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Over 3b aluminium cans and PET bottles returned as Sweden nears 90% recycling target
Recycled AL28 MAR 2026

Over 3b aluminium cans and PET bottles returned as Sweden nears 90% recycling target

The Swedish deposit return system (DRS) operator Returpack/Pantamera reported that in 2025, over 3 billion PET bottles and aluminium cans were returned via Sweden’s DRS. Compared to the record of 2024, the 2025 count marks an increase of 130 million. The operator adds that returning the aluminium...

Guinea and EGA close a deal to resolve bauxite supply disruption
Bauxite27 MAR 2026

Guinea and EGA close a deal to resolve bauxite supply disruption

Guinea and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) have finalised an agreement that could prevent an arbitration post the seizure of the miner’s local unit in 2025. The development is a marker toward resolving tensions that have disrupted bauxite supply flows from Guinea. Explore- Most accurate data to...

LME aluminium cash prices soar beyond $3,300/t while inventories slide downhill
Primary AL27 MAR 2026

LME aluminium cash prices soar beyond $3,300/t while inventories slide downhill

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The London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium prices soared on March 26 compared to the previous close. Both cash and futures contracts reported gains by wide margins, while exchange inventories continued to falter. To know more about the global primary aluminium industry 2026 outlook, book the report...

Germany and South Korea grapple with rare earth supply crunch as global race deepens
SupplementAL26 MAR 2026

Germany and South Korea grapple with rare earth supply crunch as global race deepens

Germany, the wider European Union and South Korea are increasingly finding themselves on the back foot in securing rare earth supplies, even as countries like the United States and Japan move quickly to lock in access through strategic deals and investments. The imbalance is becoming more visible...

Aluminium price surge exposes policy gaps, squeezing India’s MSMEs
Downstream26 MAR 2026

Aluminium price surge exposes policy gaps, squeezing India’s MSMEs

The ongoing Middle East conflict led to the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium prices soaring above USD 3,500 per tonne , with forecasts pointing to a potential rise to USD 4,000 by 2026. While the rally offers the primary aluminium producers a strong earnings opportunity, it is severely...

Global aluminium scrap trade trend: US sells, Asia buys
Recycled AL26 MAR 2026

Global aluminium scrap trade trend: US sells, Asia buys

中文翻译附于新闻末尾，敬请继续阅读。 Ever since the emergence of recycled aluminium as a key lever for both decarbonisation and supply security in the industry, the United States (US) has emerged as one of the world’s leading exporters of aluminium scrap, with a well-established collection network and surplus...

Gränges advances sustainability goals with $64M green bonds
Sustainability26 MAR 2026

Gränges advances sustainability goals with $64M green bonds

Swedish aluminium rolling and recycling company Gränges has issued two five-year senior unsecured green bonds, adding up to SEK 6 million (USD 64 million) under its Medium-Term Note (MTN) programme. Marking a step in the low-carbon aluminium industry and sustainability, the bond is dated to mature...

Automakers accelerate to stockpile aluminium as Middle East conflict disrupts supply
End User25 MAR 2026

Automakers accelerate to stockpile aluminium as Middle East conflict disrupts supply

Global automakers are accelerating aluminium procurement as the ongoing Middle East conflict continues to disturb supply chains, disrupting production and trade routes, thereby raising concerns over near-term supply shortages and escalating costs. The situation has catalysed a wave of precautionary...

Australia’s $2B fund for Rio Tinto’s Boyne aluminium pushes renewable energy and employment
Primary AL25 MAR 2026

Australia’s $2B fund for Rio Tinto’s Boyne aluminium pushes renewable energy and employment

The federal and Queensland governments of Australia are to jointly sponsor a USD 2 billion support package for Australia’s second-largest aluminium smelter, the Boyne aluminium smelter of Rio Tinto. The joint funding is being rendered as a large-scale renewable energy transition while aiming to...

Strained fuel supply and cost challenges worry the Indian aluminium extrusion sector
Downstream25 MAR 2026

Strained fuel supply and cost challenges worry the Indian aluminium extrusion sector

Aluminium Extrusion Manufacturers Association of India (ALEMAI) has warned that the strained fuel supply, with rising energy prices, is weighing on key industrial units as they run below capacity. Consequently, these challenges are taking a toll on the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs),...

LME aluminium cash offer softens to $3,242.5/t as EGA reroute eases Hormuz disruption
Primary AL25 MAR 2026

LME aluminium cash offer softens to $3,242.5/t as EGA reroute eases Hormuz disruption

As the US-Israel conflict with Iran persisted, blocking the Strait of Hormuz, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) secured an alternative route for export activities last week, easing the global trade disruption along the Middle East route. The impact was immediate, as the London Metal Exchange (LME)...

Rise and fall in LME aluminium: cash climbs to $3,329/t, stocks slip nearly 1%
Primary AL23 MAR 2026

Rise and fall in LME aluminium: cash climbs to $3,329/t, stocks slip nearly 1%

Aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) improved on March 20 compared to the previous close. Cash price reported gains by wide margins, futures contracts recovered from the previous session’s decline, while opening stocks continued to slide. The LME aluminium cash bid price rose from...

Odisha clears $481 million investment proposals, to generate over 10,000 jobs
Downstream22 MAR 2026

Odisha clears $481 million investment proposals, to generate over 10,000 jobs

Odisha has approved industrial investment proposals worth INR 45 billion (USD 481 million), a move that is expected to generate over 10,122 jobs across 11 districts. It is expected to back the state’s push for diversified industrial growth and value addition. Approval for aluminium and steel...

India gains over 1 million tonnes of Guinea bauxite as Middle East trade routes falter
Bauxite21 MAR 2026

India gains over 1 million tonnes of Guinea bauxite as Middle East trade routes falter

Trade disruption resulting from the Middle East conflict has led to the diversion of approximately 1.2 million tonnes of bauxite shipments from Guinea to India. Amid supply constraints and tightened trade, the bauxite supply originally bound for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would offer a...

Australia weighs $470m subsidy-backed power deal to keep Tomago smelter operational
Primary AL19 MAR 2026

Australia weighs $470m subsidy-backed power deal to keep Tomago smelter operational

Australia is negotiating a complex support package to keep the Tomago Aluminium smelter active. The push could lock taxpayers for up to a decade into annual subsidies of a minimum of USD 300 million. Owing to rising energy costs and a lack of affordable long-term renewable power, Australia’s...

South32 pauses Worsley Alumina operations following an incident at the refinery
Alumina19 MAR 2026

South32 pauses Worsley Alumina operations following an incident at the refinery

Peripheral operations have been paused at the South32-owned Worsley Alumina refinery near Collie, in Western Australia, after a contractor sustained injuries at the site around 4 am on March 14. Emergency services and first aid were administered to the injured 47-year-old worker at the refinery....

India's push to localise the solar supply chain with ingot and wafer mandate from 2028
SupplementAL19 MAR 2026

India's push to localise the solar supply chain with ingot and wafer mandate from 2028

Striving for a circular economy and a sustainable future, India has decided to commission only domestically produced solar ingots and wafers for renewable energy firms, starting June 2028. Proposed by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), the strategy is aimed at reducing dependency on...

AL Circle x Mario Conserva: EU aluminium scrap dilemma, export curbs and the push for industrial resilience
Sustainability18 MAR 2026

AL Circle x Mario Conserva: EU aluminium scrap dilemma, export curbs and the push for industrial resilience

In this exclusive conversation with AL Circle, Mario Conserva highlights the growing strategic importance of aluminium scrap in Europe’s transition toward a low-emission and circular economy. He emphasises how rising scrap exports are weakening domestic industry competitiveness and calls for urgent...