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 ball is in the European Union's court. The $6.8 billion merger between the world's two biggest can and bottle manufacturers looks like it is running afoul of European antitrust concens. Earlier this year, the top can maker, Ball, offered to buy No. 2 manufacturer Rexam in a cash and stock deal...
Arab nations exported $3.377 billion worth of products to Brazil during the first half of 2015, according to the statistics released by Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, and compiled by the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. Exports from Qatar grew 87.96 per cent to...
The Brazilian state of Pará has published a long-term ICMS tax framework for the aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA and related entities, developed between the parties. A new 15-year framework will replace the existing ICMS deferral on July 17. “Our ambition is to develop robust and viable...
The Rio 2016 Olympic torch has been unveiled by the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at a special ceremony, which took place in the capital of Brasilia on 3 July 2015. The torch is crafted from recycled aluminium and resin with a stain finish and has different segments which expand when the...
Novelis’ Brazilian unit has decided to concentrate more on export markets, in an attempt to offset declining demand growth in domestic market. According to Tadeu Nardocci, President-South American operations, Novelis, the company plans to expand its presence in the export markets of South America...
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa today announced that it will permanently close its Poços de Caldas primary aluminum smelter in Brazil on June 30, 2015. The smelter has been curtailed since May 2014 and the underlying market conditions that led to the curtailment have not improved. “The closure of...
Brazil is Hydro's main source for bauxite and it employs more than 6,000 people in the country for their business in the aluminium value chain. Hydro extracts bauxite in Paragominas and Trombetas and refines bauxite to alumina at the world's largest alumina refinery, Alunorte. AlCircle had an...
The ball mill at Hydro’s bauxite mining operations in Paragominas in Para, Brazil, that was taken out for planned maintenance in the beginning of March is now back in operation. Paragominas has fully resumed its production. Paragominas normally operates with two ball mills, and with one ball mill...
The recent announcement of Alumar smelter shutdown, the fifth and largest smelter to be decommissioned since 2009, has hammered another nail into the coffin of South America’s dying aluminium industry. The three potlines at Alumar had been systematically shut down starting in 2013 and ending a few...
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa announced on March 30, 2015 that it will curtail the remaining 74,000 metric tons of smelting capacity at its São Luís (Alumar) facility in Brazil. The decision is aligned with the Company’s recent announcement to evaluate upstream capacity for possible curtailment,...
One of two ball mills at Hydro’s bauxite mining operations, Paragominas in Para, Brazil, was taken out for planned maintenance in the beginning of March, with planned return to production towards the second half of March. As work progressed, an inspection revealed items which require an extended...
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa today announced that José Aurélio Drummond will join the Company as President of Latin America effective March 9, 2015. Mr. Drummond, 50, will lead Alcoa’s Latin America region, supporting the Company’s transformation strategy through which Alcoa is growing its...
According to latest trade statistics, the primary aluminum production by Brazil during the entire year 2014 declined sharply. The country’s primary aluminum output dropped 26.2% during the year to 962,000 tonnes. This is when compared with the output of 1.3 million tonnes during 2013. During the...
Brazil is staggering from the lack of rain in the country as it is drying up water sources and putting hydroelectricity generation at risk. Now with the growing risk of power rationing, the country’s current aluminium industry is destined to suffer even more. Electricity is an absolute necessity...
China’s aluminium imports continue to surge, rising another 44% from the previous month and 83.7% from last year importing a total of 638,586 tonnes of alumina in December, according to the latest customs data. Australia, one of China’s biggest suppliers, alone contributed 399,121 tonnes in...
2014 has been a bad year for Brazil and things do not look much brighter in 2015 as the country still seems to be in a haze of lethargy as the end-user demands remain low and most producers holding enough stocks to sustain them through the first quarter resulting in a quiet marketplace. Buyers...
Brazil has been a sufferer in the aluminium business in 2014, with exports dipping by 23.5% year-on-year as the primary producers in the country cut production capacities. In 2013, 404,847 tonnes of unwrought non alloyed metal was shipped abroad which fell to 309,878 tonnes in 2014 according to the...
Brazil imported 306,400t of primary aluminum in the first nine months, up 292% from 78,100t in the year-ago period, according to national aluminum association Abal. In terms of value, the country's primary aluminum imports totaled US$686mn in the period, a 279% increase from US$181mn in...
