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India’s anti-dumping shield on Asian aluminium foil to stay up through 2026
Downstream
After Turkey’s move to guard its domestic aluminium foil industry from Chinese dumping, India has decided to extend the anti-dumping duty on aluminium foil imports from China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand until December 15, 2026. The decision was passed as domestic producers like Hindalco Industries Limited and SRF Altech sought the continuation of the levy to safeguard local manufacturers from unfairly priced imports.   The move aims to ensure that current trade protection measures remai ...
Bauxite curbs, alumina gaps and billion-dollar deals: Is aluminium’s supply map about to change?
Alumina
The global aluminium industry witnessed a week shaped by supply-side adjustments, expansion plans and evolving trade dynamics. From Guinea’s potential bauxite export restrictions and fresh alumina capacity developments in India and Vietnam to Rio Tinto’s operational gains, Vedanta’s record financial performance and ongoing tariff discussions across North America, the sector continued to balance growth ambitions with geopolitical, regulatory and market uncertainties. Meanwhile, corporate consol ...

Bauxite
Indonesia is reportedly locking in industrial and technology partnerships with China as discussions with Hebei Province focus attention on smart manufacturing, strategic supply chains and downstream development of minerals such as bauxite and nickel.  Explore the relevance of red mud in the sustainable aluminium industry in A Comprehensive Analysis of Bauxite Residue (Red Mud): Sustainability, Resource Recovery and Strategic Recommendations Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Af ...
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Can recycling and innovation shield aluminium from global disruptions?
Recycled AL
29 May 2026
The global aluminium sector is witnessing a sharp transition as recycling, low-carbon technologies, trade tensions and supply chain disruptions reshape industry priorities. On the one hand, stronger earnings and recycling investments have been unlocked, while on the other hand, the impact of the Middle East conflict and Europe’s decarbonisation push continues to gain market attention. Producers and policymakers are striving to secure raw materials, improve the circular economy and protect indu ...
Central Asia’s aluminium map: One integrated chain, one smelter in search of feedstock and a $12.6B Chinese bet
Primary AL
26 May 2026
Kazakhstan: The chain that works, and plans to grow Kazakhstan's aluminium industry is essentially the story of one company in one city. Eurasian Resources Group, in which the Kazakhstani government holds a 40 per cent stake, operates an integrated cluster in Pavlodar that spans from mine to finished metal, making it the only producer in the region with a complete upstream-to-smelter chain. The raw material base is substantial. Bauxite deposits in the Kostanay and Pavlodar regions yield arou ...
THACO’s $4.4bn Vietnam bauxite-alumina push to cement aluminium ambition pathway
Alumina
25 May 2026
The Vietnamese industrial conglomerate Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO) is accelerating its ambitions in the country’s bauxite and alumina sector, unveiling a slate of proposed mining and processing projects in Lam Dong Province worth an estimated USD 4.4 billion. The proposal indicates the company’s long-term strategy to solidify its imprint across the aluminium value chain of Vietnam, from the upstream ore extraction to the downstream processing and industrial manufacturing. The proposal ...
Middle East conflict jolts aluminium supply chain, raising risks for Asia’s green shift
Sustainability
20 May 2026
As the ongoing Middle East conflict disrupts aluminium and nickel supply chains, a question mark looms over Asia’s renewable energy ambitions, threatening to raise costs for solar panels, wind turbines and grid infrastructure across the region. Countries including Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines have accelerated rooftop solar and renewable energy deployment in recent years, largely in response to persistently high fossil fuel prices. But the growing instability around the Strait of Hor ...
Singapore company Nam Lee Pressed reports 28% higher revenue driven by aluminium sales
Downstream
16 May 2026
Nam Lee Pressed Metal Industries Limited, a Singapore-based aluminium manufacturing company, reported higher revenue and stable profit for the first half of the financial year ended March 31, 2026, supported by stronger aluminium and reefer container sales. Revenue for the six months rose 28 per cent year-on-year to SGD 127.4 million (USD 99.48 million) from SGD 99.5 million (USD 77.7 million) in the corresponding period last year. To gain insights into the the current aluminium extrusions ...
East Hope Group plans $12.6B investment in Kazakhstan’s aluminium industry
Primary AL
14 May 2026
China’s East Hope Group, one of the world’s largest aluminium producers, is considering an investment of USD 12.6 billion in Kazakhstan’s bauxite mining and aluminium sector, according to the country’s Ministry of Industry and Construction. The proposal was discussed during talks between Industry and Construction Minister Yersayin Nagaspayev and East Hope Group’s Director for Strategic Investments, Chen Lei. The investment plan builds on earlier discussions held on February 17, 2025, when Eas ...
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