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....
China-based China Aluminum International Engineering Co., Ltd. (CHALIECO) has won a bid for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract valued at approximately USD 833 million for a proposed alumina project in Vietnam, adding to investment activity in the country’s mineral processing sector. The project, being developed by Binh Phuoc Ore Mining and Beneficiation Joint Stock Company, is designed to process 2.4 million tonnes of alumina annually. The proposed contract is valued at around CNY 5.595 billion (USD 839.04 million), with completion expected within 27 months of the contract’s effective date. CHALIECO to oversee turnkey refinery development Under the proposed turnkey arrangement, CHALIECO’s responsibilities will cover the full project delivery process, from...
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NICHE Chemical LLC, the specialty products and chemicals division of New Day Aluminum Holdings LLC, has announced the acquisition of Imerys Fused Minerals Hull Ltd. The acquisition will complement the company’s existing fused alumina business in LaBathie, France. The acquired business, located in Hull, England, will be renamed NICHE Fused Magnesia Limited. Magnesia products are used in the electrical, friction, ceramic, automotive and refractory industries. David D'Addario, CEO of New Day, commented, “We are excited at the opportunity to acquire the Hull business, which is consistent with our strategy to further expand our product portfolio and geographical footprint. This business is also an excellent fit for the expansion of our newly-branded NICHE specialty products business while...
Average spot alumina price dropped from RMB 2777 per tonne to RMB2775 per tonne on Thursday, February 28, representing a decrease of RMB2 per tonne or 0.07 per cen. The spot price is expected to range within RMB2775 per tonne. Alumina-East price decreased RMB50 per tonne or 1.77 per cent today. The average price stood at RMB2770 per tonne as of February 28. The price is expected to range between RMB2740 per tonne and RMB2800 per tonne. Alumina prices remain unchanged in all three markets in China (Central, North and South) Alumina-Central and Alumina-North stood at RMB2790 per tonne and RMB2760 per tonne respectively. Alumina-South stood at RMB 2775 per tonne. In another update from SMM, after six consecutive increases in a row, aluminium ingot price dropped 0.15 per cent or RMB 20 per...
Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) has reportedly started shipping alumina from Kazakhstan into northwest China’s Xinjiang region. The news came after four people with knowledge of the matter said last week. However, purchases of alumina from Kazakhstan are a rare occurrence in China. According to customs data, China did not import any alumina from the Central Asian country in 2017 or 2018. As per the Reuters report, over 10,000 tonnes of alumina arrived at Xinjiang Tianlong Mining Co, having travelled by rail via China’s border city of Alashankou. Xinjiang Tianlong Mining Co. has a 250,000 tonnes per year aluminium smelting capacity. One of the four people said that initially, Tianlong had signed a deal to take a total of 12,000 tonnes of alumina from Astana-based ERG. The source also said:...
Alumina Limited has reported an 87% increase year-on-year in statutory net profit after tax to US$635.4 million for the full-year ended 31 December 2018. The company has declared a final, fully franked dividend of 14.1 US cents per share. This makes total dividends of 22.7 US cents per share for 2018. Alumina’s net profit after tax excluding significant items stood at US$689.9 million in FY 2018. The company’s free cash flow rose 172% to US$662.1 million. Net receipts from Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals (AWAC) stood at US$678.2 million in FY 2018, up 158% from US$263.1 million in FY 2017. “Since 31 December 2018, Alumina has received, or is due to receive, US$193.6 million of net distributions from AWAC1 entities which have been included in the final dividend, it said. Alumina's Chief...
According to the global export-import data, India’s estimated aluminium imports from Australia and Vietnam in 2018 grew year-on-year in tandem with the rise of the country’s total alumina imports. In 2017, India had imported 1.50 million tonnes of alumina from Australia and 339,459 tonnes from Vietnam, which in 2018 increased to 1.64 million tonnes and 697,770 tonnes respectively. This marks a growth of 9.3 per cent in India’s alumina imports from Australia and 106 per cent from Vietnam. In 2016, on the other hand, India’s alumina imports from Australia had pegged at 1.01 million tonnes and from Vietnam 174,779 tonnes. This indicates India’s alumina imports from Australia and Vietnam grew 49 per cent and 94 per cent respectively in 2017. {newsStudioGallery} According to a report from...
Grasim Industries Limited, a part of the Aditya Birla Group, signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Chlor-Alkali Business of K.P.R. Industries (India) Limited for INR253 crore in a cash deal. K.P.R. Industries’ Chlor-Alkali Business consists of an under-construction 200 TPD Chlor-Alkali project at Balabhadrapuram, Andhra Pradesh. Grasim said the transaction will be funded through internal accruals. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. “Caustic Soda is a critical input in the aluminium sector. Given the expansion plans for the aluminium businesses, it will serve as an excellent sourcing point for leading aluminium players. We look forward to an early completion of this project," Birla Carbon Business CEO Santrupt B Misra said. Grasim said the acquisition is in line...
Average spot alumina price continued their downward trend and stood at RMB 2777 per tonne today, Tuesday, February 19. This marked a drop of 0.57 per cent or RMB16 per tonne from RMB2793 per tonne on February 13. The spot price is expected to range within RMB2777 per tonne. Alumina-East and Alumina-Central declined by 0.35 per cent and 0.71 per cent to stand at RMB2820 per tonne and RMB2790 per tonne. Alumina-East and Alumina-Central were at RMB2830 per tonne and RMB2810 per tonne on Wednesday, February 13.Alumina-North and Alumina-South stood at RMB 2760 per tonne and RMB 2775 per tonne today, respectively. In another update from SMM, after four consecutive rise in a row, aluminium ingot price reduced by 0.45 per cent or RMB 60 per tonne today. A00 aluminium ingot price stood at RMB...
Australia-based metals and mining company South32 has reportedly maintained its production guidance of alumina and aluminium in the fiscal years 2018-19 (July-June) and 2019-20. The company projects volumes in the coming fiscal tipped to be marginally higher. For 2019-20, South32 flagged total alumina production of 5.335 million tonnes, 15,000 tonnes more than 5.32 million tonnes forecast for the current fiscal year. South32’s share of alumina production from the Worsley Alumina mining, refining, and port operations in Western Australia is expected to be steady at around 3.965 million tonnes per year during the two fiscal years. Out of an annual 4.6 million tonnes of Worsley’s alumina production, South32 accounts for 86 per cent control. Contribution from the Alunorte alumina refinery to...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, China produced 6.13 million tonnes of alumina (metallurgical grade) in January, an increase of 7.4% from a year ago. The average daily output stood at 198,000 tonnes, down 1,000 tonnes from 199,000 tonnes in December 2018. Gas installation issues at Chiping Xinfa, rectifications for ultra-low emission at Chinalco Huaxing, and environmental renovation on furnaces at Shanxi refinery affected daily production. Chinalco Shanxi produced in lower gears, and environmental curbs in Henan province affected alumina production in January. Tight supplies of natural gas in the heating season at Shanxi, Henan, and Inner Mongolia also accounted for the decrease in production in January SMM expects average daily output of alumina to increase to 200,000 tonnes in...
FYI Resources declared that it will get help from a pilot processing plant for getting offtake partners and finances to build high purity alumina (HPA) plant. FYI will build a smaller and cheaper version of pilot plant as part of advance studies into its Cadoux project in Western Australia. The idea is to boost confidence in the company’s design before it commits large amounts of cash to full-scale commercial production. It will produce HPA products for product testing and off-take negotiations for potential customers, which will also support project financing talks. Demand for HPA is soaring. The sales which were at US$2 billion in 2015 are now expected to hit US$5 billion in the near future. HPA is used in LED lighting and lithium batteries. FYI shares which had been ranging between...
After remaining restrained since the end of January, the alumina spot price today, on February 13, has recorded a plunge by RMB 15 per tonne to RMB 2,793 per tonne, found Shanghai Metals Market. From January 29 to February 12, the price of alumina stood at RMB 2,808 per tonnes with no intermittent rise or fall. In the east and central, the spot alumina price has dropped by RMB 20 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,830 per tonne and RMB 2,810 per tonne respectively. In the south and north, on the other hand, the price has dipped by RMB 10 per tonne and by RMB 15 per tonne to hover at RMB 2,770 per tonne and RMB 2,795 per tonne. The Australian alumina FOB price has also registered a plunge today by US$5 per tonne to US$375 per tonne. Unlike Chinese alumina price, the global price had recorded a...
Rusal, a leading global aluminium producer, announced operating results for the fourth quarter of 2018 and for the 12 months ended 31 December 2018. In the fourth quarter of 2018, total alumina production decreased by 2.1 per cent quarter-on-quarter. Alumina production stood at 1,958 thousand tonnes. The company said Russian alumina operations accounted for 34 per cent of the total output. The performance of Rusal’s alumina assets was largely in line with the production plan. Rusal said overall alumina production in 2018 remained similar to 2017. The company produced 7,774 thousand tonnes of alumina last year. “In June 2018 the Company restarted operation of the Friguia alumina refinery in Guinea. As a result, despite various factors, including abnormal weather conditions that affected...
With seven refineries operating, Australia is the world’s second largest producer and exporter of alumina. It mostly produces smelter grade alumina for both the domestic and export markets and accounts for 22 per cent of the global production. Rio Tinto, Alcoa, South32 are some of the few significant alumina refineries in Australia. The statistics by Australian Aluminium Council Ltd. shows that the country in 2016 had exported 17.1 million tonnes of alumina at the value of A$5.4 billion. In 2017, the volume remained the same at 17.1 million tonnes, but the value increased significantly to A$7.3 billion. In 2018, however, Australia's alumina exports were estimated to stand low at 10.3 million tonnes, down by about 40 per cent from both 2016 and 2017, according to our third-party data. In...
Hydro today announced results for the fourth quarter of 2018. Underlying earnings before financial items and tax decreased to NOK 534 million in Q4, down from NOK 3,555 million in the same quarter last year. The results mainly reflect the effects of the production curtailment at Alunorte alumina refinery and increased raw material costs. “Our results are reflecting the challenging situation we face in Brazil and higher raw material costs,” said President and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg, adding that the refinery has made progress towards resuming normal production, but that the timing remains uncertain. Underlying EBIT for Bauxite & Alumina decreased significantly compared to the same period last year. Hydro’s Bauxite & Alumina EBIT dropped from NOK 1,872 million in 2017 to NOK 493 million...
According to a recent report, New Day Aluminium Holdings LLC, the parent company of Noranda Bauxite & Alumina, has rebranded its specialty products business as NICHE, a ready acronym for Noranda Industrial Chemicals. NICHE will include Noranda’s Gramercy-based chemical grade alumina (CGA) business as well as ARC Fused Alumina. ARC Fused Alumina is Noranda’s white fused alumina manufacturing subsidiary in La Bâthie, France. Company Chairman David D’Addario said: “We recently completed a significant expansion of our CGA capacity in Gramercy, so it made perfect sense to operate that part of our business as a separate entity.” He further added, “It also made sense to include our other specialty products business, ARC Fused Alumina, under that same corporate umbrella. With additional...
Xinfa Group, one of China’s top aluminium producers, has reduced production at its alumina plant in southern China’s Guangxi region due to tight bauxite SMM-BAUX-GUAXI supply. The news came after a company official and a consultancy reported this to Reuters. The Group has lowered the production by 500,000 tonnes on an annual basis, said the Xinfa official. He further added the plant has a total alumina producing capacity of 3 million tonnes per year. Consultancy Baiinfo said the daily production rate at the Xinfa plant went down from 7,600 tonnes to 6,100 tonnes. The official from Xinfa and from a privately held company with aluminium smelters in Shandong and Xinjiang informed the production cut would be applicable would be in place for at least a month. Earlier in November 2018, China's...
Vedanta Limited announced its unaudited consolidated results for the Third quarter ended 31 December 2018. The company reported record quarterly alumina production of 404,000 tonnes in Q3 FY 2019, up 16% q-o-q. Mr. Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan, Chief Executive Officer, Vedanta, said "We are pleased with the strong operational and financial results for the third quarter. We achieved record Zinc and Lead MIC volumes and silver production at Hindustan Zinc, and had the highest ever Alumina production. We saw structural reductions in Aluminium costs with increasing raw material linkages.” The company reported revenue of INR23,669 crore in Q3 FY 2019, up 4% from INR22,705 crore Q2 FY 2019, due to higher volume at Zinc India & Aluminium business and currency depreciation though was partially...
Being one of the world’s top aluminiumproducing countries, the United Arab Emirates’ import of alumina is expected to rise in 2019 after a year-on-year drop till last year. According to our third-party data, the UAE in 2016 had imported 1.67 million tonnes and from then on the volume dropped year-on-year till 2018. In 2017, the country’s alumina import had stood at 1.36 million tonnes, down 18.5 per cent from 2016. The phenomenon continued in the year 2018 as well, as the UAE imported 1.12 million tonnes, down 33 per cent from 2016 and 18 per cent from 2017. But this year, the country is expected to import a higher volume of alumina at 1.33 million tonnes, up 19 per cent from the previous year. According to the available data, India is estimated to be the top key supplier of alumina to...
