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Metro Mining potent to rise to key supplier status, meeting China’s peaking bauxite demand
Bauxite30 APR 2025

Metro Mining potent to rise to key supplier status, meeting China’s peaking bauxite demand

China, the leading alumina and aluminium producer, heavily relies on imported bauxite, which surged to 57 per cent in 2024 , owing to declining domestic ore grades and export restrictions from Indonesia. The country is thus prompted towards an urgent search for nearer-sourced supplies. Australia’s...

Metlen’s metal segment staggers in Q1, with aluminium reflecting over 2% degrowth
Primary AL29 APR 2025

Metlen’s metal segment staggers in Q1, with aluminium reflecting over 2% degrowth

Metlen Energy and Metals has kicked off Q1 2025 with a striking surge in activity, posting total sales of EUR 1.50 billion (a 31 per cent upgrade on the EUR 1.143 billion generated in Q1 2024) steered forward by double-digit gains across Metals (an increase of 11 per cent), Energy (31 per cent...

Decision to restrict trade setup or export to US via India humbly resisted — Chinese enterprises wish otherwise!
Downstream28 APR 2025
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Decision to restrict trade setup or export to US via India humbly resisted — Chinese enterprises wish otherwise!

In the recently held trade event, Canton Fair, in China, the nation’s businesses approached their Indian counterparts to help escape the tariff whip. In the past three months, China started off with witnessing a 10 per cent tariff and then the curve shot upwards to recently being whiplashed with a...

Amazon’s ‘Bauxite I’ data centre to revive the former Alcoa Site in Frederick County
Bauxite28 APR 2025

Amazon’s ‘Bauxite I’ data centre to revive the former Alcoa Site in Frederick County

With an aim to boost Maryland’s tech infrastructure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been identified as the lead tenant for the ‘Bauxite I’ data centre project on the site of the former Alcoa Eastalco Works near Buckeystown. Image for representational purposes only The project, spearheaded by Rowan...

With a growth rate of 2.6%, what happens when China’s aluminium production peaks?
Primary AL25 APR 2025

With a growth rate of 2.6%, what happens when China’s aluminium production peaks?

For the past two decades, China has dominated the global aluminium landscape with unparalleled force. From producing just 4 million tonnes in 2004, the country now commands a staggering 43 million tonnes of primary aluminium smelting capacity, accounting for 60 per cent of the world’s total. But...

Trump-induced tariffs led to a 5% plunge in the global construction MMI
Downstream25 APR 2025

Trump-induced tariffs led to a 5% plunge in the global construction MMI

US President Donald Trump announced on April 16 a tariff escalation from the previously announced 145 per cent to a whopping 245 per cent that has evidently caught the global construction industry off-guard and, in turn, caused a ruffle in sourcing downstream (semi-finished) metals from the world’s...

Detailed report: Why LME approved Hong Kong warehouses over Mainland China
Primary AL24 APR 2025

Detailed report: Why LME approved Hong Kong warehouses over Mainland China

In a recent development for the London Metal Exchange’s (LME’s) Asian strategy, the announcement of its approval of the first four warehouse facilities in Hong Kong in April 2025 floated in the trading market. These newly approved warehouses, operated by a trio of company pairs, are slated to...

Feasibility check: Strategy of powering Aussie aluminium production firms with nuclear energy nothing but a theory?
Sustainability23 APR 2025

Feasibility check: Strategy of powering Aussie aluminium production firms with nuclear energy nothing but a theory?

A recent study has found that three out of Australia’s four aluminium smelters face a serious risk of closure under proposed shifts in energy policy, a development that could shake the entire nation’s economy and threaten thousands of jobs. Why such a speculation? The federal opposition has pledged...

Q2 alumina prices likely to walk a rocky road with market turbulence and supply surge on the rise
Alumina23 APR 2025

Q2 alumina prices likely to walk a rocky road with market turbulence and supply surge on the rise

The global alumina market has endured a dramatic roller‑coaster in early 2025, witnessing a severe price slump in the first quarter and a raft of fresh supply hitting the market in the recent weeks. While analysts now eye a price floor in coming months, forecast revisions evidently highlights the...

India revives its ‘zero-for-zero’ push with US betwixt dangling BTA prospect
Primary AL22 APR 2025

India revives its ‘zero-for-zero’ push with US betwixt dangling BTA prospect

Just when we thought ‘zero-for-zero’ was gathering dust in the diplomatic archives, India is breathing new life into the idea, and this time, the country is refusing to take no for an answer. Indian industry is rallying for tariff-free trade on aluminium, steel, and autos through a proposed...

“Minimalism and openness are key design trends on every customer’s checklist,” Ajay Balakrishna, Founder and CEO of Schon Doorways
Downstream21 APR 2025

“Minimalism and openness are key design trends on every customer’s checklist,” Ajay Balakrishna, Founder and CEO of Schon Doorways

Ajay Balakrishna, Founder and CEO of Schon Doorways, is an engineer by training, a passionate designer at heart and an entrepreneur by choice. With a deep-rooted passion for design innovation and engineering excellence, Ajay brings over a decade of experience in the architectural and building...

UK aerosol industry sees resurgence in 2024 after a three-year stagnation
End User21 APR 2025

UK aerosol industry sees resurgence in 2024 after a three-year stagnation

The United Kingdom aerosol industry marked a return to growth phase in 2024 after a three-years declining notion, with total production rising to 1.45 billion units, a 1.97 per cent increase over 2023. After a prolonged period of stagnation between 2021 and 2023, where production hovered around...

Canyon Resources moves up the deck in the Minim Martap bauxite project
Bauxite21 APR 2025

Canyon Resources moves up the deck in the Minim Martap bauxite project

Canyon Resources Limited, the Australian business operating in the bauxite mining vertical, has made quite a progress in the development of its Minim Martap Bauxite Project by implementing a two-stage development plan aimed at accelerating production and enabling the first bauxite shipment by 2026....

Windalco representative missing from ‘fish kill’ hearing —  rescheduled for September
Bauxite18 APR 2025

Windalco representative missing from ‘fish kill’ hearing —  rescheduled for September

The judicial case against the bauxite and alumina company from Jamaica, West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco), against the 2019 fish kill incident in the Rio Cobre, was postponed on Thursday in the St Catherine Parish Court due to the unavailability of an attorney in the case. Image for...

Here’s why China’s aluminium trade confidence, despite repeated tariff lashes and export dip, is what it is…
Primary AL18 APR 2025

Here’s why China’s aluminium trade confidence, despite repeated tariff lashes and export dip, is what it is…

In a recent comment, He Zhigang, Deputy General Manager of Henan Mingtai Al. Industrial Co. said that China’s producers are “numb to tariffs,” citing years of trade restrictions imposed by Western countries. He added that demand for the metal produced in China remains strong due to its...

Aluminium prices sink below $2,400 amid US-China tariff clash
Primary AL18 APR 2025

Aluminium prices sink below $2,400 amid US-China tariff clash

Aluminium futures remain under pressure, trading below USD 2,400 per tonne and holding near their eight-month low of USD 2,340 hit on April 9. The slump is an after-effect induced by escalating US-China trade tensions that have cast a shadow over global manufacturing. Following tit-for-tat tariff...

Alcoa’s Q1 2025 performance displays stable 26% EBITDA growth amid first phase of tariff pressure
Primary AL17 APR 2025

Alcoa’s Q1 2025 performance displays stable 26% EBITDA growth amid first phase of tariff pressure

Alcoa Corporation delivered a robust financial performance in the first quarter of 2025, marking a sharp turnaround from the prior year and a solid improvement over the previous quarter. Net income more than doubled sequentially, driven by higher aluminium prices, effective cost management, and...

Trump’s 245% tariffs (read 270%) on Chinese imports mean evident global trade disruption
Primary AL17 APR 2025

Trump’s 245% tariffs (read 270%) on Chinese imports mean evident global trade disruption

In a bold move that has reignited trade tensions, former US President Donald Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs of up to 245 per cent on a wide range of Chinese imports. With the initial 25 per cent remaining in place, the total tariff to be paid by the aluminium and steel exporters from China...