Federal Auditors Take Nalco To Task For Weak Performance And Lost Financial Opportunities
India’s state-owned aluminium producer National Aluminium Company Ltd was taken to task last week by the national auditor for failing...
Asia
OCEA Launches Largest Ever Aluminium Offshore Patrol Vessel For Philippine Coast Guard
French shipbuilder OCEA launched the world’s largest aluminium offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ever built last week as part of an international competition to highlight the cost effectiveness and CO2 emissions reduction possible when using aluminium hulls. Built as part of a contract...
Indonesia Aluminium Smelter Announces Plan To Invest US$10 Billion In Refining And Smelting Projects
In a bid to reduce reliance upon imported finished metals and as a means to reduce exports of raw materials,...
India Mulling Antidumping Duties On Aluminium-Coated Products From China, Vietnam, South Korea
The Indian government is weighing the imposition of a provisional antidumping duty on imported aluminium- and zinc-coated flat products of...
Events
EGA Notes Importance Of UAE Aluminium To European Automotive Sector At German Trade Show
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) reminded European automotive manufacturers of the importance of aluminium produced by smelters in the United Arab Emirates to the continent’s automotive sector at a trade event late last month in Germany. Presenting at the 14th International Foundry Trade Fair With Technical Forum (GIFA) in Düsseldorf, EGA noted its supplies agreements […]
Nalco To Branch Out Into Aluminium Alloys, Battery Production: Chand
In a wide-ranging interview with domestic media, National Aluminium Company Ltd’s (Nalco) chief Tapan Kumar Chand explained the firm’s plan to insulate itself from a volatile aluminium trade by diversifying into a range of new areas, including lithium mining, aerospace alloys, and mineral trading. “Nalco is building on its expertise in bauxite mining and aluminium […]
Despite Lobbying, India Government Passes On Rise In Aluminium Scrap Duties
Although the Indian Primary Aluminum Association has intensely lobbied the Indian government for a raise on scrap metal imports, New Delhi’s budget for the upcoming year has no provisions for an increase on aluminium-rich zorba scrap metal import duties. Indian aluminium firms stepped up calls for a rise in aluminium scrap import duties after the […]
Alba Records 25-Percent Rise In Aluminium Sales Volume In Year’s Opening Half
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. released production numbers for the second quarter of 2019 over the weekend. Despite sagging prices at the London Metal Exchange, Alba turned in double-digit increases in both sales volume and throughput in the quarter. During the year’s second quarter Alba recorded a sales volume of 311,928 metric tons, up by 25 percent […]
Indian Government Funds Technology Transfer For Transition To Aluminuim Rail Coaches
India’s government has taken steps to obtain technology for producing all-aluminium railway coaches, phasing out heavier and less efficient conventional rolling stock. Commenting to India’s Lok Sabha last week, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said that, from the current fiscal year forward, Indian Railways would produce exclusively Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) aluminium-body coaches. “Action has also […]
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 ...
