LME aluminium price chart rises further to $3,325/t; stocks remain stable
The London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price chart continues to record an upward trend across the pricing and contract segments on the September 8 trading session, reporting gains over the September 7 close . Opening stocks remained stable, not reporting any further decline. The LME aluminium...
Canada’s H1’26 aluminium exports dip 12.57% amid US tariffs: What does H2 hold?
The first half (H1) of 2026 witnessed Canada’s exports of unwrought aluminium taking a deep plunge. The country supplied a total of 1.33 million tonnes of aluminium products to the world including unwrought aluminium, bars, rods and profiles, aluminium foil, pipes and tubes, plates, sheets and...
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Aluminium mill product orders in North America up 1.6% YTD in September; drops MOM
<p>The Aluminium Association’s “Index of Net New Orders of Aluminium Mill Products” for September dropped 5.6 per cent from the previous month. As a whole, new order for all aluminium mill products saw a drop in the U.S. and Canada month on month. Orders for flat roll products...
Apparent consumption in U.S. and Canada markets up 5.8% in August 2016
<p>According to the Preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada that includes shipments by domestic producers plus imports were an estimated 17,780 million pounds during January to August 2016, an increase of 2.3 per cent over the same period...
EGA Chief says rising competition from China will keep aluminium prices subdued
<p>With China zooming ahead in world aluminium, spurring fierce competition amongst dominant players, prices of the light metal are unlikely to rise in the next couple of years, said Emirates Global Aluminium chief executive Abdulla Kalban. <br /><br />EGA, one of the world's top ten aluminium...
MCX Aluminium futures soften 0.96% on profit-booking
<p>Aluminium prices declined by 0.96 per cent to INR108.40 per kg in futures trade today as traders booked profits at prevailing levels, driven by easing demand in the spot market amid weak trend overseas. <br /><br />At the Multi Commodity Exchange, aluminium for delivery in far-month November...
Looming weakness in property sector to put pressure on Chinese aluminium demand
<p>China is showing no signs of slowing down in metal production. At a time when the economy is stabilising, instead of returning to the commodities super-cycle, the country is busy churning out more and more industrial metals. A recent Bloomberg report suggests, ‘the gains in aluminium...
Aluminium futures gain 0.40% in India as demand picks up
<p>Aluminium prices edged higher by 0.40 per cent to INR112.30 per kg in futures in the evening trading today as speculators enlarged positions, driven by rising demand from consuming industries in the spot market. <br /><br />The exchange remained closed for the morning session on account of a...
Aluminium retreats amid concerns over supply, China output
<p>Aluminium prices hit two-month highs before retreating on profit-taking as the spotlight returned to oversupply and expectations of rising output in China. Benchmark aluminium ended down 0.7 per cent at $US1679 a tonne. The metal used in transport and packaging had earlier touched $US1693, it...
Aluminium foil packaging market to grow driven by flexible packaging demand until 2020
<p>According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the global aluminium foil packaging market is expected to reach USD 10.46 million tons by 2020, growing at a CAGR of nearly 4 per cent.<br /><br />Flexible packaging is an economical method to package, preserve, and distribute food,...
China aluminium rolling industry is growing in tandem with the global market
<p>According to a recently published market research report by Reportbuyer, global consumption of aluminium rolled products that are primarily used in packaging, transportation and construction sectors amounted to 23.8 million tons in 2015, up 5.1 per cent from a year ago and a 1.5 percentage...
MCX aluminium edges higher on uptick in demand
<p>In India spot market, aluminium prices edged up by 0.36 per cent to INR112.45 per kg in futures trading today as speculators built up fresh positions after pick-up in demand from end user industries.<br /><br />At Mumbai's Multi Commodity Exchange, aluminium for delivery in November was trading...
Alba Sales & Production volume surge in Q3 2016
<p>Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, managed to increase its overall sales and production throughput for the third quarter of 2016despite the low trend in all-in-prices. Sales volumetopped <strong>246,293 metric tonnes(mt)</strong>in Q3...
Global high purity alumina market to grow at CAGR 27% through 2020
<p>Global high purity alumina market is slated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.11 per cent by 2020, revealed data released by Hexa Reports in their recently published market report. According to the insightful document, growing adoption of LED lighting systems and displays...
Aluminium prices are volatile but aluminium stocks are still good investments, say analysts
<p>Aluminium is racing ahead of other industrial metals including steel (in some areas) in terms of end use. From swank constructions to spacecraft the light metal is finding a place in every sector in various forms. Yet the metal has been experiencing extreme volatility since the past one year....
Endurance Technologies- India's largest aluminium die casting manufacturer IPO opens on Oct 5
<p>Endurance Technologies is all set to float its initial public offer tomorrow. Below listed are 10 things investor should consider in Endurance Technology IPO:<br /><br />1. First thing first- Endurance Technologies is India's largest aluminium die casting manufacturer and one of the country's...
MCX aluminium up by 0.69% on global cues and spot demand
<p>Firm trend in international market boosted demand in India spot market, buoyed by which aluminium prices surged 0.69 per cent to INR 109.45 per kg in futures trade today as traders in the aluminium industry created fresh positions. <br /><br />In futures trading at Mumbai's Multi Commodity...
LME aluminium shows resilience in September
<p>The London Metal Exchange cash and three-month aluminium contracts are showing sign of improvement in the month of September. LME 3M contracts closed at $1,664 per metric ton on September 27 while LME cash contracts closed at $1,648 per metric ton. The graph shows significant gains in the month...
Australian Bauxite: Sales and new opportunities continue to grow
<p>Australian Bauxite Ltd (ABx) is selling bauxite into fertiliser and cement markets at prices higher than the currently over-supplied metallurgical bauxite market. ABx's sales of Cement-Grade bauxite in 2016 to date total 42,005 tonnes. <br /><br />Fertiliser-grade bauxite sales are naturally...
China records a rise in unwrought aluminium and aluminium semis export in August
<p>According to an SMM report, China saw steep growth in exports of unwrought aluminium and aluminium semis in August.<br /><br />After the recently concluded bilateral dialogue between the U.S. and China during the G-20 Summit in September, both U.S. and China decided to work collectively to...
