China’s Primary Aluminium Production Jumps By 7.9 Percent In September
The People’s Republic of China saw a 7.9-percent rise on the year of primary aluminium last month, reaching a total...
CRU
China Returns To Net Aluminium Exporter In September
Typically a net exporter of primary aluminium by a wide margin, the People’s Republic of China reverted to the same in September per numbers just released by the central government. Numbers released by the General Administration of Customs on Friday indicated that...
Alba Partners With CRU On Virtual Market Update Conference
Last week Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) hosted the first-of-its-kind virtual market update session for customers around the globe. The initiative...
Aluminium Price Arbitrage Makes China Net Importer Of Aluminium For First Time In Over A Decade
The aluminium tides turned for the People’s Republic of China in July, as the nation became a net importer of...
Events
CRU World Aluminium Conference – Free Webinar
CRU World Aluminium Conference is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new webinar series – Aluminium Matters.Find out what’s important in the aluminium industry as leaders and innovators share what they really think about the future, in these free to attend webinars. The first webinar will focus on “ Green Aluminium and Transparent Labelling” The webinar […]
Unplanned Outages Drop China’s Aluminium Production By 0.5 Percent In August
Unplanned aluminum production outages at two of the country’s main smelters helped drop the People’s Republic of China’s total production by 0.5 percent on the month in August according to numbers released yesterday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Per Beijing’s numbers, China’s aluminium smelters combined to produce 2.97 million metric tons of primary […]
China’s July Aluminium Smelting Total Of 2.9 Million Metric Tons Equals Second-Highest On Record
Aluminium smelters in the People’s Republic of China combined to produce 2.98 million metric tons of primary aluminium, representing the second-highest total tonnage reported by Beijing since the state began keeping records. July’s total surpassed that of June by 0.2 percent. Though the month’s total is a near-record high, the National Bureau of Statistics said […]
Shanghai Aluminium Futures Break CNY14,000/Tonne Barrier For First Time Since Halloween
Spurred on by a drop in inventories and an expected surge in demand, aluminium futures rose at the Shanghai Futures Exchange to their highest level since the end of October on Monday. With data showing that aluminium inventories in Shanghai’s warehouses fell to a nadir of 665,067 metric tons, which was the lowest point since […]
CRU Alumina Price Index Passes Benchmark Assurance Review
London commodities consultant CRU Group announced last week that the CRU Alumina Price Index (CRU-API) successfully completed an external assurance review in preparation for today’s launch of LME’s new cash-settled alumina futures contract. The review, which was undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), was part of a report prepared by the Group to demonstrate the index’s […]
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 ...
