Indonesia's Attorney General's Office has seized assets worth IDR 338.36 billion (USD 19.1 million) and named five suspects in an alleged corruption case involving a bauxite mining permit in West Kalimantan. Indonesia's Attorney General's Office (AGO) has seized IDR 338.36 billion (USD 19.1...
CREA estimates that Chinese investment in Indonesia's aluminium industry currently stands at between USD 5.5 billion and USD 6 billion, and forecasts that figure could rise to USD 30 billion by 2030. China currently produces around 60 per cent of the world's aluminium. Chinese companies began...
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Tsingshan Holding Group has applied to make aluminium produced by its Hua Chin smelting joint venture in Indonesia deliverable on the London Metal Exchange, according to a notice issued by the London Metal Exchange. If approved, Hua Chin would become only the second Indonesian high-grade primary...
China Aluminum International Engineering Corporation (Chalieco) has announced that it has signed an updated EPC contract for a 1 million tonnes per year alumina project in Indonesia with PT Inalum. The project has now been split into two parts. The alumina plant was completed on February 11. The...
Indonesia’s bauxite, alumina and aluminium sectors are growing, but there are gaps between mining, refining and smelting. The United States Geological Survey data of 2026 shows Indonesia’s alumina production at about 1.2 million tonnes in 2024, rising to 1.5 million tonnes in 2025. Bauxite...
While global attention remains fixed on China, a quieter transformation is unfolding across Africa and Asia. Across Africa and Asia (excluding China), metallurgical alumina production climbed from 13.8 million tonnes in 2024 to 14.5 million tonnes in 2025. That’s a gain of around 700,000 tonnes, or...
Russia proposed cooperation with West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, on nuclear power development, aluminium processing and education during a visit by Ambassador Sergey Tolchenov to the Indonesian province in early March 2026. To know more about the global primary aluminium industry 2026 outlook,...
Meanwhile, the value of the country's alumina imports reached USD114.3 million during the year, rising by 7.7 per cent on the year. China, Australia and Indonesia were the three largest suppliers of South Korea's imported alumina last year, accounting for 22 per cent, 21.8 per cent and 16.1 per...
As global bauxite and alumina markets confront evolving trade flows, complex supply chains and shifting policy frameworks, Fastmarkets Bauxite & Alumina 2026 will convene senior executives, government officials and analysts from March 23 to 25 in Miami. The forum will focus on the operational...
The US Commerce Department has imposed a countervailing tariff on India, Indonesia and Laos to restrain the growing Asian industries. The duties are specifically for the solar cells and panels exported by these countries. For the global aluminium value-chain 2026 outlook, book our exclusive report...
The Indonesian aluminium market demonstrated operational resilience during the 2026 Chinese New Year period, with smelting and refining production activities continuing unabated. This stability, confirmed by multiple industry sources, underscores the mature nature of the downstream processing...
中文翻译附于新闻末尾，敬请继续阅读。 Though a plethora of speed breakers hit the aluminium industry in recent times, global primary aluminium operating capacity is set to rise sharply. SMM, through one of its recently held webinars, projects an increase of about 20.9 million tonnes by the end of 2026, taking total...
On February 9, the China Coal Transportation and Distribution Association (CCTDA) revised its forecast for China's coal imports during 2026 to 465 million tonnes, down from 480 million tonnes projected just three weeks earlier. The adjustment was mainly linked to Indonesia's newly-announced plan to...
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Indonesia’s aluminium industry is growing fast, tackling all the stalled sites and upgrading technology at processing units. The RKAB structure has made sure that the ore and the subsequent production process are streamlined. But what about the electrons? Globally, electricity alone accounts for...
The country's alumina export value reached USD 2.3 billion last year, marking a 15.2 per cent on-year increase, the BPS data showed. By destination, Malaysia, India and Russia were the top three importers of Indonesian alumina in 2025, Mysteel Global noted. To know more about the global primary...
Badan Pangelola Investasi Daya Anagata Nusantara (BPI Danantara), Indonesia’s new independent sovereign wealth fund launched by President Prabowo Subianto, invested IDR 118.4 trillion (USD 7 billion) in 6 downstream projects across the country. To know more about the global primary aluminium...
2025 has marked a year of upstream momentum for the aluminium industry. Across continents, bauxite mines and alumina refineries are coming online, quietly redefining where global supply begins. This shift is being driven by a wave of projects that are expanding raw material capacity and reshaping...
中文翻译附于新闻末尾，敬请继续阅读。 Nanshan Aluminium International Holdings Limited is all set to start off preparatory works in 2026 on a new electrolytic aluminium facility in Indonesia’s Galang Batang Special Economic Zone. The facility is planned to produce up to 250,000 tonnes of aluminium a year, with...
China has long capped its domestic primary aluminium production at 45 million tonnes, a ceiling designed to curb industrial emissions and contain environmental risk. In 2025, it finished the year with 88.2 million tonnes of alumina and around 44 million tonnes of primary aluminium, in line with the...
Tightened supply outlook and long-term demand bets have taken the three-month LME aluminium contract to USD 3,015.50 per tonne for the first time in more than three years, as of Friday, January 2, 2026. Perhaps, this is the beginning of price rally as projected by many market analysts for 2026....
