US produced 339kt aluminum in H1 2026: Can new projects change the outlook?
The US aluminum industry, through its troubled journey over the past four decades, has been holding on to its remaining active smelters to maintain domestic aluminum production. However, its production figures reveal how little ground it has regained. Stability has been a strong suit, with 339,000 metric tons produced in H1 2026, yet matching the volume recorded in H1 2024. With domestic primary production still constrained, the focus is shifting to whether the Century Aluminum’s Mt Holly restart and the proposed Oklahoma primary aluminum smelter can turn modest gains into a sustained supply revival. Explore the production, demand and consumption forecasts of bauxite and alumina in our report: “ Global Bauxite & Alumina Market Forecast to 2036: Supply–Demand, Trade Flows & Price Outlook ”...
Germany exports 86% of TRIMET’s aluminium production despite 1.84Mt domestic demand from automotive, packaging & extrusion industries
Germany’s last remaining primary aluminium producer, TRIMET Aluminium SE, has a combined nameplate capacity of approximately 540,000 tonnes per year across its German and French smelters. Yet Germany exported 466,756 tonnes of unwrought primary aluminium in 2025, equivalent to 86.44 per cent of that combined capacity. Exports reached 501,678 tonnes in 2023 and 449,590 tonnes in 2024, while shipments totalled 273,080 tonnes between January and July 2026. The comparison presents an intriguing picture of Germany’s aluminium industry. Despite having a limited primary smelting base, the country continues to export hundreds of thousands of tonnes of unwrought aluminium annually. At the same time, it imported 2 million tonnes of primary aluminium in 2025, more than four times its exports. Why...
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Australian companies keen to invest in Iran’s mining projects
Australian companies are eager to make investment in Iran’s mining projects, according to Gerard Seeber, the senior trade commissioner for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade). The commissioner of Austrade, which is the Australian Government’s trade, investment, tourism, and education promotion agency, made the statement in a meeting with Mehdi Karbasian, the board of directors’ chairman of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), in Tehran on August 17, the IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday. Seeber said Australia is aware of potentialities and advantages that exist in Iran’s mining sector; adding that his country is seeking to bolster ties with Iran in this field. For his part,...
Noranda Aluminum drops by -4.97%
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation has lost 4.97% during the past week and dropped 17.98% in the last 4 weeks. The shares are however, negative as compared to the S&P 500 for the past week with a loss of 5.61%. Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation has underperformed the index by 16.61% in the last 4 weeks. Investors should watch out for further signals and trade with caution. The company shares have dropped 90.02% in the past 52 Weeks. On September 12, 2014 The shares registered one year high of $5.64 and one year low was seen on July 22, 2015 at $0.41. The 50-day moving average is $0.62 and the 200 day moving average is recorded at $2.2. S&P 500 has rallied 6.56% during the last 52-weeks. The company has received recommendation from many analysts. 1 analysts have rated the company as a...
Fresh selling seen in aluminium, open interest up 4.38%
Aluminium settled down -0.25% at 101.25 as prices of major traded-metals tumbled to multi-year lows since last month as weak Chinese manufacturing data added to the brew of excess supply and a strong dollar that has put pressure on several commodities. China’s consumption of industrial metals fueled a more-than decade-long rally in prices after the turn of the century. But concern over the nation’s slowing economic growth has caused metals prices to start sliding over the last twelve months. Data out already shows Japan’s preliminary GDP dropped 0.4 percent q/q, which was slightly better than the 0.5 percent fall expected, but it was the first quarter-on-quarter fall after two quarters of positive GDP. The GDP price index also rose less than expected. Data out later included the EU trade...
Aluminium futures gain 0.49% on MCX on global cues
Aluminium gained 0.49 per cent to INR 103.40 per kg in futures trade after speculators widened positions amid positive cues from global markets. Besides, increased demand at domestic spot markets influenced prices. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, aluminium for delivery in August rose 50 paise, or 0.49 per cent, to INR 101.75 per kg in a business turnover of 188 lots. Also, the metal for delivery in September traded higher by 40 paise, or 0.39 per cent, to INR 103.40 per kg in seven lots. Market analysts said the rise in aluminium prices at futures trade was mostly supported by a recovery in metal at the London Metal Exchange and rising demand at spot markets here.
China aluminum cans : Alum Cans 1H net down 10% to HK$35.45m
China Aluminum Cans said its profit attributable to owners of the parent for the six months ended 30 June 2015 dropped 10.1% year-on-year to HK$35.45 million. The basic and diluted earnings per share were HK8.4 cents and HK8.3 cents. The revenue was HK$358 million, a decrease of 1.3% from a year earlier. The gross profit margin increased from about 27.3% to 28.1%. No interim dividend will be distributed.
Aluminium-intensive Jaguar XF starts at 32,300 GBP in the UK
Jaguar has disclosed the full UK pricing information for the new XF. The aluminium-intensive luxury premium vehicle is available to order now, wearing a starting price of 32,300 GBP (OTR). The base Prestige model has a 2.0-liter diesel unit with 163 PS (120 kW) and 380 Nm (280 lb-ft). The more powerful version of the same engine with 180 PS (132 kW) and 430 Nm (317 lb-ft) starts at 32,800 GBP. The range-topping diesel variant has a twin-turbo V6 3.0, generating 300 PS (220 kW) & 700 Nm (517 lb-ft). This one has a starting price of 49,945 GBP. Go for the 3.0-liter V6 supercharged engine with 380 PS (279 kW) and 450 Nm (332 lb-ft) and you’ll have to pay at least 49,945 GBP. As a reminder, the new XF was revealed online back in March with a public premiere during the New York Motor Show...
Konstantin Balakiryan develops new aluminum alloy oxidation method
Production of hydrogen by oxidation of active metals, and particularly aluminum and its alloys, is and has been studied by many universities and research centers. The main problem that scientists have been trying to solve is the formation of an oxide film on the surface of the active metals which interrupts oxidation reaction and therefore stops production of hydrogen. “We know that the investigators who used aluminum powder in their research achieved positive results,” says Balakiryan. But the greatest success achieved in this direction has been the Purdue University scientist under the leadership of Prof. Jerry Woodall. They developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines. They believe that this...
Alumina Ltd returns to profit in first half 2015
Alumina Limited (AWC), the leading Australian mineral and metals company, has swung to profit in the half-year to the end of June, and expects to see solid margins in the second half as favourable exchange rates lead to lower production costs. Alumina (AWC) today posted a net profit after tax of $US122 million for the six months to the end of June, an increase of 357 per cent on the same period last year when the firm posted a $US47.4m loss. Alumina, in the prior corresponding period, had taken a writedown charge of nearly $US80m on restructuring its Point Henry smjelter in Victoria. Its half yearly accounts this year were weighed down by restructuring costs with its Suriname operations and its Anglesea power station. The firm operates in bauxite mining and alumina refining through the...
Recycling Campaign urges Ayrshire to make its metal matter
East, North and South Ayrshire Councils have joined forces to call on residents to make their metals matter and boost household recycling of metal packaging across Ayrshire in south-west Scotland. The campaign aims to make everyone think more about the waste metal in their everyday drinks cans, food tins and aluminium food trays – the sort of household waste that easily gets taken for granted and put in the bin. Every year, more than 173m items of metal packaging are thrown away by Ayrshire households – that’s almost 20,000 drinks cans, food tins and aerosols getting binned every single hour of the day. That’s equivalent to the same weight as 14 double-decker buses every year. East, North and South Ayrshire Councils are now taking part in the campaign, supported by the metal packaging...
Hind Aluminium standalone Jun '15 sales at INR 188.35 crore
Hind Aluminium Industries has reported a standalone total income from operations of INR 188.35 crore and a net profit of INR 2.58 crore for the quarter ended Jun '15. Other income for the quarter was INR 0.33 crore. For the quarter ended Jun 2014 the standalone total income from operations was INR 81.17 crore and net profit was INR 0.87 crore, and other income INR 1.31 crore. Hind Aluminium shares closed at 76.40 on August 14, 2015 (BSE) and has given 57.20% returns over the last 6 months and 64.83% over the last 12 months.
Aluminum sag to six-year lows on China demand concern
Aluminum dropped to the lowest since 2009 as demand concerns mounted on the outlook for slower growth in China, the world’s biggest user. Stocks in Shanghai tumbled the most in three weeks as Chinese investors lowered expectations for further monetary stimulus after data showed home-price gains are spreading. The Asian nation, which consumes about half of aluminum, is growing more slowly than official data suggest. “China’s sharply lower stock prices makes everyone nervous, and the overall situation for copper is concern that global demand is going to continue to deteriorate,” said Bill O’Neill, a partner at Logic Advisors in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. “The Chinese situation is crucial for metals in general, and there’s little incentive to buy the market.” Aluminum fell as much as...
Aluminium producers to meet PMO to press for import duty hike
Indian aluminium producers such as Vedanta and Hindalco will meet officials at the Prime Minister's Office and policy think tank NITI Aayog this week to press for higher import duty on aluminium in the face of falling global prices. The domestic industry leaders will meet the mines secretary on Wednesday and the PMO and NITI Aayog on the following two days, industry insiders said. International aluminium prices had fallen to $1,523 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange on Tuesday, down from $2,200 in over a year. The Aluminium Association of India said increasing imports have led to the share of domestic producers dropping to 45% in 2014-15 from 60% in 2010-11. The association has been lobbying for a doubling of duty from 5% to 10%, and for 10% duty on aluminium scrap. In a statement in...
China Jilin to invest $340 mln to produce alumina using coal ash
The government of Baishan City, Jilin Province, is planning to spend 2.2 billion yuan ($340 million) in building a project that extracts alumina from coal ash. Coal fly ash, an industrial by-product, is derived from coal combustion in thermal power plants. Coal fly ash is rich in alumina (upto 45%), which makes it a potential substitute for bauxite as prime source of aluminium. With the diminishing reserves of bauxite resources in China as well as the increasing demand for alumina, recovering alumina from fly ash has attracted extensive attentions. Several Chinese players are working on new technology that could produce alumina not from traditional bauxite but from fly ash. This has resulted in alumina import decline in the country in the last one year falling by almost 40 percent from...
PARC receives award for its scrap aluminum sorting technology
PARC, a Xerox company, announced its "plus up" award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). PARC received this new award, after completing its original $1 million contract, as part of ARPA-E's Modern Electro/Thermochemical Advancements for Light-metal Systems (METALS) Program, which, in part, aims to develop cost-effective and energy-efficient manufacturing techniques to process and recycle light metals. "Our technology could change the way we recycle, and we're excited ARPA-E is encouraging us to continue development," said Dr. Craig Eldershaw, senior research engineer of PARC's Hardware Systems Lab. "Of course, recycling is becoming more and more important, and with the growth of the lightweight automotive vehicle industry alone, we'll...
Alumina price is at its lowest level in China since 2009
Can the alumina price recover in the next six months? This is the question Credit Suisse asks. If China's aluminium smelters ramp up as planned then the shortfall in alumina should peak in the December quarter and push up the price, attracting imports. On the other hand, the broker suspects aluminium smelters need to curtail output by 2.4mtpa this year, bringing forward the peak to the current quarter when prices are falling. If smelter reductions are forthcoming the broker finds little reason for alumina to recover. The alumina price is at its lowest level since 2009. The fall reflects imbalances in the speed of the ramp-up in aluminium smelters and alumina refineries. In the first half of this year China faced a glut in alumina which drove down prices. Alumina refineries have ramped up...
Hindalco Industries Ltd clarifies on INR 7500 crore invesments
The Exchange had sought clarification from Hindalco Industries Ltd with respect to news article appearing in Financial Express on August 15, 2015 titled "Birla invests INR 7,500 cr in Odisha refinery". Hindalco Industries Ltd has replied stating that Utkal Alumina International Ltd (Utkal) is our 100% owned subsidiary. Utkal has made a total investment of over INR 7500 Crores in its Alumina plant in district Rayagada, Odisha which has an inherent capacity to produce 1.5 mt per annum of Alumina. Shares of HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LTD. was last trading in BSE at INR 90.85 as compared to the previous close of INR 93.3. The total number of shares traded during the day was 874687 in over 8004 trades. The stock hit an intraday high of INR 95 and intraday low of 89.75. The net turnover during the day...
Orient Abrasives rises on getting nod for enhancement of Bauxite Mineral production capacity
Orient Abrasives (OAL), the largest producer of calcined and fused products in India, has received clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, for enhancement of bauxite production capacity at their Kothariya bauxite mine and the Nandana I bauxite mine at Kalyanpur, Jamnagar, as well as the Avariyar II bauxite mine at Mevasa, Jamnagar. The development saw share price of the company rising significantly. OAL is currently trading at INR 27.40, up by 0.10 points or 0.37% from its previous closing of INR 27.30 on the BSE. The scrip opened at INR 27.50 and has touched a high and low of INR 27.50 and INR 27.40 respectively. So far 8250 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group 'B ' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of INR 28.75 on...
Century Aluminum looks to control costs as aluminum prices crash
Century Aluminum has announced several cost reduction initiatives during its 2Q15 earnings call. Several mining companies, including Freeport-McMoRan, have announced such initiatives. As commodity prices from aluminum to copper are testing their multi-year lows, cutting down on every possible cost has become imperative for companies operating in this space. The company is expecting annualized cost savings between $15 million and $20 million from a headcount reduction. A similar amount is expected from a reduction in operating expenses. Century Aluminum is also expecting annualized savings of $5 million to $10 million each from lower raw material costs and closure of the Ravenswood plant. According to Century Aluminum, it has negotiated some price concessions with its power suppliers. As...
