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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Tension is brewing in Doraguda area under Kashipur block yet again where the construction of Utkal Alumina Refinery is going on. Kucheipadar, a tribal village with a population of 1,500, has been the cradle of the anti-alumina agitation in Kashipur, which has been going on for more than a decade. Now an uneasy calm prevails in Kashipur. Fear of displacement and loss of livelihood has put the tribal people on the warpath against the government and the company authorities who seem to be working in tandem to set up the one-million-tonne-capacity refinery. A total of nine villages, like Kodipari, Maikanch, Andirakanch, Hatikhaman, Ambiligadtunda, Naringjodi, Hatiguda, Dangasil and Patiasil have been affected due to the alumina project. Resenting the non-fulfillment of their 35-point charter...
RESIDENTS in Mandogalup and Hope Valley are in limbo, unsure whether they can live safely in their homes that are close to mining giant Alcoa’s tailings area. Many of their properties now fall within a 1.5km buffer extension and 500m transition zone around the tailings area, put into place by the WA Planning Commission (WAPC) last year. The buffer changes land uses and restricts development, and residents claim it is devaluing their properties. But it is what the buffer is protecting them from that is their biggest concern and the lack of communication from the WAPC. Alcoa uses the piled residue area, visible from several kilometres away, to dry waste material pumped from its nearby alumina refinery and has long been a source of complaint for residents, who believe dust from the site...
Mining and quarrying saw the most growth of all sectors in the economy during the July to September quarter of 2011, with an increase of 7.5 per cent. This growth contributed to the economy growing by 0.5 per cent for the quarter under review. It is also projected that the economy will grow by between 1 per cent and 2 per cent for the October to December quarter. Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, explained that the growth in the mining and quarrying industry largely reflected the continued impact of the re-opening of the Windalco Ewarton alumina plant, and increased bauxite production by Noranda Bauxite Company, facilitated by increased global demand. "Total bauxite production increased by nine per cent during the review period,...
CJSC BaselCement-Pikalevo plans to increase the amount of alumina it produces this year by 7% over last year to 255,500 tonnes. The company produced more than 210,000 of alumina in January to October up by 10%YoY. Mr Dmitry Niklayev Company Director cited in the press statement that production growth reflected investments in the modernization of production and the introduction of the program "Lean Production."
Australia Minerals & Mining Group has been granted a five year option to acquire a technology licence that allows the processing of kaolin or aluminous clay to alumina. Remuneration terms for the exclusive, Australia-wide technology licence are yet to be agreed upon. Professor Shang, who owns the technology process, has previously produced 86 grams of 99.99% high purity alumina and 1.06 kilograms of 99% smelter grade alumina from Australia Minerals’ Meckering Kaolin Project. A senior chemical engineer and Associate Professor of chemistry in southern China, Shang has developed an acid-based process that separates silica from kaolin, leaving between 99% and 99.99% alumina. Australia Minerals will work closely with Shang to tailor the technology to the specific attributes of the company’s...
Detal was in the process of returning online a 450,000 mt/year alumina refinery that has been idle since 2009 due to the global financial crisis,official said. The refinery is expected to start commercial production in December. The official also said that Detal still intended to restart its Sumgait aluminum smelter despite weaker global metal margins in recent months.The 60,000 mt/year smelter has been shut since early 2009 as well. The source did not specify a timeline for its restart. Noble Group announced in 2008 that it had signed a contract with Detal giving the Hong Kong-based trader the right to market all of the output from the Ganja smelter.
Alumina (NYSE:AWC), a company whose shares are moving quickly, is trading 4.7% lower to $5.32. The S&P is currently trading 2.3% lower to 1,188 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading 2.5% lower to 11,496. 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 overhead space with shares priced $5.32, or 40.9% below the average consensus analyst price target of $9.00. Alumina shares should first meet resistance at the 50-day moving average (MA) of $6.05 and find additional resistance at the 200-day MA of $8.44. Alumina share prices have moved between a 52-week high of $11.46 and a 52-week low of $5.15 and are now trading 3% above that low price...
Ukraine exported 1.15 million metric tons of alumina in the first nine months of the year, 7.9% more than in the corresponding period of 2010, the government reported Monday. The exported alumina was worth $372.98 million. Alumina exports in September totaled 121,990 tons, 7.6% less than in August and 0.07% less than in September 2010. The alumina exported in September was worth $41.49 million, 3.9% less than in August. Most alumina 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 UC Rusal.
China’s alumina imports jumped in October to levels not seen since February as higher domestic prices nearly erased the gap with London Metal Exchange prices. Alumina shipments totalled 261,350 tonnes in October, compared with 80,421 tonnes in September, according to customs data today.
Alcoa Inc. (AA), the largest U.S. aluminum producer, applied for a five-year extension for environmental approval to expand its Wagerup refinery in Western Australia as the previous consent period expired. “We applied for a five-year extension of the ministerial approval for the Wagerup unit three expansion in March,” Alcoa’s Australian unit said in an e-mailed statement. “The fact that the initial ministerial approval, not our license, expired in October is irrelevant because we submitted our application for the extension within the required time frame.” Alcoa suspended its proposed expansion of the Wagerup refinery in November 2008 after the global credit crisis curbed demand. The New York-based company in February said it was seeking an extension of the government approval to expand...
Alumina monthly output of Chinalco Shandong Branch has created record high and hit to 211.6 thousand tons.This fully demonstrated the scale advantages of alumina production by low temperature bayer process. Chinalco Shandong Branch went deep into production to find out weak links, to stabilize burdening and to control inflow. The alumina plant produced 53 thousand tons alumina and created new high, and finished the whole year plan in advance with 481 thousand tons, total increase of 26.8% yoy. The second alumina plant produced 141.2 thousand tons which was an increase of 19 thousand tons compared to last month,and also has created the record high.
MoEF(India's Ministry of External Affairs) has rejected the forest clearance for Niyamgiri Mining lease of Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) which is one of the sources of supply of Bauxite to the alumina refinery of Vedanta Aluminium (VAL), an associate of the Company. OMC has filed a petition in the Hon'ble Supreme Court and the hearing is fixed for January 2012. MOEF has also denied VAL's application for expansion of alumina refinery, which was challenged by VAL before the Hon'ble Orissa High Court. The Hon'ble Orissa High Court has upheld the order of the MoEF. VAL has filed a review petition in the Hon'ble Orissa High Court for review of the judgment. The management of the Company has evaluated and considered good, its loans granted and investment made in VAL.
Orbite Aluminae Inc., developer of the Grande Vallée aluminous clay mining project in Quebec's Gaspé region, has awarded the full feasibility study for the companion alumina processing plant to a consortium of Montreal engineers Genivar Inc. and Johnston-Vermette after an international competitive tender. The aluminous clay has already been converted into alumina, the intermediate material for smelting primary aluminum, at Orbite's Cap Chat pilot plant. The full feasibility study covers future commercial production of metallurgical-grade alumina and is due for completion in the first half of 2012. It will review everything from process validation to capital and operating costs, detailed plant engineering, marketing, environmental and health and safety issues. "We're taking another big...
One of today's notable stocks in decline is Alumina (NYSE:AWC), down 1.7% to $5.94. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now trading 0.2% higher to 12,104 and the S&P is trading 0.3% higher to 1,255. Alumina share prices have moved between a 52-week high of $11.46 and a 52-week low of $5.15 and are now trading 15% above that low price at $5.94 per share. The 200-day and 50-day moving averages have moved 0.61% lower and 1.31% lower over the past week, respectively. There is potential upside of 51.5% for shares of Alumina based on a current price of $5.94 and an average consensus analyst price target of $9.00. The stock should find initial resistance at its 50-day moving average (MA) of $6.14 and further resistance at its 200-day MA of $8.53. Alumina Limited is an Australian resource company...
Rio Tinto Alcan will concentrate on its Tier 1 assets to make them resilient to the global economic uncertainty, its chief executive Jacynthe Cote said. In the keynote presentation, Ms Cote told delegates at the 15th Arabal conference, held in Muscat, Oman, the company was streamlining six of its Australian and New Zealand assets while seven of its European businesses were under threat. The decision to divest some of its assets are part of a plan for growth which would see the company focus on its core activities. Ms Cote said these core activities included its bauxite and alumina assets. The company will expand some of these assets including doubling the tonnage capacity at its Yarwun alumina refinery, Queensland, Australia, expanding its Weipa bauxite mine, Quensland to 50Mt/y, which Ms...
During the second quarter FY12, Nalco 's net sales were up 8.9% at Rs 1583.7 crore versus Rs 1454.7 crore (YoY) and profit after tax (PAT) was down 38% at Rs 139.3 crore versus Rs 224.04 crore (YoY). The second quarter results were well below the street?s estimates in terms of earnings. A huge fuel and power cost bogged Nalco's profitability yet again. The company?s EBITDA performance was down about 62%. Chairman and director of finance BL Bagra mentioned that the company?s topline was supported by higher prices despite flat volumes. He also indicated that the margins were hit because the supply from Mahanadi coal was disrupted. Nalco has been targeting 30,000-60,000 tonne of additional alumina sale in third quarter. In the third quarter Ocotber-December,they should have minimum 40,000...
Kaiser Aluminum is highest with EBITDA growth of 90.2%.Kaiser Aluminum Corporation produces alumina among other aluminium products.The Company also supplies alumina in domestic and international markets. Kaiser Aluminum has potential upside of 31.3% based on a current price of $46.73 and analysts' consensus price target of $61.33. The stock should find initial resistance at its 50-day moving average (MA) of $46.88 and further resistance at its 200-day MA of $49.47.
Global Alumina Corporation, 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 its financial and operating results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011. The text of the quarterly unaudited financial statements and management's discussion and analysis can be viewed or printed from the Company's SEDAR reference page at www.sedar.com. All dollar amounts are in U.S. dollars. Third Quarter 2011 Financial Highlights -- In the first nine months of 2011, the joint venture partners contributed capital of $40.5 million towards the approved Project budget with the Company contributing its $13.5 million one-third share. -- At...
