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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The U.S. imported 463,000 tonnes of alumina in the first quarter of 2018, 31 per cent more than the total of 355,000 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2017, and 50 per cent more than the total of 308,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2017, according to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina...
According to Reuters report, rejection of Norsk Hydro’s appeal to overturn the partial suspension of bauxite refining operations at Alunorte refinery by a court in the Brazilian state of Para emerges as a blow to the world’s largest alumina refinery. In April, the company had sued state prosecutors...
China imported 20.4 million tonnes of bauxite in the first three months of 2018, an increase of 47 per cent year-on year. In March 2018, the country’s import of bauxite increased 44 per cent year-on year to 7.2 million tonnes, based on the import-export data released by General Customs. Data...
A Brazilian federal judge yesterday upheld a lower court ruling that ordered Norsk Hydro to cut production at Alunorte alumina refinery by 50 per cent. Federal Judge Arthur Pinheiro Chaves said that failure to honor the conditions set by the courts would result in a daily fine of 1 million reais...
U.S. President Donald Trump has postponed the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, the European Union and Mexico until June 1, and has reached agreements for permanent exemptions for Argentina, Australia and Brazil, the White House said on Monday. The decisions came just hours before...
Shanghai Metal Market (SMM) believes that the aluminium prices, which fell drastically on London Metal Exchange (LME) on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 following the US eased sanctions on Russia, are going to gain some support from the higher alumina prices. Last week, alumina was traded at US$800 per...
Crown Holdings, Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018. The company reported net sales of $2,197 million in Q1 2018, from $1,901 million in Q1 2017, reflecting increased beverage can volumes, the pass through of higher material costs to customers, and $121...
Albras Alumínio Brasileiro, the second largest aluminium producer in Brazil is going to curtail aluminium production by 50 per cent at its Albras Aluminium Plant, decided yesterday April 10, 2018 by the company’s board of directors. After curtailment, Albras will produce only around 230,000 tonnes...
An internal task force and Brazilian environmental consultancy SGW Services have found no indication or evidence of contamination to nearby local communities from Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil, Norsk Hydro reported on Monday 9 April. “Both reports confirm our previous statements that there...
Norsk Hydro completes s acquisition of Arconic’s two extrusion plants in Brazil on April 2, 2018, strengthening Hydro’s downstream position in Brazil and creating a solid platform for further growth. The two extrusion plants at Utinga and Tubarão in southern Brazil that belonged to Arconic have one...
Hydro will host a combined analyst and press conference at its corporate headquarters at Drammensveien 260, Oslo, on Monday April 9. The presentation will be hosted by President and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg. Representatives from both the internal task force and the external environmental...
The closure of 50% operations in Hydro’s Alunorte Refinery recently will have a significant effect in the alumina market in 2018. Hydro’s Alunorte is the world's largest alumina refinery and is located in Pará, Brazil. On average, 14% of its production goes to the domestic market and the other 86 %...
After being forced to reduce alumina production substantially under a judicial order last month, the Alunorte refinery in North Brazil, owned by Norway’s Norsk Hydro, has to now start closing down half of its alumina capacity in the next two weeks to preserve equipment, said two people familiar...
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro today announced that the company is in talks with the environmental authorities of Pará to resume normal operations at Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil. Alunorte alumina refinery is currently operating at 50 per cent capacity. “In addition, Alunorte is...
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the Fourth Quarter 2017 ; imports of alumina by the U.S. in the fourth quarter of 2017 stood at 355,000 tonnes. The volume was 3% less than the amount of 364,000 tonnes imported in the third quarter of 2017 and 34% more than that in the...
According to a BBC update, the European Union (EU) and six other countries will be exempt from steel and aluminium tariffs announced by President Trump, for the time being. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced Mr Trump’s decision to "pause" the import duties temporarily for these...
Hydro expands the scope of the ongoing independent review of Alunorte by Brazilian environmental consultancy SGW Services to include all interfaces with areas adjacent to the refinery operation. Hydro’s Internal Audit will conduct a full review of all licenses, complementing SGW’s review of...
As an update on the 50% production cut orders at Hydro’s Alunorte alumina refinery by Brazilian authorities and judiciary, Norsk Hydro says that it is looking at securing alternative sources of alumina to substitute the closed supply at its Brazilian plant on priority basis. Hydro’s Chief Executive...
