
Russian-origin metal made up almost all available aluminium stocks in London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouses at the end of October (99.98 per cent), with Indian-origin aluminium accounting for the remaining 50 tonnes, according to exchange data. Total available, or on-warrant, aluminium inventories declined 4 per cent month on month to 216,950 tonnes, their lowest level since March 2025. Russian-origin stocks fell by 9,725 tonnes to 216,900 tonnes during October, but their share of available inventories remained almost unchanged. Explore the production, demand and consumption forecasts of bauxite and alumina in our report: " Global Bauxite & Alumina Market Forecast to 2036: Supply–Demand, Trade Flows & Price Outlook " Although Russian aluminium produced before April 13, 2024, remains...
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...
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...Noranda Aluminum achieved record production in the fourth quarter at its 263,000 mt/year smelter in New Madrid, Missouri, shipping 152 million pounds of primary aluminum products, the company said Wednesday...

...Russia's United Company RUSAL Plc (0486.HK: Quote) (RUAL.PA: Quote), the world's largest aluminium producer, said on Wednesday that it aims to raise about $512 million from a rouble-denominated bond issue in Russia...

...Since its inception in 1979, Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (Dubal) — the entirely state-owned enterprise whose Jebel Ali operation ranks among the world's largest single-site primary aluminium smelters — has been committed to excellence through innovation in every aspect...

...Yunlv Aluminum shares released notice today that the company would issue the first phase short- term financing bond, which was called “ The first short- term financing bond in 2011 of Yunnan Aluminum Co.,Ltd”, referred to as “11 Yunlv Aluminum CP01”, code 1181053. The actual amount reached 500 million Yuan and issuing rate was 4.90%...

...Norwegian aluminium group Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL: Quote) said on Wednesday it sees Chinese aluminium consumption rising by 10 percent this year. China is the world's largest producer and consumer of the metal used widely in transport and packaging...

...Alcoa Intalco Works is restarting some idled aluminum smelting pots and has hired 55 more workers, a move that had been announced in January. The company is buying additional power to help meet demand for aluminum as global economic conditions improve. The capacity had been offline since 2008. The restart adds 40,000 metric tons per year production capacity and 60 jobs, according to a company press release...

...Norsk Hydro ASA, the Norwegian aluminum company buying $4.9 billion of assets from Vale SA, is studying other acquisitions and has Austria Metall GmbH on its “radar,” according to its chief executive officer...

...What: Shares of aluminum producer Century Aluminum (Nasdaq: CENX) were hopping today, gaining as much as 11% in intraday trading after a strong fourth-quarter report...

...For mechanical engineering students, actual experience in the field is an important part of their education. A new partnership between Western Kentucky University and Logan Aluminum will help build relationships between the university’s Department of Engineering and area corporations, benefiting the school, students and local industries, according to officials behind the plan...

...Some people at this afternoon's announcement called it the biggest economic development event for Lafayette since Subaru came to town in 1986. Nanshan America Co. Ltd., a China-based company, will build an aluminum extrusion plant in Park 350, an industrial park along Veterans Memorial Parkway and U.S. 52 - and hire an American work force.

... LME aluminum prices climbed slightly, with prices opening at USD 2,500/mt and later hitting a high of USD 2,526/mt. The weakening LME copper prices later caused LME aluminum prices to lose some gains, and LME aluminum prices finally closed at USD 2,504/mt, ...

... SHFE 1104 aluminum contract prices opened lower at RMB 16,950/mt on Wednesday, but later returned to RMB 17,000/mt driven up by strong support at the low-end of price range, ....

... Goldman Sachs downgraded its Noranda Aluminum Holding (NYSE: NOR) to Neutral in a research report published today. ... over supplied aluminum market as a downside risk. Recent capacity restarts by Alcoa and Century as well as a planned restart of the potlines at the Hannibal smelter by Ormet

... Aluminum just can’t compare, despite being second only to steel, in global metal usage. The lightweight material is used in everything from cars and planes to beverage cans. ...

... Aluminium producer Alro posted a preliminary net profit of USD 50.4 million last year, almost double on the previous year, the company has announced. Its turnover was of USD 570 million, up on the EUR 334 million posted the year before. ...

... Aluminium yesterday traded with the positive node and settled 0.09% up at 114.2 with LME aluminum prices climbed continuously after opening at USD 2,510/mt, and finally closed at an intraday high of USD 2,524/mt, up USD 28/mt compared with the previous trading day. ....

... Records, records everywhere for BHP ... except in aluminium. A breakdown of BHP's bumper December-half profit of $US10.5 billion shows that the group's aluminium division was the mongrel in the litter, raising questions about its long-term future in BHP's portfolio. ...

... Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) reported net income of $65.3 million ($0.65 per basic and $0.64 per diluted common share) for the fourth quarter of 2010. ....