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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...The Orissa government is unlikely to take stringent action against Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) which has proceeded ahead with expansion work on its alumina refinery plant at Lanjigarh without prior environmental clearance...
... India rejected Vedanta Resources Plc's proposal to expand its alumina refinery complex in the country, according to a notice from the ...
...A second month of decline in alumina exports from Jamalco — the larger of the two operational refineries in Jamaica — and lower-than-capacity sales by Windalco has positioned the country to repeat last year's lacklustre performance in export of the commodity...
...Compared with its June quarter, Alcoa AA reported a 55% decline in headline September-quarter earnings, to $61 million. The alumina segment--a proxy for Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals' and Alumina's AWC performance--suffered a 26% fall to $70 million, though this figure includes a discrete favorable $30 million tax item attributable to noncontrolling interests, which will not be recognized in Alumina's accounts...
...India has decided to halt Vedanta Resources' (VED.L) plans to expand its alumina refinery in eastern India, newspapers reported on Wednesday, after the environment ministry found "serious violations" of green laws...
...Cape Alumina Limited advised the Australian Stock Exchange on Monday morning it has cancelled its $1.2 billion Pisolite Hills project because the Queensland government's wild rivers declaration rendered the project unviable...
...Hungary will take control of an alumina plant and detained its chief executive after one of the company’s waste reservoirs burst, unleashing toxic sludge that killed at least eight people, premier Viktor Orban said...
... Alcoa Inc (AA.N), the largest U.S. aluminum producer, expects both its Aviles smelter in Spain and its alumina refinery in Sao Luis, Brazil to be running at full capacity by the end of the year...
...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index slipped 0.2 percent to 4,681.30 at the 4:10 p.m. close of trading in Sydney. The gauge has risen 2.2 percent this week...
...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 1.7 percent to 4,686.80, the highest closing level since May 4, at the 4:10 p.m. finish of trading in Sydney. New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index climbed 0.5 percent to 3,235.04 at the 5 p.m. close in Wellington...
...The reservoir of an alumina plant in western Hungary burst on Monday, flooding several towns with towering waves of red sludge...
... NALCO last sold alumina on a long term contract for the current year at 15.055% of LME aluminium price on an FOB basis in December. ...
... 165923 - 2010-09-18 - Reuters reported that Brazil's Alumar alumina refinery has been hit by power and commissioning problems but should be ...
...Finance minsiter Pranab Mukherjee has favoured a balanced approach on the issue of displacement of tribals due to mining projects, saying that solution does not lie in stopping these projects altogether..
...Mining company Bauxite Resources has signed a heads of agreement with Chinese partner Yankuang Corporation to pursue plans to build an alumina refinery in south-west Western Australia...
...is pleased to announce that it will enter into a further Heads of Agreement with its long term Chinese partner, Yankuang Corporation ("Yankuang"), to complete a bankable feasibility study for ...
...Moj news agency quoted CEO of Iran Alumina Company Hosein Ehteram as saying by the end of the Iranian calendar year (March 20) alumina production will reach 210,000 tons, adding that last year's production was 200,000 tons...
...Manama, BAHRAIN -(Dow Jones)- The global alumina market will move closer to balance in 2011, a senior Rio Tinto Alcan executive said Tuesday. Rhodri Harries, the senior vice president of the aluminum producer's commercial, energy and carbon products division, said he expects the market to be between 0.5 million metric tons and 1.5 million tons long next year...
