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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<p>As a counter effect of the falling commodity price, Hindalco Industries will go ahead with plans to sell its alumina plant and mines in Brazil.<br /><br />According to an Economics Times report, Hindalco wants to use the money to pay off loans and focus on the domestic business to be...
<p>According to China's General Administration of Customs data released on August 24, bauxite import of the country shrunk 27.43 per cent year-on-year to stand at 3,634,184 million tonnes in July 2016. During January-July period, bauxite import rose 4.8 per cent YoY, a minimal rise compared to what...
Primary aluminium exports from Brazil advanced 25.6 per cent to 30,681 tonnes in June as compared to 24,435 tonnes in the same month last year, according to latest figures from Brazil’s foreign trade ministry, MDIC. Meanwhile, revenues from primary aluminium exports in June increased only 2.2 per...
The AptarGroup, a supplier of packaging solutions such as aluminium aerosol cans for the beauty and personal care industry, announced resumption of production flows at its factory in Annecy, France, after a fire broke out at one of its three anodization production units, on June 25. The fire caused...
The bauxite mine, Hydro Paragominas, ranks as number one on the list over mining companies in Brazil in the latest edition of Best and Biggest of EXAME magazine. Executive vice president in Bauxite & Alumina, Alberto Fabrini, highlights that the recognition is an award earned by all at Hydro...
Ball Corp. on Thursday finalized its $6.1 billion acquisition of British competitor Rexam, making the Broomfield-based company the largest (aluminium and tinplate) beverage can maker in the world. Ball also assumed $2.4 billion of debt in the deal. The combined company accounts for 60 percent of...
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa announced yesterday a long-term contract with Embraer – the leading manufacturer of commercial jets up to 130 seats – valued at approximately $470 million. Under the multiyear agreement, Alcoa will supply aluminium sheet and plate for Embraer’s new E2s, the second...
According to the latest Mineral Industry Surveys data published by the USGS, imports of alumina during the first quarter of 2016 were 262,000 metric tons (t), 6 per cent less than those in the fourth quarter of 2015 and 48 per cent less than those in the first quarter of 2015. The leading sources...
According to the latest Mineral Industry Surveys data published by the USGS, imports of crude and dried bauxite in the first quarter of 2016 were 1.51 million metric tons (Mt), 35 per cent less than those in the fourth quarter of 2015 and 45 per cent less than those in the first quarter of 2015....
While Australia remains China’s top bauxite supplier, the country is facing competition from Guinea and Brazil, who are emerging as important suppliers, SMM says. Imports from Guinea, China’s second largest supplier, rose about 10 per cent month-on-month in May, and imports from Brazil, which...
Maxion Wheels, a division of Iochpe Maxion S. A., marked the opening of a new light vehicle aluminium wheel plant in Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil, this week with an inauguration celebration. The new plant, adjacent to the company's existing steel wheel plant, will add two million aluminium wheels per...
Global bauxite ore production is set to experience solid growth driven by a robust project pipeline and reach 321.3 million tonnes (Mt) in 2020, according to a recent industry report. The report states that the production will witness a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.1 per cent from 2016...
Hydro and Brazilian mining company Vale has ended negotiations on the possible acquisition of Vale's 40 per cent interest in Brazilian bauxite producer Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN). The two companies entered into a letter of Intent (LoI) regarding the possible transaction in October 2015, but have...
Bauxite prices remained flat over the week, down slightly (0.1 per cent or US$0.1/dmt) to close at US$43.4/dmt. This was despite higher ViU-adjusted material from Brazil impacting prices. Bauxite exports from Guinea by SMB (Weiqiao) are also influencing CBIX, although it remains unclear what grades...
The Rio 2016 torch has been designed to represent the diversity and vibrancy of Brazil, and the Olympic spirit. It is made from recycled aluminium and resin with a satin finish, and can be opened out to reveal coloured segments during the relay. The torch stands 69 centimetres tall when fully...
According to a new market research publication on global bauxite mining trends and outlook to 2020, the world bauxite reserves stood at 27.5 billion tonnes (Bnt) as of January 2016. Guinea had the world’s largest reserves, with 7.4Bnt, accounting for 26.9 per cent of the global total, with most...
Colorado’s Ball Corporation announced last week that it and British-based American-owned Rexam PLC have come to terms with Luxembourg’s Ardagh Group over the sale of certain of Ball’s and Rexam’s assets in order to satisfy regulatory concerns involved in Ball’s purchase of Rexam. Ball and Rexam are...
Norsk Hydro has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended on March 31, 2016. The underlying earnings before financial items and tax of the Norway based energy and aluminium producer declined to NOK 1,501 million in the first quarter, down from NOK 1,566 million in the fourth...
