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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Jindal Aluminium Limited has completed a Rs 100-crore acquisition of Indo Alusys Industries Limited (IAIL) assets and begun production at the Bhiwadi facility. Along with the assets of IAIL, its manufacturing plant in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan's industrial sector was also purchased. The site, which is around 70 kilometres from the national capital, provides Jindal Aluminium with strategic access to the northern market and a potential capacity of 14,000 metric tonnes per annum extrusions. Jindal Aluminium's extrusion capacity is estimated to increase from 125,000 to 139,000 tonnes once fully operational. Apart from assisting Jindal Aluminium in expanding capacity, the IAIL agreement benefits the local economy, the community, and other stakeholders, according to the business. Jindal Aluminium...
According to a recent report, Vedanta Aluminium Business has entered into an agreement with GEAR (Gemini Equipment and Rentals Private Limited) India to install one of the largest fleets of lithium-ion battery-powered electric forklifts. Vedanta is the first in Indian aluminium industry to undertake such an initiative to replace its diesel-fuelled forklifts. Vedanta will commission the 23 new green fleet forklifts in a phased manner over the next few months at its aluminium smelter in Jharsuguda, Odisha. Installation of these forklifts will reduce diesel consumption by more than 2.5 lakh litre annually, thereby ensuring GHG emission savings of about 690 tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Besides, the new lithium-ion forklifts will help maximise productivity of operations by enabling longer working...
Hindalco Industries Limited has increased its aluminium products and aluminium ingot prices, with effect from Wednesday, January 5, 2022, following two consecutive cuts on December 30 and January 1. The company’s aluminium wire rod price has come in at INR 255,850 per tonne, up by INR 1,750 per tonne from INR 254,100 per tonne on January 1. Hindalco’s aluminium billets price has also been increased by INR 1,750 per tonne on January 5 from INR 257,100 per tonne to INR 258,850 per tonne. Aluminium ingot price has seen a hike of INR 1,750 per tonne as well to INR 244,750 per tonne. On January 1, the metal price was at INR 243,000 per tonne after being cut by INR 2,500 per tonne. Hindalco links its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices to the three-month future of aluminium on the...
The Romanian aluminium producer Alro’s trade unions and also the employees of the company and its suppliers will rally a protest on 6 th January 2022 to show a protest against the management’s decision to axe production of 60% and functionalize with 40% of production capacity due to the surge in energy prices. According to the trade union representatives, the scaling up of energy prices will in due course dent the complete Romanian industry. The workers association also claimed that 1,500 employees from Alro and other companies would record as technical unemployment for this severe decision. However, Alro's management has officially declared that it would functionalize only two of its five aluminium production units in 2022. Even though the management assured that no employee would be...
The Indian Railways are planning to run the Vande Bharat Express Train with lightweight aluminium carriages. This high-tech train's speed will be increased with the inclusion of these unique carriages. The production of these lightweight coaches is underway. According to sources, the Centre will announce the inclusion of these special carriages to the Vande Bharat Train in Parliament's forthcoming Budget session. According to railway sources, the request to add these coaches to the Vande Bharat Express Trains has already been forwarded to the train ministry's top authorities. After receiving the green light, the operation of high-speed mail-express trains in the country will be officially announced. Because the coaches are lightweight, the train will burn less fuel, resulting in lower...
Aluminium is regarded as a sustainable metal, which signifies it can be recycled again and again with no loss of material, like aluminium cans are 100% recyclable, making them the most recyclable (and valuable) of all materials. The most common source of scrap aluminium is general-purpose items, such as beverage cans and household products. However, aluminium retrieved from aircraft is a small but rising source of scrap material. The northernmost country in Africa, Tunisia exported 25,788 tonnes of aluminium scrap during 2019-21, incurred revenue generation of $26.47 million from the export. In the automotive parts and equipment industry, the construction sector delivers a good amount of aluminium scrap in Tunisia. In 2019, the nation exported aluminium scrap of 10,502 tonnes, counting...
According to the data released by the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), aluminium ingot production in Iran in the first nine months of the current calendar year (ended on December 31, 2021) rose 23 per cent year-on-year. From 325,223 tonnes a year ago, aluminium ingot production in Iran grew to 400,481 tonnes during March-December. As was previously announced by IMIDRO, aluminium ingot production in Iran had grown 61 per cent during the last Iranian calendar year 1399 (ended on March 20, 2021), compared to the preceding year. Aluminium ingot production in the year 1398 had decreased by 8 per cent Y-o-Y to 278,318 tonnes. IMIDRO data also showed that Iran’s one of the top primary aluminium producers, Iranian Aluminum Company (IRALCO), had...
The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) is celebrating its 50th anniversary and its role in guiding the global primary aluminium sector toward a more sustainable future. The IAI will highlight the industry's people, products, and key moments during the previous 50 years as part of the celebrations, while also looking ahead to the future. The IAI was founded in 1972 to promote industrial collaboration with an emphasis on collecting and releasing statistical data, and this is still one of the organization's key goals. The IAI has been a major voice for the worldwide aluminium industry for the past 50 years, offering trustworthy statistical data that is widely recognised as legitimate and robust, as well as statistical and analytical skills refined over decades. “Celebrating 50 years is...
According to official sources, three alumina refineries in China are set to commence or increase production in the first quarter of 2022. Wenfeng alumina refinery in Hebei province of northern China will reportedly come online with a capacity of 2,400 kilo tonnes per year. On the other hand, Bosai and Tiangui will release capacity at 3,600 and 1,700 kilo tonnes per year in Chongqing and Guizhou provinces of southern China, said sources. In addition, aluminium production of 500 kilo tonnes per year will start, which will smelt alumina into the light metal. This, however, may widen the gap between supply and demand, leaving the alumina market volatile. According to the last SMM data, China’s alumina production in November 2021 stood at 6.24 million tonnes, of which metallurgical-grade...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,820 per tonne on Monday and closed at US$2,832.5 per tonne, an increase of US$19.5 per tonne or 0.69%. On Tuesday, January 4, LME aluminium cash (bid) price hiked by US$9.5 per tonne or by 0.33% to settle at US$2,815 per tonne. On the other hand, LME aluminium official settlement price also surged by US$9.5 per tonne or by 0.33% to close at US$2,815.50 per tonne. 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price for the same day was recorded at US$2,822 per tonne and US$2,823 per tonne, respectively. December 22 bid price and December 22 offer price clocked at US$2,590 per tonne and US$2,595 per tonne, for the same day. LME aluminium opening stock pegged at 934375 tonnes. Live warrants and Cancelled warrants for the same day registered at 649625 tonnes and 284750...
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, A00 aluminium ingot price in China has recorded a jump of RMB 200 per tonne on Wednesday, January 4, following a plunge of RMB 250 per tonne on the previous day. Thus, the price is currently standing at RMB 20,300 per tonne, with average prices to range between RMB 20,280-20,320 per tonne. The spot contract is estimated to be traded at a premium price of RMB 20-20 per tonne, up by RMB 40 from January 4. In Tianjin and Linyi, A00 aluminium ingot price has hiked by RMB 240 per tonne and RMB 220 per tonne to hover around RMB 20,320 per tonne and RMB 20,420 per tonne, respectively, while the price Wuxi and Shenyang has expanded by RMB 215 per tonne and RMB 210 per tonne to stand at RMB 20,315 per tonne and RMB 20,300 per tonne. In Gongyi, Hangzhou, and...
The opposition party of the Caribbean island nation, Jamaica’s People National Party said that they are dismayed with the decision of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) to accord a permit for the bauxite mining of lands that are part of the Cockpit Country in St Ann via Special Mining Lease (SML) 173. On 3 rd January 2022, the decision was publicized and Noranda Bauxite was granted permission to exploit 1,324 hectares of the lands in the protected area of St Ann. However, it was notified that the land allocation is much smaller than the 8,335 hectares for which Noranda had applied for exploitation. Sophia Frazer-Binns, the Spokesperson on Land, Environment and Climate Change, said, “Although the permit is for a smaller parcel of land than requested, we believe the...
In the wake of sustained expansion and success, Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world's biggest smelter outside of China and an employer of choice in the region, announced record-breaking 600-plus staff promotions for 2021 during a ceremony conducted on December 29, 2021, at the Company's premises. Alba's Master Training Plan (started in 2019), Skills Matrix, Training & Development Programme (TDP), and the most recent, Al Jisr Programme, all had a role in the promotions (launched in 2020). “Alba success relies on the strength of its employees and our business is as good as our human capital. We believe that by investing in our nationals, we will be preparing them to shape our culture and keep us on course as the number one Aluminium supplier for the generations to come,” said Alba’s...
The Australian Securities Exchange-listed mining and exploration company King River Resources has fortified its high purity aluminium precursor compounds in a tender to supply the increasing demand from the lithium-ion battery industry. The company’s proprietary “ARC” processing technology using its lately commissioned pilot plant has now overshadowed the indigenous expectations continually developing a “Type 1” precursor aluminium salt grading exceeding an incredible 99.999% purity. The laboratory trial plant campaign was run by Source Certain International and was a rerun test of the procedural changes used in the existing trial where a redundant stage in the Primary Crystallisation flowsheet was not applied. King River commented: “The removal of the unnecessary processing step is a...
Egypt Aluminum’s (Egyptalum) (EGAL) marketing head and spokesperson Ehab El Elwany has reported that the company has kept its supplying prices of aluminum to factories and retailers unchanged for January 2022. The price of local aluminium, excluding taxes, is between EGP 52,000 and EGP 64,000, noted El Elwany. Mr Elwany also highlighted that Egyptalum has maintained its supplying prices even amid the increase in global aluminium prices by an average of $30 per tonne, recording at $2,680 per tonne in December 2021. It is worth noting here that Egypt Aluminum had successfully achieved a net profit after tax of EGP 304.718 million for 1QFY2021-22, against a net loss of EGP 150.97 million in 1QFY2020-21. Egypt Aluminum is an Egypt-based company specialising in primary aluminium production,...
Following the 100% acquisition of privateer Dalkeith Capital Limited, Frontier Resources now owns a healthy tract of land that is regarded as a potential for rare earth and high-quality alumina. Frontier's already increasing armoury of battery minerals in the northwest, which is vital to the creation of permanent magnets within batteries, will be bolstered by the Gascoyne-based rare earth project. The light rare earth oxides neodymium and praseodymium, which are both important components of permanent batteries, are anticipated to be present in the recently acquired rare earth Gascoyne project. Frontier claims that rare earth exploration has been limited across the 230 square kilometre Gascoyne tenure, which is surprising given its proximity to the world-class Hastings Technology...
The metal aluminium is the most extensively used non-ferrous metal and is enormously used in packaging materials and a matchless material for making all types of containers. Aluminium foil containers are utilized to prepare, freeze, store, transport, cook and serve a variety of foods. The containers made from aluminium foil are the only containers that are used in all types of ovens like microwave, conventional, convection and broiler. The Western European nation France imported 2747 tonnes of aluminium containers during 2019-21, incurring revenue expenditure of $12.99 million for the import. In 2019, France imported 1185 tonnes of aluminium container, counting an expenditure of $6.10 million, whereas in, 2020, the import exhibited a downfall by 35.27%, as the import volume plunged to 767...
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) reduced its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices, with effect from Saturday, January 1, 2022. The company cut its aluminium ingot price by INR 4,200 per tonne to 238350–241850 per tonne as of January 1. Last time, on December 24, NALCO had significantly increased its aluminium ingot price by INR 10,600 per tonne to INR 242,550-246,050 per tonne. NALCO’s aluminium wire rod price also saw a slash of INR 4,200 per tonne on January 1 from INR 245,050-249,400 per tonne to INR 240,850-245,200 per tonne. Aluminium billets price witnessed no exception but a downfall of INR 4,200 per tonne as well to INR 241,800- 244,450 per tonne. On December 24, NALCO’s aluminium billets price stood at INR 245,050-249,400 per tonne. NALCO links its aluminium...
