Adv
LANGUAGES
English
Hindi
Spanish
French
German
Chinese_Simplified
Chinese_Traditional
Japanese
Russian
Arabic
Portuguese
Bengali
Italian
Dutch
Greek
Korean
Turkish
Vietnamese
Hebrew
Polish
Ukrainian
Indonesian
Thai
Swedish
Romanian
Hungarian
Czech
Finnish
Danish
Filipino
Malay
Swahili
Tamil
Telugu
Gujarati
Marathi
Kannada
Malayalam
Punjabi
Urdu

Primary aluminium news

Gain a competitive edge with real-time insights into primary aluminium trends, market dynamics, global developments, strategic foresight and business advancements.

Top Stories
Potline turnaround: The shutdown is the easy part
06 Jul 20266MINS
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 these turnarounds around the outage: how many days the line is dark, how fast the relining crews move, when the last pot comes back on power. That is the wrong thing to optimise. The shutdown is th ...
Trading sentiment in the spot market is weak, and market supply is relatively ample
06 Jul 20262MINS
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 limited acceptance of the higher prices. Market liquidity was ample, and mainstream transactions were concluded on par with to a premium of RMB 10 per tonne against the SHFE July contract. In east ...

06 Jul 20262MINS
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 downstream production. This entire project will be a 50:50 joint venture between Adani and  Abu Dhabi-based International Holding Company (IHC). The USD 11.5 billion-worth project in Odisha is seen as a str ...
Adv
Adv
Adv

Adv
Adv
Adv
Adv
Grow with
AL Circle
KNOW MORE
Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
Events Image
Adv
Adv
Adv
Business Leads VIEW ON AL BIZ
E-magazines VIEW ALL
Reports VIEW ALL
Rectangle
Want to feature your
reports and magazines?
Adv
Adv
Adv
Loading...
Want to feature your company & offerings to buyers?

AL Circle: Aluminium Ecosystem App

A proud
ASI member
© 2026 AL Circle. All rights reserved. AL Circle is not responsible for content from external sources.