Alcoa has moved its proposed acquisition of South32's bauxite, alumina and aluminium interests forward with a US SEC filing, with the transaction carrying an implied enterprise value of up to USD 5.6 billion. Alcoa Corporation has filed a Form S-4 registration statement with the US Securities and...
Recently, domestic alumina spot and futures prices have weakened in tandem, and market sentiment has become more cautious. According to Mysteel research, China's operating alumina capacity has reached 99 million tonnes per year, the highest level so far this year. New commissioning and technical...
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Alumina availability in the spot market increased over the week, bolstered by higher domestic production and steady inflows of imported alumina, according to market watchers. Domestic alumina production increased further last week, on the back of newly commissioned and resumed capacity. Over May...
Indonesia’s aluminium value chain is expanding rapidly, but a critical imbalance is beginning to emerge beneath the country’s downstream ambitions. While alumina refineries and aluminium smelters are being developed at a fast pace, bauxite mine production has not increased with the same momentum,...
S&P Global Ratings has upgraded Vedanta Resources to ‘BB’ with a stable outlook, reinforced by improvement in operating performance, firmer liquidity and consistent deleveraging across the group. S&P highlighted Vedanta’s expanding backward integration in alumina and bauxite, coupled with...
The Sumitomo Chemical Company, a Japanese chemical industry giant, has recently developed and launched a new range of high-purity alumina products, titled ELA series, that are intended for use in the ever-evolving semiconductor industry. The new range of products is specifically intended for use in...
The Q1 export volume surged by 40.3 per cent from the 1.1 million tonnes Indonesia shipped abroad during the same period in 2025, Mysteel Global noted. Despite the sharp increase in volume, the value of those alumina exports declined by 27.7 per cent on year to USD 513.8 million during the first...
China's alumina prices held broadly steady during May 1-7 after a brief uptick seen ahead of the May Day holiday over May 1-5, as cautious sentiment prevailed in the spot market amid signs of loosening supply following temporary pre-holiday tightness. According to Mysteel's price assessment, the...
National Aluminium Company is preparing for a mixed market environment in FY27, with alumina expected to remain under pressure even as aluminium prices continue trading at elevated levels for now. Speaking in an interview with CNBC-TV18, NALCO Chairman and Managing Director Brijendra Pratap Singh...
中文翻译附于新闻末尾，敬请继续阅读。 The global bauxite market began 2026 with an unusual divergence. While the United States continued moving away from primary aluminium inputs, Guinea strengthened its grip on the global bauxite trade through surging exports to China, reshaping the balance of raw material flows...
Global metallurgical-grade alumina production lost momentum in Q1 2026 after several key producing regions scaled back from the exceptionally strong output levels seen at the end of 2025, with North America emerging as the only region to register quarter-on-quarter growth, albeit marginally. China...
The International Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium Society (IBAAS) has received an impressive lineup of technical paper submissions for its upcoming Aluminium Conference & Exhibition, scheduled to be held from September 9–11, 2026, in Jharsuguda, India. The accepted papers cover a broad spectrum of...
EGA has agreed with the Republic of Guinea on the supply of bauxite and resolving other disputes between them, representing progress in ensuring stability in the supply of its raw materials. The agreement provides for the renewal of bauxite supply contracts under mutually agreed commercial terms....
For decades, the aluminium industry has lived with a structural contradiction: for every tonne of alumina produced, it generated up to 1.5 tonnes of highly alkaline waste. That equation has now reached a breaking point. With global alumina output crossing 141 million tonnes in 2023 and 154 million...
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Mines, led by the Government of India, has achieved a milestone in its financial results for FY26, reporting record-breaking gains over past financial years alongside a strong operational performance. NALCO’s annual...
Dr Deependra Singh, the former Chairman and Managing Director of IREL (India) Limited, a central public sector undertaking under the aegis of Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India, has clearly stated in this interview with AL Circle that India’s demand for critical minerals is set to rise...
The Alcoa plant in Australia entered into losses in 2025 as the costs went up dramatically due to the shutdown and the subsequent cleanup of the Kwinana alumina refinery, which clearly indicated that environmental cleanup was quite costly. It is clear from the documents filed with the corporate...
Global metallurgical alumina production has been expanding in a measured and consistent manner. Output rose from 130.4 million tonnes in 2021 to 133.1 million tonnes in 2022, followed by gradual increases to 134.8 million tonnes in 2023 and 137.8 million tonnes in 2024. The trajectory strengthened...
Mykolaiv alumina refinery is set to be offered for privatisation in the fourth quarter of 2026, with a starting price of around USD 86 million, according to Ukraine’s State Property Fund. The announcement was made by Dmytro Natalukha, head of the State Property Fund, during a press briefing marking...
Mysteel assessed the national average spot price for smelter-grade alumina with a minimum purity of 98.6 per cent at RMB 2,696 per tonne (USD 395 per tonne) on April 23, marking a marginal decline of 0.5 per cent from a week earlier. The price drop slowed compared with the 2 per cent on-week...
