Nanshan Aluminium International Holdings has reported that overseas alumina prices averaged around USD 321 per tonne in the first nine months of 2026, down approximately 22 per cent year-on-year. The update highlights a third-quarter (Q3) price recovery following a subdued first half, supported by new overseas aluminium smelting capacity and supply constraints at some alumina refineries. The update centres around the unaudited nine-month results of Nanshan Aluminium International’s controlling shareholder, Shandong Nanshan Aluminium Co., Ltd., for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2026. Explore the production, demand and consumption forecasts of bauxite and alumina in our report: " Global Bauxite & Alumina Market Forecast to 2036: Supply–Demand, Trade Flows & Price Outlook "...
The US aluminum trihydrate market strengthened in September 2026 as downstream procurement, rising overseas production costs, and shipping bottlenecks supported prices. In contrast, Bosnia’s market faced a quarterly correction as European buyers drew on accumulated inventories and lower caustic soda costs eased manufacturing pressures, highlighting diverging regional price trends. US aluminum trihydrate market gains on demand and supply constraints US aluminum trihydrate prices increased 2.38% month over month in September, supported by purchases from wire and cable manufacturers, electrical infrastructure compounders, and electric vehicle (EV) component producers. Demand remained particularly resilient for applications involving low-smoke cable compounds and flame-retardant materials....
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The continued operation of all four alumina plants in Jamaica, including even the most efficient, CAW, depends on the industry having a long-term source of competitive energy, as well as resolving certain bauxite-reserve issues. Two actions are necessary to achieve these objectives: Substituting oil with a cheaper fuel and making the necessary investments to accommodate the new fuel; and making the necessary investments to improve the efficiency of whatever fuel is used. Although relying on imported oil for 90 per cent of its energy needs, the Jamaican economy developed over many years on the basis of relatively cheap oil imports which prevailed in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s prior to the OPEC action in 1973. These relatively low prices were a factor in the growth rates of the economy in...
Ziralcast 95 is made primarily of pure fused alumina bubbles that can be cast into structural components for furnaces such as flue liner/stack, door vestibules, and furnace crowns. Other furnace furniture that may be cast includes crucible holder in glass melting research or covers for metal melting and transport systems. After initial set time of 1-4 hr, and final set time of 7-10 hr, it reaches bulk density of 1500 kg per cubic meter (93.6 pcf).
Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group, the state-owned mining company, is in talks with partners Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. and Marubeni Corp. for sales from the country’s first alumina project. Vinacomin, as the company is known, will begin production at its alumina plant in Tan Rai of Lam Dong province in the Central Highlands early in the second quarter, Deputy General Director Nguyen Van Bien said in an interview in Hanoi yesterday. The Tan Rai bauxite mine is one of two the company is developing. Vietnam is preparing to start production of alumina, which can be smelted into aluminum for use in cars, packaging and houses, when global producers of the lightweight metal are idling capacity as energy costs soar and prices slump. The Hanoi-based company’s development of bauxite...
Dispelling the general perception that the CPI(Maoist), the left wing extremist outfit, is opposed to all industrial projects, Odisha-based top red leader Sabyasachi Panda said going all out against industries would shatter the livelihood of labourers. The secretary of the Odisha organising committee of CPI(Maoist) clarified this while speaking to a select group of journalists at an undisclosed location in Kandhamal district, about 250 km from here, on Thursday evening. “Communism always gives priority to the working class. If all industrial projects and mining operations are brought to a halt, labourers will suffer,” Mr. Panda said reacting to a question on the CPI(Maoist) demanding ‘protection money' from industries. He said: “We are closely watching industrial development in the State....
Shares in Orbite Aluminae Inc. spiralled as much as 25% on Friday afternoon, after it said Quebec’s financial regulator notified the company the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Grand-Vallée alumina project did not comply with regulations. “Orbite is reviewing the matter and will update the market as required,” the TSX-listed firm said in a statement, adding that the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) gave it to February 24 to publish a revised report. The PEA, announced in December, found the Grand-Vallée project in Quebec to contain around one-billion tons of aluminous clay deposits, giving it a C$7.7-billion net present value and an internal rate of return at 114%. Payback would be less than a year. The study anticipated a plant at Gaspe could produce 540 000 t/y of...
The Australian unit of Alcoa Inc. (AA) on Monday received approval from regulators in Western Australia state for a five year deferral of the proposed multibillion dollar expansion of the Wagerup alumina refinery. The state's Environmental Protection Authority recommended that the time limit for "substantial commencement" of the Wagerup expansion, to a maximum capacity of 4.7 million tons a year, be extended by five years, the EPA said in a report on its website. Alcoa of Australia Ltd. needs to provide the EPA with written evidence that it has started work on the expansion by Sept. 14, 2016, otherwise the authorization will lapse, the environmental regulator said. Alcoa of Australia, which is owned 60% by Alcoa Inc. and 40% by Alumina Ltd. ( AWC.AU), stated previously that it has...
State miner Aneka Tambang said on Thursday that it would go it alone on a $1 billion smelter-grade alumina plant in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, after China’s Hangzhou Jinjiang Group pulled out of the project. “We’ll carry the project alone. We are not seeking another partner,” said Alwinsyah Lubis, the president director of Aneka Tambang (Antam). He said that despite the loss of the partner, the Jakarta-based company would not tweak the original plan to build a plant capable of processing four million wet metric tons of bauxite ore into one million metric tons of alumina, the raw material for aluminium, annually. It intends to sell the alumina domestically. Antam and Hangzhou Jinjiang signed a deal in April 2010 for the project. The Chinese conglomorate initially planned to own a 51...
India's state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) sold 30,000 tonnes of alumina for about $324 a tonne free-on-board via a tender, a senior company official said on Thursday. The alumina to be shipped next month was purchased by a Hong Kong-based trader, Ansuman Das, commercial director at NALCO, told Reuters. NALCO, whose tenders serve as an international benchmark, last month sold 30,000 tonnes of alumina for about $318 a tonne free-on-board to a European trader. (Reporting by Jatindra Dash; Editing by Aradhana Aravindan)
The global mining giant Rio Tinto which had its performance in 2010 overshadowed by the profit line achieved by its only major rival, BHP Billiton, may put its sale of Pacific Aluminium on hold. The company’s chief financial officer told reporters in Melbourne yesterday that at present conditions were tough to be considering selling the Pacific Aluminium business. The controlled Tiwai Point smelter near Bluff on New Zealand’s South Island is part of Pacific Aluminium. Rio Tinto is looking to spin-off Pacific Aluminium after taking a write-down for the year of $A8.9 billion. While Rio’s aluminium business was the millstone in a performance which resulted in a group operating profit of $A5.39 B – a 59% slump on the previous year -- the blame should not be aimed purely at Pacific Aluminium...
A resource analyst says it is unlikely there will be any flow-on effect on Western Australian alumina refineries from Alcoa's struggling Point Henry smelter in Geelong. About 600 Victorian manufacturing jobs are in jeopardy as Alcoa considers shutting the unprofitable smelter. Peter Chilton of Constellation Capital Management was commenting on concerns by a Federal Liberal MP that jobs are also at risk at the company's operations in WA. The Member for Canning, Don Randall, says he is worried about jobs in his electorate and that Alcoa's review in Victoria is proof that Labor should dump the carbon tax. Alcoa operates two bauxite mines and three alumina refineries in WA. But Mr Chilton says Alcoa's alumina refineries in WA are among the most efficient in the world and unlikely to be at...
PINC Research is bearish on National Aluminium Company (NALCO) and has recommended sell rating on the stock with a target of Rs 42 in its February 6, 2012 research report. "NALCO, despite 10% YoY decline in LME aluminium prices to USD2,095/t and 5% YoY fall in aluminium sales volumes, NALCO's Q3FY12 revenue remained flat at Rs14.5bn on 13% YoY rupee depreciation. However, EBITDA declined 84% YoY to Rs639mn on higher coal, power & fuel and staff cost. OPM contracted 2,258bps YoY to an all-time low of 4.4%. PAT at Rs512mn plunged 80% YoY on lower EBITDA and higher depreciation despite higher treasury income." "Although the company commissioned 525kt alumina refinery during Q1, alumina output is yet to expand and was flat QoQ at 389kt and alumina sales volume at 163kt declined 1% YoY as the...
Ukraine exported 1.554 million metric tons of alumina in 2011, 7.9% more than in 2010, the government reported Wednesday. The exported alumina was worth $527 million. Alumina exports in December totaled 142,230 tons, 3.1% more than in November and 1.3% more than in December 2010. The alumina exported in December was worth $54.4 million, 3.1% more than in November this year. Most was exported to Russia. In 2010 Ukraine exported 1.44 million tons of alumina, 3.2% more than in 2009. Alumina in Ukraine is produced by the Mykolaev Alumina Plant and the Zaporozhye Aluminum Combine, both belonging to United Co. Rusal PLC (0486.HK).
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 0.4 percent to 4,290.7 at the close of trading in Sydney, recouping some of yesterday’s 0.5 percent drop. New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index rose 0.3 percent to 3,324.67 in Wellington, extending yesterday’s 0.1 percent advanced. The following were among the most active shares in the market. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names. Mining companies: Alumina Ltd. (AWC AU) fell 1.2 percent to A$1.285 after Alcoa of Australia Ltd., jointly owned by Alcoa Inc. and Alumina, said it may cut production at its Point Henry smelter as global economic conditions “severely” hurt the industry. BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP AU) slid 0.4 percent to A$37.75 after the world’s largest mining company reported a 5.5 percent drop in first-half profit to $9.9 billion, falling...
The government says it is not aware of any plans by alumina company, UC Rusal to close its Ewarton operations in St. Catherine. Last week Opposition Spokesman on mining, J.C Hutchinson, called for the mining minister, Phillip Paulwell to investigate reports that UC Rusal was moving heavy equipment from its Kirkvine Plant in Manchester out of Jamaica to Guyana. Hutchinson said such actions could indicate a plan by the company to withdraw from Jamaica. Today, Paulwell noted that the Kirkvine operation is currently closed, but that the government does not know of plans by the company to also close its Ewarton facilities. Paulwell confirmed that the company is in fact in the process of moving equipment to Guyana, but he said those pieces of equipment have not been in use since 2009. Paulwell...
India's state-run National Aluminium Co. Ltd. (532234.BY) has planned a capital expenditure of INR23 billion for the financial year beginning April 1, its chairman said on the ET Now television channel. B.L. Bagra said the major chunk of investment would go to building a nuclear power generation plant in a joint venture with state-run monopoly Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. He added that his company is expanding the capacity of its alumina refinery in the eastern state of Orissa. He didn't give details.
The Maaden Alcoa aluminum joint venture announced that it had poured the first concrete in the construction of the region's first alumina refinery at the fully integrated aluminum complex at Ras Al-Khair. Once complete, the refinery will initially produce 1.8 million metric tons of smelter-grade alumina per year. In another first within the Kingdom, the refinery will utilize a technologically advanced, engineered natural system to treat, recycle and conserve significant volumes of water. Speaking at the ceremony marking the pouring of first concrete Abdullah Busfar, chairman of the board of directors of Maaden Aluminium Company, said the refinery was highly symbolic of the Kingdom's emerging strength as a competitor in the regional and global aluminum industry. "We have everything we need...
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Clarendon Alumina Production Limited's (CAP) foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'B-'. The Rating Outlook is Stable. Fitch has also affirmed CAP's USD200 million 8.5% unsecured notes due November 2021 at 'B-/RR4'. The notes continue to be supported by an explicit unconditional and irrevocable guarantee by the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) for the timely payment of interest and principal. CAP's ratings are directly linked to the GoJ. CAP is 100% owned by the GoJ and is the holding company for its 45% ownership in a joint venture with a subsidiary of Alcoa called Jamalco, which is a bauxite mining and alumina refining operation in Jamaica. Jamalco is an unincorporated joint venture association that involves the proportionate sharing of...
The final quarter of 2011 was a bit of a mixed bag for mining giant ENRC, with unexpected maintenance breaks reducing output of of ferro-alloys and iron ore, though other parts of the business were firing on all cylinders. The group's Alumina and Aluminium, and Energy Divisions in Kazakhstan operated at effective full available capacity for the quarter, while the Ferro-alloys and Iron Ore Divisions operated at below full capacity due to unscheduled equipment repairs. Alumina volumes were higher in the quarter than in the comparable period in 2010 owing to the completion of the alumina refinery expansion to targeted capacity of 1.7m tonnes per annum in July 2011. Cobalt contained production was broadly in line with the level seen a year earlier, while production of copper-contained showed...
