The London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price graph contracted on September 10 across cash and contracts, with longer-dated contracts reporting nearly 1 per cent decline. The aluminium opening stocks, however, remained stable. The LME aluminium cash bid price shifted from USD 3,351.5 per tonne on...
Our current approach can win economic skirmishes, but not the geopolitical conflict. – Part 2 Impact #5 of ad hoc industrial policy: Failing to use all required tools Industrial policy is often caricatured as just tariffs and subsidies. Mis-framed debates that evaluate the merits of tariffs in...
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Metal counters fell under tremendous pressure today, as investors moved away from the sector, thus affecting several stocks with significantly lower rates on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The Nifty Metal index reflects the weakness, when it declined around 2 per cent during the session and...
India’s leading producer of aluminium, Vedanta Aluminium, has deployed an in-house developed Forced Cooling Network (FCN) at its mega smelter in Jharsuguda to strengthen energy efficiency and potline performance. The advanced system uses 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling to optimise...
If 2025 were to be summed up in one word for Alba, the world’s largest aluminium smelter, it would be momentum - a year that started steadily and closed with record-breaking confidence. By the final quarter, the numbers were no longer just improving; they were making history. Across 2025, Alba...
Hindalco Industries Limited has reportedly promoted Kailash Pandey to the position of Head - Mining, Sambalpur Cluster and Sales of primary aluminium. It is a significant milestone in his entire three-decade-long career with Hindalco. In this new role, Kailash Pandey would be responsible for...
Senior figures from across Oklahoma’s public and private sectors have returned from the Middle East after examining, at first hand, the scale of aluminium production in Emirate Global Aluminium that could soon be replicated in their own state. To learn about the global aluminium outlook, download...
Jamieson Greer, US Trade Representative, stated on Tuesday that the Trump administration is willing to adjust the broad tariffs imposed on imported aluminium and steels amongst rising pressure from businesses. However, he expressed that the underlying tariffs have been “very successful” for the US...
LME aluminium prices declined on February 17 compared to the previous session, while warehouse stocks also registered a drop, accompanied by a rise in cancelled warrants. On February 17, the LME aluminium cash bid price stood at USD 3013.5 per tonne and the cash offer price at USD 3014 per tonne,...
In 2025, India-US aluminium trade did not simply slow - it changed direction. What began as a policy intervention quickly evolved into a broader supply-chain shift. In March, Washington imposed a 25 per cent tariff on aluminium products under Section 232, citing the need to protect domestic...
London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium prices weakened across most contracts on February 16, reflecting a broad pullback from the previous session, while exchange inventories continued to edge lower. The LME aluminium cash bid price settled at USD 3,037 per tonne on February 16 from USD 2,995 per...
Aluminium Outlook ’26, an exclusive one-day Conference C Tabletop Exhibition hosted by Aluminium International Today in collaboration with The Aluminium Federation (ALFED), gathers senior leaders, policymakers, investors, and key stakeholders at the Business Design Centre, London, on 17 February...
Taiwan and Hong Kong are set to be added as the new aluminium warehouse locations on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) , according to three sources. This marks a move by CME to step up its challenge to the London Metal Exchange (LME) in Asia, particularly in locations that account for...
LME aluminium prices recorded a sharp decline on February 13 compared to February 12 across cash and futures contracts. The LME aluminium cash bid price fell to USD 2,995 per tonne on February 13 from USD 3,116.5 per tonne on February 12, marking a decline of 3.90 per cent. The cash offer price...
Europe’s push for strategic raw material security is gaining momentum as Trimet Aluminium SE sharpens its circular economy model to reinforce regional aluminium supply chains. Amid rising geopolitical uncertainty and energy transition demands, the company is positioning recycled aluminium as a...
As the 2026 Chinese New Year break approaches, SMM conducted a special survey on the production arrangements during the holiday period among some domestic aluminium processing enterprises. Currently, high aluminium prices have heightened the wait-and-see sentiment among downstream enterprises....
As the global aluminium industry accelerates its transition towards low-carbon production, digital operations, and circular resource use , IBAAS 2026 (Jharsuguda, India) is placing strong emphasis on deep, solution-oriented technical dialogue through a curated series of Special Thematic Technical...
The momentum in the global aluminium value chain is showing a complicated blend of growth, changing trade patterns and price fluctuations. As upstream mining, alumina production and downstream investments continue to develop together, the global aluminium industry is seeing everything from new...
中文翻译附于新闻末尾，敬请继续阅读。 Though a plethora of speed breakers hit the aluminium industry in recent times, global primary aluminium operating capacity is set to rise sharply. SMM, through one of its recently held webinars, projects an increase of about 20.9 million tonnes by the end of 2026, taking total...
In its latest update on February 12, the trading house Marubeni Corporation reported the decline of aluminium stocks at three major ports of Japan, viz., Yokohama, Nagoya and Osaka. Stocks at the close of January settled at 312,200 tonnes, indicating a 1.5 per cent drop from the previous month...
