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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(Chian Aluminum Network) On Wednesday NBS published output about basic metals, alumina output decreased 5.4% yoy and it is the fisrt time emerged negative growth in this year, but output of refined tin and nickel increased largely. In October, produced refined copper 469 thousand tons rose 16.4% and 1414 thousand tons of electrolytic aluminium grew 0.3%, while alumina reached 2650 thousand tons declined 5.4% yoy. Refined zinc, tin and nickel reached 474 thousand tons, 15978.5 and 30248 tons, increased 2.4%, 26.2% and 67.2% yoy respectively, but refined lead kept stable. From January to October, output of refined copper, electrolytic aluminium, alumina and refined lead reached to 4581, 14677, 28932 and 3922 thousand tons respectively and all increased.
Alumina (NYSE:AWC) is one of today's notable stocks in decline, down 4.8% to $6.11. The Dow is down 2.1% to 11,920 and the S&P is currently down 2.3% to 1,247. Over the past year, Alumina has traded in a range of $5.15 to $11.46 and is now at $6.11, 19% above that low. The 200-day and 50-day moving averages have moved 0.58% lower and 1.04% lower over the past week, respectively. There is potential upside of 47.3% for shares of Alumina based on a current price of $6.11 and an average consensus analyst price target of $9.00. Alumina shares should first meet resistance at the 50-day moving average (MA) of $6.26 and find additional resistance at the 200-day MA of $8.60. Alumina Limited is an Australian resource company that produces alumina. The Company owns about forty percent of Alcoa World...
The Australian alumina spot price continued at $340/mt FOB on Tuesday, unchanged from Friday, as spot activity remained sparse. Platts did not assess the market on Monday, November 7, as Singapore was closed for a national holiday. The market is "dead quiet," a European trade source said. "We haven't been active and we haven't seen any new cargoes around," a producer source added. European and Asian consumer sources continued to indicate buying ideas at $330-335/mt on Tuesday, with selling interest rangebound at $345-350/mt. Sources said some market participants were eyeing the latest Nalco tender, due to close later today, for clearer direction. The producer source said Nalco "tends to get decent prices and the tender will be a reference for spot price."
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...
Scrambling to extend the life of its mines, four of which are set to conclude by 2020, China's Minmetals Resources Ltd. is on the prowl to acquire Australia-based miners Mirabela Nickel Ltd. and Alumina Ltd., with a $7 billion to boot to capture the two companies' nickel, bauxite and alumina output. Analysts interviewed by Bloomberg estimated Mirabela Nickel Ltd. could be worth as much as A$1.6 billion, while Alumina Ltd. may be at A$8.5 billion. Aside from the lifespan of its mines, Minmetals Resources Ltd., which has yet to make a successful overseas expansion and acquisition, needs to boost its current share valuation. On Monday, shares of Minmetals Resources Ltd. fell 1.3 per cent to HK$3.86 in Hong Kong. "Consummating a few of these would go a long way to closing that valuation gap,"...
Minmetals Resources Ltd. (1208), backed by China’s biggest metals trader, is transforming companies from Mirabela Nickel Ltd. (MBN) to Alumina Ltd. into takeover targets as it eyes $7 billion of nickel, bauxite and alumina deals. Minmetals, which agreed a month ago to buy copper producer Anvil Mining Ltd. (AVM) after losing a bidding contest for Equinox Minerals Ltd., is planning more takeovers, its chief financial officer said Oct. 28. The Hong Kong-listed mining company is turning to dealmaking with its own stock selling for less relative to earnings than any raw-material producer in the world, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Mirabela, which controls the Santa Rita nickel mine in Brazil, and Alumina, which is an owner of the world’s biggest producer of the raw material, may...
Montreal-based 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, using the company’s patented process technology. 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,...
Exploration Orbite announced that the production mode of alumina has shifted from a batch process a to semi-continuous process. This acceleration in production will allow the company to meet industry and partner demand as well as prepare for the transition of the plant towards a commercial High-Purity Alumina (HPA) production facility. This additional production capability will make full use of Orbite’s patented process and demonstrate the process’s potential to operate within full-scale industrial conditions over three daily shifts allowing for continuous production. Recent tests and analyses carried out by independent organizations such as SINTEF and INRS, have confirmed that the physicochemical properties of Orbite’s alumina material meet or exceed the standard specifications of the...
China Customs Figures show anhydrous aluminium fluoride export amount to 6,318 tons in September increased 11.98% yoy and total export reached to 5289.2 thousand dollars. According to statistics anhydrous aluminium fluoride export volume reached to 73,682 tons with 103983.7 thousand dollars from January to September. The top 5 provinces were: Henan 36,345 tons; Hunan 31,207 tons; Jiangsu 4,017 tons; Shandong 1,294 tons and Hebei 555 tons.
Orbite Aluminae Inc. CA:ORT -3.11% ("Orbite") announces that it has awarded the contract for the bankable Feasibility Study on its planned metallurgical grade alumina (SGA) plant to top ranking engineering firms GENIVAR Inc. ("GENIVAR") and Johnston-Vermette. The contract is being awarded following a highly competitive call for tender exercise directed towards qualified national and international engineering firms. "The NI 43-101 compliant Feasibility Study involves the fast tracked release, by the end of November 2011, of a Preliminary Economical Assessment (PEA) or Scoping Study which is currently being concluded by independent qualified persons at GENIVAR. The preliminary independent evaluation of the PEA covers all aspects of the project and is expected to confirm the technology...
Brisbane-based global infrastructure services company Cardno has this week appointed former Alumina boss John Marlay as a Non-Executive Director as part of an ongoing Board shake-up. Cardno Chairman John Massey says Marlay’s extensive management experience with leading companies such as Alumina, Hanson PLC and Pioneer International Group will be invaluable as Cardno continues its international growth strategy. Marlay, who held the position of CEO and Managing Director of Alumina from 2002 to 2008, is currently a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Incitec Pivot and Boral. “I am very pleased to have the opportunity to join Cardno at such an exciting time in its history,” Marlay says.
Guinea's alumina production rose 25.5 percent year-on-year in the first eight months of 2011 while output of bauxite was up 3.5 percent over the same period, according to a government report seen by Reuters. The report said RUSAL's Friguia refinery, the country's sole plant, produced 443,000 tonnes of alumina.
Investment in Australia’s resources sector will surpass A$80 billion ($82 billion) annually by 2015, boosted by development projects in Alumina and other mineral resources, said research group BIS Shrapnel Pty. Australia is the world’s major exporter of alumina, a raw material to make aluminum metal. “Demand for metals and minerals continues to be driven by the long-term industrial development of China and India,” Adrian Hart, senior manager of infrastructure and mining at BIS Shrapnel, said in a report. “Mining companies are not overly perturbed by current global economic conditions or the prospect of new Australian taxes on resource profits or carbon.” China, the world’s biggest metals’ buyer and Australia’s largest trading partner, grew at an average pace of 9.5 percent over the past...
One of today's notable stocks in decline is Alumina (NYSE:AWC), down 5.7% to $6.26. The Dow is down 1.2% to 12,090 and the S&P is currently down 1.3% to 1,269. Potential upside of 43.8% exists for Alumina, based on a current level of $6.26 and analysts' average consensus price target of $9.00. The stock should run into initial resistance at its 50-day moving average (MA) of $6.41 and subsequent resistance at its 200-day MA of $8.72. 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. Over the past year, Alumina has traded in a range of $5.15 to $11.46 and is now at $6.26, 22% above that low. The 200-day and 50-day moving averages have moved 0.98% lower and...
Global Alumina Corporation (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 $4.3 million for the period November 1, 2011 through November 30, 2011.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 October 2011 of $772.8 million of which $761.4 million was incurred or prepaid through September 2011 and $748.9 million has been funded to date. Global Alumina has approximately $27.8 million in cash, $21.1...
Saudi Mining company Ma’aden secures investment for its projects which includes an alumina refinery.Investment includes funds from Canadian export credit agency EDC. EDC is participating in a $2.15 billion loan to the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and Alcoa for its projects.
Rayagada seems to become the bauxite war zone again with tribals rising against RSB Metaltech's proposed refinery project in Kalyansinghpur Block. The tribal people expressed their anguish on 27 October 2011 by ransacking the public hearing camp in the proposed project area. The tribal community members living in the proposed project area came in mass and stopped the public hearing by ransacking the camp. Public hearing was being conducted in the presence of officials from district administration and state police. The agitated tribal people said that no land or forest can be spared for the industry. RSB Metaltech has signed an MoU with government of Orissa in December 2008 for mining and alumina smelter project worth 9000 crore rupees in Orissa’s Rayagada and Dhenkanal Districts.
Baker and McKenzie has advised Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) and Alcoa on their alumina refinery located at Ras Al Khair in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The mine and refinery project is phase 2 of the integrated Ma'aden aluminium complex project. The finance documents for phase 1 of the integrated Ma'aden aluminium complex were signed on 30 November 2010. Phase 1 consisted of the financing of an aluminium smelter and rolling mill located at Ras Al Khair in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a project cost of approximately $7.215bn. The mine and refinery project, which includes the aluminium smelter and rolling mill at a total project investment of $10.8bn, is a joint venture between Ma'aden and Alcoa and the financing of the project includes $2.151bn financing comprising...
