Aluminium production depends on high-temperature processes where furnace efficiency, thermal management and equipment durability are essential for maintaining operational performance. However, refractory materials used in melting, holding and casting operations face continuous exposure to extreme temperatures, thermal fluctuations, chemical corrosion and mechanical wear. These conditions can lead to premature furnace-lining failure, molten-metal penetration, corundum formation and heat loss, increasing maintenance requirements and operating costs. Addressing these challenges requires materials that can withstand demanding operating conditions while keeping equipment efficient and reliable. Alkegen, a supplier of high-temperature refractory and insulation materials, serves this requirement...
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...
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...Worries about tight aluminium supplies lie behind the emergence of a premium for cash material on the London Metal Exchange, even though the market overall is flooded with excess material, traders said...
... LME aluminum prices closed with declines last Friday, SHFE aluminum prices fell at a slower pace yesterday supported by positive domestic stock markets. SHFE 1011 aluminum contract prices opened lower but moved higher, with prices opening at RMB 15,430/mt. ....
... LME aluminum prices opened at USD 2,125/mt, with the highest level and the lowest level at USD 2,131/mt and USD 2,110/mt, respectively, and finally ended at USD 2,118/mt, up USD 8/mt compared with the previous trading day, or up 0.4%. Total trading volumes were 204,455 lots, ....
...BS reported that a 3 member committee headed by Mr NC Saxena of the National Advisory Council would on Monday submit its report to Indian environmental minister Mr Ramesh on mining of bauxite by Vedanta Aluminium at Niyamgiri hills in south Orissa’s Kalahandi district...
...Datamonitor's Aluminum in the United States industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Aluminum industry. It includes data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information...
...Chinalco, the parent company of China's largest aluminum producer, Aluminum Corp. of China Limited, has donated CNY4 million to Gansu Province's Zhouqu County, which was hit by mudslides triggered by heavy rains...
...Reuters reported that Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro had declared force majeure for aluminium deliveries from its Qatalum smelter in Qatar after a power failure delayed the plant's ramp up schedule...
...A central Queensland aluminium smelter has acknowledged it needs to substantially reduce its emissions to meet tough new environmental guidelines...
...ALUMINIUM company Alcoa is expected to plead guilty to an alternative charge relating to pollution from a West Australian refinery that residents say caused illnesses...
...National Aluminium Co., India's second-biggest producer of the metal, said profit more than doubled in the first quarter as an economic recovery led a surge in demand and prices...
...E-mails involving an N.C. public television report critical of Alcoa show that one researcher on the project took money from a group opposed to the aluminum company's continued control of dams on the Yadkin River...
...According to trading house Marubeni Corporation, aluminium stocks held at three major Japanese ports came to 208,200 tonnes at the end of July up 6,700 tonnes or 3.3% from a month earlier...
...State-owned National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) has informed that the June quarter has been quite impressive in terms of net profit...
... LME aluminum prices opened at USD 2,160/mt, with the highest level and the lowest level at USD 2,170/mt and USD 2,110/mt, respectively, and finally ended at USD 2,110/mt, down USD 53.5/mt compared with the previous trading day, or down 2.47%....
...People's Bank Of China assured on Thursday that the bank would maintain moderate to loose monetary policy and enhance financial supports to sustain economic development...
...Aluminum Aug moved down by 0.50% during the session on weak Euro against Dollar...
...Brazilian output of primary aluminum rose to 130,600 metric tons in July, 1% higher than the same month a year ago, Brazil's Aluminum Association, or Abal, said...
...The world's largest aluminium producer Rusal said Tuesday it has secured a credit line of US$4.6 billion (3.5 billion euros) from Russia's largest bank Sberbank to cover debt repayments. “The proposed credit of US$4.59 billion covers the debt and interest due to VEB” for a bank loan taken out in 2008, Rusal said in a statement...
