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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United Co. Rusal, the world’s largest aluminum producer, is in talks with the Italian government to restart the EurAllumina refinery in Sardinia. Rusal is “exploring various opportunities” to resume operations, the company said in an e-mailed response to queries from Bloomberg. “No exact date for the plant restart can be provided at this particular stage.” It halted output at the plant, with capacity of 1.1 million metric tons of alumina a year, in 2009.
Indian state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd has finalized a long-term contract for export of 300,000 tonnes of alumina at about 16 percent of the LME aluminium price on an FOB basis, a company official said on Thursday. "The European buyer will receive the alumina in batches between January to December 2012," Ansuman Das, company director (commercial) told Reuters, adding six bids were received for the tender. Last November, NALCO had finalized a long-term export contract with Switzerland-based Alaska Metals for supply of 180,000 tonnes of alumina through 2011 at 15.92 percent of the monthly average LME aluminium price on an FOB basis.
Mytilineos Holdings SA, a Greek metals and energy group, may produce 83 percent more alumina, a raw material used in aluminum production, over the next five years, said Evangelos Mytilineos, the company’s chief executive officer. Production should climb from 820,000 metric tons a year to 1.1 million tons by the end of 2013 and may reach 1.5 million tons by 2016 in the second phase of expansion, Mytilineos said. “We anticipate very healthy demand for alumina in the region,” Mytilineos said, referring to Europe, in an e-mailed response to Bloomberg questions Wednesday. Alumina demand will exceed output in Europe by about 4.1 million tons this year, according to London-based researcher CRU. The deficit should widen to 4.6 million tons next year, said Nikhil Shah, a CRU analyst. “There seem...
The alumina price mechanism is facing challenges from the spot market. Now that iron ore, which has a 40-year tradition of long-term prices,has switched to the spot market this year,alumina will follow suit in the near future. Former President Jiang Zeming,had conveyed that "China can grow fast only when it develops in a way that fits change in the world." The world is changing and that calls for change. To be more specific, the aluminum industry is moving alumina to index pricing because it better reflects the fundamentals of the industry and will result in a fair price, based on real transactions, in a free market. For example,currently, about 20 percent of Alcoa's alumina is sold on index basis or spot, and they expect to convert the remaining contracts over the next years.
It is learned that ChinaCoal's 200 thousand tons of coal ash to extract alumina comprehensive utilization project will put into production in November, which is located in Fujia Industrial Park, Shuocheng Area, Shuozhou, Shanxi, and the total investment reaches 0.8 billion Yuan. After being put into production it can produce 40 thousand tons of white carbon black,100 thousand tons alumina per year. Finally, it can dispose coal ash to extent of 4,100 thousand tons, and produce 8,300 thousand tons of white carbon black and 1,920 thousand tons of alumina.
AusGroup’s subsidiary AGC Industries has secured a contract from Australia based Alcoa to carry out the management and execution of core multi-disciplinary services (MDS) to its Wagerup refinery located in Western Australia. Under the terms of the five-year contract, AGC will provide range of mechanical, electrical and scaffolding services. The contract is valued at more than $50m and is in addition to the maintenance services contract, which the company secured in 2007 for Alcoa's other alumina refineries throughout Western Australia.
Late last week Guinea's government announced adoption of a new mining code allowing it to increase its participation in projects run by commodities companies operating in the country to 35% from the previous 15%, to boost revenues from the country's rich bauxite resources. However, it's still unclear if this refers to existing projects or only to projects where mining concessions haven't yet been granted, a Vale spokeswoman said. Plans by BHP Billiton plc (BHPB.LN) to develop alumina interests in Guinea could however be impacted by the new mining code, according to the Australian newspaper.
The recent causality by Dengue outbreak in Orissa is frowning upon with several deaths being reported from various places of the state. Though not as grim as in the most affected areas like Anugul and Jharsuguda, the situation in Kalahandi–one of the backward areas of the country–does not speak a different tale with several cases being detected in Kesinga block. However, before it’s too late, Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) partnered with the Government Health Department has taken up several Health initiatives to trim down Dengue cases in a bid to exterminate the disease completely from the area. At this juncture of time, the preventive measures and awareness among the common mass has become inevitable. Keeping this as prime importance, VAL and Government Health Department of Kalahandi...
One of Shannon’s biggest employers faces a major financial blow this week if the European Court of Justice rules against it. The court will consider whether Aughinish Alumina should be forced to pay back 19 years of reduced duties on mineral oils, which are used in the production of alumina.
The Jamaican Government says - in disclosures made by Finance Minister Audley Shaw to lawmakers Thursday - that the sale of its holdings in the Jamalco refinery is imminent, and that negotiations are ongoing with two parties. Jamaica's 45 per cent stake in Jamalco, held by Clarendon Alumina Productions (CAP), has been on the market for more than a year but reaching a deal has been complicated by its debt obligations to Glencore International. "That process is within sight as the Government is currently evaluating two firm offers that are on the table for the divestment of CAP," said Shaw.Well-placed sources within the bauxite sector say the two potential buyers are rivals Alcoa and Glencore, who have made separate offers.
BHP Billiton is spending money hand over fist expanding its global production capacity. But the big spending stops when it comes to an alumina project in Guinea where the company and its Canadian and Middle Eastern partners have all but stopped work on a $US5.2 billion ($A4.9 billion) alumina project, despite having already spent more than $US700 million on preparatory works. The division was the runt of the litter in BHP's record-breaking June-year profit of $US21.6 billion. Underlying earnings before interest and tax from the division was a paltry $US266 million, down by $US140 million on the previous year. The contribution was the smallest of any division and was despite the benefit of higher alumina/aluminium prices. The division has been plagued by power issues at its aluminium...
Former Minister Damodar Rout criticized the recent industrial policy of state government during his speech on Saturday.He attended the seminar organized by Ganjam district unit of the Orissa union of journalists (OUJ). Mr. Rout said unrestricted establishment of Iron,steel and Alumina industries would be detrimental to the interests of the state in the long run .Four Alumina projects are proposed in the state. Such a large number of industries would put negative pressure on non-renewable mineral resources as well as be a great impact upon environment of the state. Further he criticized the state government for promoting large number of thermal power plants in Orissa which will rob away coal resources of the state and destroy the balance of the environment while power generated by them...
Chinese aluminum producers have a weak voice in pricing aluminum oxide, an official of a Chinese aluminum smelting company said on Thursday. Wang Xiaodong, general manager of Henan Shenhuo Aluminium Co.Ltd, said it is because alumina refineries are usually large in scale. While attending an aluminum industrial conference in Paris, Wang said the cost for aluminum production was increasing sharply because of the rise in the price of raw materials such as aluminum oxide. He added that since early 2011, the price of aluminum oxide had increased by 18%.
800 thousand tons/year of alumina project of Wenshan Aluminum Co., Ltd started in May, 2008, with the close attention of leadership and active involvement of branch office.Now the company has finished the construction of spare storage, finished products filter plant, raw material grinding mill, aluminum hydroxide warehouse, and crude ore bin.
Aluminum Corp. of China (NYSE: ACH): fell by 2.53% or $-0.4/share to $15.42. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $15.13 and as high as $26.80. On average, 351074 shares of ACH exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 266325. The shares are currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages which indicates that the shares have been experiencing downward momentum. The stock may bounce back to test the 200-day moving average. Thus, you may want to pay close attention for a move up to the $18.26 area but be careful because the stock may face selling pressure at this level.
Growth in India's aluminum production will be met by domestic alumina output, not imports, a senior Hindalco Industries Ltd. (500440.BY) executive said Thursday. Anil Gupta, joint president for sales and marketing, said that India may even become a net exporter of alumina. "India is self-sufficient in its alumina needs--the three big aluminum producers there have refineries attached so we all have the raw material," he told a Metal Bulletin conference in Paris. "I don't see any reason why we'd import alumina, and in fact we'll probably end up exporting." India's smelters are expected to produce 3.5 million metric tons of aluminum by 2015. Two tons of alumina makes about one ton of metal.
Operations at RUSAL's Friguia alumina refinery in Guinea have returned to normal after a protest by former workers blocked rail shipments from the plant, a spokesperson for the company said on Thursday. "The situation has been resolved through negotiations," the spokesperson said.
Vietnam's first alumina refinery would start producing in November, after several delays, and sell an expected 50,000 tonnes this year directly to clients without any tenders, the company operating the plant said on Friday. Alumina output at the $460 million Tan Rai plant would rise to 350,000 tonnes next year, around half its projected annual capacity, said Chief Executive Officer Le Minh Chuan of Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group, adding that no tenders had been planned yet. "Vinacomin will give priority to the clients who are committed to signing long-term contracts to buy alumina," Chuan said in a written reply to Reuters. Vinacomin and China's Yunnan Metallurgical Group (YMG) have a 30-year agreement under which the Vietnamese firm would sell 600,000-900,000 tonnes...
