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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... SHFE 1106 aluminum contract prices opened slightly higher at RMB 16,750/mt, and later plummeted to RMB 16,655/mt following other base metals prices. Although the Shanghai Stock Exchange composite index fell below 3,000 points, ...
... LME aluminum prices opened slightly lower at USD 2,735/mt, and are expected to move between USD 2,700-2,750/mt in view of high crude oil prices. SHFE 1106 aluminum contract prices are expected to fluctuate weakly between RMB 16,650-16,770/mt today, ...
... The Peninsula reported that the Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company is expecting to soon commission its aluminum extrusion plant. The company said that the plant is likely to be operational in the H1 of the current year. The company has reported robust financials for the Q1 of this year...
...Worldal reported that Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation posted strong quarterly revenue and said it expects emerging markets to drive demand for the metal...
...According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, local governments must immediately suspend electrolytic aluminium and forbid any practices to expand production capacity in the sector. Also, local governments should cancel policies preferential to aluminium producers with regard to taxes, land usage and electricity supply...
...BEIJING is shutting down aluminium smelters and targeting other heavy industry to meet tough energy conservation targets, posing risks to Australian export prices...
...According to the latest figures from the International Aluminum Institute, global aluminum output dropped a gear to 115,500 tonnes per day in March from 116,200 tonnes in February...
...Construction Week reported that Saudi Arabia is on track to be the largest supplier of aluminium in the Middle East as an increasing demand for the metal pushes up production in the Kingdom...
...According to data of World Bureau of Metal Statistics, the global aluminum had a surplus of 302,000 tonnes in the first 2 months of this year in comparison of 247,000 tonnes in the same period of last year...
...But rising energy prices is only one of the challenges. An average aluminium smelter produces about 700,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases each year – with the industry responsible for 1pc of all environmentally damaging emissions...
...American aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has announced plans to spend about $100 million this year to improve the operation of its four primary aluminum plants in Quebec...
... SHFE aluminum prices to a low of RMB 16,675/mt. SHFE 1106 aluminum contract prices reversed some losses at the tail of trading, and finally closed at RMB 16,725/mt, down RMB 30/mt or 0.18% compared with the previous trading day. ...
... The LME market was closed on April 22nd and April 25th, and SMM predicts SHFE 1106 aluminum contract prices will move between RMB 16,700-16,800/mt today. Spot aluminum prices are expected to struggle around RMB 16,600/mt, ...
...Driven by a rapidly growing population and the recent approval of the largest government budget in the country’s history, Saudi Arabia’s construction sector is expected to continue to grow through 2015, pushing demand for aluminum products and keeping the Kingdom in the lead as the largest market for aluminum in the Middle East...
...Alcoa Canada said Tuesday it will invest $100 million to upgrade its four Quebec plants this year and keep them in shape to handle growing demand for aluminum. The amount excludes the $1.2-billion multi-year modernization of its main Baie Comeau smelter due for completion in 2015...
...Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp posted strong quarterly revenue, and said it expects emerging markets to drive demand for the metal. "We remain bullish about aluminum over the medium- and long-term. We believe global demand will continue to increase," said Chief Executive Layle Kip in a conference call...
...About 80 percent of futures experts surveyed by the China Finance Corporation expect range-trading about Aluminum futures traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, while the rest 20 percent are bearish about the commodity Wednesday...
...PTI reported that supported by a firming trend in the entire base metals pack at the London Metal Exchange, Indian aluminum prices edged up by 0.91% to INR 121.75 per kilogram in futures trading today...
