Iran’s Aluminium Consumption Rate Rises By 12 Percent, Exceeding Global Average
Aluminium consumption by Iran’s consumers rose by 12 percent last year, besting the global average for aluminium growth. So said...
Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO)
Iran’s Aluminium Production Rose By 24 Percent Since Last March
Aluminium production in Iran rose by 24 percent through the first ten months of the Iranian calendar year (year 1400, beginning on 21 March last year), up from 365 thousand metric tons the prior year to 453 thousand metric tons in the...
Iran to Add 336 Thousand MTPA of Aluminium Smelting Capacity Next Year
A spokesman for the Iranian government told industry media last week that the country intends to add 336 thousand metric...
Exploration Last Year in Iran Identifies Additional 14 Million Tons of Bauxite Reserves
Due to exploration work carried out by the country’s state-owned alumina firm, Iran’s estimated overall reserves of bauxite increased by...
Events
Indian Government Asks Nalco to Rethink Iran Plant
The Indian government has directed the state-owned aluminium firm National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) to reconsider plans to build a US$2 billion smelter in Iran. In May Nalco announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) to investigate the feasibility of establishing a joint […]
Sinosteel Inks Deal with Iran for Three Aluminium Projects
The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) and the People’s Republic of China’s Sinosteel Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) last week to implement three aluminium projects in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Per the MOU, Sinosteel Equipment and Engineering Co. LTD, one of Sinosteel’s specialized companies, will build three […]
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 ...
