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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South32, a diversified mining and metal company, has kept its output estimate steady for the fiscal year 2022, based on the output in the first quarter. On Thursday, October 21, South32 informed that alumina output fell 10 percent Q-o-Q in the first quarter of FY2022 to 1.2 million tonnes, while...
The economy of Argentina has a mixed economic system that incorporates a variety of private freedom, blended with centralized economic planning and government regulation. Argentina is a member of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur). The economy of the country will grow at 7.2% in 2021, as...
The leading aluminium producer Alcoa Corporation has tooled up on a project to restart an idled aluminium smelter in Brazil following the hike in aluminium prices to a 13-year high and Chinese output reduction. On 20th September 2021, the Pittsburgh headquartered aluminium producer and its partner...
On Friday, September 17, the United States Department of Commerce announced the final anti-dumping duties on the imports of certain aluminium foil from Armenia, Brazil, Oman, Russia, and Turkey. A few months ago, the Commerce Department made a preliminary determination that aluminium foil imported...
Compressed gas is another way to obtain mechanical energy storage. So, when a piston is used to compress a gas, energy is stored in the gas and can be released later by reversing the movement of the piston, hence pressurised gas is, therefore, an energy store. However, it can release energy that...
According to a recent report, Hydro has entered into a 15-year contract with New Fortress Energy (NFE) for the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to the Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil, as part of the fuel-switch initiative to replace the refinery’s energy sources and reduce carbon...
The world aluminium sector in August 2021 demonstrated a sharp rise in demand for the metal from every corner of the earth. The month observed the surge in the price of aluminium, which escalated by over 30% from $ 2013.50 per tonne to US$ 2673.50 per tonne, while it has been recorded as a 10 year...
In the second quarter of 2021, the United States imported 383,000 tonnes of alumina, a decrease of 33,000 tonnes or 7.93 per cent from 416,000 tonnes in the first quarter, found the US Census Bureau. However, on a year-on-year calculation, the United States alumina imports in Q2 2021 stood 6.09 per...
Costa Rica in general has a stable economy and a relatively high standard of living. The economy is majorly dependent on tourism and other growing sectors are agriculture and electronic components exports. The country’s GDP growth will recover gradually to 2.5% in 2021 and 3.4% in 2022, supported...
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The aluminium arm of Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim SA is venturing on a shortfall of the metal which is used producing from beer cans to plane parts. Ricardo Carvalho, Chief Executive Officer, CBA said: “Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio plans to invest 4 billion reals in the next five years as...
AlCircle team received a great opportunity to interview Dr Tapan Kumar Chand , Resident Director - Vedanta & Former Chairman cum Managing Director of National Aluminium Company (NALCO) following the virtual event of “Indian Aluminium Summit”. AlCircle: What is the major reason behind the surge in...
The aluminium downstream segment is considered as the major player of the global aluminium industry, however, this week it remained modest from the other segments of the value chain eventually. The Aditya Birla Group-owned Novelis Inc. declared the conclusion of its $150 million investment to...
On 12 th August 2021, the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, Novelis Inc. announced the completion of its $150 million investment to enlarge both rolling and recycling capacity at its Pindamonhangaba plant in Brazil by 100 kilotonnes each. The annual production capacity at this...
On 5 th August 2021, the Brazilian Aluminium Association, ABAL has appointed Janaina Donas as Executive President for the first time, while the role was previously held by Milton Rego after a seven-month recruitment process. Abal stated that most recently Donas acted as an External Relations and...
The global car manufacturing companies are required to do more to address the exploitation of human resources in their aluminium supply chains and the bauxite mines, including the destruction of farmland, damage to water sources and excessive greenhouse gas emissions that affect communities in...
Mining company South32 published alumina production of 1.4 million tonnes in Q4 FY21, an increase of 17 per cent quarter-on-quarter. Alumina output was 5.36 million tonnes in FY21, compared to 5.26 million tonnes in FY20, up 2 per cent year-on-year. Worsley Alumina saleable production increased by...
The economy of Uruguay economy is heavily dependent on its neighbours, Brazil and Argentina. In 2020, the country’s GDP plunged by an estimated 5.7%, primarily due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic not only in the country but also in its neighbours. However, it should be considered that the...
Rio Tinto announced its bauxite production results for the second quarter of 2021. The output was down by 6% year-on-year due to ongoing system instability following severe wet weather in Eastern Australia in the first quarter. The second quarter bauxite production came in at 13.7 million tonnes....
