India’s Appeal For Exemption From Section 232 Aluminium And Steel Tariffs Falls On Deaf Ears
The Indian government’s appeal for an exemption to the United States’ blanket import tariff on aluminium and steel is dead...
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United States And India Reach Trade Accord On Aluminium And Steel Imports
The governments of the United States and India announced an agreement last week in which India will remove retaliatory tariffs on aluminium and steel as well as the dismissal of half a dozen trade disputes between the two at the World Trade...
Vedanta’s Bottom Line Hit Hard By Lower Aluminium Prices In First Quarter
Indian metals miner Vedanta Ltd turned in much lower numbers than usual in the previous quarter, thanks in large part...
India Metals Federation Lobbies Government For Bump In Aluminium Import Taxes
India’s mining community is appealing to the government for protection from market flooding of cheap aluminium and other metals from...
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India’s Government Panel Recommends Expedited Approval Of Sustainable Bauxite And Aluminium Production Permits
A panel of the Indian government has asked that environmentally-responsible permits for bauxite mining be fast tracked in order that the country’s significant bauxite reserves may be tapped into sooner rather than later. Headed up by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rakesh Singh, the standing committee on coal, mines and steel said in a report it […]
India Extends Anti-Dumping Duties On Chinese Aluminium Foil Imports
India’s government has recommended the extension of anti-dumping duties on aluminium foil used for food and medicine packaging for another five years due to concerns of harm to domestic manufacturers of the same. The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) published a notification this week advising the public of its decision, noting that it continues […]
India Aluminium Producers Petition Government For Relief From Coal Tax
India’s aluminium industry petitioned the national government for the removal of taxes on coal in the coming fiscal year in a bid to relieve the industry of skyrocketing power costs. The Association of Aluminium Industries led the charge to remove the cess on coal in the next Union Budget, which is due to be presented […]
Nalco’s Odisha Aluminium Smelter Reaches Full Production For The First Time In Company History
Indian state-owned aluminium smelter National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has, for the first time in its history, achieved full operation of its nameplate capacity of 960 pots at its aluminium smelting plant in Angul, Odisha. Nalco’s head Shri Sridhar Patra put the last pot into production earlier this week via a remote connection to the […]
Vedanta Projects India’s Aluminium Output To Reach 5 Million MTPA Within 5 Years
Aluminium production from India could rise by up to 25 percent over the next four to five years, which would see the country’s smelters combine to produce over 5 million metric tons per annum by mid-decade. Such was the message delivered by an executive at Vedanta Ltd last week. Vedanta’s director of commodities for the […]
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 ...
