
Indiana has emerged as an unlikely flashpoint in the latest round of US-Canada trade friction, after Washington's now-collapsed negotiations with Ottawa briefly put a proposed cut to aluminium tariffs on the table, one that industry advocates say would have hit the state's fabrication workforce...
Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium contract opened at RMB 24,590 per tonne in the night session on September 9, reached a high of RMB 24,660 per tonne and a low of RMB 24,565 per tonne, and closed at RMB 24,650 per tonne, up RMB 90 per tonne or 0.37 per cent from the previous close. Futures...
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Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium contract opened at RMB 22,850 per tonne in the night session on July 6, reached a highest price of RMB 22,950 per tonne, a lowest price of RMB 22,790 per tonne, and finally closed at RMB 22,900 per tonne, up 0.07 per cent from the previous close. During this...

Aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) recovered at the close of the July 6 session. Moderate gains were reported across the pricing and contract segments, while the declining trend in inventory continued to persist. The LME aluminium cash bid price stood at USD 3,104.5 per tonne on...

The installed base of potlines is ageing, and the market is tight. LME aluminium touched a four-year high above USD 3,300 per tonne in early 2026, idle Western capacity is being studied for restart, and every controlled shutdown on the map is running under cost and schedule pressure. So teams plan...

The SHFE aluminium 2606 contract traded with its centre higher than the previous trading day’s corresponding level in the morning session. Pressured by rising aluminium prices, selling sentiment improved from the previous day, but buying sentiment was relatively soft, as some downstream players had...

The high-profile Adani-IHC aluminium project will reportedly draw electricity from a 4,000 MW captive power plant and a green energy component of about 400 megawatts for running 4 million tonnes per annum of alumina, 2 million tonnes per annum of aluminium and 1 million tonnes per annum of...

LME aluminium prices moved up across cash and three-month contracts on July 3, while exchange opening stocks declined from the previous trading day. Forward prices also strengthened, with live warrants remaining unchanged and cancelled warrants falling. The LME aluminium cash bid price stood at USD...

The most-traded SHFE aluminium contract opened at RMB 22,685 per tonne in the night session on July 3, with a high of RMB 22,830 per tonne, a low of RMB 22,685 per tonne, and closed at RMB 22,795 per tonne, down 0.20 per cent from the previous settlement. This session saw a rebound from lows,...

In early June, according to public information, the Kazakh Prime Minister met with the Vice Chairman of Xinfa Group. Xinfa expected that, based on its entire industry chain industrial park construction plan, the project will create a highly integrated production system, achieving full chain...

According to SMM statistics, on July 2, aluminium billet inventory in major domestic consumption areas fell to 130,000 tonnes, down 4,000 tonnes from last Monday and 10,000 tonnes from last Thursday, with the pace of destocking visibly accelerating. On a year-over-year basis, it was down 23,500...

Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited opened FY27 with higher output across key parts of its operations, as new smelter volumes and improved efficiency at existing lines supported aluminium production, while expansion-led gains drove a sharp increase in alumina output. For the quarter ended June 30,...

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between India’s Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) and the United Arab Emirates-based Abu International Resources Holding (IRH), through 2PointZero, to establish the USD 11.5 billion aluminium complex in Odisha has received a tentative project timeline of...

Some Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed to pay global producers a premium of USD 395 per tonne over the London Metal Exchange benchmark for July-September 2026 shipments, up 12–13 per cent from the previous quarter, according to industry sources. The premium compares with USD 350–353 per tonne...

Aluminium prices are likely to bottom or find a floor over the coming month before staging a recovery in the second half (H2) of 2026, according to a fresh market outlook from the global bank, Citigroup or Citi. Between September and December, aluminium is expected to trade in the range of USD...

The ToZero (Towards Zero Waste in Aluminum BiW Manufacturing) project has demonstrated that recycled automotive aluminium scrap can be transformed into powder suitable for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), supporting efforts to increase the use of recycled materials in additive manufacturing....

Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has received the AI Vision and Strategy Award at the 2026 Manufacturing Leadership Awards in the United States. The award recognises EGA’s innovative implementation of Industry 4.0...

Futures: SHFE aluminium closed at RMB 22,510 per tonne, edging up 0.09 per cent. The price remained below the MA5 (22,580) and all medium and long-term moving averages, with the bearish alignment of the moving average system continuing, but it has moved sideways around 22,500 for two consecutive...

The London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price graph has been consistently reporting a decline for nearly 10 days since the June 22 close. As the Middle East tensions come to a settled state, supply fears have clearly started to ease. Moreover, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced its...

MQP will introduce its new Optifine 5:02 aluminium grain refiner at Aluminium China 2026, taking place from 8-10 July in Shanghai, as demand grows for cleaner aluminium used in aerospace and premium automotive applications. The company said the new grain refiner has been developed to meet...