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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... Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL) tripled its cost-cutting goal on Wednesday, saying it now intends to reduce its smelter costs around the world by $300 per tonne of metal produced....
...The Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie (GDA) has revised the Pocket Encyclopedia Aluminum by Rudolf Weber and published it under the title Webers Aluminium Pocker Encylopaedia — The Metal from A to Z...
...This year's Aluminium 2010 event which recently concluded in Essen Germany received 17,200 visitors, up from the 2008 event of 16,886 visitors...
...The worldwide demand for aluminium will outstrip production by 2020, a top industry analyst said yesterday. Dubai-based Gulf Aluminium Council general secretary Mahmood Daylami said the demand and production of the metal is almost equal now but things would change dramatically...
...MANAMA: With the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) becoming a major player in the international aluminum industry, new investments in the Gulf's aluminum sector are expected to exceed $20 billion by 2020, said a senior Bahraini minister on Tuesday...
...The Middle East is likely to see its share of the global aluminium industry jump from seven per cent to at least 12 per cent by 2020...
...New investments in the Gulf's aluminium industries are expected to exceed $20 billion by 2020, Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Hassan Fakhro said yesterday. Welcoming around 600 delegates to the 25th International Aluminium Conference hosted at the Gulf Hotel, he said that the GCC nations were now becoming a major player in the international aluminium industry...
...Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), owned by the country's sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat, plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) later this year, its chairman said on Tuesday...
...A LONG-standing contract between Tomago Aluminium and energy provider Maquarie Generation may not be renewed when it expires in 2017 putting into jeopardy a $30 million deal with an overseas cable company...
... European aluminum maker Almatis Holdings BV [ALMTI.UL] said on Monday it received court approval for its reorganization, clearing the way to exit bankruptcy under the control of Dubai International Capital LLC [DUBAHP.UL]...
...Research and Markets has announced the addition of Supplier Relations US, LLC's new report "Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Industry in the U.S. and its International Trade [Q3 2010 Edition]" to its offerings...
...Gulf oil producers are expected to pump nearly $22 billion into new aluminium projects and expansion of their existing smelters in the next five years as part of an ongoing industrial drive to ease reliance on volatile oil exports...
...The 25th International Aluminium Conference at the Gulf Hotel will cover the entire segment of the aluminium industry - from bauxite miners and alumina refiners, to smelters, recyclers, fabricators, end-users, traders, bankers and service companies...
...Harbor Intelligence looks for three-months aluminum to hit $2,400 per metric ton on the London Metal Exchange in the weeks ahead...
...Daily average primary aluminium output rose to 66,500 tonnes in August from 66,300 tonnes in July, provisional figures from the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) showed on Monday...
...Kazakhstan ferroalloys manufacturer A & K is planning to introduce three industrial electric furnaces of 1200 tonnes capacity each. Thus ferrosilico aluminium output will reach 6500 tonnes year...
...According to the Metals Activity Report from the Metals Service Center Institute, the rate of growth of aluminum shipments from North American metals service centers rebounded in August. Inventories of both metals changed very little during the month in both the United States and Canada...
...CENX options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 809 put and 3,836 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.21. There were 4.74 calls traded for each put contract...
