India's aluminium market is expected to record stronger demand in the second quarter of FY2026-27, with consumption estimated to reach 1.735 million tonnes, a 6 per cent increase from the corresponding period last year, according to Hindalco Industries Ltd. Growth is being driven primarily by demand from the automotive and electrical sectors, highlighting the expanding role of aluminium across key industrial applications. Hindalco's Q2 FY2027 presentation estimates Indian aluminium demand at 1.735 million tonnes, compared with 1.643 million tonnes in Q2 FY2026. The latest estimate also represents a recovery from the 1.427 million tonnes recorded in Q1 FY2027. Domestic aluminium supply and imports increase Domestic primary aluminium supply is estimated at 735,000 tonnes in Q2 FY2027,...
Sampat Aluminium Limited reported a net profit of INR 47.4 million (USD 502,121) for the half year ended September 30, 2026, supported by a non-recurring gain of INR 57.1 million (USD 604,875) from the sale of old plant and machinery. The company's revenue from operations increased to INR 1,250.9 million (USD 13.25 million) from INR 811.4 million (USD 8.60 million) in the corresponding period last year. However, its profit before exceptional items and tax declined significantly, highlighting the impact of the machinery sale on reported earnings. The company's profit before exceptional items and tax stood at INR 5.887 million (USD 62,363), compared with INR 62.5 million (USD 662,079) in the first half of the previous financial year. After including the exceptional gain, profit before tax...
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Alumina production in China in December 2021 (31 calendar days) was 6.59 million tonnes, of which metallurgical-grade alumina output stood at 6.36 million tonnes, found the Shanghai Metals Market. On a month-on-month calculation, the metallurgical-grade alumina output extended hike by 4.27 per cent from 6.1 million tonnes of production in November 2021. The average daily metallurgical-grade alumina production was 205,300 tonnes in December, reflecting an increase of 4.33 per cent M-o-M and 10.68 per cent Y-o-Y. The winter heating season in China had a relatively lower impact on the roasting capacity of alumina refineries in December, resulting in a rise in alumina production. Total production throughout the year amounted to 72.16 million tonnes, a year-on-year hike of 7.25 per cent....
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, the average alumina spot price in China has opened the week on Monday, January 10, with an increase of RMB 11 per tonne to close at RMB 2,829 per tonne. The average alumina spot price in Shandong and Shanxi has gone up by RMB 15 per tonne to clock at RMB 2,875 per tonne and RMB 2,850 per tonne, for the same day. On the other hand in Henan and Guizhou, the price has surged by RMB 10 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,845 per tonne and RMB 2,750 per tonne. In Lianyungang, the price has hiked by RMB 15 per tonne, to total at RMB 2,890 per tonne. Only in Guangxi and Bayuquan, the price has remained unchanged to peg at RMB 2,700 per tonne and RMB 2,925 per tonne, for the same day, respectively. The A00 aluminium ingot price has also shown growth by RMB 180 per...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,930 per tonne last Friday and closed at US$2,922.50 per tonne, down by US$7.50 per tonne or 0.26 per cent. On Friday, January 7, LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME aluminium official settlement price grew by US$7 per tonne to settle at US$2,919 per tonne and US$2,919.50 per tonne. 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price closed at US$2,930 per tonne and US$2,9232 per tonne, up by US$7.50 per tonne and US$8.50 per tonne, respectively, from the previous day. December 22 bid price and December 22 offer price totalled at US$2,682 per tonne and US$2,687 per tonne. LME aluminium opening stock was recorded at 916875 tonnes. Live warrants increased to 536175 tonnes and Cancelled Warrants hiked to 380700 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-month Asian Reference Price remained...
The middle-eastern nation on the Mediterranean Sea, Israel surfaced importation of aluminium from Bahrain, as reported by Manama’s local print media on 9 th January, mentioning it over an interview with Eitan Na'eh, the present Israeli ambassador to Bahrain. In 2021, Eitan Na'eh was appointed as Israel's first ambassador to Bahrain, this emerged a year after the two countries agreed to harmonize relations. However, Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA) is the first aluminium smelter in the Middle-East region, started its commercial operations back in 1971. The diplomat did not spell out the volume or the value of Israel's aluminium imports from Bahrain. According to Na'eh, Israel's national airline El Al should commence flights to Manama soon, while Bahrain's Gulf Air in September 2021announced the...
The beginning of 2022 has been quite eventful for the global aluminium downstream industry. A lot of new events, projects, has kept the downstream sector under the spotlight. To begin with, Ehab El Elwany, marketing head and spokesman for Egypt Aluminum (Egyptalum) (EGAL), announced that the business has kept its aluminium providing pricing to companies and merchants constant for January 2022. El Elwany stated that the price of local aluminium, excluding taxes, is between EGP 52,000 and EGP 64,000. This was followed by the news of Jindal Aluminium Limited starting production at the Bhiwadi plant after completing a Rs 100-crore acquisition of Indo Alusys Industries Limited (IAIL) assets. Also, the news of Hindalco Industries Limited increasing the pricing of its aluminium goods and ingots...
On 6 th January 2022, the Jamaican minister of transport and mining, Robert Montague, has officially inaugurated the UC Rusal owned Windalco’s $4-million project to restrain caustic sewage from impacting the environment. The programme of the bauxite and alumina production complex in Ewarton, St. Catherine is to build a second Effluent Holding Pond (EHP) and augment the capacity of the old pond to avert spillages into a nearby river. The Minister said, “The project came after discussions with our ministry, the Jamaica Bauxite Institute, and ‘cries and pleas’ from residents of affected communities.” “No longer, once there is rain, will we have any contamination from the bauxite red mud lake getting into the Rio Cobre. If there is contamination after this, it must be from another source, but...
The global primary aluminium industry is spotted with much important news this week, such as Montenegro Uniprom in the Balkan nation has closed down the country’s exclusive aluminium smelter KAP, following its failure to agree on a new electricity price with power company EPCG. Veselin Pejovic, the CEO and Founder of Uniprom Group, held liable EPCG for being responsible for this extreme decision, while on the other hand, EPCG urged Pejovic to sit for another round of discussions to find a solution. To know more: https://www.alcircle.com/news/failed-to-reach-an-energy-agreement-montenegros-sole-aluminium-smelter-kap-shuts-down-74277 Sridhar Patra, the chairman and managing director of NALCO, has pointed out this week that the supply-demand mismatch in the aluminium market is expected to...
The London Metal Exchange opened this week on Tuesday, January 4, with LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME aluminium official settlement price surge by US$9.50 per tonne to US$2,815 per tonne and US$2,815.50 per tonne, respectively. On January 5, the same prices soared by US$50.50 per tonne or 1.8 per cent to close at US$2,865.50 per tonne and US$2,866 per tonne. Continuing the price hike as operations at many smelters are cut, LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME aluminium official settlement reached US$2,912 per tonne and USS$2,912.50 per tonne, up by US$46.50 per tonne from the previous day. The prices grew further on Friday, January 7, to close the week at US$2,919 per tonne and US$2,919.50 per tonne. 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price started the week on January 4 at US$...
The American designer and distributor of rigid packaging TricorBraun have acquired beverage packaging companies Zuckerman Honickman (ZH) and Vessel Packaging (Vessel). However, the financial terms of the transaction are yet to be disclosed. ZH is located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and delivers products across all the beverage verticals comprising sports drinks, craft beer, cider, craft soda, wine, spirits and others, in the US and Canada. The acquisition aspires to amplify TricorBraun’s beverage portfolio and strengthen its range of beverage and sustainable packaging services. On the other side, Vessel furnishes mobile canning and design services and delivers printed cans, can ends and carriers, shrink sleeving and other labelling capabilities. The company functionalizes through...
In reaction to rising power rates, a large aluminium smelter in northern France will cut production by 15%, according to a representative for the plant. According to a spokesperson, Dunkirk aluminium smelter, which has an annual capacity of roughly 285,000 tonnes, has already reduced output by 10% and will reduce it by 5% again in the upcoming week, according to a spokesperson. Dunkirk is one of several European aluminium facilities that have reduced output since last month as a result of high power costs that have harmed the energy-intensive industry's profitability. A spokesperson for the company declined to comment on the possibility of further production reduction. If power rates do not fall, a CGT union leader at the plant, Laurent Geeraert, warned local radio station Delta FM that...
South32, a diversified mining firm, is exploring solutions for securing green power at the Hillside Aluminium smelter in the Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) area of South Africa. Given the introduction of carbon border taxes and end-user demand for green aluminium, if South32 is unable to secure an inexpensive supply of low-carbon power for Hillside, this vital KZN business risks becoming uncompetitive in the international market over time. South32 has begun just transition planning to support options for the smelter if its energy transition is not economically successful and the smelting becomes uncompetitive, due to the smelter's enormous economic and social relevance. Around 30% of Hillside's sales are to South African consumers, supporting local downstream industries and employment. Hillside has...
Romania’s one of the biggest vertically integrated aluminium producers, Alro has notified Transelectrica, the nation’s electricity transmission system operator in regards to the curbing of the proposed electricity consumption, as the metal company is supposed to shut down some of the electrolysis units where aluminium is produced. The rising prices of electricity have forced driven to plan the largest industrial energy consumer of Romania to curtail its aluminium production by 60% in 2022. Alro reported its request between 1 st January and 31 st January 2022 to restrain the power requested from the national grid by 50 MW. However, between 1 st February and 8 th February, the depletion will be 160 MW, while from 9 th February to the end of 2022, the aluminium producer entails 195 MW under...
Hazelett Strip-Casting Corporation of Colchester has reportedly become a member of the EBNER Group through the acquisition by EBNER. The EBNER Group, which consists of EBNER Industrieofenbau in Leonding, Austria; EBNER Furnaces in Wadsworth, USA; EBNER Industrial Furnaces in Taicang, China; Gautschi Engineering in Ranshofen, Austria; HPI in Ranshofen, Austria; GNA alutech in Montreal, Canada; and EED in Taicang, China, offers a wide range of furnace facilities, upstream and downstream auxiliary equipment, project management and services to the aluminium, steel, and copper base metals sectors. With the joining of Hazelett Strip-Casting Corporation, the EBNER Group will be able to offer complete process lines to the aluminium flat rolled products industry featuring Hazelett twin-belt...
Locals were pleased to see the now-familiar Sea Eagle II when she glided into Whangrei Harbour after Christmas, anticipating her return. The world's largest aluminium boat, which was docked at Port Nikau for a six-month refurbishment, came to our shores in April. Her 62.5m towering triple-lit masts were a pleasant addition to the night skyline for many people, and they were missed when she left sail in early October for a sea trial and to be reunited with her owner, reputedly Taiwanese billionaire businessman and philanthropist Samuel Yen-Liang Yin. Captain Tod Thompson stated that they hoped to return in the early months of 2022. On December 27, however, she resurfaced, much to the surprise of spectators. Local Ashton Pattenden was kayak fishing off Waikaraka and was taken aback when he...
The energy and carbon impact of aluminium manufacturing in North America has decreased to its lowest point in history, says a new third-party critical-reviewed life cycle assessment (LCA) study. Primary aluminium manufacturing has reduced its carbon footprint by 49% since 1991, while recycled aluminium production has reduced its carbon impact by 60%. The energy required to create primary and recycled (or secondary) aluminium has decreased by 27% and 49%, respectively, during the same time span. The carbon footprint of aluminium production (including primary and secondary) decreased by 5 to 21% between 2010 and 2016. Aluminium produced in North America, which depends mainly on renewable hydropower, is among the cleanest in the world, according to the analysis. The Environmental Footprint...
Presently, around the world, the primary technique of processing aluminium scrap is remelting in units of various types and then molten metal is usually cast into ingots. However, in some cases, the melt is granulated or gas atomized to produce powder of recycled aluminium. The remelting-casting technologies are very power consuming. The newly industrialized country, Indonesia imported 472,683 tonnes of aluminium scrap during 2019-21, which incurred foreign revenue outflow of $600.08 million for the import. Indonesia, the world’s largest island nation in 2019 imported 160,778 tonnes of aluminium scrap, counting expenditure of $179.17 million, whereas, in 2020, the aluminium scraps import denoted downfall by 7.12%, as the import volume plunged to 149,317 tonnes due to demand and supply...
Hindalco Industries Limited has continued to increase its aluminium products and aluminium ingot prices for the third consecutive day, with effect from Friday, January 7. The company has hiked its aluminium wire rod price by INR 3,500 per tonne, bringing it to INR 260,600 per tonne. A day ago (on January 6), the product’s price was INR 257,100 per tonne, seeing a rise of INR 1,250 per tonne. Hindalco’s aluminium billets price is currently hovering around INR 263,600 per tonne, also up by INR 3,500 per tonne from INR 260,100 per tonne on January 6. The company’s aluminium ingot price has recorded no exception but an increase of INR 3,500 per tonne on January 7 from INR 244,750 per tonne to INR 249,500 per tonne. Hindalco has further grown its aluminium prices in line with the three-month...
On Friday, January 7, the benchmark aluminium price for SHFE hiked by US$38 per tonne or by 1.17% to peg at US$3,278 per tonne. The most-traded SHFE 2202 aluminium closed up 1.97% or RMB 400 per tonne to RMB 20685 per tonne, with open interest up 9391 lots to 213019 lots. Overnight, the most-traded SHFE 2202 aluminium contract opened at RMB 20,805 per tonne, with the highest and lowest prices at RMB 20,920 per tonne and RMB 20,685 per tonne before closing at RMB 20,860 per tonne, up RMB 175 per tonne or 0.85%. LME aluminium price LME aluminium opened at US$2,906 per tonne on Thursday and closed at US$2,930 per tonne, an increase of US$18 per tonne or 0.62%. On Thursday, January 6, LME aluminium cash (bid) price surged by US$46.5 per tonne or by 1.62% to close at US$2,912 per tonne. LME...
