The acquisition gives Rio Tinto control of a major undeveloped Cape York resource as it expands its existing Weipa operations and advances new mining areas. Rio Tinto is expanding its Cape York bauxite portfolio by acquiring the Aurukun bauxite project from Glencore and Mitsubishi, adding a...
The first half (H1) of 2026 witnessed Canada’s exports of unwrought aluminium taking a deep plunge. The country supplied a total of 1.33 million tonnes of aluminium products to the world including unwrought aluminium, bars, rods and profiles, aluminium foil, pipes and tubes, plates, sheets and...
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Chinese and Japanese aluminium stocks gained on Wednesday after Norsk Hydro announced that its Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil had reduced production to 50 per cent of capacity because of disruptions to its natural gas supply. The move added to concerns over raw material availability in an...
Futures side: The aluminium alloy 2610 contract opened at RMB 23,500 per tonne today; after edging slightly higher in early trading, it pulled back under pressure and drifted lower overall, with the decline widening somewhat intraday. It closed at RMB 23,355 per tonne at midday, down 1.33 per cent....
The European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has entered into application, bringing an important regulatory change for coffee capsule recycling across Europe. Under the new rules, coffee capsules are now classified as packaging. Until now, coffee capsules were treated as...
Aluminium is increasingly getting caught in the fallout from the Middle East conflict. What began as a disruption to two of the region’s critical shipping routes - the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab - is now affecting aluminium production, shipments and prices. The pressure is particularly...
The global aluminium extrusion market is entering a sustained growth phase, driven by construction, transportation, renewable energy and advanced manufacturing. This overview covers market structure, segmentation, cost drivers and the strategic trends expected to shape the industry through 2035....
Activated alumina continues to play an important role in industrial gas drying as manufacturers across sectors such as petrochemicals, electronics, pharmaceuticals and general manufacturing look for more reliable ways to remove moisture from process gases. Shanghai Joozhou New Materials Co., Ltd....
Aluminium prices fell after Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) reaffirmed its timeline to restore full production at the Al Taweelah smelter by the first quarter of 2027, easing market concerns over supply from the Gulf. The AL Taweelah smelter is currently operating at 18 per cent capacity. It was...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) today announced that Qinghai Qingfeng Aluminum Co., Ltd. has been certified against the ASI Chain of Custody Standard V2 (2022). The facility operates aluminium casthouse and aluminium re-melting/refining operations, producing flat ingots and intermediate...
Canada's aluminium import trends in 2026 point to different trajectories for its two key Western suppliers. The United States remains Canada's main source of imported aluminium, although shipments have continued to fall. At the same time, aluminium exports from the European Union have been moving...
Futures: SHFE aluminium closed at RMB 24,195 per tonne, down 0.62 per cent, with prices falling below MA5 (24,187) but still above MA10 (23,961), MA30 (23,435) and MA60 (23,708). Short-term moving average support is facing a test, but the medium-term bullish structure remains intact. The MACD...
The London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price chart reported major declines of nearly 2 per cent across the pricing and contract segments on the August 12 close after an improvement was noticed on the August 11 session . The LME aluminium cash bid eased 1.93 per cent day-on-day on August 12, down...
On August 12, Mysteel's daily assessment for Guinea bauxite (Al:45 per cent,Si:3 per cent) was USD 71 per dmt, up USD 1.5 per dmt from a month ago. The assessment for Australian bauxite (Al:50 per cent,Si:6.5 per cent) rose by USD 2.5 per dmt M-o-M to USD 66.5 per dmt. Guinean bauxite prices edged...
Chinalco has increased its stake in Aluminum Corporation of China Limited, known as Chalco, after purchasing shares worth CNY 659 million (USD 97.7 million). According to a Hong Kong filing dated August 11, 2026, Chinalco and parties acting in concert acquired 77.4 million Chalco shares, comprising...
The European Commission has approved a EUR 84 million Danish state aid scheme to expand clean-tech manufacturing and support the production of new and recovered critical raw materials. The European Union is stepping up efforts to strengthen its domestic clean-tech manufacturing base, with the...
Packfine (Yantai Zhuyuan Environmental Tech Co., Ltd.)'s aluminium slim cans are aimed at Saudi Arabia's growing demand for innovative beverage packaging, particularly for juice and other non-alcoholic drinks. The company supplies 180ml and 250ml slim cans designed to meet both the design and...
The BMW Group and its consortium partners have demonstrated that a larger share of material recovered from end-of-life vehicles could return to new automotive applications, increasing the project’s “Car2Car rate” from 6 per cent to 51 per cent under expanded processing and sorting conditions. The...
Manaksia Aluminium Company Limited reported a net profit of INR 28.5 million (USD 299,000) for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, up 83 per cent from INR 15.6 million (USD 163,000) a year earlier. Revenue from operations rose 3.9 per cent to INR 1.4 billion (USD 14.6 million) from INR 1.34 billion...
According to the SMM survey, the operating rate of China's secondary aluminium industry rebounded slightly to 34.6 per cent in Jul 2026, up 1.4 percentage points M-o-M from June, while it fell 7.0 percentage points Y-o-Y. Operating rates among secondary aluminium alloy enterprises showed mixed...
