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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Votorantim Metais’ (VM) Alumina Rondon project, an alumina refinery located close to a bauxite mine in the north of Brazil, is expected to start operations in 2017, Carlos Gatti, the project’s operation manager told Metal Bulletin. VM is currently concluding feasibility studies and construction...
Brazilian metals company Votorantim Metals has signed a protocol of intent with Seicom, Para state's industry, mining and commerce department, as part of the latter's plan to attract new businesses to its mining and metals industry. As Votorantim gets ready to start work on its Alumina Rondon...
Prices in Brazil for aluminium scrap have risen sharply this month compared with August and are also up on the same period last year, according to a survey released by the Brazilian aluminium association, Abal. The most expensive class of secondary aluminium items in Brazil – scrap profile...
Alumina exports remained practically flat year-on-year in August as a reduction in volumes sent to Norway was offset by increased trade with Canada. Exports totalled 480,625 tonnes, compared with 484,733 tonnes in August 2012. Revenues for the month totalled $121.34 million, from $120.99 million a...
Bauxite exports from Brazil fell 25.6% year-on-year in August to 662,647 tonnes, with the USA and Ireland reducing purchases. The exports were also down sharply from 949,860 tonnes shipped in July 2013. Export revenue in August stood at $27.02 million, compared with $38.75 million a year earlier....
Brazilian aluminium exports fell 35.8% year-on-year in August as European countries like the Netherlands received fewer shipments. Volumes sent abroad totalled 30,262 tonnes, from 47,162 tonnes in August 2012. Revenues in the month totalled $57.51 million, compared with $87.81 million a year ago....
Sao Paulo-based aluminum extrusion producer Sapa Aluminium Brasil forecasts moderate growth for the Brazilian market this year, CFO Roberto Silva told BNamericas. "The extruded aluminum market is heavily influenced by investments in local economies. Sapa Aluminum forecasts for this year moderate...
Brazil’s aluminium output fell 8% year-on-year in July as lower metal prices and high energy costs discouraged new investments in primary production. The country’s primary aluminium output stood at 110,800 tonnes in July, compared with 120,400 tonnes in the same month last year, according to...
The transaction to combine Norsk Hydro's aluminum extruded products business area and Orkla's Sapa into a 50:50 joint venture has been completed as planned, the two Norwegian companies said Monday. Last October, the two companies announced a proposed joint venture which would own and operate the...
Brazil‘s primary aluminum output in the first seven months of 2013 reached 776,800t, down 8.4% from 847,700t year-on-year, national aluminum association Abal said. Primary aluminum production in July totaled 110,800t, an 8% decrease from 120,400t produced in the same month of 2012. Companies...
The aluminum firm Alcoa has announced plans to reduce its production of aluminum by around 164,000 metric tons by closing production at two locations. The cuts are part of Alcoa’s earlier announced plans to reduce its aluminum capacity by 460,000 metric tons to balance supply and demand. Alcoa had...
It had recently been announced by Alcoa Inc that the company had decided to shut down the operations of around 164,000 metric tons of smelting capacitance facilities located in the United States and Brazil. This move taken up as part of the company’s smelting capacitance appraisal plan is expected...
Hindalco Industries Ltd. (HNDL), the world’s biggest supplier of aluminum for cans, is counting on next year’s soccer World Cup and the 2016 summer Olympics in Brazil to buoy demand amid sagging sales at home in India. Novelis Inc., a unit of the company controlled by billionaire Kumar Mangalam...
Brazil’s exports of bauxite presented a sharp increase in July, whereas alumina and aluminium trade fell, according to the country’s trade ministry. All transactions were on a fob basis. Bauxite Bauxite exports from Brazil shot up by 218% year-on-year in July to 949,860 tonnes after increased...
Alcoa today announced that it will close or curtail 164,000 metric tons (mt) of smelting capacity in the United States and Brazil as part of its smelting capacity review that was announced in May. One potline representing 40,000 metric tons at the Massena East plant in New York will be permanently...
Roy Harvey has been appointed chief operating officer for Alcoa's Global Primary Products (GPP) and will focus on the day-to-day operations at the aluminium giant's 22 aluminum smelters and nine alumina refineries worldwide. Harvey, a member of Alcoa's Executive Council, will also oversee the...
Brazil‘s primary aluminum output in the first half of 2013 reached 666,000t, down 8.4% from 727,300t year-on-year, national aluminum association Abal said. According to the latest data available in Abal’s website, primary aluminum exports in the January-May period of 2013 totaled 207,400t, down...
This month, Ibram raised its representation from 11 to 15 members and also designated Hydro as a member of the Special Committee on Mining of the National Confederation of Industry (CEM/CNI), as the representative of the bauxite industry. Andreia Reis, head of Business Relationship and Development...
