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India’s 8.25% aluminium import levy pushes MSME raw material costs higher despite domestic metal surplus
Downstream03 AUG 2026

India’s 8.25% aluminium import levy pushes MSME raw material costs higher despite domestic metal surplus

India may be the world’s second-largest producer of primary aluminium, but for thousands of small manufacturers further down the value chain, access to domestically produced metal at globally competitive prices remains a pressing concern. The issue has returned to the centre of India’s aluminium...

Vedanta Aluminium opens post-demerger chapter with 205% profit surge and record 632 KT output
Primary AL03 AUG 2026

Vedanta Aluminium opens post-demerger chapter with 205% profit surge and record 632 KT output

Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited has opened its first full reporting chapter as an independent listed aluminium producer with record production and sharply higher earnings. For the quarter ended June 30, 2026 (Q1 FY27), the company reported profit after tax (PAT) of INR 65.97 billion, up 205 per...

66% and counting: China leads aluminium extrusions as India’s demand nears 858,000 tonnes
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01 AUG 2026

66% and counting: China leads aluminium extrusions as India’s demand nears 858,000 tonnes

The centre of gravity of the global aluminium extrusion market is increasingly difficult to locate anywhere but Asia. China already sits at a scale that no other extrusion-producing country approaches. AL Circle's The World of Aluminium Extrusions – Industry Forecast to 2030 estimated China's...

Digital visibility for aluminium is a must: Getting found is as crucial as getting produced
Primary AL30 JUL 2026

Digital visibility for aluminium is a must: Getting found is as crucial as getting produced

Across the aluminium value chain, for manufacturers, traders, recyclers, machinery suppliers and service providers, securing business depends upon product quality, production capacity or pricing. But in an increasingly digital business environment, being easily discoverable by prospective buyers...

Can kaolin redefine the HPA supply chain? Andromeda advances pilot-scale production with gallium upside
Alumina29 JUL 2026

Can kaolin redefine the HPA supply chain? Andromeda advances pilot-scale production with gallium upside

Australia's Andromeda Metals has moved a step closer to commercialising an alternative route to high-purity alumina (HPA), commissioning its pilot plant to transition from laboratory-scale production to a continuous manufacturing process using Great White kaolin as feedstock. The milestone marks...

NALCO seeks waiver of stock exchange penalty over SEBI board composition non-compliance
Sustainability29 JUL 2026

NALCO seeks waiver of stock exchange penalty over SEBI board composition non-compliance

National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has approached the BSE and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) seeking a waiver of penalties imposed for non-compliance with board composition requirements under the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, maintaining that...

Cameroon's billion-tonne bauxite project moves closer to exports as CAMALCO clears key rail hurdle
Bauxite29 JUL 2026

Cameroon's billion-tonne bauxite project moves closer to exports as CAMALCO clears key rail hurdle

One of Africa's largest undeveloped bauxite deposits has moved a step closer to global markets, with CAMALCO preparing to launch rail transportation from its flagship Minim Martap project in Cameroon. The milestone removes a critical logistics hurdle ahead of commercial production and positions the...

IEA flags mounting energy security risks as Iran conflict threatens global oil flows
SupplementAL28 JUL 2026

IEA flags mounting energy security risks as Iran conflict threatens global oil flows

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that escalating tensions involving Iran are increasing risks to global energy security, with concerns centred on potential disruptions to key oil transit routes and critical energy infrastructure across the Middle East. According to the agency, the...

Nigeria's Aluminium Extrusion Plc shares suspended over delayed financial reporting
Downstream28 JUL 2026

Nigeria's Aluminium Extrusion Plc shares suspended over delayed financial reporting

Trading in the shares of Nigeria-based Aluminium Extrusion Plc has been suspended on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) after the company failed to submit its audited financial statements for the financial year ended December 31, 2025, within the regulatory deadline. The suspension, which took effect on...

Aluminium grabs the headlines, but the LME alumina price trend quietly rewrites margins, economics and supply risk
Alumina27 JUL 2026

Aluminium grabs the headlines, but the LME alumina price trend quietly rewrites margins, economics and supply risk

Aluminium prices command the market's attention because they determine the value of the finished metal that carmakers, packaging manufacturers and construction firms ultimately buy. Yet one step up the supply chain, a quieter benchmark has spent the past three years doing something aluminium rarely...

2026 Middle East aluminium outlook: 5% of global supply, USD 7 million insurance and the Hormuz effect
Primary AL24 JUL 2026

2026 Middle East aluminium outlook: 5% of global supply, USD 7 million insurance and the Hormuz effect

On March 28, the US-Iran tension took a new turn as Iranian missiles struck the Khalifa Economic Zone in Abu Dhabi, damaging the alumina refinery that feeds Emirates Global Aluminium’s Al Taweelah smelter, the largest aluminium production complex in the Gulf. Four hundred kilometres south-west,...

Beyond the tariff wall: Will Washington’s new aluminium incentive programme succeed where tariffs alone failed?
Primary AL21 JUL 2026

Beyond the tariff wall: Will Washington’s new aluminium incentive programme succeed where tariffs alone failed?

Seven years after Section 232 tariffs first shielded US aluminium producers, America still imports 60 per cent of the primary aluminium it consumes. That single statistic, buried in the US Geological Survey’s 2026 Mineral Commodity Summary, is the uncomfortable backdrop to President Trump’s latest...

Interstate scrap theft racket: 4 arrested for stealing 3.6 km of aluminium power conductor
Recycled AL20 JUL 2026

Interstate scrap theft racket: 4 arrested for stealing 3.6 km of aluminium power conductor

Odisha Police have arrested four members of an alleged interstate scrap theft syndicate accused of stealing around 3.6 kilometres of 11 kV aluminium conductor from an electricity distribution network in Jharsuguda district, highlighting the growing challenge of organised metal theft targeting power...

Part 2: Does every stakeholder in Europe’s aluminium scrap debate fully understand the recycling business model?
Recycled AL20 JUL 2026

Part 2: Does every stakeholder in Europe’s aluminium scrap debate fully understand the recycling business model?

In Part 1 of this interview, Stefanie Dixon challenged some of the biggest assumptions shaping Europe's aluminium scrap debate, arguing that recycling policy cannot be built on tonnage figures alone. Stefanie is a strong advocate for evidence-based policymaking and believes that effective...

Part 1: Does every stakeholder in Europe’s aluminium scrap debate fully understand the recycling business model?
Recycled AL17 JUL 2026

Part 1: Does every stakeholder in Europe’s aluminium scrap debate fully understand the recycling business model?

In Part 1 of this exclusive interview with AL Circle, Stefanie Dixon, an international non-ferrous metals trading specialist with nearly two decades of experience in secondary raw materials, explains why aluminium scrap cannot be treated as a single commodity, why market dynamics matter as much as...

Why do aluminium traders already need the LME 2025-2035 trading calendar?
Primary AL16 JUL 2026

Why do aluminium traders already need the LME 2025-2035 trading calendar?

Imagine it is the final trading week of December 2031. A cargo vessel loaded with Guinean bauxite is approaching a Chinese port after weeks at sea. An aluminium smelter in the Middle East is preparing to price its next monthly shipment to an automotive customer in Europe. A commodity trader in...

Three years in: Has India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme delivered for the aluminium industry?
Sustainability14 JUL 2026

Three years in: Has India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme delivered for the aluminium industry?

For decades, India's aluminium industry has measured competitiveness through production costs, operational efficiency and access to raw materials. Today, another metric is steadily moving onto boardroom agendas: carbon intensity. The shift is not being driven solely by climate commitments. Export...

From 4.5-micron aluminium foil to mono-material packs: Engineering packaging’s shift
Downstream10 JUL 2026

From 4.5-micron aluminium foil to mono-material packs: Engineering packaging’s shift

As packaging manufacturers face growing pressure to reconcile performance, recyclability and supply security, integrated manufacturing is emerging as a strategic advantage. Jupiter Group is building across the value chain, spanning aluminium rolling and ultra-thin foil to inks, engraving and...