Hindalco Inks Agreement To Supply Red Mud To Indian Cement Firm UltraTech
Indian aluminium smelter Hindalco and India’s biggest cement and concrete firm UltraTech Cement Ltd. have entered into an agreement for...
Asia
Supreme Court Orders Nalco To Sell Alumina To Vedanta
India’s National Aluminium Company (NALCO) was ordered by the country’s Supreme Court to deliver 30 thousand metric tons of metallurgical-grade calcined alumina to the Vedanta plant at Visakhapatnam, which Vedanta will ultimately use at its SEZ unit in Jharsuguda. To date, Nalco...
Recycled Aluminium Energy Storage Firm To Establish Site In Abu Dhabi
A Swedish firm that utilizes recycled aluminium to store power has inked a deal with an Abu Dhabi renewable energy...
Titagarh Firema Becomes First Indian Aluminium-Bodied Train Coach Manufacturer
The first Indian firm has jumped into the aluminium-bodied train coaches with the entrance last week of Kolkata’s Titagarh Firema...
Events
Iran’s Output Of Aluminium Ingot Jumps 49 Percent In Four Months Through Late June
Iranian producers just ended a four-month period that witnessed a rise in aluminium ingot of 49 percent on the year according to just-released numbers from the Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry. From March 20 through June 20, Iranian producers smelted 63 percent more aluminium ingot this year than during the same period last year. Planners […]
Trump Administration Levies New Round Of Sanctions On Iranian Aluminium
In an attempt at denying the specialized metals Iran’s nuclear ballistic missile and military programs, the Trump Administration imposed greater sanctions on aluminium, steel, and copper, much of which was already under previous sanction. Late Thursday United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described almost two dozen materials used as materials in the Iranian military’s […]
Alba Sees 25 Percent Rise In Sales Volumes In Q2
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) released financial and production results for the year’s second quarter and first half on Sunday. The firm posted increases in both its bottom line and its production totals in both periods. For the year’s first half Alba reported a loss of US$28.3 million, better on the year than last year’s first-half […]
EGA’s Al Taweelah Alumina Refinery Reaches Full Production Of 2 MTPA
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week the full ramp-up of its alumina refinery at Al Taweelah to 2 million metric tons per annum in June, marking a significant milestone for the region’s largest alumina refining operation. The firm noted that full ramp-up was achieved after only fourteen months of production, which it notes […]
Iranian Aluminium Production Up By 63 Percent From Last Spring
Iranian aluminium producers teamed up to produce over 101 thousand metric tons of primary aluminium in the three months ending on June 20, good for an increase of almost two-thirds on the year. For the last month of the quarter Iran’s output of aluminium came to 36,025 metric tons, up by 73 percent on the […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
