From black shale to smelter feed: CEM advances North American alumina supply chain
Canadian Energy Metals has demonstrated a process for producing smelter-grade alumina from Saskatchewan black shale and has started a prefeasibility study for its Thor Project. Canadian Energy Metals Corp. (CEM) has taken a step towards developing an alternative North American source of alumina...
LME aluminium price chart rises further to $3,325/t; stocks remain stable
The London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price chart continues to record an upward trend across the pricing and contract segments on the September 8 trading session, reporting gains over the September 7 close . Opening stocks remained stable, not reporting any further decline. The LME aluminium...
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Alcoa Corporation reports increased sequential revenue for Q2 2017; remains profitable despite low alumina price
<p>Alcoa Corporation reported financial results for Q2 2017 on July 19. The Company increased revenue on higher shipments and grew its cash balance sequentially. Alcoa remains profitable despite lower alumina prices.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
Market surplus from smelter capacity cuts forces China alumina prices down
<p>Government initiated wide-scale aluminium capacity cuts in China has triggered oversupply in the domestic alumina market thereby putting a downward pressure on alumina prices. The prices of the commodity used as a key raw material in aluminium smelting (as electrolyte in...
Will low alumina price have an impact on Alcoa’a second quarter results?
<p>Alumina and electricity are the two key inputs that go into aluminium production which also play a very significant role in determining the price of aluminium.</p> <p>Integrated aluminium producers like Alcoa, Norsk Hydro and Rio Tinto (RIO) have both alumina refining as well as aluminium...
Spot Alumina prices in China markets register a drop; no major price drop expected in near term
<p>Spot Alumina prices in major China markets have registered a further fall after the last registered drop in July 7. According to a report from Shanghai Metals Market yesterday, the production of alumina is expected to increase to 5.9 million tonnes in July, and the daily average production to...
China alumina prices drop before the big rise; prebaked anode prices climb higher
<p>Spot alumina prices in major China markets plunged ahead of the impending rise which is almost certain as Xinjiang East Hope has announced capacity cut at its smelter. While imported alumina price remained unchanged and Chalco made no change to the price it offers to the markets, spot...
Value of Ukraine’s alumina export registers a sharp rise in 2016; trend expected to continue in 2017
<p>Ukraine is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east, northeast, and south. Ukraine has a very large heavy-industry base and is one of the largest refiners of mineral and metallurgical products in Eastern Europe. Rusal has two refineries in Ukraine producing about...
China alumina prices consolidate while aluminium fluoride drops on sluggish demand
<p>China alumina prices after rising rapidly for a while fell down as some dealers from the SME sector started selling in the domestic market. However, since most sellers kept their offers firm, alumina prices started consolidating with a decreasing trend. Currently, spot alumina prices remain...
Spot alumina price in South China market registers a drop; new transport rule expected to boost prices
<p>Spot Alumina prices in major China markets have remained unchanged for a fortnight now. Since mid-June, there has been no change in the daily average prices.</p> <p>The average spot alumina price in South China market dropped from <strong>RMB 2,610/t</strong> to <strong>RMB 2,600</strong> on...
China’s alumina export is estimated to rise drastically in Q4 2016-17
<p>China has top alumina producers in the world. The country’s four provinces account for almost 70 percent of China's alumina production. China has 79.25 million tonnes of annual alumina capacity, as reported in the end of 2016. Aluminum Corporation of China Limited is the largest alumina...
Spot alumina prices drop in major Chinese markets; A00 ingot follows the downtrend
<p>Alumina prices in China declined slightly after a recent rise. Alumina market participants were enthusiastic driven by falling alumina prices restocking their inventories.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
Falling alumina prices may pose a challenge to Alcoa, say analysts
<p>Leading aluminium producer Alcoa sees in alumina prices a brewing concern for its alumina and aluminium business divisions. The alumina price index (API), which helps in alumina’s price discovery, has fallen significantly and this is likely to hit the company’s profitability in...
Spot alumina prices in three major China markets reported a rise; other raw materials remain flat
<p>Spot alumina prices in China are on an upward track in the major domestic market with a few exceptions like South China where they remain unchanged.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/aluminium%20production.png"...
SMM Expects China Alumina Output to fall in June
<p>China’s alumina output rose 17.1% year-on-year to 5.68 million tonnes in May, and the daily average output dropped 3.5% month-on-month to 183,000 tonnes, SMM statistics showed.</p> <p>Alumina prices fell below costs. This, combined with environmental issue in Shanxi and Guizhou, prompted...
Alumina prices edge higher in China major markets, other raw materials stay flat
<p>Average alumina prices in four major China markets have gained strength. Alumina price in East China is hovering around RMB 2,660 per tonne, up 1.92 per cent from its previous price. Alumina South China stands at RMB 2,610 per tonne, up 1.56 per cent from its earlier price. Alumina price in...
Alumina production in Guizhou province may be hit due to raw material scarcity
<p>As seen by Shanghai Metals Market analysts, alumina production in Guizhou province, one of China’s major alumina producing regions, will be severely affected by raw material shortages in June. This might bring down the output and put pressure on alumina price in china’s domestic...
Possible production restarts may pressure alumina prices in China
<p>According to an SMM report, alumina prices in China, that have rallied recently, fuelled by production cutbacks, could face pressure from a possible massive production restarts.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
Spot alumina prices remain flat in major china markets; A00 aluminium ingot prices record gain
<p>Spot alumina prices in all the major Chinese markets remain flat after continuous gain throughout the second fortnight of May.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/china%20alumina2.png" alt="News" width="702"...
Spot alumina prices in major China markets continue rising; A00 aluminium ingot prices drop
<p>Spot alumina prices in China are on an upward track and now continue to grow firm throughout all the major markets.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/china%20alumina1jun.png" alt="News" width="705" height="282"...
