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...
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...
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Trade disruption resulting from the Middle East conflict has led to the diversion of approximately 1.2 million tonnes of bauxite shipments from Guinea to India. Amid supply constraints and tightened trade, the bauxite supply originally bound for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would offer a...
On March 12, Mysteel assessed the national average spot price for metallurgical-grade alumina with a minimum purity of 98.6 per cent at RMB 2,692 per tonne (USD 390.7 per tonne), up by a further RMB 17per tonne from a week earlier. Explore- Most accurate data to drive business decisions with Global...
The rerouting of the raw materials away from the Middle East is suggested to be benefiting the Chinese aluminium producers. This is because China is receiving a higher amount of alumina, the precursor refined from bauxite, due to the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran. As a result, the country is...
Meanwhile, regional price assessments for the same grade of spot alumina rose across China's five major alumina production hubs. The assessed prices in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, and Guizhou provinces and in the Guangxi autonomous region all increased by RMB 5 per tonne on the day, averaging between...
Meanwhile, the value of the country's alumina imports reached USD114.3 million during the year, rising by 7.7 per cent on the year. China, Australia and Indonesia were the three largest suppliers of South Korea's imported alumina last year, accounting for 22 per cent, 21.8 per cent and 16.1 per...
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been causing concerns for primary aluminium supply around the world. At the same time, it is also raising questions about the supply of raw materials to the Middle East, a region heavily dependent on imported primary aluminium raw materials, many of which...
Escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East since February 28 are likely to disrupt primary aluminium production there and cause additional alumina cargoes to be redirected to markets outside the region including China, according to Mysteel's recent analytical report on the commodity. The...
Chinese alumina prices largely tracked higher in the spot market on February 27, while alumina futures in Shanghai weakened further the same day. The domestic alumina market is expected to remain volatile in the near term amid rising market concerns following the US and Israeli strikes on Iran over...
Futures: The most-traded alumina 2605 futures contract opened at RMB 2,879 per tonne overnight, hit a high of RMB 2,883 per tonne, touched a low of RMB 2,850 per tonne, and finally closed at RMB 2,874 per tonne, up RMB 4 per tonne from the previous day. Open interest increased by 8,601 lots to...
The Indonesian aluminium market demonstrated operational resilience during the 2026 Chinese New Year period, with smelting and refining production activities continuing unabated. This stability, confirmed by multiple industry sources, underscores the mature nature of the downstream processing...
The world alumina production in 2025 tells markedly different story thanprimary aluminium. While the primary metal clocked the weakest growth rate in recent years, alumina registered the strongest five-year leap. According to the International Aluminium Institute (IAI), the world alumina production...
The country's alumina export value reached USD 2.3 billion last year, marking a 15.2 per cent on-year increase, the BPS data showed. By destination, Malaysia, India and Russia were the top three importers of Indonesian alumina in 2025, Mysteel Global noted. To know more about the global primary...
According to Mysteel's daily price assessment, the national average spot price for metallurgical-grade alumina with a minimum purity of 98.6 per cent came in at RMB 2,648 per tonne (USD 381 per tonne), including the 13 per cent VAT on Wednesday, nudging down by RMB 1 per tonne from the day prior....
In December alone, China's alumina exports jumped by 22.6 per cent from November and rose by 9.3 per cent on year to 205,863 tonnes, the GACC data showed. By destination, Russia retained its position as the largest overseas buyer of Chinese alumina last year, with alumina exports there totalling...
Global alumina production is increasing, although the drivers behind the rise are more layered than a straightforward growth story might suggest. Smelter-grade alumina output rose from 134.2 million tonnes in 2023 to 136.9 million tonnes in 2024, after which the curve steepened. For 2025,...
China's alumina prices for spot sales inched lower again on January 16, while those for futures contracts slightly rebounded during the nighttime trading session following marked daytime losses. The national average spot price for metallurgical-grade alumina with a purity exceeding 98.6 per cent...
According to Mysteel's weekly survey, total smelter-grade alumina output among the 44 Chinese alumina refiners under Mysteel tracking ticked up marginally by 0.2 per cent on a week to 1.84 million tonnes during the December 19-25 week. During the same week, the average capacity utilisation rate...
Despite the significant on-month rise, cumulative imports over January-November stood at 970,083 tonnes, down 31 per cent from the same period of 2024, the GACC data showed. By origin, Australia remained China's largest imported alumina supplier in November, shipping 83,000 tonnes and accounting...
