Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has strengthened its profitability despite a challenging nine-month period marked by operational disruptions, constrained exports and reduced aluminium production. The UAE-based producer reported an improved adjusted EBITDA margin for the first nine months of 2026, supported by higher realised aluminium prices, a stronger value-added product mix and cost-control measures. Meanwhile, the company is progressing with the restoration of its Al Taweelah facilities, expanding its international recycling footprint and advancing its global smelting technology partnerships. EGA recorded adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of USD 1.572 billion (AED 5.773 billion) during January-September 2026, compared with USD 1.738 billion...
Storvik has won a contract to operate and maintain the automated anode rod repair system at Alcoa's Mosjøen aluminium smelter in Norway. The agreement extends a partnership that began in 2016, when the company introduced its In-Line Rod Repair (ILRR) system at the plant. Storvik Mosjøen, a subsidiary of Storvik group will now handle the operation of the robotic repair line and maintenance of the anode yokes processed through it. Storvik Engineering built the system, with both companies working together on its installation and commissioning. 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 " Anode rod assemblies are essential to primary aluminium...
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...Russia's United Company RUSAL (0486.HK: Quote) on Monday denied that it had agreed with India's Gujarat Foils (GUJF.BO: Quote) to issue an expression of interest (EOI) for an aluminium smelter and refiner in Gujarat...
...Rio Tinto Alcan, owner of hydro plants and aluminum smelters in Quebec and northern British Columbia, said Monday it will invest $500,000 in a new research partnership to study the potential impact of climate change on the water resources of the Lac Saint-Jean region of Quebec...
...Rio Tinto Alcan plans to spend $3.5 billion to build an aluminum plant in Paraguay that will produce an estimated 670,000 tonnes a year, the project manager said on Monday, raising the company's initial projections...
...Myiris reported that shares of Gujarat Foils are trading at INR 84.95 up INR 14.15 or 19.99% at the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday at 2:30 PM...
...Though recently MetalMiner has covered many aspects of the aluminum market, we often encourage alternative points of view in particular, alternative global points of view...
...Doubts over the future of the Hydro aluminium smelter at Kurri Kurri have stirred memories of the closure of Coalfields’ mines in the 1960s. Kurri Kurri District Business Chamber is urging the community to rally at Rotary Park, Lang Street at 10am this morning in a bid to sway the state government to commit to an electricity contract to assure the future of the facility.
... LME aluminum prices were stronger than other base metals prices, and climbed to USD 2,278/mt after opening at USD 2,276/mt, but later fell rapidly to a low of USD 2,254/mt. As the US dollar index underwent downward corrections at the end of trading, ...
...Hindalco Industries, the Aditya Birla group’s flagship company, is set to complete the first phase expansion of its Hirakud aluminium smelter by December or January 2011. The company missed its original deadline, September 30, due to torrential rain and lightning in July...
...Aluminum Bahrain's commitment to encourage serious discussions on key issues currently facing the aluminum industry received an impetus when the company organized Challenges in Aluminum Smelting a two day forum for smelter managers and industry experts on November 24th and 25th 2010 at the Alba Club in partnership with the University of Auckland's Light Metals Research Centre...
...Division bench of Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice RS Jha has disposed of the dispute between Hindalco Industries Limited against Northern Coal Fields Limited where Hindalco had challenged recovery by NCL under demand notices issued by it seeking deposit of tax under Madhya Pradesh Gramin Avsanrachna Tatha Gramin Vikas Act, 2005...
...Rio Tinto (RIO.AX: Quote) (RIO.L: Quote), the world's biggest aluminium producer, on Monday warned large inventories of aluminium amassed during the global financial crisis were weighing on the outlook for the commodity over the next few years...
...The Middle East processed around 3 million tons of primary aluminium or 6.5 per cent of total global production in 2009 to cement its place as one of the world's top aluminium sources. The output from GCC states alone has doubled to 1.8 million tons since 2000. The rapid growth of the aluminium sector prompted Gulf producers to recently form the Gulf Aluminium Council to advance and protect industry interests...
...US Expansion; 1. Directors return from United States highly encouraged after meetings and site visits with Smelter Service Corporation and Alcoa Inc. 2. Tennessee State and local county officials express strong support for salt slag business expansion 3. Number of large single purpose landfills identified to be investigated for reprocessing. Also identified material from regional producers that may be viable as feedstock for a centralised processing facility...
...The Japanese market has since 1980 been of strategic importance to the UAE's primary aluminium sector. Dubai Aluminium Company Limited one of the world's largest single site smelters has sold its finished aluminium products to more than 30 customers in Japan for three decades in substantially larger volumes than most other regions where the company does business...
.. SHFE 1102 aluminum contract prices opened slightly lower at RMB 16,260/mt, and later slumped following other base metals prices after briefly surging to RMB 16,305/mt, with prices dipping to a low RMB 16,095/mt. ... SHFE 1102 aluminum contract prices moved steadily, and finally closed at RMB 16,165/mt, down RMB 105/mt, or down 0.65%. ....
... LME aluminum prices opened at USD 2,269/mt, with the highest level and the lowest level at USD 2,271/mt and USD 2,266/mt, respectively, and finally closed at USD 2,270/mt, down USD 11/mt. Trading volumes increased slightly to 162,352 lots, ....
...Austria-based plantmaker Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Co. B.S.C. (GARMCO) in Manama, Bahrain, to equip its aluminum cold rolling mill No. 2 with new automation and drive systems. The modernization is intended to improve plant availability as well as to ensure consistently high product quality. The cold rolling mill will be upgraded during a scheduled plant shutdown at the end of February 2011...
...Engineering firm Fluor Corporation won a series of contracts from a joint venture (JV) comprising Saudi Arabian mining firm Ma’aden and aluminium smelter Alcoa to provide programme management consultancy (PMC) and engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services...
