The aluminium industry is entering the second half of 2026 with demand signals moving in different directions. Beverage cans are finding new consumption opportunities in Brazil, extrusion demand remains resilient in key markets, and aluminium producers are benefiting from firmer prices. At the same...
Alurion Resources has started infill drilling and bulk-sample trenching at its Amargosa Bauxite-Gallium Project in Bahia, Brazil, as the newly listed company advances the asset toward a targeted mid-2027 pre-feasibility study. The field programme marks a shift from defining the project’s resource...
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Terra Goyana Mineradora (TGM), one of Brazil's largest producers of bauxite, has joined Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as its new Production and Transformation member. TGM engages in bauxite mining, processing, selling, and mineral research and development. It contributes 5.5 per cent of...
Vedanta Aluminium has attained the second position in world ranking according to the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the aluminium industry (FY2021-22). Hydro spearheads the call for sanction against Russian aluminium under provisions laid by the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act. The...
The Brazilian aluminium industry is anticipated to depend less on imports and emphasise domestically produced metal in 2023 due to the demand for aluminium and the plans for significant extensive production capacity. Domestic producers were already raising premiums for deliveries in the first...
On January 23, 2023, the global resources company, South32 Ltd., downgraded the annual production forecast for its Brazil Aluminium operations, but the group remains optimistic in the days ahead. South32 said, "Due to a slower-than-anticipated ramp-up to nameplate capacity, its guidance for the...
Trivium Packaging bagged the Design for a Better World Award from Centro Brasil Design for creating a refillable aluminium cologne bottle for Boticario. The result was a user-friendly, lightweight, and recyclable cologne refill bottle with a unique dropper that came with this cutting-edge packaging...
Hydro Rein and Atlas Renewable Energy’s joint venture to build the Boa Sorte solar park in Paracatu, Minas Gerais, has secured financial aid, according to the report published on January 6. Hydro said the JV obtained the first US dollar indexed loan executed by Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento...
According to a report on Thursday, December 22, Brazil has decided to impose countervailing duties on China’s aluminium sheet products, effective from March 31, 2023. The news came after China’s Ministry of Commerce announced it officially. The Ministry has also reported the duties will range...
European solutions provider for carton packaging and filling machines, SIG Combibloc Group Ltd (SIG), has allotted US$1.9 million in funding to enhance the available technology to acquire a better value-added method of recycled aseptic cartons in Brazil. To promote recycling, polymers and aluminium...
According to a recent report, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has certified Novelis do Brasil LTDA against Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard V1 (2017) Certification for rolling operations at Pindamonhangaba, for fourteen aluminium cans collection centres throughout Brazil and one distribution...
The United States’ alumina imports in the third quarter of 2022 deteriorated to return 445,000 tonnes, following a rise of 8.76 per cent in the previous quarter, found the US Census Bureau data. The import volume in Q1 was also at the same amount, followed by a sequential rise in Q2 to 484,000...
Norwegian energy firm Equinor has reached a final investment decision for $430 million in Brazil's 531MW Mendubim solar project. It is a joint venture project between Scatec, Hydro Rein, and Equinor in Rio Grande do Norte. In a 20-year power purchase agreement, Alunorte, one of the world's largest...
Earlier in November, renowned aluminium producer from America, Alcoa Corporation, inaugurated a brand new bauxite residue processing unit in Brazil. The facility makes good use of water and land conservation methods that it had practised to perfection in Australia. The latest Poços de Caldas...
Venezuelan state-owned enterprise Aluminium Nationals SA (Alunasa) halted operations in Costa Rica almost one year ago, laying out a debt evaluation of R$19 million. As official apprentices claim, the debt has not only affected the workers but also impacted the Costa Rican coffers. Alunasa is one...
The Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo, Norsk Hydro, was recently honoured with the “Mining & Raw Materials Industry Leadership Award” at the annual S&P Global Platts Global Metals Awards 2022. The Global Metals Awards honour the top performers in the metals...
Norsk Hydro's local unit, Hydro Paragominas, is investing 590 million reais ($114 million) in the M5 bauxite mining project in northern Brazil's Pará state. Norsk Hydro-owned Hydro Paragominas has contributed significantly to the economic and social development of Paragominas for 15 years and...
On Thursday, September 8, Alcoa Corporation announced it received certification from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) for its remaining Poços de Caldas operation in Brazil. Now, all of Alcoa’s Brazil operations are ASI-certified, bringing the total number of the company’s ASI Performance...
The United States imported 484,000 tonnes of alumina in the second quarter of 2022 versus 445,000 tonnes in the first quarter of the year, found the US Census Bureau. According to quarter-on-quarter calculation, that was an increase of 39,000 tonnes or 8.76 per cent. On a yearly basis, the US Q2...
With the world moving towards sustainability, big aluminium players are transforming the way their enterprises worked in the past and adopting methods of waste management. It is therefore quite common to find recycled aluminium in the end-user sector. But overall, this week the sector has been...
