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HackberryPi CM5 vs Raspberry Pi: Pricing, features, and Why the former is a gamechanger for SBCs
End User26 MAY 2025

HackberryPi CM5 vs Raspberry Pi: Pricing, features, and Why the former is a gamechanger for SBCs

That’s the quiet revolution behind the latest HackberryPi CM5 — a thinner, aluminium-enclosed single-board computer designed by open-source innovator Zitao Liu. It’s not just a cosmetic facelift. This redesign aims to fix what Raspberry Pi users have griped about for years: thermal throttling,...

Japan’s rubbish heist crisis: Why aluminium can theft is surging in broad daylight
Recycled AL26 MAY 2025

Japan’s rubbish heist crisis: Why aluminium can theft is surging in broad daylight

In a quiet alley in Fukuoka’s Minami Ward, what began as a routine garbage patrol turned into a tense showdown. “You’re not allowed to take that!” howled a Fukuoka city employee, catching a man red-handed with a bag of non-burnable waste stuffed with aluminium cans. The man lunged, shoving the...

Energy cold war? Energy sanctions, BRICS resistance — a fracture in the global power grid
SupplementAL26 MAY 2025

Energy cold war? Energy sanctions, BRICS resistance — a fracture in the global power grid

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In a sharply worded communique, the BRICS bloc — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — has fired a warning shot at the West’s growing reliance on sanctions as an instrument of energy policy. At the latest BRICS Energy Ministers’ Meeting held under Russia’s presidency, the five-nation...

Can EGA buck the closure trend? A feasibility deep-dive into smelting amid US power crisis
Primary AL23 MAY 2025

Can EGA buck the closure trend? A feasibility deep-dive into smelting amid US power crisis

Emirate Global Aluminium’s recent announcement of setting up a primary aluminium smelter in Oklahoma, close to the Tulsa Port of Inola, is going to be the first new primary aluminium plant built in the US in 45 years. The USD 4 billion investment by the Middle Eastern business will strengthen...

China’s downstream aluminium market in Q1 ’25: Cracks emerge in trade landscape
Downstream22 MAY 2025

China’s downstream aluminium market in Q1 ’25: Cracks emerge in trade landscape

Since January, US President Donald Trump has announced the probable implementation of tariffs. He did not disclose the details then, but the history made aluminium traders susceptible to the future of the global aluminium import-export scenario, which, with time, proved to be true. China’s...

Reiterated proof of Guinea’s ‘build locally, hire locally, pay locally, or leave’ sentiment through Lindian’s confidence
Bauxite21 MAY 2025

Reiterated proof of Guinea’s ‘build locally, hire locally, pay locally, or leave’ sentiment through Lindian’s confidence

Where companies fear losing rights and concessions, Lindian Resources, an Australian mining entity, is confident about its safety in the Guinean mining business. But where is this confidence stemming from? The answer lies in three nouns — Lelouma, Gaoual and Woula. Lelouma bauxite project,...

“Mine here, refine here” — is Guinea’s underlying approach for 50+ external miners! But Guinea is not alone in this bargain...
Bauxite20 MAY 2025

“Mine here, refine here” — is Guinea’s underlying approach for 50+ external miners! But Guinea is not alone in this bargain...

Guinea, a West African country bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, has an economy that is profoundly intertwined with its bauxite mining industry, which serves as a cornerstone of national economic activity, export earnings, and foreign investment. Recently (May 2025), Guinea announced the...

EGA’s global gambit: From strategic minerals to smelting autonomy amid Guinea bauxite mining uncertainty
Primary AL19 MAY 2025

EGA’s global gambit: From strategic minerals to smelting autonomy amid Guinea bauxite mining uncertainty

In a week of proud announcements, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has unveiled two noteworthy investment decisions with an intent of sweeping diversification and localisation strategy, while simultaneously contending with mounting geopolitical pressure in its upstream supply chain. On May 16, EGA...

UK resetting Brexit? Which trade partner, Brussels or Washington, deserves Britain’s top attention?
SupplementAL19 MAY 2025

UK resetting Brexit? Which trade partner, Brussels or Washington, deserves Britain’s top attention?

When London hosted the first formal UK–EU summit since Brexit on 19 May 2025, it wasn’t just a photo opportunity. It was a full-blown recalibration of economic realism. The commonly called ‘Brexit reset deal’ signalled a deliberate pivot back to Brussels after half a decade of friction, lost trade,...

Maan Aluminium’s insider sales: a strategic move to tackle market volatility
Primary AL17 MAY 2025

Maan Aluminium’s insider sales: a strategic move to tackle market volatility

In a compelling turn of events, Maan Aluminium Limited (NSE: MAANALU) has witnessed a notable 11 per cent surge in its stock price over the past week. This uptick comes on the heels of significant insider selling activities, prompting a closer examination of the company’s internal dynamics and...

Chalco’s debt game: Leveraging liability, shielding growth?
Primary AL16 MAY 2025

Chalco’s debt game: Leveraging liability, shielding growth?

China’s aluminium titan, Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco), is back in the financial spotlight. This time, it’s not about capacity hikes or policy pivots, but a more subtle yet significant story of debt management and financial agility. Image source: www.caixinglobal.com At a glance,...

US-UK trade policies won’t be enough to avert EU’s tariff countermeasures! China is not glad about it either...
Primary AL16 MAY 2025

US-UK trade policies won’t be enough to avert EU’s tariff countermeasures! China is not glad about it either...

The freshly inked US-UK trade pact may have triggered diplomatic handshakes, but European Union trade ministers aren’t impressed. In Brussels on Thursday, they made it clear: the limited nature of the agreement, particularly its retention of US tariffs on British exports, won’t be sufficient to...

Aluminium exporters to the US fear losing business by dint of the ’25 tariff. What’s the reality after 3 months of tariff imposition?
Primary AL15 MAY 2025

Aluminium exporters to the US fear losing business by dint of the ’25 tariff. What’s the reality after 3 months of tariff imposition?

The United States’ aluminium supply chain, a backbone for its automotive, construction, and packaging sectors, has been jolted once again by Washington’s swing back to protectionist trade policy. On March 12, 2025, the Trump administration reinstated a 25 per cent blanket tariff on all aluminium...

Asia’s EV market 2020-2025: China leads the growing production trend, as India follows suit
End User15 MAY 2025

Asia’s EV market 2020-2025: China leads the growing production trend, as India follows suit

The numbers are staggering. In 2024, a whopping 17 million electric cars found new homes worldwide — a 25 per cent surge that speaks volumes about our shifting automotive landscape. To put this in perspective: 2024’s additional EV sales alone (3.5 million vehicles) surpassed the total electric car...

Japan’s aluminium inventories rise 3.4% M-o-M, as international trade juggles between boon and bane
Primary AL14 MAY 2025

Japan’s aluminium inventories rise 3.4% M-o-M, as international trade juggles between boon and bane

As of the end of April 2025, aluminium inventories at Japan’s three major ports — Yokohama, Nagoya and Osaka — have reached 320,300 tonnes, up 3.4 per cent from March’s 309,700 tonnes, according to Marubeni Corp data. In parallel, as disclosed previously, the import premium for primary aluminium...

Norsk Hydro trades ex-dividend at NOK 2.25: Notes for investors on aluminium market sentiment
Primary AL14 MAY 2025

Norsk Hydro trades ex-dividend at NOK 2.25: Notes for investors on aluminium market sentiment

Officially going ex-dividend as of May 12, 2025, Norsk Hydro ASA has plans for a payout of NOK 2.25 per share for the financial year 2024. The action of the global behemoth offers a window into the financial fortitude of one of the most vertically integrated aluminium companies amid ongoing global...

Alba’s Q1 performance is all about $1B strong topline overshadowed by margin compression
Primary AL14 MAY 2025

Alba’s Q1 performance is all about $1B strong topline overshadowed by margin compression

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter on a single site, released its financial results for the first quarter of 2025, marked by strong revenue growth but compressed margins due to rising production costs. Topline surge powered by price and premium upswing Alba...

Geneva accord presses pause on US-China tariff tensions, but can it revive US domestic aluminium?
Primary AL13 MAY 2025

Geneva accord presses pause on US-China tariff tensions, but can it revive US domestic aluminium?

China and the US struck a trade deal on May 12 in Geneva, prompting a collective sigh of relief from businesses and exporters, not just at home, but across the globe. After almost 90 days of retaliatory tariffs and spiralling economic tension, this long-awaited breakthrough spells hope for the...