Abu Dhabi-based International Holding Company (IHC) and India’s Adani Group have expanded their investment plans in Odisha, outlining INR 2.105 trillion (USD 25 billion) of potential investment across 14 projects spanning metals, critical minerals, energy, chemicals and infrastructure. The...
1. Macro perspective The US-Iran conflict escalated sharply. On September 9, Iran's Revolutionary Guard struck multiple oil tankers and merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, causing a significant drop in strait traffic. Brent crude broke through USD 100 per bbl, closing at USD 101.21, while WTI...
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Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest aluminium producer, has been featured among the Top 10 per cent of global companies in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2026 , backed by a robust Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) score of 84/100 . This marks the company’s first-ever Top 10 per cent...
India's imported aluminium scrap prices recorded a sharp week-over-week rise as of 10 March 2026, supported by gains in prices on the London Metal Exchange and ongoing geopolitical tensions, while domestic Tense scrap prices also remained firm amid tight local supply conditions. As per BigMint's...
On March 10, the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price, amidst the ongoing geopolitical tension and the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz trade route, experienced a significant change, especially on the inventory side. Moreover, there is a mixed signal in the futures aluminium prices,...
Milan residents can now dispose of their aluminium coffee capsules in the yellow bag used for light multi-material waste collection. The change was announced on 9 March by the Municipality of Milan together with waste management firm Amsa, A2A Ambiente, Aluminium Recycling Consortium Cial and...
Futures: Overnight, the most-traded 2604 aluminium alloy contract closed at RMB 23,645 per tonne, down RMB 25 from the previous trading day’s settlement price, a decline of 0.11 per cent. The high was RMB 23,705 per tonne, and the low was RMB 23,310 per tonne, with a fluctuation of RMB 395. The...
Inner Mongolia, China's second-largest coal-producing region, said it will keep annual raw coal production stable at around 1.3 billion tonnes during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), according to a broader economic and social development blueprint released by the regional government. For...
Novelis Inc., a leading sustainable aluminium solutions provider and the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, today announced its contribution to the ambitious regeneration of Torre Seta, a landmark project redefining Milan's architectural identity while prioritising safety and...
Joakim Haraldsson, a researcher at Lund University, suggested that aluminium can be a sustainable fuel for maritime transport. This might reduce the CO2 emission, evidently, after tackling prevailing technical and economic challenges. Haraldsson suggests that renewable energy can be stored in the...
US-based multinational financial service firm Citigroup Inc. expanded its holdings in Kaiser Aluminium Corporation by 127.3 per cent or 19,294 shares during the third quarter, based on the company’s latest Form 13F filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm now owns 34,456...
The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) developed a method to purify carbon dioxide (CO₂) for underground storage or industrial use. The method removes carbon monoxide (CO) from CO₂ using a process called chemical cycling. In carbon capture and storage, captured CO₂ often...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter on one site, announced the promotion of Shoji Takeuchi to Manager Sales - Asia Pacific, as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen its presence in high‑growth markets. For the global aluminium value-chain 2026 outlook, book...
Recognised among the winners of the World Aluminium Aerosol Can Awards 2025 in the prototype category by AEROBAL, Trivium Packaging is now making significant moves to incorporate innovative and clean elements in its packaging design. For the global aluminium value-chain 2026 outlook, book our...
The London Metal Exchange (LME) continues to record the escalation of aluminium prices owing to the ongoing geopolitical tensions between US-Israel and Iran. The temporary closure of the global trade passage, viz., the Strait of Hormuz, has brought about massive trade disruption in the global...
Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium 2604 contract closed at RMB 24,850, still well above long-term moving averages such as MA30 (24,251.09) and MA60 (23,585.42), indicating that the medium- and long-term uptrend has not yet reversed. However, in the MACD indicator, although the DIF line...
Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has announced the deployment of an all-women team to lead the Distributed Control System (DCS) at its alumina refinery in Lanjigarh, Odisha . A cohort of 40 trained women professionals will now steer the refinery’s nerve centre, one of the...
Manisa, Turkiye —Together with its export sales and R&D teams, Toyo Printing Inks showcased its innovative solutions for the metal packaging industry to international stakeholders at the World Can Experience event, held in Dubai between January 21 st and 23 rd , 2026. To know more about the global...
By the close of Friday's daytime trading session, the most-traded May nickel futures contract had fallen by 3.1 per cent from a week earlier to RMB 137,140 per tonne (USD 19,883 per tonne), the most-traded April copper contract declined by 2.8 per cent on the week to RMB 101,050 per tonne. In...
Apple recently completed a week of product launches, introducing several new devices, including the iPhone 17e and the MacBook Neo. After these announcements, an industry report suggested that the company may now focus more on developing high-end products. For the global aluminium value-chain 2026...
