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RUSAL’s first aluminium smelter fully transitions to modern Russian gas cleaning systems
25 Jun 20262MINS
Primary AL
RUSAL’s Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter (IrkAZ) has become the first aluminium plant in the industry to fully transition to modern Russian gas cleaning systems. Investments in the project amounted to approximately USD 40 million.  RUSAL developed the gas cleaning units. The company's proprietary solution not only outperforms foreign counterparts but also delivers efficiency over ten times higher than previous-generation gas cleaning systems. The Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter has commissioned its sixth ...
SMM aluminium futures continued sharp decline, purchasing sentiment in East China rises
25 Jun 20262MINS
Primary AL
In early trading, the SHFE aluminium 2606 contract's centre ran significantly below the level seen in the same period of the previous trading day. As aluminium prices declined to their lowest recent levels, overall market buying sentiment improved M-o-M from yesterday, pushing transaction prices higher. Mainstream transactions were made at a discount of RMB 20-40 per tonne against the SHFE aluminium July contract. Today, the East China shipment sentiment index was 2.9, down 0.08 M-o-M; the pu ...

25 Jun 20263MINS
Bauxite
Data from the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) shows that China imported a total of 23.03 million tonnes of bauxite in May 2026, representing a month-on-month increase of 16.65 per cent and a year-on-year surge of 31.49 per cent, indicating a significant rebound in import scale. Total imports for the January–May period reached 100.76 million tonnes, up 18.14 per cent Y-o-Y, maintaining a high level of supply throughout the first half of the year. Acco ...
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