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The geography of ‘green’ aluminium: Why location trumps technology
Sustainability17 APR 2026

The geography of ‘green’ aluminium: Why location trumps technology

Primary aluminium remains one of the most energy-intensive industrial commodities, consuming 13-15 MWh per tonne and accounting for over 900 TWh of electricity demand globally. When powered by coal, production emits 12–14 tonnes of CO₂ per tonne of aluminium, making electricity sourcing (not...

Alcoa Corporation announces redemption of full $219M of outstanding 6.1% notes due 2028
Primary AL15 APR 2026

Alcoa Corporation announces redemption of full $219M of outstanding 6.1% notes due 2028

Alcoa Corporation has initiated an early debt redemption. The company announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Alcoa Nederland Holding B.V., has issued a notice to redeem the entire USD 219 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 6.125 per cent notes due in 2028. The redemption is...

Vedanta thermal power plant blast: 9 dead and over 40 feared to be injured
SupplementAL14 APR 2026

Vedanta thermal power plant blast: 9 dead and over 40 feared to be injured

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At least nine people are feared dead and between 30 to 40 others have been reported injured following a boiler explosion at a power plant operated by Vedanta Limited in Chhattisgarh’s Sakti district on Tuesday. The incident occurred around 2 pm at the plant located in Singhitarai village, where a...

Novelis advances manufacturing discipline as 10 plants secure first-level NOS certification
Recycled AL09 APR 2026

Novelis advances manufacturing discipline as 10 plants secure first-level NOS certification

Novelis Inc. has moved to standardise its global operations, with 10 of its manufacturing plants achieving the first level of certification under the Novelis Operating System (NOS) by the end of fiscal year 2026. The milestone marks the first tier in a four-level certification framework designed to...

Does the Hormuz freeze, hitting 9% global supply, reopen the door for an alternative 5-6 Mt aluminium supplier?
Primary AL08 APR 2026

Does the Hormuz freeze, hitting 9% global supply, reopen the door for an alternative 5-6 Mt aluminium supplier?

The recent escalation of conflict in the Middle East, notably a US-Israeli movement involving Iran in early 2026, has sent tremors through global aluminium markets. Gulf-region smelters account for roughly 9 per cent of the world’s primary aluminium supply (and over 20 per cent if China and Russia...

Ball Corp. boosts sustainable operations for a tighter world: 84% renewable energy coverage in ’25
Sustainability07 APR 2026

Ball Corp. boosts sustainable operations for a tighter world: 84% renewable energy coverage in ’25

Ball Corporation’s 2025 combined annual and sustainability report is the message that sustainability well fits into a business’ profitability, as a part of the same industrial system. The numbers bear that out. Ball shipped 111.9 billion packaging units in 2025, up from 107.4 billion in 2024 and...

Bioenergy in India’s aluminium sector: Scale potential meets a 3-million-tonne reality
Sustainability02 APR 2026

Bioenergy in India’s aluminium sector: Scale potential meets a 3-million-tonne reality

India reports abundant bioresources and rapidly growing biofuel markets. Modern bioenergy from biomass, biogas and biofuels already supplies about 13 per cent of India’s total final energy. It is expanding fast, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) projecting bioenergy use to rise by roughly...

The $4,000 price tag forecast: Iran’s blow to the global aluminium value chain
Primary AL30 MAR 2026

The $4,000 price tag forecast: Iran’s blow to the global aluminium value chain

The kinetic targeting of primary aluminium production facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on March 28 2026 represents a seminal shift in the intersection of regional conflict and global commodity security. For decades, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations have leveraged their...

India’s power pivot: 520 GW today, 900 GW ambition tomorrow. Here's where aluminium quietly fits in!
Sustainability22 MAR 2026

India’s power pivot: 520 GW today, 900 GW ambition tomorrow. Here's where aluminium quietly fits in!

In India, electricity deficits are overcome by the engineering dominance — that is what has been the ethos at the Bharat Electricity Summit 2026. Here, what emerged wasn’t event rhetoric. It was a shift in how the country is thinking about power, industry, and global positioning. Beneath the...

Middle East chaos gives Vedanta the upper hand in aluminium. Here’s how…
Primary AL17 MAR 2026

Middle East chaos gives Vedanta the upper hand in aluminium. Here’s how…

Tensions in the Middle-East are shaking up aluminium supply chains, especially through the Strait of Hormuz. That choke point exposes cracks in the region's grip on global primary aluminium production, from giants like UAE's Emirates Global Aluminium, Bahrain's Alba, and Qatar's Qatalum. It's a...

Middle East disturbed: 350 dry bulk vessels restricted, 9% of global aluminium at risk & some buyers pay over $5,000/t
Bauxite12 MAR 2026

Middle East disturbed: 350 dry bulk vessels restricted, 9% of global aluminium at risk & some buyers pay over $5,000/t

The global economy is staring at a supply shock triggered by a waterway barely 33 kilometres wide at its narrowest point. The Strait of Hormuz, sitting between Iran, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, has become the most dangerous chokepoint in global trade since the beginning of March. The...

Constellium’s sustainability report 2025: progress in recycling and decarbonisation, but limits persist
Sustainability09 MAR 2026

Constellium’s sustainability report 2025: progress in recycling and decarbonisation, but limits persist

The aluminium industry’s sustainability narrative is often framed around circularity and lightweighting benefits. Yet the sector remains deeply tied to energy-intensive upstream processes and global supply chains that are difficult to decarbonise. In its 2025 Sustainability Report, Constellium...

India’s solar costs ease 11.4% in Q4 2025: What to expect in 2026 and how aluminium fits into the scene?
End User05 MAR 2026

India’s solar costs ease 11.4% in Q4 2025: What to expect in 2026 and how aluminium fits into the scene?

India’s renewable sector (focusing on solar this time) came to the end of 2025 with the highest-ever renewable energy expansion in India’s energy transition journey. Among all, solar installed capacity touched 132.85 GW as India added nearly 35 GW from January to November 2025, as compared to the...

Manaksia Aluminium eyes HSRP market with a new sheet production line
Downstream04 MAR 2026

Manaksia Aluminium eyes HSRP market with a new sheet production line

Manaksia Aluminium has formally entered the high-security materials space with the launch of a dedicated aluminium sheet line tailored for High Security Registration Plates (HSRP). The company has set ambitious targets to scale production to 200 tonnes per month by the financial year 2026-27,...

Maruti Suzuki relies on BYD technology for its first mass market EV
End User03 MAR 2026

Maruti Suzuki relies on BYD technology for its first mass market EV

India’s leading carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, is finally stepping into the electric spotlight. And, it’s doing so with a little international collaboration. Maruti Suzuki India has chosen battery packs from China’s BYD Auto for its first mass-market electric vehicle, marking an interesting new chapter...

EGA in 2025: Record 2.83 million tonnes sold, but net profit slips to AED 2.12 billion
Primary AL02 MAR 2026

EGA in 2025: Record 2.83 million tonnes sold, but net profit slips to AED 2.12 billion

When Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) declared “strong underlying financial performance” for 2025, the forefront numbers were difficult to ignore. Underlying net profit (excluding Guinea Alumina Corporation) rose 16 per cent year-on-year to AED 4.93 billion (USD 1.34 billion), while total cast metal...

CBAM to lead upto €230/t additional cost for aluminium extrusion imports into Europe by 2028
Downstream26 FEB 2026

CBAM to lead upto €230/t additional cost for aluminium extrusion imports into Europe by 2028

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has been discussed in aluminium and equivalent business entities as a compliance exercise. From 2026 onward, it has already started to become something else entirely, especially for aluminium extrusions. It is now a stratified pricing layer that...

With 5% shipment decline, Century Aluminum’s 2025 is all about weather, wires & wobbly profits
Primary AL24 FEB 2026

With 5% shipment decline, Century Aluminum’s 2025 is all about weather, wires & wobbly profits

When Century Aluminum Company finally shut the ledger on 2025, the numbers told only one part of the story. The other half of Century Aluminum’s 2025 tale has been written in transformer failures, hurricanes, inventory write-downs and energy volatility. It was a year in which aluminium prices and...