Expected Tepid Response Delays Odisha’s Auction Of Bauxite Blocks
Despite residing above over half the country’s total known bauxite reserves, the Odisha government has yet to place a single...
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Indian Government Approves Hindalco Plan For Second Alumina Refinery In Odisha
Indian aluminium smelter Hindalco obtained permission from the national government earlier this week for its planned greenfield alumina refinery in the western state of Odisha. According to reports, the High Level Clearance Authority (HLCA) gave its blessing to Hindalco’s plan, which is...
Hindalco Seeking Government Go-Ahead to Double Utkal Alumina Refinery Output to 3 MTPA
In an effort at shoring up the feedstock stream into Hindalco’s Aditya smelter, Aditya Birla Group’s Utkal Alumina International Ltd...
Hindalco to Invest Up To US$105 MM on Debottlnecking Utkal Refinery
Mumbai’s aluminium manufacturing firm Hindalco Industries Ltd. plans to invest INR5 billion to INR7 billion (US$75 million to US$105 million)...
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Indian Government Investigating Utkal Alumina’s Operations at Rayagada
India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) instructed the country’s forest department to inspect Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) to determine whether its operations at Rayagada are situated on forest land. Sanjit Kumar Turuk, listed as the petitioner, filed a petition with NGT alleging that UAIL was given a mining lease and allowed to operate an alumina […]
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 ...
