The third quarter brought a clear improvement in global alumina production. It did not, however, bring production back to the level recorded a year earlier. Global alumina output has reached 114.625 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2026, down 330,000 tonnes or 0.29% (114.955 million tonnes in 2025) year-on-year. China's estimated production increased, but declines across most other reporting regions erased that gain. The quarterly sequence reveals how the production gap has developed. In the July to September 2026 quarter, alumina output reached 39.396 million tonnes, an increase of 5.54% over the preceding quarter. Yet the same quarter in 2025 had delivered 39.675 million tonnes. The latest production total was therefore 279,000 tonnes lower Y-o-Y. The first quarter of 2026...
Century Aluminum Company reported stronger financial results for the third quarter of 2026, as the restart of Line 2 at its Grundartangi facility in Iceland helped increase aluminium shipments, net sales and profitability. The production recovery, combined with favourable realised metal prices, supported a rise in net income to USD 302.6 million, compared with USD 249.3 million in the second quarter. The company's net sales reached USD 961.2 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2026, marking a sequential increase of USD 209.1 million. Aluminium shipments also climbed to 173,483 tonnes from 130,632 tonnes in the preceding quarter, reflecting the contribution of Line 2 returning to near-full production during the reporting period. The improvement in earnings was primarily driven...
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The escalating prices of aluminium, and cardboard and the scarcity of glass bottles are reasons for the beer shortage in some areas of Mexico. ANPEC, a national small business organisation, reports that supply shortages are observed mainly in the Northern parts of the country, with recurring data from Mexico City, Guerrero and Guanajuato showing an incomprehensible beer crunch. Aluminium is infinitely recyclable with a user life better than any other corrosion-free material. Its malleability attracts many businesses to surround their venture with the practical application of this non-ferrous metal. Yet primary aluminium is costly, and aluminium scrap is not that easy a find due to the long life expectancy of products that are made with aluminium. Moreover, the Russia-Ukraine crisis has...
According to the recent data revealed by the International Aluminium Institute, world primary aluminium production in the second quarter of 2022 totalled 17.102 million tonnes, brought by the output of 5.651 million tonnes in June. IAI data also shows that the world's primary aluminium production in Q2 stood 3.24 per cent higher than 16.566 million tonnes in Q1 2022 and 2.79 per cent more than 16.637 million tonnes in Q4 2021. The above data represents that the global primary aluminium output in 2Q2022 grew quarter-on-quarter after a dip in the previous three-month time. However, world primary aluminium production in June recorded a month-on-month drop of 3.05 per cent from 5.829 million tonnes, following M-o-M rise in May by 3.68 per cent from 5.622 million tonnes. Total production...
Hydro’s green and sustainability-linked financing framework has been created as a part of the company’s dedication to sustainability. The framework enables Hydro to provide green financial products and financing instruments connected to its aims and efforts in sustainability. The "Green Financing Framework," aims to raise money to support Hydro's environmentally friendly business ventures and the inherent ability of Hydro's products to help the shift to a low-carbon economy. This framework has been designed to assist the issuing of green financing instruments and financial products that are linked to sustainability. It also has a second-party opinion from CICERO Shades of Green. The Green Bond Principles (GBP) published in June 2021 by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,389 per tonne on Wednesday and closed at US$2,422 per tonne, up US$37 per tonne or 1.55 per cent. LME aluminium cash bid price stopped at US$2,456 per tonne, with a 1.84 per cent or US$44.50 per tonne escalation on Wednesday, July 20, while LME aluminium official settlement price rested at US$2,456.50 per tonne, experiencing a similar price hike. 3-month bid price grew by 1.09 per cent or US$26.50 per tonne to stand at US$2,446 per tonne, while the 3-month offer price witnessed a US$27.50 per tonne or 1.14 per cent boost to US$2,448 per tonne. December 23 bid price and December 23 offer price climbed up the graph by US$20 per tonne or 0.8 per cent to rest at US$2,470 per tonne and US$2,475 per tonne, respectively. LME aluminium opening stock continued to...
On 20 th July 2022, the world leader in sustainable aluminium solutions and also the largest producer of aluminium rolling and recycling announced it is expanding its evercycle™ portfolio to the cosmetic packaging market. The evercycle™ cosmetics line is 100% certified to contain recycled aluminium and can meet any anodized quality requirement. The new alloy offers packaging customers in the beauty, skincare and wellness space an infinitely recyclable solution compared to plastic alternatives. Jami Chime, the Account Manager for Specialty Products at Novelis North America said, “With increasing consumer desire for more sustainable products, Novelis is proud to offer our customers a new packaging solution that is not only made from 100% recycled aluminium but one that can also be easily...
Vedanta Limited has expanded its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices for the second day in a row, with effect from Wednesday, July 20. Vedanta’s aluminium ingot price has witnessed an increase of INR 3,250 per tonne to INR 222,750-254,250 per tonne on July 20. On July 19, the price stood at INR 219,500-251,000, seeing a rise of INR 5,000 per tonne from July 16. Vedanta’s aluminium wire rod price has come in at INR 230,250- 237,750 per tonne as of July 20, up by INR 3,250 per tonne from INR 227,000-234,500 per tonne on July 19. Aluminium billet price has also experienced an increase of INR 3,250 per tonne to INR 231,750 per tonne, following a rise of INR 5,000 per tonne on the previous day. Vedanta Limited links its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices to the three-month...
The operations director at California-based Almanac Beer Co. claimed that they had consumers forming queues to get their Black Magic IPA and Peaceful Pils to meet the spring-time demand for beverages. There has been a prevailing national crunch for beverage cans further elevating the rates of cans and in turn, hiking the prices of drinks naturally. The shortage is being recorded due to some unforeseen factors such as the pandemic and extended lockdowns that had derailed the manufacturing tempo disrupting supply. Moreover, there has been a significant upward trend in the demand for canned cocktail drinks which has contributed to fostering the aluminium need. Other reasons can also be allocated in California as there are no efficient schematics for waste recycling; also the economy is...
The leading drill and blast contractor serving the mining industry, SRG Global has fastened a noteworthy new contract from its existing Tier 1 client valued at around $80 million. The existing SRG’s agreement with South32 gets an extension for another two years for works at the Worsley Alumina’s bauxite and alumina refinery operations in WA. The contract underpins the work delivery of civil services for the uninterrupted up-gradation of its BRDA embankments as well as other civil and road maintenance services. However, the contract will initiate immediately and is anticipated to conclude in 2024. For works at Kwinana Bulk Jetty in Western Australia, Fremantle Ports has a contract with a two-year duration, with the option of an additional year. The work horizon incorporates the design,...
On Tuesday, July 19, the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced the joining of Triangle's Cycling Equipments as its new Industrial User member. Triangle's aspires to be a model business and a pioneer in the development and production of aluminium bicycle frames at the European level. It is the first factory in the world to manufacture aluminium bicycle frames using robots. It invests in innovative technology from the standpoint of sustainable development, with a significant emphasis on satisfying the requirements and expectations of customers and other important stakeholders. The business has innovative equipment designed specifically for transforming aluminium, with the totally robotic welding process standing out. “Triangle’s is an aluminum e-bike frame manufacturer. Our raw...
On July 19, Steel Dynamics Inc. headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana announced an investment of US$2.2 billion to construct a flat rolled mill for recycled aluminium alongside two satellite recycled aluminium slab units to aid in production. The firm has confirmed that the mill harnesses the capacity to produce almost 650,000 tonnes of completed profiles, each year. The flat-rolled mill has land allotted in the Southeastern regions of the USA, with no specifications released about the address yet. The manufactured profiles at the unit would be utilized vastly by the automotive sector, some common alloy industries and beverage packaging facilities looking for sustainability. SDI is an international provider of work solutions and acts as an employee portal. It has been estimated that the...
According to a report on Wednesday, July 20, the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter will launch a recruitment campaign next week. The news came after New Zealand Aluminium Smelter’s chief executive and general manager Chris Blenkiron announced it, adding that attracting new staff or retaining old ones was a challenge at the Tiwai smelter, compounded by ongoing disruptions from COVID-19 and other illnesses. Additional shifts were arranged for maintaining safe operations at the smelter, but that added to the workforce pressures, said Blenkiron. Traditionally, the smelter employs 1,000 people. However, the requirement of how many additional workers and in what departments is not known yet. The Tiwai staff shortage mirrored many other problems at other business fronts in the Southland. Some...
In a recent filing with the Commerce Department, the Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet Trade Enforcement Working Group of the Aluminum Association and its individual members claimed that Chinese exporters and producers are allegedly evading unfair trade restrictions on common alloy aluminum sheet (CAAS) from China by selling 4017 alloy aluminium sheet for uses that are typically reserved for 3003 and 3105 aluminium sheet. In order to address the circumvention of antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders released in 2019 on imports of common alloy aluminium sheets from China, the organisation requested that the Department open a "minimal changes" probe. “The U.S. aluminum industry has made a commitment to rigorously monitor and enforce unfair trade laws to ensure a level playing field...
Alcore the brainchild of ABx Group has successfully authorised the construction of three laboratory reactors in its quest to yield a high-value essential material, aluminium fluoride used in aluminium smelting extracted from a smelter residue. These recently commissioned reactors are situated at a technology centre on the NSW Central Coast. If its smelter waste or excess bath process is triumphant, it would provide an added advantage of preparing a local supply chain of aluminium fluoride along with an auxiliary waste disposal plan. Aluminium fluoride is an essential material required in aluminium smelting and while incorporating in enamels and ceramic glazes. It is also of great value and utilised in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors. ABx notifies that aluminium fluoride is...
Novelis Inc., a leading producer of aluminium flat-rolled products and the world’s largest recycler, is on the way to boost its recycling game. The company announced on Tuesday, July 19, that it entered a strategic partnership with Sortera Alloys, Inc., intending to take advantage of the latter’s advanced sorting technologies to recycle and re-use higher amount of automotive post-production and post-consumer scrap. It is usually difficult to sort and separate mixed aluminium alloys into individual ones after the automakers’ stamping process or when a vehicle is disposed at the end of its lifecycle. But with the use of Sortera’s advanced technologies, Novelis will be able to separate the mixed scrap into individual alloys and recycle them back into the original product. This will enable...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,430.5 per tonne on Tuesday and closed at US$2,385 per tonne, down US$42 per tonne or 1.73 per cent. On Tuesday, July 19, both LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium official settlement price stopped at US$2,411.50 per tonne and US$2,412 per tonne after witnessing a hike of US$34.5 per tonne or 1.45 per cent. 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price went up by US$29.5 per tonne or 1.23 per cent and US$28.5 per tonne or 1.19 per cent to score at US$2,419.50 per tonne and US$2,420.50 per tonne. December 23 bid price and December 23 offer price spiked by US$25 per tonne to peg at US$2,450 per tonne and US$2,455 per tonne. LME aluminium opening stock was recorded at 325075 tonnes. Live warrants and Cancelled warrants for the same day closed at 156300...
Hindalco Industries Limited has increased its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices, with effect from Tuesday, July 19, following a cut last week, July 15. Hindalco’s aluminium ingot price has witnessed a hike of INR 4,250 per tonne to stand at INR 221,500 per tonne. On July 15, the price stood at INR 217,250 per tonne, seeing a cut of INR 2,000 per tonne from the previous day. Hindalco’s aluminium wire rod price has also been expanded by INR 4,250 per tonne or 1.86 per cent on July 19 to INR 232,600 per tonne. Last week, on July 15, the price hovered around INR 228,350 per tonne, down by INR 2,000 per tonne from INR 230,350 per tonne. Aluminium billets price has come in at INR 235,600 per tonne, up by INR 4,250 per tonne from INR 231,350 per tonne on July 15. Hindalco Industries...
Azeraluminium LLC, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation OJSC, and German company Achenbach Buschhütten signed an agreement to create a joint venture for the manufacture of aluminium goods in Ganja. The manufacturing of rolling aluminium products is envisaged as a part of the agreement, with a first-phase investment of $132 million and an annual production capacity of 105,000 tonnes. On February 20, 1992, Azerbaijan and Germany established diplomatic ties. Azerbaijan opened its first embassy in Western Europe, in Germany, on September 2, 1992, while Germany opened an embassy in Azerbaijan on September 22, 1992. The two nations successfully co-operate in many economic sectors. Germany's primary trading and commercial partner in the South Caucasus is Azerbaijan. In 2021, the...
As part of an alliance, Aequs Pvt Ltd., a leading aerospace components manufacturer and Hindalco Industries, the world's largest integrated aluminium company, have sealed long-term collaborations and joint business development to strengthen the aerospace sector. For the development, manufacture, and qualification of extrusions required by commercial aerospace OEMs and other Aequs customers, the partnership leverages the capabilities, market presence, and industry knowledge of the respective parties. Aravind Melligeri, the Chairman & CEO of Aequs stated, “This strategic alliance marks a breakthrough for the Indian aerospace sector by further integrating the entire value chain to deliver 100% in-country value add. It creates strategic value for our customers by enhancing manufacturing...
