Aluminium extrusion usage in building and construction to grow 1.24% CAGR through 2035, with Americas at 1.15%, Europe at 1.30% & MEA at 2.47%
What does the building and construction market mean for aluminium extrusion industry? The answer may depend less on how much the world builds and more on where it builds and what those buildings require. As construction activity picks up across regions, aluminium extrusion is set to follow - but...
Korea’s 483kt of Russian aluminium imports hit record high as sanctions risks deepen
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...
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Yunnan Aluminum to tap into Laos bauxite resources
...Yunnan Aluminum Company Limited, a subsidiary of Yunnan Metallurgical Group, announced that it will purchase a majority stake in Laos based aluminum firm Sino Lao Aluminum Company Limited in order to explore bauxite resources in the country...
Sarawak aluminum smelter eyes rising world demand
...A USD 1.6 billion aluminum smelting plant that will be put up in Malaysia's Sarawak state by a partnership of two major Chinese and Malaysian groups will have a capacity of 370,000 tonnes a year...
GIIG & Chinalco To Build US$1.6 Billion Aluminium Plant In Sarawak
...Gulf International Investment Group (GIIG) Holdings Sdn Bhd and Aluminium Corporation of China (CHINALCO) will formalise a joint-venture (JV) company to build a US1.6 billion Smelter Asia Sdn Bhd aluminium smelting plant in Sarawak...
Sector to see second aluminium smelter in Samalaju
...Sarawak’s aluminium sector is expected to progress further with Smelter Asia Sdn Bhd (Smelter Asia) and Syarikat Sesco Bhd (Sesco) expecting to conclude a power purchase agreement (PPA) by the middle of this year, according to analysts...
Joint agreement on RM5bil aluminium smelting plant
... Gulf International Investment Group Holdings Sdn Bhd, headed by local tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary and UAE-based business leader Mohamed Ali Rashed Alabbar, has entered into a joint-venture (JV) agreement with Aluminium Corp of China to develop a US$1.6bil (RM5bil) aluminium smelting...
China, Malaysia sign investment pacts
...Malaysia and its top trading partner China signed several agreements on Thursday to deepen trade and investment ties...
Vinacomin to explore bauxite in Cambodia
...Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group, or Vinacomin, has started sending its workers to Mundikiri Province of Cambodia to explore bauxite. Bui Van Khich, deputy general director of Vinacomin, told the Daily that Cambodian authorities had allowed Vinacomin to carry out a bauxite...
Thai Aluminium seeks Tk 1bn in damages
...Bangladesh Thai Aluminium Ltd has served a legal notice on the stocks inquiry committee members claiming Tk 1 billion in compensation for publishing what the firm said was a false statement against it...
Anglo Asia trading estimates secondary aluminum output drop in April
...Japan Metal Bulletin reported that Anglo Asia Trading, Bangkok headed major secondary aluminum alloy maker estimates its production in Southeast Asia significantly decreases in April...
Noranda Aluminum sees strong demand from emerging mkts
...Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp posted strong quarterly revenue, and said it expects emerging markets to drive demand for the metal. "We remain bullish about aluminum over the medium- and long-term. We believe global demand will continue to increase," said Chief Executive Layle Kip in a conference...
Construction Starts At Chemical Alumina Plant Site In Indonesia
...Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) and PT ANTAM (Persero) Tbk (Antam), of Indonesia, have started building a chemical alumina plant in the Tayan District, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, based on their agreement reached in August last year. A ground-breaking ceremony was held yesterday at the plant site, with...
SDK Starts Construction at Chemical Alumina Plant Site in Indonesia
...The plant will produce 300,000 t/y of chemical alumina, using bauxite ores in West Kalimantan. The term "chemical alumina" refers collectively to aluminum hydroxide and alumina for applications other than aluminum smelting. Aluminum hydroxide, an intermediate product in alumina production..
Ord River Resources advances Lao Bauxite Feasibility Study in March
...Ord River is targeting an extensive good quality bauxite resource on the Bolaven Plateau in southern Laos over an aggregate area of 487 km2 and is on track to complete the Feasibility Study by mid-2011...
Chinalco Agrees to Set Up Venture in Laos, Shanghai Daily Says
...-Chinalco signed an agreement with a Laotian government company on March 30 to jointly develop mineral resources in Laos’s south, Shanghai Daily said, citing a statement from the Chinese company...
Chinalco signs agreement to invest in resources in Laos
...Aluminum Corp of China's (Chinalco) subsidiary in Hong Kong has signed an agreement with a state-owned service firm in Laos to jointly develop mineral resources in the southern part of the Southeast Asian country, Chinalco said in a statement...
Aluminum business pulls in newcomers in Bangladesh
...Of the new entrants, PHP Group which is one of the biggest conglomerates in the country is the latest and started selling products in February. Aramit, Nikki Thai, Bikrampur and Dhaka Thai are some other companies which have come into the market in recent years...
Aluminum business pulls in newcomers in Bangladesh
...Of the new entrants, PHP Group which is one of the biggest conglomerates in the country is the latest and started selling products in February. Aramit, Nikki Thai, Bikrampur and Dhaka Thai are some other companies which have come into the market in recent years...
PT Inalum expects slightly lower aluminum output in 2011
...Reuters reported that Indonesia's PT Inalum expects its aluminium ingots production to fall 1% this year because of lower water levels at the hydro power plant that supplies electricity to its smelter...
