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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Shares of Argentine aluminium manufacturer Aluar fell more than 10% on Monday after President Donald Trump gave a statement about restoring tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from Argentina and Brazil. Trump announced this in a tweet post earlier on Monday. President of Aluar, Javier Madanes...
On Monday, December 2, the US President Donald Trump announced to immediately restore aluminium and steel import tariffs on Brazil and Argentina and even harsher penalties of up to 100 per cent against $2.4 billion of French imports, as a retaliatory move against France’s new digital-services tax...
Alcoa Corporation, a global leader in bauxite, alumina and aluminum, today announced that it has been accepted as a member of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), an organization focused on enhancing the industry’s contribution to society with safe, fair and sustainable practices....
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has certified Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) against ASI Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard. CBA has achieved Certification for several of its facilities in Brazil, including the largest integrated plant worldwide. The Certifications...
Shanghai Metals Market found that China’s bauxite imports fell in September for the second straight month, due to a weak supply from major sources such as the Republic of Guinea, as the latter entered a rainy season in July. Customs data under HS code 26060000 showed that China imported 6.75...
South32 reported alumina production of 1.3 million tonnes in the first quarter, unchanged from the prior quarter. But the production increased 13% year-on-year. Production at Brazil Alumina increased by 14% quarter-on-quarter to a record 356,000 in the September 2019 quarter as the refinery...
Brazil imported 10,900 tonnes of aluminium scrap from the US in the first six months of 2019, from 6,700 tonnes imported in the first six months of 2018. This records an increase of 4,200 tonnes or 62.69% year-on-year, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological...
Norsk Hydro announced that The Brazilian federal court lifted the final embargo on Alunorte’s new bauxite residue disposal (DRS2) under a criminal lawsuit on Thursday, September 26th. This allows the alumina refinery to resume activities of installation and commissioning at DRS2, ending a 19-month...
Norsk Hydro announces with a press release that The Federal Court in Belém, Brazil lifted the embargo on Alunorte's new bauxite residue disposal (DRS2) under the civil lawsuit on September 20. It is to be noted that Alunorte is still subjected to another embargo on DRS2 under a criminal lawsuit....
As shown by the latest US Geological Survey data on bauxite and alumina imports in the second quarter of 2019, the United States imported 1.03 million tonnes of crude and dried bauxite, up 38 per cent from Q1 2019 and 13 per cent from the same period last year. With this, the US' total bauxite...
Aluminium consumption in Brazil is expected to match the record levels of 2013 by the end of 2019 or the beginning of 2020, backed on better sales in the aluminium packaging industry. According to the industry association Abal, apparent consumption will grow by some 7.5 per cent this year compared...
A press release from Hydro says Alunorte, Hydro and Ministério Público Federal filed a joint petition to the Federal Court in Belem yesterday to lift the embargoes on the new bauxite residue deposit area - DRS2, which lies suspended since March 1, 2018 after a court order. The petition came after...
Australian mining and metals company South32’s chief executive Graham Kerr reportedly says that it’s not the right time to commit large investments in alumina refineries expansion, as the return of Brazil’s Alunorte alumina refinery’s production creates an oversupply of the commodity which...
Alcoa has achieved three Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifications to the ASI Performance Standard, for the Juruti bauxite mining and Alumar alumina refining operations in Brazil, and for the San Ciprián aluminium smelting operations in Spain. Alcoa is the first US-based company to achieve...
The survey data of the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) showed that global aluminium production dropped 0.5 per cent in the first half of 2019, as Lower Western output had been largely down due to temporary outages at two important smelters – Albras in Brazil and Becancour in Canada. The...
According to ABAL, the aluminium industry association of Brazil, Brazilian primary aluminium production declined 3.1 per cent year-on-year in May 2019. Aluminium production in Brazil totalled 50,000t in May. Month-on-month, Brazil’s primary aluminium production increased 3.31 per cent from 48,400...
Norsk Hydro in the financial results of second quarter 2019 declared that its underlying earnings before financial items and tax stood at NOK 875 million, compared to NOK 2,713 million in the same period last year. This year-on-year fall in underlying earnings could be attributed to cyber-attack...
Crown Holdings, Inc. announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019. Net sales were $3,035 million in Q2, from $3,046 million in Q2 2018, reflecting $80 million of unfavourable currency translation offset by increased beverage can volumes. Income from operations...
