The LME aluminium price moved higher on September 9 compared with the previous trading day, with cash and three-month aluminium prices recording gains, while total warehouse stocks remained unchanged. On September 9, the LME aluminium cash bid price stood at USD 3351.5 per tonne, up USD 27.5 per...
US primary aluminium production reached 167,000 tonnes in Q1 2026, slightly above a year earlier but 1.2 per cent below the previous quarter. US primary aluminium production remained broadly stable at the start of 2026, with output edging higher from a year earlier even as it slipped slightly from...
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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...
Canada's retaliatory tariffs on US goods, including aluminium and steel products, take effect as Washington intensifies pressure on Canadian industry. Canada is escalating its trade confrontation with the United States, imposing tariffs of up to 50 per cent on US imports worth CAD 27.6 billion (USD...
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has signed a Technology Licensing Agreement with Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) to deploy EGA’s UAE-developed DX+ Ultra aluminium smelting technology at its proposed 500,000 tonnes per annum (MTPA) brownfield smelter expansion at Angul, Odisha. The...
The London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price reported improvements across the pricing and contract segments on the September 7 close, recovering from the downward trend reported at the September 4 session . As the repair and operations stabilise at the facilities of Emirates Global Aluminium...
Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium contract opened at RMB 24,400 per tonne in the night session on September 7, reached a high of RMB 24,470 per tonne and a low of RMB 24,335 per tonne, and closed at RMB 24,450 per tonne, up 30 from the previous close, a gain of 0.12 per cent. Prices traded...
Overnight overseas macro sentiment turned constructive, driving synchronised gains across domestic and overseas aluminium prices. The softer US August ADP private payrolls data further dampened market expectations of Fed rate hikes, easing the dollar's drag on commodities. Coupled with heightened...
Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium contract opened at RMB 24,240 per tonne in the night session on September 4, with a high of RMB 24,355 per tonne, a low of RMB 24,220 per tonne, and a close of RMB 24,320 per tonne, up 0.12 per cent from the previous close. Futures stabilised and rebounded,...
LME aluminium prices edged lower on September 4 compared with the previous trading day, while aluminium stocks also declined marginally. The most notable movement was in cancelled warrants, which fell by more than 38 per cent day on day. On September 4, the LME aluminium cash bid price stood at USD...
Macro perspective: Fed Chairman Warsh delivered a hawkish speech at the Jackson Hole symposium, lifting market expectations for a September rate hike to around 60 per cent, while the US dollar consolidated amid fluctuations, unsettling the nonferrous metals sector. The Fed's latest Beige Book...
This week, benchmark downstream enterprises finalised their aluminium fluoride tender prices, and aluminium fluoride prices moved upward. As of now, SMM mainstream quotations for aluminium fluoride stand at RMB 11,500-12,000 per tonne; cryolite spot prices firmed, with SMM cryolite quotations at...
According to SMM's weekly premium assessment as of August 28, 2026, 6063 aluminium billet premiums in Southeast Asia remained stable overall in August. Premiums for homogenized aluminium billet in Cambodia were maintained at USD 275-325 per tonne, with a midpoint of USD 300per tonne; premiums for...
LME aluminium prices moved higher on September 3 compared with the previous trading day, while exchange stocks edged lower and cancelled warrants recorded a sharper decline. On September 3, the LME aluminium cash bid price stood at USD 3,302 per tonne, up 1.46 per cent from USD 3,254.5 per tonne on...
While precious metals tumbled sharply in response to the Fed Chair's hawkish remarks, aluminium bucked the trend, holding up relatively well and even exhibiting intermittent strength. On August 28, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, who had been in office for approximately 100 days, delivered...
The US Department of Justice has urged a court to dismiss Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s lawsuit filed on the proposed USD 4 billion Oklahoma aluminium smelter, arguing that the project would strengthen national and economic security. The move comes as the joint venture of Emirates...
Vedanta Aluminium is using artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital tools across its operations as part of its efforts to improve day-to-day decision-making, logistics, safety and equipment monitoring. At BALCO in Korba, Vedanta Aluminium has introduced four AI-enabled Control Towers to keep...
Major aluminium producers have offered Japanese buyers premiums of USD 310-325 per tonne for primary aluminium shipments in the October-December quarter. The bar is 18-22 per cent lower than the USD 395 per tonne premium agreed for the current July-September quarter. The premium paid by Japanese...
Futures: Yesterday, SHFE aluminium closed at RMB 24,235 per tonne, up 0.75 per cent hitting a new recent high of 24,290 during the session. The price is well above all key moving averages (MA5=24,080, MA10=23,925, MA30=23,820, MA60=23,572), with the moving average system in a bullish divergence and...
The London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price faltered across the pricing and contract segments on the September 2 close. The trend reflected a contrast of the surge reported in the September 1 session . The LME aluminium cash bid pulled back by 0.18 per cent day-on-day on September 2, down to...
