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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Global Alumina Corporation (TSX: GLA.U) (the "Company" or "Global Alumina"), a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea (the "Project"), announced today that the joint venture board of directors approved additional Project funding of $5.8 million for the period January 1, 2012 through January 31, 2012. Global Alumina will be responsible for its one-third share of this amount. The joint venture board had previously approved cumulative Project funding from inception through December 2011 of $781.7 million of which $774.0 million was incurred or prepaid through November 2011 and $762.4 million has been funded to date. Global Alumina has approximately $22.5 million in...
The state-run Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) on Wednesday said three joint venture projects proposed by it had been approved by the Gujarat government. "We have got government's nod recently to set up three JV projects. The land has already been acquired for two of these projects by our JV partners," GMDC Managing Director V S Gadhavi told PTI. In the first JV, GMDC plans to set up a speciality aluminium chemical project in Kutch district in collaboration with Alumina Refinery Pvt Ltd, with investment of Rs 30 crore. The plant will have 18,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) production capacity and require 54,000 Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) of bauxite. GMDC will have 26 per cent stake while Alumina Refinery will hold 74 per cent stake in the JV. The project will have equity debt...
NALCO signed a MoU with Indian Rare earths ltd a PSU under Department of Atomic Energy, for making value added products from beach sand minerals, which would subsequently be used for making titanium and allied products. The MoU was signed by CMD of NALCO and CMD of IREL in Bhubaneswar, on January 14. The project is estimated to cost INR 400 crore and is planned to be set up at Chhatrapur in Ganjam district of Odisha. Another MoU was also signed in Jakarta on October 4th 2011 with Government of East Kalimantan to set up a Smelter & Power Project. Board of Directors of NALCO has approved the capital restructuring of equity by splitting the share of INR 10 into two shares of INR 5 each. The Board has also decided for 1:1 bonus share, ie one bonus share for each share held, in its board...
Aluminum maker Alcoa allegedly paid $5 million in bribes to the former chief executive of Bahrain’s state-owned aluminum company and ten million of dollars in bribes to a former Bahrain official as part of scheme to land contracts at inflated prices, according to a new court filing in a long-running racketeering lawsuit. Documents filed late Wednesday in federal court in Pittsburgh also allege that Alcoa allowed shell companies owned by Canadian businessman Victor Dahdaleh to masquerade as Alcoa subsidiaries. That way Alcoa could sell alumina, an ingredient used to make aluminum, to the shell companies at inflated prices. The shell companies, in turn, sold the overpriced alumina to the state-owned company, Aluminum Bahrain, which was apparently none the wiser, according to the documents....
Shares of Alumina (NYSE:AWC) traded today at $4.47, breaking its 52-week low. This new low was reached on approximately average trading volume as 265,000 shares traded hands, while the average 30-day volume is approximately 205,000 shares. Alumina Limited is an Australian resource company that produces alumina. The Company owns about forty percent of Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals through a joint venture with Alcoa. Potential upside of 99.1% exists for Alumina, based on a current level of $4.52 and analysts' average consensus price target of $9.00. The stock should run into initial resistance at its 50-day moving average (MA) of $5.62 and subsequent resistance at its 200-day MA of $7.86. In the past 52 weeks, Alumina share prices have been bracketed by a current low of $4.47 and a high...
Vimetco, the producer of processed aluminium products, has finalised the bidding process for the construction of its own power plant in Tulcea. "We are focusing on increasing the efficiency of the operations, in order to have the most competitive cost structure, and to gain our independence in terms of raw materials", Gheorghe Dobra, Acting CEO Vimetco and Alum GM said. Following the feasibility study conducted by Tractebel Engineering, seven companies have placed bids, among them, China Huadian Engineering, China National Electric Engineering, Consortium of Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Itochu Corporation & Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co, Metka S.A., Minmetals Engineering, Siemens and Sinohydro Corporation. "On the operational side, we integrated the mining and the...
The main parts of alumina project of Guizhou Galuminum Co., Ltd and dissolving out process monomer trial run was held at Guiyang City, the yearly production of the alumina project was 800 thousand tons. It is learned that this project invested 22 billion yuan totally with 1600 thousand tons alumina, 500 thousand tons electrolytic aluminium, 300 thousand tons aluminum processing and 2*35 million kilowatts cogeneration project. After finish the total industrial output value will reaches to 28 billion yuan. This project adopted matured Bayer process and each overall target all up to the international advanced level. Since the beginning of this project the concerned departments and enterprises worked together to conduct construction.
Reportstack, provider of premium market research reports announces the addition of 2011-2015 Deep Research Report on Global and China High-Purity Alumina Industry market report to its offering 2011-2015 Deep Research Report on Global and China High-Purity Alumina Industry was published by QYResearch LED Research Center on Dec 2011. It was a professional and depth research report on Global and China High-Purity Alumina (only use for Sapphire Crystal,purity more than 99.999%) Industry. Firstly the report describes the background knowledge of High-Purity Alumina, including Concepts Classification production process technical parameters; then statistics International 7 and China 14 High-Purity Alumina Manufacturers High-Purity Alumina product Capacity production cost price production value...
UC RUSAL's, the world's largest aluminium producer, Nikolaev alumina refinery has delivered a record annual production level of 1.6 million tonnes of alumina during 2011. The output increase in 2011 was also made possible through implementation of RUSAL's Production System, raising equipment utilization ratio by 2.6% in 2011 as compared to 2010. This is one of the most notable achievements in the refinery's 31-years history. In last 11 years, the refinery has constantly extended its production volumes culminating in record levels this year. These record levels were reached following a USD350 million CAPEX programme that has been undertaken at the refinery since 2000, resulting in significant upgrades to the refinery's facilities. In particular, the lime-burning kiln has been reconstructed...
Below are the three companies in the Aluminum industry with the highest dividend yields. Dividends can enhance returns for investors seeking income in addition to capital gains. Alumina (NYSE:AWC) is highest with a dividend yield of 4.5%. Alumina Limited is an Australian resource company that produces alumina. The Company owns about forty percent of Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals through a joint venture with Alcoa. Alumina has traded 25,000 shares thus far today, vs. average volume of 210,000 shares per day. The stock has underperformed the Dow (-0.4% to the Dow's 0.4%) and underperformed the S&P 500 (-0.4% to the S&P's 0.3%) during today's trading. Following is Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU) with a dividend yield of 2.2%.
These record levels were reached following a USD350 million CAPEX programme that has been undertaken at the refinery since 2000, resulting in significant upgrades to the refinery's facilities. In particular, the lime burning kiln has been reconstructed with its conversion to heating gas, fifth calcination kiln has been built and the captive power plant has been reconstructed. The output increase in 2011 was also made possible via implementation of RUSAL's Production System, raising equipment utilization ratio by 2.6% in 2011 as compared to 2010. "This is one of the most notable achievements in the refinery's 31-years history. In last 11 years, the refinery has constantly extended its production volumes culminating in record levels this year. For comparison, in 1999 the refinery produced...
These record levels were reached following a USD350 million CAPEX programme that has been undertaken at the refinery since 2000, resulting in significant upgrades to the refinery's facilities. In particular, the lime burning kiln has been reconstructed with its conversion to heating gas, fifth calcination kiln has been built and the captive power plant has been reconstructed. The output increase in 2011 was also made possible via implementation of RUSAL's Production System, raising equipment utilization ratio by 2.6% in 2011 as compared to 2010. "This is one of the most notable achievements in the refinery's 31-years history. In last 11 years, the refinery has constantly extended its production volumes culminating in record levels this year. For comparison, in 1999 the refinery produced...
Fly ash utilization in the state has left a lot to be desired as only half of the total fly ash generated was utilized in 2010-11. According to information provided by state energy minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak in the state assembly, 27 coal-based power plants generated 21.18 million tonnes of fly ash and bottom ash in the last fiscal. Only 10.68 million tonnes of this fly ash could be utilized, meaning a utilization of 50.42 per cent. While fly ash utilization for some of the industrial units was as high as 99 per cent, for others, it has been disappointingly low. For Vedanta Aluminium Ltd's captive power plant (CPP) located within the company's alumina refinery complex at Lanjigarh, the fly ash utilization is abysmally low at 15.2 per cent. The 75 MW CPP generated 220,593 tonnes of...
Fly ash utilization in the state has left a lot to be desired as only half of the total fly ash generated was utilized in 2010-11. According to information provided by state energy minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak in the state assembly, 27 coal-based power plants generated 21.18 million tonnes of fly ash and bottom ash in the last fiscal. Only 10.68 million tonnes of this fly ash could be utilized, meaning a utilization of 50.42 per cent. While fly ash utilization for some of the industrial units was as high as 99 per cent, for others, it has been disappointingly low. For Vedanta Aluminium Ltd's captive power plant (CPP) located within the company's alumina refinery complex at Lanjigarh, the fly ash utilization is abysmally low at 15.2 per cent. The 75 MW CPP generated 220,593 tonnes of...
Outotec Larox VPF, Vertical Pressure Filter, was originally developed by Australian Process Technology Pty Ltd, a filters supplier for the alumina refining industry. VPF technology is used for pregnant liquor polishing in the alumina process. "Outotec is a major provider of alumina refinery plants as well as the leading provider of filtration solutions for the minerals and metals processing industries. VPF technology complements our portfolio of filtration and thickening technologies and our capability to offer comprehensive solutions and services to the alumina industry," comments Outotec's CEO Pertti Korhonen. VPF technology has a solid reference base, with the first installations occurring in Australia back in 1979.There are more than 80 operating VPF units, most of them in Australian...
Alumina (NYSE:AWC) traded at a new 52-week low today of $4.61. Approximately 281,000 shares have changed hands today, as compared to an average 30-day volume of 190,000 shares. There is potential upside of 94.4% for shares of Alumina based on a current price of $4.63 and an average consensus analyst price target of $9.00. The stock should find initial resistance at its 50-day moving average (MA) of $5.85 and further resistance at its 200-day MA of $8.01. Alumina Limited is an Australian resource company that produces alumina. The Company owns about forty percent of Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals through a joint venture with Alcoa. Alumina share prices have moved between a 52-week high of $11.46 and the current low of $4.61 and are currently at $4.63 per share. Over the last five market...
China Shenhua Group, the country's largest coal producer, has started building a $21.4 billion facility to produce alumina from coal ash, the state Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, citing a senior company executive. The company plans to invest 135.8 billion yuan ($21.4 billion) in the project, near Jungar coal mine in Ordos city in northern China's Inner Mongolia, Xinhua quoted Ling Wen, deputy manager of Shenhua Group, as saying. No details were given about how the company would turn coal ash, a waste byproduct of thermal power generation, into alumina. The project included a 6,600-megawatt power plant, an alumina plant and a gallium plant, all of which will use materials recycled from coal burning, Xinhua said. Ordos, which is home to one-sixth of the country's coal reserves, will be...
An alumina factory in Shandong started to reduce production from this month on, after reduction just 50% of the total production ability. According to the principal of the company that they turned raw oil production line into aluminium hydroxide production line to control enterprise profits owing to the decline in alumina price. Moreover, since this company adopted imported bauxite for processing technic, then the rising of international ocean freight leads to the increasing of finished cost. Regard to these factors, the company decided to readjust the product mix and avoid price fluctuation in market.
