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Gallium faces growing pressure as aluminium production shifts to recycling
SupplementAL09 DEC 2025

Gallium faces growing pressure as aluminium production shifts to recycling

Gallium, indium and germanium are unusual metals and none of them come from mines of their own. They are recovered only in tiny amounts when other minerals are processed, which means their supply depends on decisions made in entirely different parts of the mining industry. In mining, the word...

LB Aluminium posts $5.34M net profit on strong segment gains, while revenue drops 9.33%
Downstream09 DEC 2025

LB Aluminium posts $5.34M net profit on strong segment gains, while revenue drops 9.33%

LB Aluminium Bhd turned in a much stronger set of results for the quarter ended Oct 31, 2025 (2QFY2026), with net profit rising sharply to RM 22.03 million (USD 5.34 million). A year earlier, the group earned RM7.64 million, making this almost a threefold increase driven by better showings from...

Glencore plans 1,000 jobs cuts, while Rio Tinto and BHP tighten workforces amid cost pressures
SupplementAL09 DEC 2025

Glencore plans 1,000 jobs cuts, while Rio Tinto and BHP tighten workforces amid cost pressures

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Glencore plans to cut about 1,000 jobs as it tries to get its costs back in check and reset the business. The decision comes at a time when big mining companies, including Glencore, are dealing with rising expenses and ageing mines that are becoming tougher and more expensive to operate. At a...

LME aluminium cash offer rises to $2,867.5/t as opening stocks fall 0.47% to 525,800t
Primary AL09 DEC 2025

LME aluminium cash offer rises to $2,867.5/t as opening stocks fall 0.47% to 525,800t

LME aluminium prices posted marginal gains on December 8 across cash, 3-month and December 26 contracts, even as exchange inventories continued their downward trend. The LME aluminium cash bid rose to USD 2,867 per tonne, up USD 2.5 or 0.09 per cent from USD 2,864.5 on December 7. The cash offer...

Alumina output nears the 143.3MT 2025 target, with a 2.58% rise expected in 2026
Alumina08 DEC 2025

Alumina output nears the 143.3MT 2025 target, with a 2.58% rise expected in 2026

The story of alumina production in 2025 played out much the way analysts had expected, even if the year didn’t unfold in a straight line. Smelter-grade alumina production was projected at about 143.3 million tonnes, as per AL Circle report and by October the International Aluminium Institute had...

WA alumina posts $8.2B record sales despite production decline
Alumina07 DEC 2025

WA alumina posts $8.2B record sales despite production decline

Western Australia’s alumina industry has emerged as one of the quiet stabilisers of the state’s resources sector in 2024–25, securing its second-highest sales value on record at USD 8.2 billion despite lower production volumes. New figures from the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) show...

New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) at Tiwai names Michelle Henderson as its next general manager
Primary AL06 DEC 2025

New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) at Tiwai names Michelle Henderson as its next general manager

Michelle Henderson has been appointed as the new general manager of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS), marking a return to the Tiwai Point operation where she first started her career. Her appointment brings a mix of operational experience, governance expertise and deep regional ties at a time...

Rio Tinto and BHP trial Australia’s first battery-electric haul trucks at Pilbara mine
End User06 DEC 2025

Rio Tinto and BHP trial Australia’s first battery-electric haul trucks at Pilbara mine

Rio Tinto and BHP have collaborated for Australia’s first Cat® 793 XE Early Learner battery-electric haul trucks to test whether large-scale mining can realistically shift away from diesel. The two trucks have arrived at BHP’s Jimblebar mine, where both companies will run trials alongside...

Ivanpah set to shut - What’s America’s 25-year renewable energy plan?
Sustainability05 DEC 2025

Ivanpah set to shut - What’s America’s 25-year renewable energy plan?

The United States is pushing for cleaner, greener energy across all sectors — including aluminium — using federal funding, new technology and expanded recycling to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 while still meeting rising demand. The industry’s main book for decarbonisation comes from the...

GCC aluminium output down 2.9% in first ten months as the region shifts to new bauxite suppliers post-Guinea ban
Primary AL05 DEC 2025

GCC aluminium output down 2.9% in first ten months as the region shifts to new bauxite suppliers post-Guinea ban

Across the Gulf, the primary aluminium and alumina sector has been moving at a noticeably different pace this year. Aluminium output across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has been edging lower through 2025, a trend that becomes clear once the latest numbers are lined up against last year’s. In...

America’s FRP market Part 2: Production falls behind demand, leaving 4.7MT deficit amid tariff shifts and new capacity plans
Downstream04 DEC 2025

America’s FRP market Part 2: Production falls behind demand, leaving 4.7MT deficit amid tariff shifts and new capacity plans

Part 1 showed how North and South America have become major drivers of global FRP consumption growth. But behind that surge lies a challenge the region can’t ignore — the Americas simply don’t produce enough flat-rolled aluminium to match this accelerating demand. North America manufactures only...

America’s FRP market Part 1: Consumption to grow 15.29% CAGR through 2030 amid production uncertainty
Downstream03 DEC 2025

America’s FRP market Part 1: Consumption to grow 15.29% CAGR through 2030 amid production uncertainty

Flat-rolled aluminium products (FRP), excluding aluminium foil, are no longer just another industrial material — they’ve become part of the machinery that keeps modern life running. They are everywhere: in electric cars, in the hardware behind renewable-energy systems, packaging, etc. As industries...

Canpack posts 9% rise in Q3 revenue to $1.18B but EBITDA falls 6% amid cost pressures
End User02 DEC 2025

Canpack posts 9% rise in Q3 revenue to $1.18B but EBITDA falls 6% amid cost pressures

Canpack, a global manufacturer of aluminium beverage cans and packaging solutions has released its results for the quarter and nine-month period ending September 30, 2025, reporting a small rise in beverage-can demand but softer profitability. Q3 2025: Higher volumes, firm sales, softer earnings...

As the US and EU ring-fencing aluminium scrap through targeted measures, will Asia withstand the supply pressure?
Recycled AL02 DEC 2025

As the US and EU ring-fencing aluminium scrap through targeted measures, will Asia withstand the supply pressure?

Aluminium scrap has quietly become one of the most protected raw materials in the world specially in United States and the European Union — not through restrictions, but through deliberate exemptions. Washington has carved scrap out of Section 232 tariffs even as it tightened duties on primary...

LME cash aluminium climbs 0.77% to $2,825/t; exchange stocks slip 0.37%
Primary AL01 DEC 2025

LME cash aluminium climbs 0.77% to $2,825/t; exchange stocks slip 0.37%

LME aluminium saw a firm uptick on November 28 across cash, 3-month and December 2026 contracts, while exchange inventories posted a mild decline. On November 28, the LME aluminium cash bid price stood at USD 2,825 per tonne, rising 0.77 per cent from USD 2,803.5 per tonne on November 27. The cash...

AI’s power hunger is turning aluminium into America’s new strategic weak spot
End User30 NOV 2025

AI’s power hunger is turning aluminium into America’s new strategic weak spot

The United States should be living through a renaissance in aluminium. Data centers, electric vehicles and the wider clean-energy buildout are pulling unprecedented volumes of the metal into server racks, cooling systems, power grids and vehicle frames. Prices have strengthened, and shares of Alcoa...

Indonesia’s rising aluminium output threatens the $3,000 price outlook for 2026
Primary AL29 NOV 2025

Indonesia’s rising aluminium output threatens the $3,000 price outlook for 2026

JPMorgan expects aluminium price may get close to USD 3,000 per tonne in early 2026, helped by stronger copper prices and a market that, for now, looks reasonably tight. But several analysts say the outlook becomes much less straightforward once Indonesia’s new supply starts landing, and that may...

Asia (Ex-China) and Africa reports 4.84MT aluminium and 10.68MT alumina output amid rising domestic demand
Primary AL28 NOV 2025

Asia (Ex-China) and Africa reports 4.84MT aluminium and 10.68MT alumina output amid rising domestic demand

The aluminium sector across Africa and Asia (excluding China) has been gathering strength for three years now, and the momentum has carried cleanly into 2025. Over the first nine months of the year, the two regions produced 4.84 million tonnes of primary aluminium, supported by steady monthly...