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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On January 27, the Mumbai-based Hindalco Industries Ltd, a flagship of the Aditya Birla Group, announced expansion plans worth INR 210 billion (USD 2.3 billion) for its aluminium smelter capacity at the Aditya Aluminium complex in Sambalpur, Odisha. This marks one of the industry’s largest recent...
RUSAL, a global leader in aluminium production, is rolling out non-formed materials (NFM) developed using its own patented technology for electrolyser assembly. The new materials simplify installation, reduce costs, and allow the reuse of materials, compared to the usual bricks and slabs used in...
From the previous close, the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium prices showed a slight dip. This declining trend followed in the LME inventory side, which is deemed to create a supply shortage globally, with a rise in price. On January 27, the LME cash bid declined from USD 3,190 per tonne to...
On January 26, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), a global leader in aluminium production and Century Aluminum Company, a producer of standard-grade, high-purity and value-added primary aluminium products, announced a joint development. This agreement focuses on building the first new primary...
Futures: During the night session on Jan 26, the most-traded SHFE aluminium 2603 contract opened at RMB 24,400 per tonne, reached a high of RMB 24,430 per tonne, touched a low of RMB 24,225 per tonne, and finally closed at RMB 24,380 per tonne, up RMB 165 per tonne or 0.68 per cent from the...
Aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange continued to rise on January 26, with both cash and 3-month forwards reporting gains in contrast to the inventories, which showed a decline. The LME aluminium cash bid price climbed to USD 3,190 on January 26 from USD 3,174.5 per tonne on January 23,...
Image source: EGA Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has secured a place in the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network, a recognition reserved for manufacturing operations that have successfully embedded advanced technologies into day-to-day production. The announcement places the UAE-based...
American buyers are now to pay a 68 per cent premium over the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price to get physical metal. This is the result of Trump’s increasing import tariffs from 10 per cent to 25 per cent back in March and then ramping them up to 50 per cent in June. The premium for...
Going by the world primary aluminium production trend since 2020, 2025 saw the slowest pace in half a decade, reflecting a structural shift rather than a cycling dip. According to the International Aluminium Institute, world primary aluminium production grew by only 1.06 per cent, a sharpest...
Aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange rose sharply on January 23, with both cash and forward contracts posting gains of more than 2 per cent compared with the previous session. The LME aluminium cash bid price climbed to USD 3,174.5 per tonne on January 23 from USD 3,093 per tonne on...
On December 1, 2024, the "Announcement on Adjusting Export Tax Rebate Policies" officially took effect, marking the end of the 13 per cent export tax rebate for aluminium semis and copper semis products. This policy adjustment not only directly impacted the traditional export model dominated by...
The General Administration of Customs recently released import and export data for December 2025. Customs data showed that: In December 2025, unwrought aluminium alloy imports were 93,100 tonnes, down 11.8 per cent y-o-y, but up 27.2 per cent m-o-m. Cumulative imports for the full year of 2025...
More than 22,000 tonnes of high-grade aluminium alloys seized by US Customs and Border Protection in 2017 will be sold at public auction in Riverside. The aluminium, stored at the Amentum Consolidated Storage Facility, consists of approximately 279,000 spot-welded “pallets” made from AL356 and...
From a macro perspective, overseas risk aversion sentiment pulled back, while domestic macro sentiment improved. By region, overseas, friction between the US and Europe over Greenland escalated, raising concerns about a US-Europe split. Subsequently, US President Trump announced that a framework...
On January 19, Devendra Fadnavis, the Chief Minister (CM) of the Indian state of Maharashtra, commended the rapid execution of an aluminium manufacturing project worth INR 5 billion (USD 54.6 million). Led by the entrepreneur Bharat Gite, often called the ‘Aluminium Man of India’, the project was...
Aluminium Import Duties in Mexico: Previewing Possible Upcoming Changes: Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies has moved forward with reforms to its General Import and Export Tax Law, setting the stage for significant changes to aluminium import duties. The Commission on Economy, Trade and Competitiveness...
Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest aluminium producer, announced that it has cumulatively secured a total of 18 BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certifications across its smelter operations at Jharsuguda, Odisha, home to the world’s largest aluminium plant and Korba, Chhattisgarh, where Bharat...
After the close of the previous session, the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price declined across major contracts. However, there was a significant rise on the inventory front with a slight decline in the cancelled warrants on January 22. The LME cash bid declined by USD 19 per tonne or 0.6...
