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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Alumina production totaled 813 thousand tonnes. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation is engaged in mining and processing chrome, manganese and iron ore, smelting ferroalloys, processing bauxite for the production of alumina and aluminium.
Alumina producers in Australia have been asking to delay taking delivery of caustic soda term contract cargoes in anticipation of lower prices, a source at Taiwan's Formosa Plastics said this week. They have been drawing on existing stocks ahead of contract price negotiations for the fourth quarter, which are expected to begin in early September, he said.
Constructors in Chinalco Henan Branch are working 24 hours without a rest. It is said that the project is a particularly significant project for Henan branch in 2011 with an investment of 0.24 billion Yuan. Currently, the main framework of the project has taken its initial shape and equipments have been set at position. It is estimated that the project will be put into operation on September 30. Completion of this project will create 160,000 ton of alumina per year which brings new profit growth point.
A feasibility study on the Specials Plant expansion from 189 KTPA to 301 KTPA, with a coal based co-generation power plant, along with natural gas firing for its rotary kilns, is currently on.
Alumina production was lower at Renukoot, due to constrained bauxite availability. Metal Production has been maintained at 140 Kt level; Higher production from the new pots at Hirakud is expected from Q2FY12 onwards. Flat Rolled Product (FRP) production was lower due to the sluggishness in the market. Production of Extruded products was affected as operations at Alupuram, Kerala continued to be hampered, following the lock-out declared on February 22, 2011.
The case against the West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO) for breaches of the National Conservation Authority Act was this morning put off in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court. The matter will be called up again October 25.
On 8/18/11, Alumina Ltd (NYSE:AWC) will trade ex-dividend, for its semi-annual dividend of $0.12, payable on 9/8/11. As a percentage of AWC's recent stock price of $7.85, this dividend works out to approximately 1.53%.
The case involving bauxite company WINDALCO regarding allegations that it released a noxious substance into the Rio Cobre in St Catherine will begin today. The matter will be heard in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court. WINDALCO was brought before the court by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), for breaches of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act and the Wild Life Protection Act.
Aluminum Corp. of China, or Chinalco, said Tuesday that its pretax profit in the first half surged 127.8% from a year earlier due to strong demand for aluminum, rare earths and copper. Revenue gained 10.9% in the first half, the company said in a statement on its website without elaborating.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index climbed 2.6 percent to 4,282.90 at the 4:10 p.m. close of trading in Sydney. New Zealand's NZX 50 Index gained 1.1 percent to 3,252.63 at the 5 p.m. close in Wellington. Alumina Ltd. (AWC AU) jumped 8.2 percent to A$1.97. Alumina, a partner in the world's biggest producer of the material used to make aluminum, was raised to "outperform" from "neutral" at Macquarie Group Ltd.
A 200kt/y alumina project, based on coal ash-to-alumina technology, recently broke ground in Erdos, west Inner Mongolia.
Alumina Limited (ADR) skyrocketed 5.97% to $8.16 per share. Shares of AWC have so far hit a 52-week high of $11.46 per share and a 52-week low of $5.71.
PetroChina and Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (CHALCO) signed Phase-? strategic cooperation agreement for purchase and sale of petroleum coke in Beijing. According to the agreement, PetroChina will supply CHALCO with petroleum coke and related services of high standard and quality. CNPC Vice President Shen Diancheng and CHALCO Vice President Jiang Yinggang had a friendly discussion and attended the signing ceremony.
The unexpected surge in alumina exports out of China in May and June has highlighted the country's growing role as an opportunistic exporter of the aluminium raw material, built on the back of its fast-growing alumina production.
BNamericas reported that workers at Venezuela's state alumina company Bauxilum have asked the government to review the forward sales contract that was recently signed with Swiss commodities trader Glencore International. A representative from Bauxilum's Suprabaux workers union said that "There have been some previous agreements with Glencore and neither the company nor the workers have seen any economic benefit, which is why we've asked for a review of this agreement, so the same thing doesn't happen again."
Alumina production was lower at Renukoot, due to constrained bauxite availability. Metal production has been maintained at 140 Kilo tonne level,higher production from the new pots at Hirakud is expected from Q2 FY2012 onwards.
Asian stocks rose following the longest series of weekly losses since June after U.S. retail sales increased by the most in four months and Japan’s second- quarter gross domestic product beat economist estimates. Alumina Ltd. (AWC) climbed 8.2 percent to A$1.97 after Macquarie Group Ltd. upgraded the stock to “outperform” from “neutral.” Alumina, a partner in the world’s biggest producer of the material used to make aluminum, said on Aug. 11 first- half profit climbed 53 percent.
Japanese and Australian stock futures rose after U.S. retail sales increased by the most in four months, boosting the earnings outlook for Asian exporters as concern eased that the world’s largest economy may stall. American depositary receipts (ADRs) of Alumina Ltd. (AWC), a partner in the largest global producer of the material used to make aluminum, climbed 1.9 percent after the company’s stock rating was raised to “outperform” from “neutral” at Macquarie Group Ltd.
