Century Aluminum’s proposed USD 4 billion primary aluminum smelter in Inola, Oklahoma, is “moving forward on all fronts” as the company prepares for construction, despite local opposition and legal challenges, CEO Jesse Gary said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. Developed jointly by Century Aluminum and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the project is designed to produce 750,000 tonnes of primary aluminum annually, potentially doubling U.S. primary aluminum production. The facility is expected to create thousands of direct and indirect jobs and add USD 1.5 billion to Oklahoma’s gross domestic product, according to company estimates. The partners had targeted construction to begin by the end of 2026. However, local restrictions and permitting challenges have affected the...
LME aluminium stocks declined by more than half during the first nine months of 2026, falling by 267,875 tonnes from 509,250 tonnes on January 2 to 241,375 tonnes on September 30 (52.6 per cent). The decline continued throughout the period, with average warehouse inventories falling each month. Compared with the same period in 2025, monthly average stocks were lower across all nine months, with the gap widening in the third quarter. Q1 LME aluminium stocks fall 18.2 per cent LME aluminium inventories continued to decline during Q1 2026. Month-end stocks fell from 495,725 tonnes in January to 465,550 tonnes in February, before dropping further to 416,775 tonnes in March. Monthly average inventories stood at 498,670 tonnes in January, 481,801 tonnes in February and 440,710 tonnes in March....
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...A USD 1.6 billion aluminum smelting plant that will be put up in Malaysia's Sarawak state by a partnership of two major Chinese and Malaysian groups will have a capacity of 370,000 tonnes a year...
...Romanian aluminium producer Alro Slatina estimates for this year a net profit of USD 64 million (around EUR 53 million), up by 28 percent compared to last year, according to a report submitted to the Bucharest Stock Exchange...
...Hydro had underlying earnings before financial items and tax of NOK 1,448 million in the Q1 up from NOK 588 million in the Q4. Higher realized aluminum prices and premiums higher volumes and lower operating costs lifted underlying results for the quarter...
...Ventures Middle East announces the release of a comprehensive report on the Aluminum Market in the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) region. The GCC aluminum market is projected to reach $3 billion by 2015, led by the growth of the building construction sector and rising population rates. KSA, UAE, Qatar and Kuwait are the main markets driving the overall GCC region’s growth..
...The company reaffirmed its 2011 global aluminum demand growth projection of 12%. For the gains, it cited higher realized prices for alumina and aluminum, growing demand for aluminum products in major end markets and productivity gains...
...Gulf International Investment Group (GIIG) Holdings Sdn Bhd and Aluminium Corporation of China (CHINALCO) will formalise a joint-venture (JV) company to build a US1.6 billion Smelter Asia Sdn Bhd aluminium smelting plant in Sarawak...
...Aluminium prices moved down by 0.61 per cent to Rs 121.90 per kg in futures trading today as speculators booked profits at existing higher levels due to sluggish demand...
...Reuters reported that premiums for duty paid physical aluminum in Europe hit a record high this week due to material being locked up in financing deals in London Metal Exchange warehouses or being in Detroit where it is hard to access...
...Reuters reported that Japanese shipments of aluminum products fell 8.5% in March from a year earlier logging the first YoY decline in 16 months as last month's devastating earthquake took a toll on demand from industries across the board..
...With an operating capacity of 244,000 tonnes per year, Century Aluminum’s Hawesville, Kentucky primary aluminum smelter has been in operation since 1969...
...Sarawak’s aluminium sector is expected to progress further with Smelter Asia Sdn Bhd (Smelter Asia) and Syarikat Sesco Bhd (Sesco) expecting to conclude a power purchase agreement (PPA) by the middle of this year, according to analysts...
...Venezuela's government-run aluminum smelter Alcasa is in a "state of emergency" operationally and financially, an official newspaper said on Friday...
... Gulf International Investment Group Holdings Sdn Bhd, headed by local tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary and UAE-based business leader Mohamed Ali Rashed Alabbar, has entered into a joint-venture (JV) agreement with Aluminium Corp of China to develop a US$1.6bil (RM5bil) aluminium smelting plant in Sarawak. The JV company, Smelter Asia Sdn Bhd, will develop, own and operate the private aluminium smelting plant with an annual capacity of 370,000 tonnes. ...
... Aluminum Corp of China (NYSE: ACH) closed Wednesday's trading session at $23.62. In the past year, the stock has hit a 52-week low of $18.03 and 52-week high of $26.80. Aluminum Corporation of China stock has been showing support around $22.70 and resistance in the $24.08 range. ...
... London Metal Exchange aluminium rose to its highest in nearly three years on Thursday in a cross-commodity market rally on a weaker dollar following dovish comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve. By 0702 GMT, LME aluminium for three-month delivery rallied 1 percent to $2,771 a tonne, its highest since August 2008. London copper gained 1.4 percent to $9,465, while the rest of the complex rose 1.55 percent on a volume-weighted average basis. ...
... Aluminum processor Aleris Corp. filed plans to offer up to $100 million common stock in an initial public offering, a company formed to acquire the assets and operations of Aleris International, which emerged from bankruptcy last June. ...
... Shares of Noranda Aluminum (NYSE:NOR) are trading up 7.6% to $16.46 today on above average volume. Approximately 355,000 shares have traded hands today vs. average 30-day volume of 252,000 shares. ... In the past 52 weeks, shares of Noranda Aluminum have traded between a low of $5.87 and a high of $17.77 and are now at $16.47, which is 181% above that low price....
... Reports say that Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA), who bought Traco, a company that makes windows and doors in August, has decided to add 280 full-time and seasonal workers at its Traco’s plant in Cranberry near Pittsburgh. ...
