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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Hulamin, Africa’s biggest maker of fabricated aluminum products, has asked South African trade authorities to impose tariffs on aluminum sheet imports, mainly from Brazil. While exports to Brazil attract a 12 percent duty, aluminum sheet imports from Novelis’ South American business to beverage can...
Alcoa today announced that Aquilino Paolucci, Vice President of Business Development and Regional Affairs for Latin America, has been named President of Alcoa Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), effective as of March 1. Paolucci succeeds Franklin Feder who is retiring from Alcoa effective August...
In 2012, the worldwide bauxite production reached 263,000 tonnes, registering a 1.3% YoY increase. In the same year, the overall alumina supply volume stood at more than 92,000 tonnes, recording just a 0.7% YoY increase. Australia, China, Brazil, Indonesia and India were the top five bauxite...
Aluminium giant Novelis has reported its strongest shipping quarter since 2008, but pretax profit growth remained subdued in the last three months of 2013. Shipments of aluminium rolled products totalled 721,000 tonnes between October and December 2013, up 11% compared to the same period in 2012....
Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax (EBIT) fell to NOK 483 million in the fourth quarter 2013 from NOK 659 million in the third quarter, mainly due to seasonal effects and lower hydropower production. For the full year, underlying EBIT rose to 2,737 million from 1,297 million...
Hydro has reported its fourth quarter 2013 and full year earnings. For the full year, underlying EBIT rose to 2,737 million from 1,297 million in 2012 despite the fall in EBIT in the fourth quarter. Fourth-quarter underlying EBIT for the Bauxite & Alumina business area was, however, lifted by...
Norsk Hydro ASA's alumina refinery Alunorte in Brazil will be subject to ICMS taxation on fuel oil starting February 1, following a decision by the Brazilian state of Pará to change the collection point of the ICMS tax on fuel-oil purchases. Assuming that the decision is upheld, the estimated...
Reed Exhibitions is preparing for a record year with its portfolio of biennial Aluminium shows. Weeks before the kick-off of the World Cup in Brazil, the second edition of Aluminium Brazil will bring together the international aluminium industry on 1-3 April in São Paulo. The 2014 event will follow...
The report 'Brazil Mining Market Outlook to 2017 - driven by Surging Mineral Exploration Activities' provides a comprehensive analysis of the various aspects such as market size, segmentation, trends and developments and future projections of the mining market of Brazil. The mining market of Brazil...
Brazilian aluminium exports fell sharply year-on-year in November after traditional customers like Japan and Switzerland reported no trade in the month, and domestic demand increased. Volumes sent abroad totalled 10,260 tonnes, from 41,782 tonnes in November 2012. Revenues in the month totalled...
Brazil’s exports of bauxite and aluminium fell in November, while alumina shipments increased, according to the country’s trade ministry. Bauxite exports from Brazil reported a 14% fall in November after China and Canada reduced purchases. Shipped volumes were 719,719 tonnes in the month, compared...
Alumina exports were up 26.3% year-on-year in November as a result of increased trade with Europe. Exports totalled 603,792 tonnes, compared with 478,056 tonnes in November 2012. Revenues for the month stood at $151.78 million, from $118.97 million a year ago. Norway acquired 163,938 tonnes,...
ABRE, the Brazilian Packaging Association, recently reported that the average number of beverage cans used in 2012 per Brazilian consumer rose to 103, a 12% increase from 91 cans used the year before. While many of these cans are for beer or soft drink applications, an increasing number of brands...
Midwest aluminium premiums have increased as spot availability has tightened at the same time that wide spreads on the London Metal Exchange continue to support financing deals. Metal Bulletin sister title AMM’s spot P1020 aluminium premium increased to a range of 10.75 to 11 cents per pound on...
A venerable brand is resurrected when Sapa Heat Transfer changes its name to Gränges. As part of the restructuring of the Sapa Group, the business area that manufactures rolled aluminium material for the global heat exchanger industry becomes a separate company with its own brand. The new Gränges...
United Co Rusal plans to step up sales of aluminium to the South American market, sources told Metal Bulletin. Its move reflects efforts by the Russian company to move on from sales into Brazil’s spot market to deals signed on annual contracts. “There should be an increase [in Brazil’s aluminium...
The cooperation agreement with the University of Oslo and the three Brazilian research institutions Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA) and Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG) was signed in Belém, Brazil, on Friday. The collaboration will include...
Alcoa, the world's leading producer of primary and transformed aluminum, was considered the most sustainable company in the sector in which it operates and in the category, 'Relationship with Suppliers' by Exame's Sustainability Guide 2013, an annual publication from Editora Abril. Considered to be...
