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Alumina Demand And Consumption

Ireland reviews Aughinish alumina exports amid scrutiny over Russia-bound shipments
Alumina
Irish authorities are reviewing reports that alumina exports from the Russian-owned Aughinish Alumina refinery could have indirectly reached entities linked to Russia's defence industry, adding to calls for tighter oversight of strategic material supply chains. The issue has also brought renewed attention to official trade data. Earlier this month, The Irish Times reported that 83 per cent of Irish alumina exports in the first quarter of 2026 were shipped to Russia, citing figures from the Ce ...
Geopolitical tensions add pressure to Alcoa’s alumina earnings
Alumina
A rise in energy costs and disruption to one of the world’s most important shipping routes are creating fresh challenges for Alcoa, with the company warning that the impact will be felt in its results for the current quarter. The concern centres on the alumina business, which supplies the raw material used to produce aluminium. Speaking at the Wells Fargo Industrials & Materials Conference, Chief Financial Officer Molly Beerman said the division is facing significant pressure and is expected ...

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India's aluminium producers are building smelters, expanding refineries, opening mines and writing investment cheques worth more than INR 640 billion. Yet despite all that activity, the industry faces a rather uncomfortable question: what happens when demand grows faster than capacity can be built? The timing of that question is hard to ignore as domestic aluminium demand is projected to climb from 4.5 million tonnes to 8.3 million tonnes by 2030, while the country is already importing close ...
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DAILY: Chinese spot alumina prices steady, futures weaken further
Alumina
04 Jun 2026
The national average price for smelter-grade alumina with a minimum purity of 98.6 per cent was assessed by Mysteel at RMB 2,707 per tonne (USD 400 per tonne) on Wednesday, staying flat for the third straight working day. The stability at the national level reflected largely steady alumina pricing across key regional markets. In China's five major alumina-producing regions - Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Guizhou, and Guangxi - assessed prices for the same grade of alumina held within a range of RM ...
WEEKLY: Chinese spot alumina prices edge up on Guinea bauxite supply concerns
Alumina
02 Jun 2026
Concerns among Chinese market participants heightened last week after reports that Guinea, the largest supplier of China's imported bauxite, plans to introduce measures next month to curb bauxite exports. The prospect of tighter availability of this key raw material for alumina refining lent support to alumina futures during the week. By the close of the daytime trading session on May 28, the price of the most-traded alumina futures contract for September delivery on the Shanghai Futures Exch ...
DAILY: Chinese spot alumina prices hold firm, futures lose steam
Alumina
25 May 2026
The national average price assessed by Mysteel for smelter-grade alumina with a minimum purity of 98.6 per cent was unchanged from the previous day at RMB 2,700 per tonne (USD 398 per tonne) last Friday.  Across China's key alumina-producing regions, prices were also stable. Assessed prices for the same grade of alumina in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Guizhou, and Guangxi remained steady on day, averaging between RMB 2,665 per tonne and RMB 2,780 per tonne.  In contrast, major alumina futures on ...
GACC: China's April alumina imports hit over 11-year high
Alumina
21 May 2026
The April volume jumped by 80.3 per cent from March and surged sharply by 5,598.8 per cent from Just 10,705 tonnes recorded the same month a year earlier, the GACC data showed. Over the first four months of this year, China's total alumina imports reached 1.4 million tonnes, up 1,297.5 per cent compared with the January-April period In 2025. By origin, Australia remained the dominant supplier last month, accounting for 481,881 tonnes or 79 per cent of China's total imports in April, according ...
Weekly: China's alumina supply rises, pressuring prices
Alumina
20 May 2026
Alumina availability in the spot market increased over the week, bolstered by higher domestic production and steady inflows of imported alumina, according to market watchers.  Domestic alumina production increased further last week, on the back of newly commissioned and resumed capacity. Over May 8-14, output of smelter-grade alumina from the 44 refiners tracked by Mysteel totalled 1.79 million tonnes, up by 1.1 per cent on week, according to the Mysteel's survey. This marked an acceleration ...
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