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...
Hindalco Industries Ltd.
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...
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...
India’s Output Growth To Slow Thanks To Soft LME Prices And Maxed-Out Capacity
India’s aluminium production in the coming fiscal year is expected to taper off compared to previous years thanks in part...
Events
Hindalco To Push Value-Added Aluminium Sales To 1 Million MTPA: Pai
Indian aluminium producer Hindalco expects to spend ₹26 billion (US$370 million) in capital expenditures over the course of the current year, most of which will be devoted to speeding expansion operations at its Utkal alumina refinery and as part of its five-year push to double its value-added production. Such was the message of Hindalco’s managing […]
Indian Aluminium Can Stakeholders Form Advocacy Group
A trio of Indian firms have teamed up to launch a national consortium dedicated to promoting the use of aluminium cans for beverage packaging. Hindalco Industries Ltd, Ball Beverage Packaging (India) Pvt Ltd, and Can-Pack India Pvt Ltd announced earlier this week the formation of the Aluminium Beverages Can Association of India (ABCAI). The Association […]
Hindalco Halts Operations At Jharkand Alumina Refinery After Red Mud Release
The collapse of a red-mud storage area and resulting injuries prompted Hindalco Industries to suspend operations at an alumina plant in Northeast India. Per the firm, the collapse injured four workers, while a fifth contract employee disappeared and is still missing. “There was an incident in the red mud (bauxite residue) storage area connected to […]
Hindalco Considering Move Into Lithium Production
Indian aluminium firm Hindalco Industries is mulling entering the lithium market in a bid to enhance its aluminium business. Such is the news from domestic media earlier this week. Hindalco’s managing director Satish Pai told the media that the move lacks only an opportunity before becoming a reality. “Lithium is the closest to our (aluminium) […]
Spike In Imported Aluminium Pushes India’s Exports Of Ingot Up By 21 Percent During April Through September
A tidal wave of low-cost aluminium imports squeezed out a 21-percent jump in aluminium exports by Indian producers in the first half of the fiscal year (April through September), but the saturated market blunted sales growth to only 2 percent on the year. In the opening half of FY 2019, exports of aluminium ingot totaled […]
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 ...
