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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... Cheaper, easier and safer than derivative contracts is the verdict for aluminium exchange traded funds (ETFs), which would not be possible without an abundance of metal on the world market.
...Aluminum demand remains healthy even with the debt crisis in Europe, Chief Executive Officer Oleg Deripaska told reporters in Tokyo today. The company won’t change its production plan of 4.1 million tons this year, he said. Rusal has the capacity to produce 4.6 million tons of aluminum annually.
...Japan's aluminium products shipments dropped for a third month in May and although up from the same time last year the slowing pace suggests demand from trading partners like China may be easing.
...China has retained tax rebates on exports of aluminium products, despite scrapping them for some other metals, in a bid to avert further pain for an aluminium industry battling anti dumping charges that have hurt exports.
...DX Reduction Cell Technology the in house developed innovation proprietary to Dubai Aluminium Company Limited has again received acclaim among international industry experts.
... LME aluminum prices opened at USD 2,015/mt, with the highest level and the lowest level at USD 2,015.25/mt and USD 1,940/mt, respectively, and finally ended at USD 1,947/mt, down USD 82/mt compared with the previous trading day, or down 4%. Total trading volumes reported 106,792 lots, and total positions were 745,798 lots, down 4,019 lots. LME aluminum inventories declined by 7,075 mt to 4,433,550 mt...
Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld and United Shipbuilding Corporation President Roman Trotsenko, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the companies aimed at helping to develop the Russian ship building market and increasing the use of aluminum in Russian ship building. The signing took place at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Continuing the trend seen in recent years, more and more smelters are recognising the benefits of using the VHE Hall Effect Cathode Current Meter. Recent orders include Hormozal - Iran, Dubai Aluminium - UAE and Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio - Brazil.
... China daily average primary aluminium output rose to 66500 tonnes in May from 66100 ... Chinese aluminium demand seen triple in 2020 ...
... Reflecting a slow recovery in demand , term premiums for primary aluminium shipments to Japan for July-September were mostly agreed at $120 ...
... Reuters reported that Chinese demand for primary aluminium is likely to nearly triple to 43.6 million tonnes in 2020 from an estimated 15.5 ...
... The total primary aluminium production in China rose to 1.418 million tonnes in May ... Aluminium prices seen around $1900-$2100 per tonne ...
... The total primary aluminium production in China rose to 1.418 million ... of analysts have suddenly turned very bullish on aluminum prices . ...
...National Aluminum Co. (532234.BY) expects global aluminum prices to marginally increase in the near term following Beijing's announcement over the weekend to ease the yuan's peg to the dollar.
. . .Aluminum prices will rebound in the next year as supplies tighten and investor demand increases, according to analysts from Citigroup Inc., Morgan Stanley and Societe Generale SA.
...The migration of some of Wall Street's biggest banks into the physical aluminum market is a strategic progression toward the creation of an exchange-traded fund (ETF), the director of material management with the world's largest aluminum producer said on Tuesday.
... Aluminum producers in Henan province, the largest maker of the metal in China, agreed to curtail 700,000 metric tons of capacity... Aluminum prices in China have dropped below the cost of production, putting pressure on smelters to reduce output ...
... National Aluminium Company Limited has issued a tender to export 6,000 tonnes of aluminium ingots.... USD 88.10 per tonne including cost and freight over the average LME cash price.
