Altech Reports Stage 1 Construction Nearly Complete At Johor HPA Plant
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. updated investors regarding the state of construction at its high-purity alumina plant in Johor, Malaysia...
Asia
Malaysian Government Implements New SOP For Bauxite Mining in Pahang
The Malaysian government released standard operating procedures (SOP) for bauxite mining and export in Pahang yesterday, which the government will begin enforcing with immediate effect. Commenting to domestic media, Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr. A. Xavier Jayakumar said the guidelines...
Indian Oil Corp Plans Project To Develop And Market Alumina-Based Batteries
Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) announced plans earlier this week to develop and research an alumina-based battery in an effort at...
India Aluminium Producers Working On Scrap Standards To Stem Rising Tide Of Imports
India’s aluminium producers are teaming up with planning think-tank Niti Aayog and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to retool...
Events
Indian Aluminium Producers Struggle Through Fall in Domestic Demand And Rise In Imports
Despite an aluminium demand growth in India of 7 percent in the April through June quarter, a tepid growth in consumption by major industries facing liquidity challenges held aluminium producers back in the quarter. According to reports in domestic financial media, aluminium sales by Indian firms were off by 10.8 percent in the quarter, losing […]
Andromeda Inks LOIs For Sale Of 405 Thousand MTPA Of Kaolin To Trio Of East Asian Buyers
Australian industrial minerals firm Andromeda Metals Limited said Monday that it has entered into an agreement for Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) of 405 thousand metric tons per annum of halloysite-kaolin product with Longyan Kaolin China, Beihai Kaolin, and Yamada Toskio Shoten. The three Letters of Intent are for non-binding agreements to ship kaolin at AU$115 […]
India’s Automotive Component Manufacturers Going All-In On Aluminium Forging
In a bid to position themselves to take advantage of the ever-tightening emission regulations and the rise of electric vehicles, several of India’s top automotive component manufacturing firms are investing in in-house aluminium forging. Several industry leaders and experts went on record in a report published by domestic media late last week regarding their increasing […]
Landowners In Pahang Seek State Government Help In Restarting Bauxite Mining
Although the moratorium on bauxite mining in Pahang is now a thing of the past, operations have yet to resume due to a delay in issuance of standard operating procedures for the practice. As a result, Pahang landowners have begun to petition the state government seeking their intervention. Datuk Md Sohaimi Mohamed Shah, who is […]
Indian Firm Titagarh Firema To Build 102 Aluminium-Bodied Rail Coaches For Pune Metro
Indian multinational firm Titagarh Wagons Ltd’s wholly-owned Italian subsidiary Titagarh Firema S P A will be building over one hundred aluminium-bodied rail coaches for Pune Metro, marking the first time such coaches will be built on the subcontinent. Per local media, the Kolkata-based firm won the bid to produce 102 of the ultra-modern metro rail […]
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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
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 ...
