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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Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 28 March 2011 in relation to certain continuing connected transactions regarding the purchase of alumina products and limestone by members of the Group from BCP, an associate of En+. The Company announces that during December 2011, RUSAL-TH, as the buyer, and BCP, as the supplier, will enter into the BCP Alumina Products Supply Contract pursuant to which RUSAL-TH agreed to buy and BCP agreed to sell alumina products. The Company also announces that during December 2011, RUSAL Boksitogorsk, as the buyer, and BCP, as the supplier, will enter into the BCP Process Lime Supply Contract pursuant to which RUSAL Boksitogorsk agreed to buy and BCP agreed to sell process lime. Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 28...
According to a recent SMM survey, alumina producers with capacity below 100,000 mt in Henan Province gradually switch to production of aluminum hydroxide, since falling alumina prices reduce their profit margins while aluminum hydroxide prices remain stable. According to SMM statistics, non-CHALCO alumina prices remained between RMB 2,680-2,750/mt in Henan during December, down by nearly RMB 200/mt from September, while CHALCO also cut its alumina prices from RMB 3,000/mt, to RMB 2,800/mt. In contrast, aluminum hydroxide prices were relatively stable, with prices between RMB 1,800-1,850/mt in Henan. According to the SMM study, aluminum hydroxide and alumina production processes are basically the same, with the difference only found in the final stage of processing alumina, since alumina...
NALCO commissioned a 0.52mtpa alumina refinery in Q2 FY12, raising its alumina capacity to 2.1mtpa. The company produced ~30,000-40,000 tons of alumina during Q2 FY12, which is expected to increase to 0.12million tons in H2 FY12. We expect alumina production to increase from 1.6 million tons in FY11 to 1.7 million tons in FY12 and 1.9 million tons in FY13. On the other hand, we expect aluminum production volumes to remain flat over the next two years due to high coal costs and lucrative alumina market. As a result of this, external sale of alumina is expected to surge to 1 million tons in FY13 from 0.7 million tons in FY11.
NALCO commissioned a 0.52mtpa alumina refinery in Q2 FY12, raising its alumina capacity to 2.1mtpa. The company produced ~30,000-40,000 tons of alumina during Q2 FY12, which is expected to increase to 0.12million tons in H2 FY12. We expect alumina production to increase from 1.6 million tons in FY11 to 1.7 million tons in FY12 and 1.9 million tons in FY13. On the other hand, we expect aluminum production volumes to remain flat over the next two years due to high coal costs and lucrative alumina market. As a result of this, external sale of alumina is expected to surge to 1 million tons in FY13 from 0.7 million tons in FY11.
NALCO commissioned a 0.52mtpa alumina refinery in Q2 FY12, raising its alumina capacity to 2.1mtpa. The company produced ~30,000-40,000 tons of alumina during Q2 FY12, which is expected to increase to 0.12million tons in H2 FY12. We expect alumina production to increase from 1.6 million tons in FY11 to 1.7 million tons in FY12 and 1.9 million tons in FY13. On the other hand, we expect aluminum production volumes to remain flat over the next two years due to high coal costs and lucrative alumina market. As a result of this, external sale of alumina is expected to surge to 1 million tons in FY13 from 0.7 million tons in FY11.
One of today's stocks on the move is Alumina (NYSE:AWC), up 3.3% to $5.38. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now trading 0.4% higher to 12,069 and the S&P is trading 0.3% higher to 1,240. 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 (NYSE:AWC) has potential upside of 67.3% based on a current price of $5.38 and analysts' consensus price target of $9.00. Alumina shares should first meet resistance at the 50-day moving average (MA) of $5.92 and find additional resistance at the 200-day MA of $8.11. Alumina share prices have moved between a 52-week high of $11.46 and a 52-week low of $4.86 and are now trading 11% above that low price at $5.38 per...
In 2011 alumina import on a declining curve in Qinghai Province. First of all, with the improving alumina deliverability in domestic leads to less import demand. From January to July, China alumina output reached to 20,460 thousand tons increased 18.9%, at the same period production of electrolytic aluminium reached to 10,190 thousand tons also increased 6.7%. The second one is affected by aluminum price went up and alumina price on higher side overseas in the second quarter, so the price gap hit to 400-500 usd/ton at home and abroad. Owing to this many enterprises buy from domestic and reduce import. At present aluminum price fell and import recovered as usual. The last one is Qinghai Qiaotou Aluminum&Power Co., Ltd is the main importer of alumina and this company has to negotiated...
GMDC executed an MoU with Ashapura Minechem Ltd for setting up an alumina plant based on bauxite deposits in Kutch as also a joint venture with Aluchem Inc of US for setting up of Alumina plant based on bauxite deposits from regions other than the Kutch district. Other projects include a plant for making brown-fused alumina in joint venture with. Carborundum Universal Limited in Kutch;
According to China Customs, China imported 230,000 mt of alumina during November, down 16% YoY. Total alumina imports from January to November were 1.68 million mt, down 57% YoY. China’s alumina imports fell continuously in the first three quarters of 2011, but began to grow noticeably in 4Q 2011. According to SMM statistics, China’s alumina imports were only 35,000 mt in August, hitting a record low for 2011. Alumina imports in September and October were 80,000 mt and 260,000 mt, respectively, and imports in November again exceeded 200,000 mt. SMM predicts alumina imports will likely grow further in the future. Overseas alumina prices fell continuously in response to slipping LME aluminum prices. As of December 9th, FOB prices for Australia alumina have fallen to USD 311/mt, while...
With the Centre's keenness to consider establishing a major port in Nakkapalli mandal in the district, Anrak Aluminium Ltd (AAL) floated by Ras al-Khaimah Investment Authority--Penna Group's plans to have a captive jetty at Rajaiahpeta in the same locality may not materialise. AAL, which is setting up an alumina refinery, smelter, and captive power plant at a cost of Rs.14,000 crore, was sanctioned a captive jetty at Rajaiahpeta in October 2010. A G.O. was issued allowing it to develop two berths in the first phase with an investment of Rs.479 crore to handle four million tonnes per annum. The government faced problem in land acquisition for the jetty because of which the project remained a non-starter. However, sources said, some officials deputed by Anrak visited Dondavaka in...
More than six years after the V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources filed suit against eight industrial companies operating on the southern shore, a portion of the toxic red mud resulting from decades of alumina production will be cleaned up, officials said. The cost of the clean-up is unknown, and the exact timeline is still unclear, subject to permitting and plan approvals. A recently lodged consent decree, however, mandates that the bill will be picked up by two of the defendants, while a third was designated as responsible for maintaining the site once work has been completed. The clean-up will come at no cost to the V.I. government. Instead, the government will have $3 million set aside in an escrow account to enforce and regulate the three defendants, which are the three...
Alumina (NYSE:AWC), a company whose shares are moving quickly, is trading 7.1% lower to $5.18. The Dow is down 1.8% to 11,966 and the S&P is currently down 2.0% to 1,230. 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 a 52-week low of $4.86 and are now trading 7% above that low price at $5.18 per share. In the last five trading sessions, the 50-day moving average (MA) has remained constant while the 200-day MA has slid 1.2%. Alumina has overhead space with shares priced $5.18, or 42.4% below the average consensus analyst price target of $9.00. Alumina shares should first meet resistance...
Orbite Aluminae Inc., developer of the Gaspé alumina project due on stream late in 2012, has named Yves Noël as vice-president of sales and marketing. Noël has more than 20 years of marketing experience in the fine chemicals sector with companies such as Sandoz, Akzo Nobel and Clariant.He holds degrees from Université Laval and Université du Québec à Montréal. Orbite has also awarded the engineering contract for a key part of the alumina production process to Finland-based global mining and metallurgical technology specialist Outotec. The contract covers the calcination process and associated hydrochloric acid recovery. Orbite plans to convert Gaspé aluminous clays into high-grade alumina, the intermediate material in smelting aluminum, using its own patented process.
The Inter-American Development bank has approved a $40 million loan to boost Suriname's financial sector. IDB team leader Frank Nieder says the economy of the South American country has grown in the past five years and that the loan will help accelerate that growth. The loan announced Friday is the first of three totaling $70 million and will be managed by the Central Bank of Suriname. Suriname's economy is based on its mining industry, with gold, oil and alumina dominating 85 percent of its exports and representing 25 percent of government revenues.
A SUBSIDIARY of mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd has been fined $160,000 after admitting to a large fuel spill in the Northern Territory last year. Alcan Gove Pty Ltd pleaded guilty in the Darwin Magistrates Court today to causing serious environmental harm and was fined $160,000 by magistrate Michael Carey. The company leaked 62,000 litres of unleaded petrol from a storage tank in June last year in eastern Arnhem Land, where it runs the Gove alumina refinery. The company was phasing out using the unleaded petrol, in favour of the "non-sniffable" Opal fuel, and was trying to empty the tank to sell the fuel when the spill occurred. The leak sparked fears petrol could discharge into Melville Bay via contaminated groundwater. Gove's general manager of operations, Julio Costa, said the company was...
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd.’s cut of alumina prices may reduce its profit by about 300 million yuan ($47 million) a year, BOCOM International Holdings Co. said. The nation’s biggest producer of aluminum, also known as Chalco, set its alumina price at 2,800 yuan per metric ton, according to a statement posted on the company’s website. That’s the first adjustment since March when the company raised prices to 3,000 yuan, and the first price cut since July last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. “The price cut would squeeze profits as the company’s margin is already thin,” BOCOM analyst Luo Rongjin said today in an e-mail. The cut was made on Nov. 28, he said. Shen Hui, a spokeswoman for Chalco, did not answer calls to her mobile phone. Alumina, a white powder used to make...
Reuters reported that the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group will delay alumina production to the Q1 of 2012 from an earlier target for the end of this year because rain held up construction. In September, the group said it would start producing in November and sell an estimated 50,000 tonnes this year directly to clients without any tenders. Mr Vu Manh Hung deputy CEO of Vinacomin said that but rains in the Central Highlands where the country's first alumina refinery is located have delayed construction. We could have products by the end of the first quarter next year. The Hanoi based group has not fixed a timeframe to sell the products. Alumina output at the USD 460 million Tan Rai plant would rise to 350,000 tonnes next year around half its projected annual capacity....
Chinalco has lowered its alumina prices by 6.7% to CNY2800/Ton, the company said on Thursday. Analysts said the price cut likely indicates a bearish outlook for the aluminium industry from the country’s largest aluminium producer due to global economic uncertainty and a lack of clarity on the direction of domestic monetary policy. Traders said the cut may also be a result of domestic producers turning to alumina imports due to their price advantage and better quality.
