a given EU carbon exchange from 1 January to 31 December of the year preceding the year for which the compensation is granted. The price quoted in Q4 is the one taken into consideration for calculating the indirect emissions compensation for the respective reporting year. | ||||||
Sources: Bloomberg, Reuters, Platts, NBR | ||||||
Other information | ||||||
Production & Sales | ||||||
Production | Q2/25 | Q3/25 | Q4/25 | Q1/26 | Q2/26 | |
Recycled aluminium | tonnes | 28,220 | 26,441 | 25,209 | 25,306 | 26,434 |
Electrolytic aluminium | tonnes | 18,159 | 18,949 | 18,708 | 18,681 | 20,133 |
Primary aluminium | tonnes | 67,804 | 65,164 | 64,521 | 68,398 | 71,260 |
Wire rod | tonnes | 20,184 | 19,737 | 18,440 | 19,341 | 22,344 |
Billets | tonnes | 8,314 | 6,765 | 4,598 | 6,594 | 6,274 |
Slabs | tonnes | 36,131 | 35,787 | 39,202 | 40,039 | 39,808 |
Billets (processing)* | tonnes | 3,175 | 2,875 | 2,281 | 2,424 | 2,834 |
Processed aluminium: | tonnes | 34,484 | 33,785 | 31,755 | 33,428 | 33,124 |
- Flat-Rolled Products (FRP) | tonnes | 25,142 | 24,650 | 24,860 | 25,172 | 25,687 |
Plates | tonnes | 18,203 | 16,896 | 17,316 | 18,207 | 18,895 |
Sheets | tonnes | 3,960 | 4,448 | 4,744 | 4,294 | 3,423 |
Coils | tonnes | 2,979 | 3,306 | 2,800 | 2,671 | 3,369 |
- Extruded Products (VE) | tonnes | 9,342 | 9,135 | 6,895 | 8,256 | 7,437 |
Standard profiles | tonnes | 5,249 | 5,379 | 4,593 | 5,416 | 3,941 |
Customised profiles | tonnes | 4,093 | 3,756 | 2,302 | 2,840 | 3,496 |
Sales (to 3rd parties) | Q2/25 | Q3/25 | Q4/25 | Q1/26 | Q2/26 | |
Primary aluminium | tonnes | 21,549 | 21,261 | 17,913 | 20,386 | 23,504 |
Wire rod | tonnes | 19,918 | 20,060 | 17,227 | 19,821 | 22,520 |
Billets | tonnes | 602 | 444 | 495 | 220 | 265 |
Billets (processing)* | tonnes | 1,029 | 757 | 191 | 345 | 719 |
Processed aluminium | tonnes | 33,795 | 31,692 | 30,160 | 35,751 | 33,945 |
- Flat-Rolled Products (FRP) | tonnes | 24,494 | 23,653 | 23,276 | 27,077 | 25,912 |
Plates | tonnes | 18,135 | 16,812 | 15,478 | 19,114 | 18,950 |
Sheets | tonnes | 3,567 | 3,941 | 5,143 | 4,834 | 3,548 |
Coils | tonnes | 2,792 | 2,900 | 2,655 | 3,129 | 3,414 |
- Extruded Products (VE) | tonnes | 9,301 | 8,039 | 6,884 | 8,674 | 8,033 |
Standard profiles | tonnes | 5,776 | 4,790 | 4,679 | 5,600 | 4,437 |
Customised profiles | tonnes | 3,525 | 3,249 | 2,205 | 3,074 | 3,596 |
Alumina | tonnes | 512 | 396 | 519 | 1 | 124 |
*ALRO Group has tolling contracts with a few clients to process the metal brought in by these clients by charging a smelting and processing fee and rendering them back a specifically ordered product. | ||||||
Contact Details | ||||||
For further information, please contact: Ana Maria Nita, Bucharest Tel.: +40 751 120 206 E-Mail: [email protected] | ||||||
Disclaimer regarding forward looking statements | ||||||
This report may contain forward-looking information, including, without limitation, those relating to (a) forecasts, projections, and estimates, (b) statements of management's plans, objectives, and strategies for ALRO Group/ ALRO, such as planned expansions, investments or other projects, (c) targeted production volumes and costs, capacities or rates, start-up costs, cost reductions, and profit objectives, (d) different expectations about future developments in ALRO Group's/ ALRO's markets, particularly prices, supply and demand and competition, (e) results of operations, (f) margins, (g) growth rates, (h) risk management, as well as (i) statements preceded by "expected", "scheduled", "targeted", "planned", "proposed", "intended" or similar statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, these forward-looking statements are based on several assumptions and forecasts that, by their nature, involve risk and uncertainty. Various factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in a forward-looking statement or affect the extent to which a particular projection is realized. We can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. ALRO Group/ ALRO disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. | ||||||