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WEEKLY: China alumina extends losses on capacity overhang, even as basis trade lifts physical offtake
08 SEPT 20264MINS
Alumina

WEEKLY: China alumina extends losses on capacity overhang, even as basis trade lifts physical offtake

China's domestic spot alumina prices continued their gradual downward trend last week, with sporadic discounted transactions emerging in the market, based on Mysteel's survey. The pressure was partly contributed by the persistent expectation of fresh supply coming online in southern China, leaving...

Impact Minerals plans staged 4,000-tpa HPA production in US
07 SEPT 20263MINS
Alumina

Impact Minerals plans staged 4,000-tpa HPA production in US

A NewPro study supports a staged 2,000-to-4,000-tonne-per-year high-purity alumina plant on the US Gulf Coast, with a post-tax NPV of about USD373 million and a 42.3 per cent IRR. Impact Minerals is advancing plans for a modular high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in the US after an independent scoping...

03 SEPT 20264MINS
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Ireland withholds Aughinish Alumina meeting notes amid Russia export review

Ireland’s Department of Enterprise has withheld the release records of discussions between its secretary general and Aughinish Alumina management, citing “highly confidential information” shared by the company. The decision comes as scrutiny intensifies over the Limerick refinery’s alumina exports...


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India exports about 1.5 million tons of alumina per year; China & UAE top the importer list
20 FEB 20173MINS

India exports about 1.5 million tons of alumina per year; China & UAE top the importer list

<p>India has an installed alumina capacity of 6.5.million tons, out of which plant capacity of 6.2 million tons reported alumina production in 2015. The reported production of alumina stands at 4 million tons in 2014-15 which increased by about 6% YOY. NALCO continues to be the leading producer of...

Bosnia's Alumina inks coal supply deal with Banovici to support 2017 production
13 FEB 20171MINS

Bosnia's Alumina inks coal supply deal with Banovici to support 2017 production

<p>Alumina d.o.o Zvornik, the key alumina producer and the biggest exporter of mineral-based detergents in Bosnia, said that it has signed a deal with the local state-controlled brown coal mine Banovici. Under the deal, the latter will supply 160,000 tonnes of coal worth some 16 million marka ($8.7...

Australia remains the top alumina exporter in the years 2015-2016
10 FEB 20174MINS

Australia remains the top alumina exporter in the years 2015-2016

<p>The global demand for alumina, the prime raw material for aluminium is growing like never before with faster growth in aluminium production. Recently Alcoa, during its earnings announcement said that it expects a 4 per cent growth in global aluminium demand in 2017. The world will continue to...

Saudi Arabia's reliance on alumina imports decreases significantly, 2016 volume down 35% YoY
30 JAN 20173MINS

Saudi Arabia's reliance on alumina imports decreases significantly, 2016 volume down 35% YoY

<p>Saudi Arabia, which is home to the GCC's only integrated aluminium complex- Ma'aden Aluminium (a joint venture between the Saudi Arabian Mining Company and Alcoa), is inching towards becoming fully self-reliant in alumina procurement for metal production within the country. Construction at...

China alumina production to rise supported by domestic demand
10 JAN 20173MINS

China alumina production to rise supported by domestic demand

<p style="text-align: left;">As per preliminary production data released by Shanghai Metals Market in their latest survey report, China's alumina output in December rose 17.4 per cent year-over-year to total at 5471 thousand tonnes. This was higher by 4.28 per cent from the November output volume...

U.S. alumina imports to grow in 2017 as producers seek to benefit from rising prices
09 JAN 20173MINS

U.S. alumina imports to grow in 2017 as producers seek to benefit from rising prices

<p>Global alumina market witnessed a steady demand growth in 2016, driven by the China factor. New smelter starts and old capacity restarts in China coupled with supply difficulties buoyed prices up both in China and ex-China market. In the U.S. too, integrated producers like erstwhile Alcoa Corp.,...

Noranda Alumina signs alumina supply agreement with Century Aluminum
05 JAN 20171MINS

Noranda Alumina signs alumina supply agreement with Century Aluminum

<p>Noranda Alumina confirmed that the company has secured a long term agreement with the Century Aluminum to supply smelters in Hawesville and Sebree, Kentucky with smelter grade alumina.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...

USA alumina export drops 38% YOY during third quarter 2016
03 JAN 20171MINS

USA alumina export drops 38% YOY during third quarter 2016

<p>According to USGS&rsquo; recently published bauxite and alumina industry survey for the Third Quarter 2016, imports of alumina during the third quarter of 2016 were 315,000 tons. This records a 3% increase from those in the second quarter but 20% drop from the third quarter of 2015. The general...

Alumina and LME aluminium price divergence to continue in 2017
03 JAN 20172MINS

Alumina and LME aluminium price divergence to continue in 2017

<p>Global alumina prices have risen steadily since late September in 2016 on the back of raw material restocking by the smelters in China where the commodity prices in the domestic market have also witnessed a steep rise, driven by strong demand, refinery closures (on alleged environmental laws...

Scarcity of alumina poses hurdles to the development of Iran’s aluminium industry
27 DEC 20162MINS

Scarcity of alumina poses hurdles to the development of Iran’s aluminium industry

<p>Iran has about 350,000 tons of yearly aluminium output capacity and the country is endowed with potential for the development of a successful aluminium industry. The country has cheap power as it is endowed with immense natural gas reserves. Qualified yet cheap labour force, production...

Nalco to consider allowing Vedanta to participate in its alumina tenders
26 DEC 20163MINS

Nalco to consider allowing Vedanta to participate in its alumina tenders

<p>India's two leading aluminium producers, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) and Vedanta, finally seem to be collaborating with each other to sort out alumina sourcing related issues that the latter has been facing since long. The central government has asked the Navaratna PSU to consider...

India remains top importer of alumina from China
23 DEC 20162MINS

India remains top importer of alumina from China

<p>China is one of the world&rsquo;s top alumina producers and a leading supplier of alumina to the global primary aluminium industry. China has around 60 million tonnes of alumina capacity but produced around 47.3 million tonnes of the aluminium-making ingredient from January to October last year....

The UAE's total alumina imports is estimated to decline 12.4% YOY in 2016
22 DEC 20163MINS

The UAE's total alumina imports is estimated to decline 12.4% YOY in 2016

<p>The United Arab Emirates has grown over the years from essentially an oil-based economy to the world's fourth largest aluminium producing country, thanks to Emirates Global Aluminium's (EGA) contribution as major aluminium manufacturer of the region. The industrial champion with two operating...

Rewind 2016: Top headlines of the global alumina industry
21 DEC 20166MINS

Rewind 2016: Top headlines of the global alumina industry

<p>2016 has been a reasonably good year for alumina. The commodity, unlike other components in the entire cyclical asset basket, witnessed a sustained demand push all through, thanks to a global deficit market and prices kept rising supported by supply concerns arising mainly out of China. There...

Chinese domestic alumina prices nudges higher, with the north index up 0.6%
19 DEC 20162MINS

Chinese domestic alumina prices nudges higher, with the north index up 0.6%

<p>CBIX eased US$0.4/dmt to US$50.3/dmt for the week on the back of lower Value in Use (ViU) priced Solomon Islands material countering higher priced imports from Brazil and Australia. News from Malaysia reports exports from Kuantan now moving to help clear stocks, but sentiment on ground suggests...

South Korea's alumina imports increase YoY with Japan topping the list of suppliers
15 DEC 20163MINS

South Korea's alumina imports increase YoY with Japan topping the list of suppliers

<p>The demand for alumina or aluminium oxide, which is obtained by refining bauxite ore and electrolysed to yield aluminium metal using the Hall-H&eacute;roult process, is on the rise driven by enhanced consumption by the aluminium industry. Prices of the mineral though remained under pressure in...

CBIX flat, alumina up, freight mixed
12 DEC 20162MINS

CBIX flat, alumina up, freight mixed

<p>CBIX remained flat over the week, closing at US$50.7/dmt with higher Value-in-Use (ViU)-priced material from Australia and Brazil balanced by some lower ViU-priced ore from Malaysia and India making a re-appearance. Malaysian material trickled into China at US$27.5/dmt FOB un-washed and...

Australia exported 19.6 million tons of alumina out of 20.3 million tons of production in 2015
06 DEC 20163MINS

Australia exported 19.6 million tons of alumina out of 20.3 million tons of production in 2015

<p>Australia is the top bauxite producer in the world with about 81million tons of bauxite production and that has induced some of the top aluminium companies invest on alumina refineries in Australia, especially Western Australia.</p> <p>{newsStudioGallery}</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>According to the...

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