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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...MHM’s expansion into the United States is progressing well and activities to date are extremely positive. MHM and Smelter Service Corporation have entered a contract concerning the testing program of SSC’s 350,000 tonne salt cake mono fill. This testing program is designed to determine the recoverable portion of salt slag, together with grades of aluminum, salt and aluminum oxide...
...An event was held at Hydro Aluminum's plant in North Liberty last week to mark the completion of the first phase of an expansion that will allow the company to move into new markets. Participating in the event were, from left: Ralph Westphal, general manager; Ted Stull, maintenance manager; and Matt Dionne, president of Hydro Extrusion's North America unit...
...The US Commerce Department said it will move ahead to impose anti-dumping and subsidy duties on aluminum products imported from China, a move which is likely to hurt Chinese exports to the United States...
...The board of mainly state-owned Aluminium Bahrain is expected to take a decision this year about a plan to set up a sixth production line...
...Soaring power costs, lucrative bank deals that keep metal away from the market and strong demand growth will boost aluminium prices this year...
...The world's top aluminium producer, the Russian group Rusal, announced Thursday that its net profits more than tripled in 2010 to $2.87 billion, due to growing demand for the metal, particularly in China...
...National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is likely to increase the price of the metal by Rs 2,000-3,000 a tonne with effect from April, in sync with firming global prices...
...Everything comes to those who wait. Aluminium has lagged behind other commodities in the latest upswing. That has meant a painful wait for some, such as Rio Tinto, which forked out $38bn for aluminium producer Alcan at the peak of the commodities boom in 2007 only to be crippled by its debt funding when the cycle turned. But last year's 30 per cent increase in the aluminium price brought relief: Rio Tinto Alcan's earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation quadrupled. The same was true for Russian producer Rusal, whose ebitda surged to $2.6bn last year...
...Mumbai, Mar 31 (PTI) Hindalco Industries today said it has raised Rs 7,875 crore as loans for its 3.59 lakh tonnes per annum aluminium smelter project in Mahan of Madhya Pradesh...
... A - The steady increase in the global demand for aluminum products ... Together with Qatalum creating the primary aluminum and other firms ...
... The IAI represents around three-quarters of the world's aluminum producers and publishes closely-watched figures on primary aluminum output ...
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...ET reported that Hindalco is planning to raise INR 8000 crores for Aditya Aluminum project. The fund rising is expected to close in Q1 FY 2012. This comes soon after the financial closure of the Mahan project. Hindalco is on a fund raising spree to put all their domestic projects on a fast track...
...Sun Botao, general manager of Huayu Aluminium&Power Company briefly introduced second aluminium and aluminum processing production techonology, market share, marketing advantages. Wang Jiwei spoke highly of Huayu’s great achievements which had got. He said China Nonferrous Industrial Group second metals association will continue to give technological support to Huayu Aluminium & Power company...
...Aluminium price is positive compared with Copper, Zinc and other base metals, up to $ 2,600 / ton, which created a new high once again. Aluminum gradually becomes the “ star product” of commodity investment. Analyst from Royal Bank of Scotland regards Aluminum as the best investment choice in 2011. Macquarie Group, Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank eye well on aluminium afternoon market. Cost increase lays foundation for aluminum price...
...Aluminum Corporation of China (NYSE:ACH) closed Monday's flat trading session at $23.49. In the past year, the stock has hit a 52-week low of $18.03 and 52-week high of $28.88. Aluminum Corporation of China stock has been showing support around $23.22 and resistance in the $23.90 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bearish...
...Japanese shipments of aluminium products rose 2.3 percent in February from a year earlier to 168,092 tonnes, marking 15 consecutive months of gains, but a devastating earthquake is likely to weigh on shipments this month...
...Japanese shipments of aluminium products rose 2.3 percent in February from a year earlier to 168,092 tonnes, marking 15 consecutive months of gains, but a devastating earthquake is likely to weigh on shipments this month...
