South Korea’s Russian aluminium imports reached a record high in 2025, making Russia the country’s largest aluminium supplier for the first time. The sharp increase has strengthened Korea’s dependence on Russian metal even as the US and Europe tighten sanctions against Moscow. The exposure is...
Asia’s alumina exports entered 2026 on a strong footing, with shipments to global markets reaching 7.05 million tonnes worth USD 2.76 billion in H1 2026 , up 27.36 per cent year-on-year . The sharp rise in H1 was driven by a quarter-on-quarter surge by a considerable margin. This indicates an...
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Altech Chemicals Limited announces that a geotechnical ground drilling and survey program that commenced in mid-August 2018 at the site of its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Johor, Malaysia is well advanced and nearing completion. Highlights of the survey: Geotechnical ground survey...
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd, the largest aluminium smelter in South East Asia reported 7% increase in earnings in Q2 2018 on higher selling price for aluminium and aluminium products. The company, in its statement Wednesday said that its Q2 performance was also buoyed by a stronger US...
Alumex Plc, a fully integrated manufacturer of aluminium profiles in Sri Lanka, is reportedly eyeing exports and planning to compete strongly in a domestic market with import tax protection so that the customers become free from paying higher prices for finished goods. With the opening of a two...
Hayleys PLC, one of the leading diversified conglomerates in Sri Lanka opens a world class largest extrusion factory in the South Asian region in order to expand the production of aluminium extrusions. Hayleys invested over Rs. 2 billion to set up this modern state of the art factory of its...
Hindalco, one of the largest aluminium producers in India, has urged the government to cap the quantity of imports of low-cost semis, wire rods, scrap from China, southeast Asia, and the United States, fearing the rising share of inbound shipments in the domestic market. “We have asked the...
Indonesia has become one of the most significant downstream aluminium product manufacturing hubs in south-east Asia, mostly catering to the automotive industry and thus, has increased the procurement of aluminium scrap for the use in the downstream industry. Countries like Australia, the USA, and...
After a month of uncertainty over bauxite mining, when the mining moratorium period officially ended on June 30, the Malaysian government announced it has extended its 2016 moratorium on bauxite mining until the end of 2018, as large stockpiles of bauxite in the ports still remain to be cleared....
Altech Chemicals Limited announces that it has completed clearing the ~4Ha site for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Johor, Malaysia. Site clearance commenced earlier this month following the execution of the stage 1 construction agreement for the HPA plant with appointed German...
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABX) announced today, July 18, that it has successfully negotiated a Letter of Intent (LOI) over two important business opportunities with Aziz Group of Bangladesh. As agreed through the Letter of Intent, ABX will develop and supply chemical grade bauxite for the...
The prolonged period of moratorium on bauxite mining in Pahang, Malaysia, to finalise a regulatory framework to prevent a repetitive environmental damage, came to an end on June 30, 2018. The moratorium was put in place on January 2016 and was extended until June 30 to clear the then existing...
HG Power Transmission Sdn Bhd (HGPT), a 75 per cent-owned subsidiary of Malaysian Rohas Tecnic Berhad, has secured a contract worth RM37.8 million from Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited. The contract involves the supply, installation of aluminium conductor composite core (ACCC). "The scope...
Altech Chemicals Limited is raising up to $20 million to start construction of its high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Malaysia. The company said it has received from institutional and professional investors for a share placement of A$17 million. Altech will offer a Share Purchase Plan (SPP),...
Bauxite mining operators and settlers in Bukit Goh, Malaysia, which once used to be a lucrative spot for bauxite mining activities, are still resting in the uncertainty over bauxite mining, even after the mining moratorium ended on June 30. The previous government had extended the moratorium seven...
Overseas firms in Philippines, affected by the US-China trade war, are now seeking reprieve from higher US tariffs on imported aluminium and steel, according to Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez. These firms include Sunpower Inc., which produces solar panels for exports and other...
South Korea imported US$ 44.3 billion worth of good in May 2018. The country also imports aluminium wire from the global market every year. Global trade data indicates that the country will import 41 per cent less aluminium wire in the first half of 2018, compared to the same period last year. The...
Showa Aluminum Can Corporation (SAC), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko (SDK), announced the completion of its subsidiary’s new aluminium cans facility in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. The new Hanacans factory is its second production base in Vietnam, with an annual production capacity of 700...
The Malaysian Government finally gives a nod to Altech Chemicals for initiating a high purity alumina plant in Johor, with production capacity 4,500 tonnes per annum. Johor is located at the southern tip of mainland Malaysia. This news arrived following the last week’s news of Altech which said the...
Indonesia's state-owned aluminium producer PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) has produced 215,192 tonnes and 3,625 tonnes of aluminium ingots and billet and alloy respectively in 2017, according to news reported by ANTARA news. The company has produced 73,315 tonnes of aluminium ingots and...
