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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Orbite Aluminae CA:ORT +5.65% ("Orbite") has filed the previously announced detailed Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) prepared by the engineering consultant firm GENIVAR Inc. and the filing of a NI 43-101 compliant report about the first plant of the aluminous project in Grande-Vallee. The information presented in this report are for a single plant whereas Orbite's strategy is to build up to 10 such plants to ultimately capture a significant portion of the Quebec alumina market and to support the global sale of alumina. The document is filed on Sedar ( http://www.sedar.com ) and on Orbite's web site at www.orbitealuminae.com . All amounts herein are in Canadian dollars and quantities are in metric tonnes unless otherwise noted. On November 29, 2011, Orbite published the highlights of...
The 2011-2015 Deep Research Report on Global and China High-Purity Alumina Industry was published by QYResearch's LED Research Center in December 2011. This is an expert and in-depth research report on the global and Chinese high-purity alumina (only use for Sapphire Crystal, purity more than 99.999%) industry. The report begins with a background knowledge of high-purity alumina, including concepts, classification, production process and technical parameters. Statistics are then provided for seven international and 14 Chinese high-purity alumina manufacturers - including product capacity, production, cost, price, production value, profit margins and other relevant data. Each of these enterprises is then examined under headings such as products, customers, raw materials, and company...
The Jacob's report noted that the HPA plant will be an "open loop" without recycled HCL reagent. Jacob's estimates the HCL reagent component represents 75% cost of HPA initially. However, this will be replaced with the startup of the SGA plant that will be alumina feed stock for the HPA plant in 2013. Ultra HPA cost at that time will drop at least 75%. IOW, that means ORT will produce Ultra high purity Alumina with a huge cost advantage over other competitors. I see ORT dominating the HPA industry with high margins.
THE resources sector led a broad-based recovery in the Australian sharemarket yesterday, after China's Shanghai Composite continued to improve and Wall Street edged higher despite falls on European markets. Takeover activity helped the market, although some strategists warned of a challenging year ahead. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 1.1 per cent at 4152.2 on light trading volumes after hitting a three-day high of 4154.3. It was the first advance in the index in the past four sessions. BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Newcrest Mining, Fortescue Metals and Woodside Petroleum rose 1.3-2.5 per cent as China's Shanghai Composite climbed 1.6 per cent, adding to a 2.9 per cent rise on Monday. Pacific Brands surged after a takeover approach from KKR, and Alumina jumped after Alcoa predicted...
Chinese aluminium smelters will reduce term imports of alumina even further in 2012 from last year's lower volumes due to cheaper supplies of the raw material at home, industry sources said on Wednesday. Top domestic alumina producer, Aluminum Corp of China Limited (Chalco) , has agreed to supply smelters with 1 year-shipments priced at between 16 and 17 percent of the average value of Shanghai aluminium contract prices , the sources said. Other alumina refineries have followed suit, agreeing to sell the raw material to smelters at even lower prices. Some refiners even allowed buyers to defer payments by up to three months, the sources added. In 2011, Chalco priced its alumina to domestic consumers at around 17.5 percent of Shanghai contract prices, and total imports for that year were 56...
ALUMINA shares were boosted yesterday when US aluminium giant Alcoa gave a buoyant outlook for aluminium markets and confirmed it was not looking at closing any Australian smelters. In kicking off the US reporting season, Alcoa logged a fourth-quarter loss of $US191 million ($185m) -- its first quarterly loss since 2009 but comfortably in line with analysts' expectations. What surprised many observers was Alcoa's announcement the world would be short 600,000 tonnes of aluminium this year, based on what it expected to be 1.1 million tonnes of Chinese production cuts and another 700,000 tonnes in the West on the back of depressed prices. Deutsche Bank analysts last week predicted a 720,000-tonne surplus this year that would grow to 1.15 million tonnes by 2014. Yesterday, Alumina shares rose...
ALUMINA has managed to avoid more share price savagery despite Alcoa, its partner in the AWAC global alumina alliance, confirming that the collapse in aluminium prices had resulted in a loss in the December quarter. Shares in the ASX-listed Alumina bounced 7.5¢ higher to $1.17 yesterday in response to the report from the US-based Alcoa of December quarter losses. The bounce reflected Alcoa's upbeat assessment for aluminium demand in 2012, notwithstanding the metal's 27 per cent price plunge from last year's peak. Alumina's rise also reflected confirmation from Alcoa that the operations that the two companies share inside the AWAC structure (Alcoa 60 per cent and manager, Alumina 40 per cent) were not directly affected by Alcoa's decision to slash its aluminium production capacity by...
Indian state-run National Aluminium Company (NALCO) has issued a tender for export of 30,000 tonnes of alumina for delivery next month on FOB basis, a senior company official said on Tuesday. The last date for submission of bids is Jan. 17, Ansuman Das, director, commercial, told Reuters. NALCO, whose tenders serve as an international benchmark, last sold 240,000 tonnes of alumina for deliveries in 2012 at 16.39 percent of the LME aluminium price on an FOB basis.
Alumina Limited notes Alcoa Inc's fourth quarter 2011 earnings announcement. Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals' results for the quarter were impacted by lower aluminium and alumina prices and ongoing cost pressures. Alumina Limited CEO, John Bevan, commented, "The impact of the difficult market conditions and some restructuring initiatives on AWAC's quarterly result was partly offset by productivity gains, the transition towards index/spot pricing for smelter grade alumina and the after-tax profit of US$30 million from the sale of land in Australia, which was surplus to requirements". Alumina Limited also notes that its 40% share of Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals is included in Alcoa Inc's reported Net Income Attributable to Non-controlling Interests (Alcoa NCI): 4th Quarter 2011 2011...
The resources sector led a broad-based recovery in the Australian share market Tuesday after China's Shanghai Composite continued to recover and Wall Street edged higher in spite of falls on European markets. Takeover activity helped the market, although some strategists warned of a challenging year ahead. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 1.1% at 4152.2 on light trading volumes after hitting a three-day high of 4154.3. It was the first advance in the index in the past four sessions. BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Newcrest Mining, Fortescue Metals and Woodside Petroleum rose 1.3%-2.5% as China's Shanghai Composite climbed 1.6%, adding to a 2.9% rise on Monday. Pacific Brands surged after a takeover approach from KKR, and Alumina Ltd. jumped after Alcoa predicted higher alumina prices....
Shares in Australia's Alumina have shot up after its joint venture partner Alcoa gave a positive outlook for aluminium demand. Melbourne-based Alumina's main asset is its 40 per cent stake in Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC), with Alcoa holding the other 60 per cent. Alcoa, the world's largest alumina business, posted a loss from continuing operations of $US193 million ($A188.85 million) in the three months to December 31. Its fourth quarter revenue rose six per cent to $US6 billion ($A5.87 billion), beating analysts' expectations. Alcoa forecast seven per cent growth in global aluminum demand this year - compared to 10 per cent in 2011 - and 12 per cent in China driven by the aerospace and automotive markets. Growth is also expected in transportation, packaging and construction....
Alcoa said Thursday that it would cut production capacity worldwide but there is yet no indication that Jamaica is to be affected. The American company plans to "close down or curtail" 531,000 metric tonnes of smelting capacity, which includes shutting down one plant in Tennessee and idling two of six lines in Rockdale, Texas. "There have been no requests to the Jamaican partners regarding the operations here," said a government source on Friday. However, the source said they were awaiting further developments. Jamaica refines alumina used in the production of aluminium. Alcoa also plans to make cuts in that segment, saying its "alumina production will be reduced across the global refining system to reflect the final curtailments in smelting as well as prevailing market conditions". The...
United States equity markets may have been down, but for once the ASX did not reflect the losses with the benchmark All Ordinaries extending its early gains to finish the day at 1.1%, or 45.1 points, higher at 4,206.1 points. By contrast the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 0.45% or 55.78 points at 12,360, the S&P 500 lost 0.25% or 3.25 points at 1,277.80 and the NASDAQ was up 0.16% or 4.36 points at 2,674.2. All sectors rose on the back of tougher budget rules for the Eurozone and a 7% higher global aluminium demand forecast by Alcoa. Unsurprisingly the resource sector was one of the top gainers with a 1.7% spike to 10,911.1 points. Of the top 20 resources by market cap Senex Energy (ASX: SXY) led the charge up with a 9.4% jump to A$0.75. Gold explorer Perseus Mining (ASX:PRU) joined...
Researched by Industrial Info Resources Australia (Perth, Australia) -- BHP Billiton Limited BHP -1.27% (Melbourne, Australia) and its subsidiary Worsley Alumina Pty Limited are continuing with construction on the $2.2 billion Worsley Alumina Refinery expansion near Collie, in Western Australia. The expansion will increase alumina production from 3.5 million to 4.6 million tons per year. Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, and eight offices outside of North America, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle(TM), provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening...
AUSTRALIAN operations held in joint venture by Alcoa and Melbourne's Alumina are expected to escape the savage cutbacks that Alcoa has told the US market it needs to make in response to the collapse in aluminium prices. The Alcoa-managed AWAC joint venture - owned 60 per cent by Alcoa and 40 per cent by Alumina - owns alumina operations in Western Australia and the Portland and Point Henry aluminium smelters in Victoria. Because of the competitive cost position of the Australian operations, Alcoa's announcement that it aims to slash 531,000 tonnes, or 12 per cent, of its global aluminium smelting capacity is not expected to have a big effect on Portland or Point Henry. The same is true for the WA alumina refineries, although Alumina will be hit by a retreat in AWAC's global alumina...
Yunnan Aluminum Co., Ltd stated on Thursday that the mine system of 800 thousand alumina project of Yunnan Wenshan Aluminium Co., Ltd has already go into operation. The company also stated that they have finished the construction of workshops and equipment installation, each production subsystem of alumina was in the process of trial test. According to the mid-year report the above project invested 1.18 billion yuan totally and in December can realize the intended user mode. Yunnan Aluminum Co., Ltd mainly specialized in the production and sales of aluminum smelting and processing.
US company Alcoa will cut production by an undisclosed amount at the Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals refining joint venture part owned by Alumina Limited (ASX:AWC). Speaking with The Australian Financial Review, Alumina chief executive John Bevan, had said that production cuts were likely if low prices continued. In a statement, Alcoa announced it will close 12 per cent of its global smelting capacity to lower the company’s position on the global aluminium cost curve and improve competitiveness. In the first half of the 2011 financial year, Alumina boosted its net profit to $63 million.
ALUMINA shares fell after Alcoa said this morning it would permanently close or idle 12 per cent of its aluminium smelting capacity, following a year in which economic uncertainty slammed prices for the industrial metal. The top US aluminium producer said in a statement it would close or curtail 531,000 metric tonnes of smelting capacity, including a permanent shutdown of the Alcoa, Tennessee, smelter idled in 2009. The company will also permanently shut portions of its idled facility in Rockdale, Texas. Alcoa said it will disclose additional curtailments "in the near future". Alumina owns 40 per cent of Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals, the world's largest alumina business, with Alcoa the manager and owner of the remaining 60 per cent. In early trade, Alumina shares fell more than 3 per...
