In August 2026, unwrought aluminium alloy exports were 51,600 tonnes, up 77.6 per cent YoY but down 11.9 per cent M-o-M. Cumulative exports from January to August 2026 were 348,700 tonnes, up 100.1 per cent Y-o-Y. By import source, in August 2026, China’s imports of unwrought aluminium alloy were highly concentrated in Russia and Southeast Asian countries. The top five sources that month—Russia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and South Korea—totalled 55,200 tonnes, accounting for 77.2 per cent of total imports. Specifically, Russia ranked first with 18,000 tonnes (25 per cent), followed closely by Malaysia with 17,500 tonnes (24 per cent); Thailand recorded 11,500 tonnes (16 per cent), Vietnam 4,800 tonnes (7 per cent), and South Korea 3,400 tonnes (5 per cent). By export destination, Japan...
Futures: SHFE aluminium closed at RMB 24,375 per tonne in the previous trading session, edging down 0.04 per cent. The price stood above the MA10 (24,304) and MA30 (24,089.5), but slightly below the MA5 (24,258). Short-term moving averages flattened, while the medium-term bullish alignment remained intact, with the market consolidating at highs overall. On the MACD indicator, DIF=129.53 and DEA=139.74. DIF stayed above the zero axis but maintained a death cross, with the histogram at -20.43, indicating weakening bullish momentum and lingering short-term correction pressure. Trading volume rebounded slightly to 54,800 lots, with moderate market activity. The suggested core trading range for SHFE aluminium is 24,000-24,600. LME aluminium closed at USD 3,293.5 per tonne, down 0.20 per cent....
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On 8 th January 2021, the bond credit rating business of Moody's Corporation, Moody's Investors Service had withdrawn Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd's Ba3 corporate family rating and negative outlook for business reasons. The bond rating firm said: "Moody's has decided to withdraw the rating for its business reasons.” However, the American financial services firm did not clarify any specific reasons behind the withdrawal of Press Metal’s rating. Press Metal initiated as a local aluminium extrusion company in 1986 and after over 30 years of growth, the company proclaims that presently it a globally integrated aluminium producer with the largest presence in Southeast Asia. Press Metal said: "From upstream smelting activities to downstream extruding operations, Press Metal is a fully...
AlCircle believes to stay at top of the mind of the global aluminium value chain industry, starting from publishing daily news update of the industry to various industrial reports on trending topics and publishing e-Magazines on time to time basis on global issues related to the industry. After the gala success of the July-August 2020, 5 th edition of our e-Magazine “COVID-19 impact: Importance and Emergence of Industry 4.0”, now on this January-February 2021, AlCircle launches the 6 th edition of its e-Magazine on the global trending topic “Green Aluminium: Sustainable Future for the Industry.” As we all know that metal producers are facing a dual challenge in the energy transition. First, they must meet the rising global demand for vital commodities and secondly they have to reduce...
A00 aluminium ingot price has increased further for the fourth day in a row by RMB 140 per tonne to RMB 15,740 per tonne amid muted input costs on Tuesday, February 9, found the Shanghai Metals Market. This marks the highest price since the beginning of 2021. According to SMM, the average prices are expected to range between RMB 15,720 per tonne and RMB 15,760 per tonne, with spot contract to be traded at a premium price of RMB 70-30 per tonne. Shenyang has seen the highest growth in primary aluminium ingot price of RMB 210 per tonne to RMB 15,730 per tonne, followed by the surge of RMB 180 per tonne in Wuxi, Hangzhou, and Chongqing to stand at RMB 15,740 per tonne, 15,760 per tonne, and RMB 15,785 per tonne, respectively. In Tianjin and Linyi, A00 aluminium ingot price has climbed by RMB...
According to the report published by Bank of Central African States (BEAC), it has been stated that in 2020 Aluminium du Cameroun (ALUCAM) has exported 49,300 tonnes of aluminium. This export volume is recorded as the second-lowest by the aluminium company in a decade, as the bottom lowest was in the 2012 financial year when the export was marginally over 30,000 tonnes. The Central Bank data also reveals that the export trend of Alucam has remained downward in the past 10 years, aside from the 2015 and 2017 financial years when the company exported over 80,000 tonnes of aluminium. Its yearly aluminium exports plunged to 49,300 tons in 2020 from 80,000 tonnes in 2017. The drastic fall is due to the unfavourable situation Alucam drove itself into post the divestment of its strategic...
Three-month LME aluminium added 0.4 per cent to settle at US$ 2,027 per tonne on Monday after hitting a one-month high at US$ 2,040 per tonne earlier in the session, with open interest decreasing 4,352 lots to 741,000 lots. LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price opened the week on Monday, January 8, at US$ 2025.50 per tonne, a surge of US$ 18 per tonne from US$ 2007.50 per tonne on Friday, January 5. 3-months bid price and 3-months offer price climbed by US$ 15.50 per tonne from US$ 2012 per tonne to US$ 2027.50. Dec 21 bid price and Dec 21 offer price hovered around US$ 2096.50 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock decreased from 1406525 tonnes to 1402625 tonnes on February 8. Live Warrants totalled 1169125 tonnes, while Cancelled Warrants stood at 233500...
The independent climate and energy think tank focused on accelerating the global electricity transition, Ember said that the Chinese aluminium industry needs to pull down dedicated power capacity equivalent to more than Germany's entire coal fleet over the next decade to put China on track to meet its carbon neutral goals. China produces for more than half of global aluminium, churning out 37 million tonnes in 2020. President Xi Jinping has vowed China will achieve peak emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060. Ember, in a report said: “China's record aluminium output last year emitted more CO2 than some entire countries, including Indonesia and Brazil.” Muyi Yang, the author of the report said: “China will need to shut around 47 gigawatts of inefficient, subcritical coal power...
A00 aluminium ingot price has increased further for the third consecutive day to exceed RMB 15,500 per tonne, as of Monday, February 8, found the Shanghai Metals Market. Data shows the price is standing at RMB 15,600 per tonne witnessing a growth of RMB 90 per tonne. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 15,580 per tonne and RMB 15,620 per tonne, with spot contract to be traded at a premium price of RMB 50-10 per tonne, up by RMB 20 per tonne from the previous day. In Foshan, A00 aluminium ingot price has grown the highest by RMB 150 per tonne to RMB 15,620 per tonne, followed by the surge of RMB 110 per tonne in Wuxi and Hangzhou to stand at RMB 15,580 per tonne and RMB 15,605 per tonne, respectively. In Gongyi and Shenyang, primary aluminium ingot price has witnessed a...
Three-month LME aluminium advanced 1.23 per cent to settle at US$ 2,019 per tonne last Friday, February 5, with open interest decreasing 3,086 lots to 725,000 lots. LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price continued to grow to close the last week ending on Friday, January 5, at US$ 2007.50 per tonne. This recorded the third consecutive day of hike by US$ 28 per tonne from the previous day’s price of US$ 1979.50 per tonne. 3-months bid price and 3-months offer price stood at US$ 2012 per tonne, also up by US$ 28 per tonne from US$ 1984 per tonne. Dec 21 bid price and Dec 21 offer price came in at US$ 2090 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock decreased from 1415125 tonnes on February 4 to 1406525 tonnes on February 5. Live Warrants totalled 1173400 tonnes,...
Africa is one of the largest producers of aluminium ore BAUXITE. African nation Guinea stands as the world’s highest exporter of bauxite and ranks at number two in bauxite production. The other African countries producing bauxite are Ghana, Cameroon, Mozambique, Ivory Coast, etc. Although having a huge amount of bauxite deposits in Africa, the region remains deprived in the production of aluminium due to irregular power supply, obstruction in financial investments and modernization, unstable political scenario and lack of professionalism. There are multiple numbers of aluminium smelter scattered all around the continent, but most of the smelters failed to reach its actual production capacity and few also took steps to close down like Bayside Aluminium in South Africa and Alscon in...
National Aluminium Company Limited has reduced its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices this week, with effect from Friday, February 5. NALCO’s aluminium ingot price has thus come in at INR 167,650-171,150 per tonne, down by INR 1,600 per tonne from INR 169,250-172,750 per tonne on last Thursday, January 28. NALCO’s aluminium wire rod price is standing at INR 171,150-175,500 per tonne, recording a decrease of INR 1,600 per tonne from INR 172,750 – 177,100 per tonne. Aluminium billets price has been cut by the same amount from INR 172,700 – 175,350 per tonne to INR 171,100 – 173,750 per tonne. NALCO, like any other Indian aluminium producers, links its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices to the three-month futures of aluminium on the London Metal Exchange, which after...
Vedanta Limited increased its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices back-to-back on February 5 and 6, in line with LME aluminium price hike. On February 5, the company raised its aluminium ingot price by INR 1,500 per tonne from INR 165,500-178,500 per tonne to INR 167,000-180,000 per tonne. The next day, on February 6, the price rose further by INR 2,250 per tonne to come in at INR 169,250-182,250 per tonne. Aluminium wire rod price also gained INR 1,500 per tonne on Friday, February 5, to come in at INR 174,500-182,000 per tonne compared to INR 173,000-180,500 per tonne on February 3. On February 6, the price clocked at INR 176,750-184,250 per tonne, registering an increase of INR 2,250 per tonne from the previous day. Vedanta’s aluminium billets price on February 5 stood at INR...
Three-month LME aluminium stood a two-week low at US$ 1960.50 per tonne on Monday, February 1. On Tuesday, it gained 0.54 per cent to settle higher at US$ 1971 per tonne. It further firmed 0.28 per cent to end at US$ 1,976.50 per tonne on Wednesday and also grew 0.91 per cent to close at US$ 1,994.50 on Thursday, February 4. LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price started the week on Monday, February 1, with a drop of US$ 1.5 per tonne to stand at US$ 1985.50 per tonne. The prices extended the decrease by US$ 27.50 per tonne on Tuesday, February 2, to come in at US$ 1958 per tonne. The next day, on February 3, they gained US$ 15 per tonne to peg at US$ 1973 per tonne and further US$ 6.5 per tonne on February 4 to US$ 1979.50 per tonne. Both LME aluminium cash...
India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products, Vedanta Aluminium’s Jharsuguda plant has bagged the ‘Best Exporter’ Award for the years 2017-18 & 2018-19 at the Odisha State Export Award. Directorate of Export Promotion & Marketing (DEPM), Odisha organized the event and the awards were presented to the company in a virtual ceremony which was chaired by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik. On behalf of Vedanta, GG Pal, Chief Operating Officer – Metal, received the award. The Jharsuguda plant was rewarded for being the biggest exporter from the state of Odisha consecutively for two years, 2017-18 and 2018-19. The aluminium smelter at Jharsuguda produces a line-up of top-of-the-line products such as Ingots, Billets, Wire Rods, Primary Foundry Alloy (PFA),...
Hindalco Industries Limited has raised its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices with effect from Friday, February 5, after reducing them for the past two consecutive times. The company has revealed that it is now selling its aluminium ingot at INR 167,250 per tonne compared to INR 165,750 per tonne as of February 3. This registers an increase of INR 1,500 per tonne in Hindalco’s aluminium ingot price on February 5. With the latest price change, Hindalco’s aluminium wire rod price has also rebounded by INR 1,500 per tonne from INR 176,850 per tonne on February 3 to INR 178,350 per tonne on February 5. Aluminium billets price has come in at INR 174,350 per tonne, up by INR 1,500 per tonne as well from INR 172,850 per tonne. Hindalco Industries Limited links the prices of its...
Century Aluminum Company has concluded the sale of 150,000 metric tonnes of Natur‐Al™ aluminium over five years to Austrian firm Hammerer Aluminium Industries (HAI). Natur‐Al™ products are produced with energy from 100% renewable sources at Century’s Norðurál Grundartangi aluminium plant in Iceland, while the product line has been in development over several years it was officially inaugurated in 2020. The aluminium will be supplied to Hammerer by Glencore. Natur‐Al™ aluminium has direct CO₂ levels below two tonnes of CO₂ per tonne of aluminium – one of the lowest CO₂ footprints in the world for the metal. The total CO₂ footprint is four tonnes per tonne of aluminium, less than one‐quarter of the industry average. To achieve these levels requires strict adherence to the highest standards...
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, A00 aluminium ingot price has extended its growth by RMB 160 per tonne to close the week on Friday, February 5, at RMB 15,510 per tonne. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 15,490 per tonne and RMB 15,530 per tonne, with spot contract to be traded at a premium price of RMB 70-30 per tonne, down by RMB 50 per tonne from the previous day. In Foshan and Chongqing, primary aluminium ingot price has increased by RMB 170 per tonne to RMB 15,470 per tonne and RMB 15,500 per tonne, respectively, while the price in Gongyi, Tianjin, and Linyi has climbed by RMB 140 per tonne to come in at RMB 15,370 per tonne, RMB 15,450 per tonne, and RMB 15,530 per tonne, respectively. In Shenyang and Wuxi, primary aluminium ingot price has surged by RMB...
Three-month LME aluminium increased 0.91 per cent to close at US$ 1,994.50 per tonne on Thursday, February 4, with open interest decreasing 4,593 lots to 728,000 lots. LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price further witnessed a hike, albeit slower than the previous day, by US$ 6.5 per tonne to stand at US$ 1979.50 per tonne on Thursday, February 4. 3-months bid price and 3-months offer price stood at US$ 1984 per tonne, up by US$ 12 per tonne from US$ 1972 per tonne. Dec 21 bid price and Dec 21 offer price came in at US$ 2067.50 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock decreased from 1425225 tonnes on February 3 to 1415125 tonnes on February 4. Live Warrants totalled 1174675 tonnes, while Cancelled Warrants stood at 240450 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-months Asian...
The Bank of Central African States reported that while presenting the evolution of prices of the main commodities exported to CEMAC region - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Chad to the Q4’20, only Cameroon exports aluminium. According to the 2020 monetary programming data, Cameroon exported 49,300 tonnes of aluminium, with a unit price of CFA franc 1,096,600 per tonne. This amounts to a value of 54 billion CFA franc collected by Cameroon in the sale of this metal, which is majorly used in construction, the manufacture of cars or planes, high voltage lines, but also in food packaging. Cameroon's performance in 2020 is down, as compared with the previous year when the country produced nearly 52,000 tonnes of aluminium, a drop of 2,700 tonnes between...
