As we reflect on the Middle East crisis that commenced on February 28, 2026, and stretched into the second half of the year, it brings to mind the dramatic rise and fall of the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price that reached four-year highs before cooling down. The skyrocketing prices...
A cut in US tariffs on Canadian aluminium alone is unlikely to bring down the elevated Midwest aluminium premium significantly, according to Alcoa CFO Molly Beerman, as the US still relies on imports from other countries to cover a structural supply gap. Speaking at the Jefferies Global Industrials...
Grow with
AL Circle
The United Kingdom’s aluminium industry has two options ahead to survive - one is by remaining reliant on imported aluminium cast, rolled, extruded, or forged semi-fabricated products with little or no control over embedded carbon, and the other is by developing a domestic recycling-based supply...
Gallium, indium and germanium are unusual metals and none of them come from mines of their own. They are recovered only in tiny amounts when other minerals are processed, which means their supply depends on decisions made in entirely different parts of the mining industry. In mining, the word...
LB Aluminium Bhd turned in a much stronger set of results for the quarter ended Oct 31, 2025 (2QFY2026), with net profit rising sharply to RM 22.03 million (USD 5.34 million). A year earlier, the group earned RM7.64 million, making this almost a threefold increase driven by better showings from...
The result marked a 1.3 per cent rise from the prior week and a 33.5 per cent jump from a year ago, setting a fresh record since the survey began in January 2022, Mysteel Global noted. The persistent inventory build-up was mainly driven by raw material replenishment by domestic primary aluminium...
Futures: SHFE aluminium 2601 night session closed at RMB 22,120 per tonne, down 0.11per cent, fluctuating rangebound overall. MA5 (22,117) and MA10 (22,113.50) formed short-term support, with the price currently above the moving average system; however, MACD (DIF 2.1396, DEA 1.3982) red bars...
Scientific Reports recently published a research paper explaining that Bayer red mud (BRM) from the Shandong Xinfa Group can be used as a partial replacement for cement in concrete. The market performance and environmental implications are positive, but the results of long-term implementations are...
National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) has set the goal to set up and open bauxite mines at the Pottangi constituency in Odisha by June 2026. The objective is to expand its aluminium production by increasing its mining scope and capacities. Image generated with AI tool (for referential purpose...
SUS Corporation, a leading producer of aluminium profiles in Japan, have recently launched the t2-01 aluminium unit house. This is a new type of 4R architecture that uses sustainability norms within its manufacturing protocol. The four “R” of 4R stands for - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Remain. The...
In a significant step towards a cleaner, greener future, the Heavy Water Board (HWB), in collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), has started construction of a demonstration plant for the recovery of valuable metals from the spent liquor of an alumina refinery based on the...
Glencore plans to cut about 1,000 jobs as it tries to get its costs back in check and reset the business. The decision comes at a time when big mining companies, including Glencore, are dealing with rising expenses and ageing mines that are becoming tougher and more expensive to operate. At a...
The US Department of Defence has reportedly directed USD 29.9 million to ElementUSA for establishing a demonstration facility aimed at producing gallium and scandium on American soil, with a strong focus on leveraging alumina refining. The goal of the project is to ramp up domestic production of...
Telangana’s aluminium manufacturers are facing a pocket pinch following the continuous price rise of the primary metal. For many small and mid-sized units, particularly the ones in secondary production and fabrication, the price jumps have become difficult to absorb. The 7.5 per cent duty on...
According to SMM survey statistics, the operating rate of the secondary aluminium industry in November 2025 rose 2.3 percentage points M-o-M to 46.3per cent, up 2.7 percentage points Y-o-Y. The drivers for the increase in the operating rate in November included: 1. Seasonal production recovery: The...
LME aluminium prices posted marginal gains on December 8 across cash, 3-month and December 26 contracts, even as exchange inventories continued their downward trend. The LME aluminium cash bid rose to USD 2,867 per tonne, up USD 2.5 or 0.09 per cent from USD 2,864.5 on December 7. The cash offer...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world’s largest one-site aluminium smelter, has signed a 2-year agreement with Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Company (GARMCO) to enhance the technical capabilities of GARMCO’s Bahrain-based employees. The agreement will allow selected technical employees to join a...
The story of alumina production in 2025 played out much the way analysts had expected, even if the year didn’t unfold in a straight line. Smelter-grade alumina production was projected at about 143.3 million tonnes, as per AL Circle report and by October the International Aluminium Institute had...
Aluminium has been turning up in more workshops lately, mostly because manufacturers want parts that are lighter and still strong enough to handle daily wear. As this shift continues, many fabricators have picked up MIG equipment designed to work with aluminium. The machines themselves have become...
Widely used in ball mills for ceramics, minerals, pigments and chemicals, the alumina grinding balls are the hero, but what affects their performance? The alumina content in the alumina grinding balls is the most critical factor which can affect the performance, mainly when it ranges from 75 per...
