About the Aluminum Manufacturing in Nova Scotia Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Aluminum Manufacturing in Nova Scotia Market Research Report
Definition of the Aluminum Manufacturing in Nova Scotia?
The Aluminum Manufacturing industry in Canada converts or aids in the conversion of the aluminum-bearing ore bauxite into products such as alumina, primary aluminum ingots and rolled or drawn aluminum products, including plate, sheet, foil and extrusions. The industry also includes operators that recover aluminum from scrap, which is more commonly known as secondary aluminum manufacturers.
What’s included in the Aluminum Manufacturing in Nova Scotia?
The Aluminum Manufacturing in Nova Scotia includes primary aluminum, alumina, secondary aluminum, aluminum sheet, plate and foil, aluminum extrusions and other products. Related terms covered in the Aluminum Manufacturing in Nova Scotia industry report includes a semiprocessed form of aluminum obtained when bauxite is refined, an aluminum-bearing ore, a process that reduces the thickness of a piece of metal by passing it through successive rotating mills that compress the metal, metals other than iron and steel, a process for producing wire, bar or tube by pulling metal, increasing its length and reducing its diameter. wire is typically pulled through a series of dies of decreasing size, the process of forcing a solid and usually heated metal through an opening with the shape as the desired end product. a hydraulically operated ram is used to push the metal through the opening, includes several industrial processes for producing rolled products, extrusions, wire, tubes, forgings and castings, semiprocessed metal shapes that usually require further shaping, such as cold and hot working, cutting or milling to produce a useful final product, production of metals in its most basic form, usually done through a smelting process and refining and blending metal recovered from primary metal production or recycled metal.
Industry Performance of the Aluminum Manufacturing industry in Nova Scotia
Benchmark the Aluminum Manufacturing in Nova Scotia industry performance with all NS Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Aluminum Manufacturing in Nova Scotia
#7 in Highest Revenue 0.6% of province's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Aluminum Manufacturing in Canada
Revenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
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Key Drivers of the Aluminum Manufacturing industry in Nova Scotia
See how key industry drivers, such as population, net migration, private investment in residential construction, world price of aluminum, price of electric power and canadian effective exchange rate index are impacting Aluminum Manufacturing in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Economic Indicators
Population
Net Migration
Private Investment in Residential Construction
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Canada Key External Drivers
World price of aluminum
Price of electric power
Canadian effective exchange rate index
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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Aluminum Manufacturing industry in Nova Scotia
Access proprietary data on Census Metropolitan Area in the Aluminum Manufacturing in Nova Scotia, such as Halifax. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by Census Metropolitan Areas.
Key Statistics of the Aluminum Manufacturing industry in Nova Scotia
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