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2024: World alumina production grows 2.6%, supported by Chinese refineries with strong profitability to afford high-priced bauxite
Alumina29 JAN 2025

2024: World alumina production grows 2.6%, supported by Chinese refineries with strong profitability to afford high-priced bauxite

The world alumina production saw a significant hike in 2024, withstanding the bauxite supply shortage compared to the growth in demand. China, the world’s largest alumina producer, saw a continued bauxite supply gap in 2024 yet exceeded expected production. That could be possible due to the...

Vedanta’s 1 lakh crore dream project of alumina refinery and aluminium smelter coming up in phases
Alumina29 JAN 2025

Vedanta’s 1 lakh crore dream project of alumina refinery and aluminium smelter coming up in phases

Mining conglomerate Vedanta's dream project of 6 million tonnes per annum of alumina refinery and 30 lakh tonnes of aluminium smelter is coming to life, for which the budget is INR 1 lakh crore (US$11.55 billion). As per the report, the project's first phase is expected to be commissioned in the...

Consumer product prices are likely to take US aluminium and copper tariff hits, warn analysts
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Primary AL28 JAN 2025

Consumer product prices are likely to take US aluminium and copper tariff hits, warn analysts

Amid various speculations raised by Donald Trump's recently proposed import tariffs on aluminium and copper, the most recent one is the possible impact on domestic consumer good prices. Aluminium industry analysts and participants fear that suggested tariffs on US aluminium and copper imports may...

Trade analysis: Australia’s aluminium export value booms on strong metal prices
Primary AL28 JAN 2025

Trade analysis: Australia’s aluminium export value booms on strong metal prices

Australia is on course to achieve a record-breaking performance in aluminium exports, with the metal now ranking as the fourth-largest export category after iron ore, coal, and natural gas. According to the International Trade Administration, Australia’s aluminium exports in the first eleven months...

Manaksia Aluminium at a 52-week low
Downstream27 JAN 2025

Manaksia Aluminium at a 52-week low

Manaksia Aluminium, a microcap company and a trusted name in manufacturing aluminium sheets and coils, has seen a 52-week low in its share price, closing the day (January 27, 2025) at INR 79.93 (US$0.93). Despite a brief recovery in the early morning, reaching INR 83.34 (US$0.97), the stock closed...

Hydro joins Suppliers Partnership for the Environment to empower automotive industry with low-carbon aluminium
Sustainability27 JAN 2025

Hydro joins Suppliers Partnership for the Environment to empower automotive industry with low-carbon aluminium

Norsk Hydro ASA, a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, has reportedly joined the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP), uniting with a group of automotive manufacturers, suppliers, and environmental organisations to work together towards a shared sustainability vision. Image...

Trade overview: US aluminium scrap exports through the first ten months of 2024
Recycled AL27 JAN 2025

Trade overview: US aluminium scrap exports through the first ten months of 2024

The United States is one of the leading aluminium scrap exporters in the world, with an annual average export volume close to 2 million tonnes. In 2023, the country exported 2.06 million tonnes, and by October, 1.74 million tonnes was shipped. In the first ten months of the subsequent year, the...

Capesize fleet transporting more bauxite than coal amid rising demand in China
Bauxite27 JAN 2025

Capesize fleet transporting more bauxite than coal amid rising demand in China

According to shipbroker Arrow, the surge in bauxite demand in China has resulted in capesize fleet carrying more bauxite than coal for the first time. The capesize vessels are traditionally used for coal shipments, but now, due to increased demand for the ore in the Chinese market, they are being...

Upstream weekly recap: Change in investment outlook for global aluminium companies, US tariff threats, and much more
Primary AL25 JAN 2025

Upstream weekly recap: Change in investment outlook for global aluminium companies, US tariff threats, and much more

Some of the news headlines this week in the upstream aluminium industry, particularly in the primary aluminium sector, suggest a potential shift in market dynamics in the near term in the wake of aluminium price drop on alumina supply ease and proposed tariffs on aluminium imports by the US...

Donald Trump’s tariff threat on Canada prompts Alcoa to reroute its aluminium shipments
Primary AL24 JAN 2025

Donald Trump’s tariff threat on Canada prompts Alcoa to reroute its aluminium shipments

Donald Trump's tariff threat following his second presidential term inauguration on January 20 has already sparked speculation among aluminium industry leaders from both the domestic and international markets, prompting them to make strategic decisions regarding overseas trade. For instance, Alcoa,...

World’s primary aluminium production grows 3% Y-o-Y: key contributing countries revealed
Primary AL24 JAN 2025

World’s primary aluminium production grows 3% Y-o-Y: key contributing countries revealed

The world's primary aluminium industry has wrapped up 2024 with an annual production of 72.758 million tonnes. Could it break the record of the previous year or surpass AL Circle's outlook? Of course, it did by 2.9 per cent from the earlier year's output of 70.716 million tonnes and by 1.05 per...

Platts assessment suggests Q1 2025 Japanese port aluminium premium at $228/t
Primary AL23 JAN 2025

Platts assessment suggests Q1 2025 Japanese port aluminium premium at $228/t

According to Platts assessment, a division of S&P Global, the premium for Japanese primary aluminium imports in the first quarter of 2025 stands at $228 per tonne over the London Metal Exchange cash price, reflecting a 30.29 per cent rise from $175 per tonne in Q4 2024. Image source: Sumitomo...

Trade tensions emerge early in Trump 2.0 with tariff threats on China, Mexico and Canada; aluminium industry on edge
Primary AL23 JAN 2025

Trade tensions emerge early in Trump 2.0 with tariff threats on China, Mexico and Canada; aluminium industry on edge

At the dawn of the new presidential era on January 20, 2025, Donald Trump announced his intent to impose a 10 per cent tariff on Chinese product imports, including aluminium, as early as February 1. Following the news, the three-month aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange decreased by 0.9...

Alcoa’s San Ciprián smelter streamlines operations, stakeholders unveil strategic roadmap
Primary AL22 JAN 2025

Alcoa’s San Ciprián smelter streamlines operations, stakeholders unveil strategic roadmap

Alcoa Inespal SL, a subsidiary of Alcoa Corporation, has reportedly entered into a strategic agreement with IGNIS Equity Holdings, SL, the majority shareholder in the IGNIS Group, the Spanish National Government, and the Xunta de Galicia, to continue to support San Ciprián smelter's operations. All...

Know why there’s a demotion in investment outlook for Norsk Hydro ASA
Primary AL22 JAN 2025

Know why there’s a demotion in investment outlook for Norsk Hydro ASA

RBC Capital Markets, a global investment bank providing banking, finance, and capital markets services, has reduced its ratings for the Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company Norsk Hydro ASA from "outperform" to "sector perform". The revision in investment outlook follows Norsk Hydro's...

Jan-Oct’24: US aluminium plates, sheets and bars imports record a 22% hike despite the slower recovery in recent times
Downstream21 JAN 2025

Jan-Oct’24: US aluminium plates, sheets and bars imports record a 22% hike despite the slower recovery in recent times

Until October 2024, the United States imported 1.03 million tonnes of aluminium plates, sheets and bars versus 842,000 tonnes a year ago. That reflected an annual hike of 22.37 per cent, driven by back-to-back significant import volumes from April to July 2024, ranging between 106,000 and 120,000...

China’s December aluminium production grows 4.2%, leading to 2024 output to 1 million tonnes shy of the production cap
Primary AL21 JAN 2025

China’s December aluminium production grows 4.2%, leading to 2024 output to 1 million tonnes shy of the production cap

China's aluminium production continued to increase in December 2024, backed by newer production capacity and increased operating rate like the last month. According to the data recently published by the National Bureau of Statistics, China's aluminium output in the final month of 2024 rose...

Midal Cables from Bahrain bags ASI Performance Standard V3 (2022) Certification
Sustainability19 JAN 2025

Midal Cables from Bahrain bags ASI Performance Standard V3 (2022) Certification

Midal Cables B.S.C., a manufacturer of aluminium rod and overhead electrical transmission cables and conductors, has received the Performance Standard V3 (2022) Certification from ASI for its environmentally-conscious operations at its Ashkar facility in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Image Source: Midal...