LME aluminium prices strengthened across cash, three-month and December 27 contracts on November 11, 2026, as declining exchange inventories and constraints on immediate metal availability continued to support the market. The cash offer price rose 2.76 per cent to USD 3,223.5 per tonne , compared with USD 3,137 per tonne on November 10. The cash bid price also increased by 2.81 per cent, reaching USD 3,223 per tonne from USD 3,135 per tonne in the previous session. The LME aluminium three-month bid price advanced 1.22 per cent to USD 3,062 per tonne from USD 3,025 per tonne, while the corresponding offer price climbed 1.22 per cent to USD 3,064 per tonne from USD 3,027 per tonne. Similarly, the December 27 bid price rose 0.96 per cent to USD 2,930 per tonne, compared with USD 2,902 per...
A potential easing of trade tensions between the United States and Canada could reshape the North American aluminum market, with European buyers facing the risk of stronger competition for Canadian metal. Import data from ITC Trade Map shows that US purchases of Canadian unwrought aluminum fell sharply in 2025, while imports from Canada increased across six European markets, highlighting how trade flows have evolved amid tariff uncertainty. The United States imported approximately 2.03 million metric tons of unwrought aluminum from Canada in 2025, down 25.9% from 2.74 million metric tons in 2024. The decline amounted to around 711,494 metric tons over the year. Import value also decreased, falling 22.2% from $7.82 billion to $6.09 billion. The figures come as the possibility of a...
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...- Fears of escalating political unrest across the Middle East and North Africa will not put off investment in new aluminium projects in the region, industry experts say...
...Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., the country’s biggest producer of the metal, plans to cut 2.25 billion yuan ($342 million) in costs this year, Chief Executive Xiong Weiping said at a briefing in Hong Kong today...
...China's largest aluminum producer Chalco said Tuesday it swung back into the black in 2010, after falling metals prices and the global financial crisis pounded its balance sheet in the previous year. Chalco, the listed unit of state-owned Chinalco, said it earned 778 million yuan (US$118 million) last year, reversing a 4.6 billion yuan loss in 2009...
...bill that would have helped Century Aluminum reopen its Jackson County plant failed to make it out of the Senate Finance Committee this week. Michael Dildine is with Century Aluminum. "We're disappointed and we're going to continue to work to find solutions to make the plant more competitive," he said when asked about the bill's failure...
...Commodity Online reported that MCX Aluminum March contract has been on continues buying mode since last 3 trading sessions. It tested higher levels of 116.50 during the previous week. It remained above 21 days exponential moving average which suggests more buyers...
...Rio Tinto Alcan, one of the world's largest aluminum producers, has offered Japanese buyers a premium of $118/mt for primary aluminum exported to Japan in the second quarter, market sources said Wednesday...
...New York, March 2nd (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE:AA) closed the trading session at $16.23 near its 50 day moving average currently set at $16.36. Alcoa's price action is below this important level, which makes the stock difficult to buy, as there will certainly be resistance as it approaches its 50 day...
...The following is the text of the industrial product and raw material prices report as reported by Statistics Canada. In January, the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) inched up 0.2% and the Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) edged up 0.3%. Both indexes posted slower growth compared with previous months...
...China, the world's top aluminium producer, may produce 20 million tonnes of primary aluminium this year out of capacity of 25 million tonnes, an official from the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association said on Wednesday...
...Aluminium yesterday traded with the negative node and settled -0.56% down at 116.4 as Investor concerns over the Libyan political turmoil hampered the upward momentum in LME base metals prices...
...In the aluminium sector, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) has been the biggest job creator, generating over 5000 jobs through its one million tonne per annum (mtpa) refinery project and 75 MW captive power plant (CPP) at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district and aluminium smelter complex at Burkhamunda near Jharsuguda with a smelter capacity of 0.25 mtpa and a 675 MW CPP...
...China’s largest aluminium producer Aluminum Corporation of China (ACH) (10.86,-0.11,-1.00%)(601600)released annual report on March 1st. According to the report, Chalco realized sales income of 120.995 billion yuan with an increase of 72.19%, net profit 778 million yuan( loss 4.619 nillion yuan in 2009)...
...U.S. industrial demand for aluminum is growing, but is not at a level where Alcoa Inc will bring back production capacity it idled after the recession, Chief Executive Officer Klaus Kleinfeld said on Tuesday. He also told Reuters in an interview that the commercial construction industry in the United States and Europe may not have yet hit bottom...
...MCX Aluminium March contract yesterday traded with the positive and finally settled at 116.75. The euro continued to strengthen due to strong expectations that the ECB will raise the interest rates, and the US dollar index weakened in response...
...Aluminum Corp of China, the country's top aluminium maker, returned to profit in the fourth quarter of last year. But with the announcement was a caution that the sector faces headwinds in China from high costs and excess capacity. To cope with this, the firm known as Chalco will be looking beyond China's borders for growth...
...A red dust cloud that covered two villages in southern Ukraine poses “no threat to the environmental situation” in the city of Nikolaev, United Company Rusal said today. After a sharp drop in temperature in Ukraine’s southern Nikolaev region, the sludge fields of the Nikolaev alumina refinery were frozen, the Moscow-based aluminum producer said in an e-mailed response to questions. “Dust that appeared as a result of freezing was raised by the wind...
...Reuters reported that premiums for physical aluminum in Europe slipped this week from record highs as traders cited weak demand and worries that it could weaken further as unrest in Libya and rising oil prices threatened economic growth...
...Marulk & Smørbukk projects required 16in diameter, bolted-type aluminium bracelet anodes with electrical continuity between anode and pipe to be achieved via flat straps...
