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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... LME aluminum prices continued to increase after climbing to USD 2,720/mt in the morning session. In the afternoon session, a strong earthquake rattled Japan on Monday and sparked a fresh tsunami alert, triggering investors’ panic sentiment. ...
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...According to China's General Administration of Customs statistics r eleased on Sunday, the imports of copper and semi-finished copper prod ucts in the first quarter of this year was down 15.6 percent year on y ear...
...Navratna National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) had defaulted Rs 15.48 crore towards electricity duty to the Orissa government in 2008-09, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)...
...Aluminium Bahrain (Alba)’s status as an employer of choice for Bahraini nationals was further reinforced as the company began this month with the recruitment of 100 new employees. The new recuits affirmed their commitment to play a role in strengthening the company’s position as a flagship asset of the Kingdom’s economy and joined work, said a company statement...
...Russia’s exported 530,000 tonnes of aluminum to those countries out of the CIS in the first 2 months of 2010 up by 4.6% YoY and its export figures raised 14.9% to USD 98.58 million...
...The Aluminum Association announced that this year’s Marlan Boultinghouse winner Mr Steve Williamson VP Commercial, ARCO Aluminum Inc...
...In collaboration with Codexis Inc. and CO2 Solution, leading aluminium producer Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) is introducing a new pilot program focused on carbon capture technology, designed to neutralize carbon emissions and convert them into commercially viable product...
...Orissa Diary reported that hundreds of patients attended a day long free Health Camp organized by Vedanta Aluminum Limited of Lanjigarh at Basantpada area of Lanjigarh Block in Kalahandi district of Orissa on the occasion of World Health Day 2011...
...PT Aneka Tambang (ANTM.JK) Monday commenced construction of a $450 million chemical grade alumina project in West Kalimantan province, the company said. "The construction is expected to take 32 months," Antam said...
... SHFE 1106 aluminum contract prices opened slightly higher at RMB 16,845/mt on Friday, and later the Shanghai Stock Exchange composite index was gaining upward momentum after holding steady at 3,000 points, ...
... LME aluminum prices opened at USD 2,673/mt, and later climbed steadily to set a new high supported by tumbling US dollar index and soaring crude oil prices to USD 113/bbl. LME aluminum prices found strong support at all moving averages, and touched a high of USD 2,714/mt,
...This year saw a milestone in American history that is “known to few but benefits everyone”, according to American forged aluminium wheel producer Alcoa. “On February 23, 1886, Charles Martin Hall passed an electric current through a molten cryolite-alumina solution to form the first small, shining globules of aluminium, known today as ‘our crown jewels.’ ..
...April 8, Do-Fluoride Chemicals Co., Ltd released 2010 Q1 report. The company also expected its net profit growth range in H1 will be 100%-150%, but 27,197,600 yuan in the same period of last year...
...-Chinalco signed an agreement with a Laotian government company on March 30 to jointly develop mineral resources in Laos’s south, Shanghai Daily said, citing a statement from the Chinese company...
...MOSCOW (Dow Jones)-Russia exported 533,300 metric tons of aluminum in January-February, 4.9% more than in the corresponding period last year, the federal customs service reported late Wednesday...
...L&M Energy has provided markets with some welcome news it will sell electricity from its Ohai coal-seam gas pilot project to the Tiwai aluminium smelter...
...Despite strong expected demand growth this year, aluminum prices are likely to see a correction to $2,200/mt in London by the end of the year as interest rates rise, making financing deals less attractive, senior analyst William Adams of basemetals.com said Thursday...
