
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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Sumitomo to buy stake in RM2.78bil smelter project in S'wak
...Sumitomo Corp, Japan’s third-largest trading company, will invest in an aluminum smelting project costing as much as US$900mil (RM2.78bil) in Sarawak...

Nippon Light Metal to double Thai aluminium cold rolling capacity
...Nippon Light Metal announced the wholly owned subsidiary, Nikkei Siam Aluminium of Thailand adds new cold rolling mill for around JPY 1.4 billion to increase the flat products output capacity from annual 17,500 tonnes to 38,000 tonnes in April 2014...

Singapore Exchange Proposes Copper, Aluminum Futures Based on LME Prices
...Singapore Exchange Ltd. is consulting the public about introducing non-ferrous metals futures contracts for trading on its derivatives market, it said in a statement...

Chalco Is Seeking to Invest in Coal, Power Companies, Chairman <b>...</b>
... ???In neighboring countries such as in Southeast Asia, there are rich bauxite , coal and hydropower resources, and Chalco is actively seeking ...

MITSUI, RIO TINTO TO START BAUXITE PROSPECTING IN LAOS
...Mitsui & Co. (TSE:8031) announced Friday the opening of a joint venture with Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) to prospect for bauxite in Laos...

Vietnam To Remove Import Tax On Aluminum From Sept 18
...Vietnam will remove the import tax on some non-alloy aluminum products from Sept. 18, the Ministry of Finance said Monday. The ministry said in a statement that the current tax rate on the products, including plate, sheet and strip of non-alloy aluminum, is 3%...

Japan offers to invest in Indonesian aluminium smelter
...Reuters reported that a consortium of Japanese investors has offered to invest USD 367 million to expand an aluminium smelter in Indonesia, an effort to maintain their majority ownership as Indonesia wants to increase its stake...

Japan offers to invest in Indonesian aluminium smelter
...Reuters reported that a consortium of Japanese investors has offered to invest USD 367 million to expand an aluminium smelter in Indonesia, an effort to maintain their majority ownership as Indonesia wants to increase its stake...

Govt only needs $120 million to take over Inalum, official says
...The Indonesian government will only need about US$120 million in cash to buy out Japanese companies’ 58.88 percent stake in PT Asahan Aluminium Indonesia (Inalum), if it decides to take over the company when its contract ends in 2013, an official of an agency overseeing the company’s operation...

Midas clinches 2 contracts worth S$26.3m to supply aluminium alloy extrusion profiles
...Mainboard-listed supplier of aluminium alloy products Midas said it has clinched two contracts worth 130 million yuan or about S$26.3 million...

Indonesia sees On the Call: Alcoa Chairman and CEO KleinfeldAntam buying aluminium firm Inalum
...xchange-traded funds, such as those based in gold, silver, platinum and platinum, are one option for investing in commodities. The funds can be traded like stocks during daily trading sessions...

Indonesia sees Antam buying aluminium firm Inalum
...Reuters cited Mr Mustafa Abubakar state enterprises minister of Indonesia as saying that the government hopes state miner PT Aneka Tambang Tbk will be able to acquire 100% stake in aluminium firm PT Inalum...

UPDATE 1-Indonesia Sees Antam Buying Aluminium Firm Inalum
...Indonesia's state enterprises minister Mustafa Abubakar said on Friday the government hopes state miner PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (ANTM.JK: Quote) will be able to acquire a 100 percent stake in aluminium firm PT Inalum.

Rusal Divides Its Assets In East, West Divisions
...Russian aluminum giant UC Rusal (0486.HK) said Friday it has divided its smelters into two substructures, East and West, with the former to include all its largest and most profitable Siberian smelters to meet demand from Asia.

Steel Guru : Ord River Resources update for Laos Aluminium <em>Project</em>
... In the first week of June, project contractor Sinomine Resource ... are building 600000 tonne per annum capacity alumina refinery which has ...

Steel Guru : BHP corruption probe connected to Cambodia <em>project</em>
... US Securities and Exchange Commission in specific relation to USD 2.7 million graft claims connected to a bauxite project in Cambodia.

Indonesia Market factors to watch - April 27 | Reuters
... WIJAYA KARYA EYES $400MLN KALIMANTAN ALUMINA PROJECT Indonesia's biggest contractor, PT Wijaya Karya (WIKA.JK), has tendered to build a ...

Steel Guru : BHP corruption probe connected to Cambodia <em>project</em>
... US Securities and Exchange Commission in specific relation to USD 2.7 million graft claims connected to a bauxite project in Cambodia.

