Indonesia’s PT Adaro Plans US$728 MM Aluminium Smelter For North Kalimantan
Indonesian coal company PT Adaro Energy announced last week its plans for a US$728 million aluminium smelting plant on the...
Indonesian president Joko Widodo said last week that the country will cease its exports of bauxite ore by year’s end and do the same with copper ore by the close of next year. In a bid to increase its downstream economy and...
Indonesian coal company PT Adaro Energy announced last week its plans for a US$728 million aluminium smelting plant on the...
Although Indonesia is currently mulling a ban on the export of bauxite ore, the Chinese government expects to mitigate any...
Last week the Indonesian government announced that it would “hit the breaks” on a wide range of commodities, including bauxite...
Chinese aluminium behemoth China Hongqiao Group is poised to begin the second phase of construction at its alumina plant in Indonesia according to an adviser to the firm. Hongqiao’s project is hitting full swing just as prices for the aluminium precursor hit highs not seen in many months. Production at Hongqiao’s Well Harvest Winning alumina […]
Construction at a new alumina refining plant in Indonesia commenced on Tuesday, as PT Alumina Borneo Indonesia (BAI) broke ground on its Smelter Grade Alumina Refinery (SGAR) in western Borneo. The first piling was planted virtually by Governor Sutarmidji of West Kalimantan as ministers from various state agencies looked on. He explained at the ceremony […]
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced on Tuesday an agreement with PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (INALUM) to supply technological assistance as INALUM upgrades its aluminium smelter in North Sumatra. The firm will upgrade INALUM’s existing technology from almost 40 years ago, they said. The 18-month project is intended to boost the plant’s aluminium output by 20 […]
On Friday the U.S. Department of Commerce issued its preliminary determination on a complaint by domestic aluminium producers that imports of common aluminium alloy sheet from 18 countries have been dumped on the American market, finding support for such harm and instructing agents at the border to require those importers to deposit estimated antidumping duties […]
PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) said earlier this week that it will increase production three times over by expanding to Borneo and utilizing the bauxite ore resources found there. Inalum will increase its current nameplate capacity of 250 thousand metric tons per annum with a new, 500 thousand metric ton per annum aluminium smelter in […]
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 ...
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Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...