Challenging Aluminium Market Takes Toll On Rusal’s Bottom Line In Q2
Russian Federation aluminium giant U.C. Rusal released production and financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2019...
Asia
Novelis Record Financial Performance Shines Amid Dim Results For Hindalco In FY ‘20’s First Quarter
Indian metals firm Hindalco reported results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 last week. Though the market presented the firm a challenge in the quarter, Hindalco says stable operational performance carried it through. In the first quarter Hindalco’s consolidated EBITDA...
Vedanta Plans To Leverage Coal Security Into Lower Aluminium Production Costs: CEO Venkatakrishnan
Vedanta Ltd’s capacity expansion will be done while keeping the goal of cost control at the forefront of the process....
Singapore Firm Granted Patent For New Aluminium-Copper Alloy Electroplating Process
Singaporean metals firm Nico Steel Holdings said Monday it has obtained a 20-year patent for a new process for electroplating...
Events
Bauxite Mining SOP For Pahang Soon To Be Finalized: Natural Resources Minister
The regulations under which bauxite mining and export will be carried out in Pahang are now ready to be finalized, bringing miners one step closer to resuming bauxite ore extraction activities. Such was the announcement made by Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr. A. Xavier Jayakumar earlier this week. In a statement released on […]
Vedanta To Export Over Half Its Output As India’s Aluminium Imports Continue To Rise
Even as India’s aluminium imports continue to rise, Vedanta Ltd. plans to increase its exports of the metal. Such was the message from a company officer who spoke with domestic media earlier this week. In the current fiscal year the firm plans to send over half its primary aluminium production overseas. As India’s premier aluminium […]
Alba Sees Sales Volumes Rise By 21 Percent In Q2
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. released financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2019 on Sunday. Alba turned in a weaker than hoped performance in both periods due to tepid prices at the LME. The second quarter saw Alba post a total comprehensive loss of BD3.3 million (US$8.8 million), a reversal on the year […]
Vedanta Pushes Alumina Production Cost To Record Low In Previous Quarter
Indian metals miner Vedanta Ltd produced alumina at the lowest cost in two years during the prior quarter, with the cost per metric ton falling by 17 percent to US$284. In an investor presentation prepared on the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, Vedanta said better bauxite sourcing from the government via Odisha Mining Corporation […]
Global Aluminium Production Falls To 5.25 Million Metric Tons In June
Global aluminium production fell in June, as the worldwide total of smelted primary aluminium last month came to 5.25 million metric tons according to numbers released by the International Aluminum Institute on Monday. Per the Institute’s numbers, June’s production was down on the month by 180 thousand metric tons on the month and 80 thousand […]
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 and industry experts from all over the world to hear and exchange information on latest developments related to base metals and their ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
