Indonesia To Halt Bauxite Exports By End Of 2022
Indonesian president Joko Widodo said last week that the country will cease its exports of bauxite ore by year’s end...
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Indonesian Government Confirms Plans To Ban Bauxite Exports In June
The Indonesian government confirmed this week that it intends to go forward with a planned ban on the export of bauxite ore in June of next month in a bid to boost domestic processing of the aluminium predecessor. Indonesian’s government has a...
Beijing Expects Guinea Will Take Up Slack From Potential Indonesia Bauxite Export Ban
Although Indonesia is currently mulling a ban on the export of bauxite ore, the Chinese government expects to mitigate any...
Indonesia Mulling Bauxite Export Ban Next Year
Last week the Indonesian government announced that it would “hit the breaks” on a wide range of commodities, including bauxite...
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Inalum To Build 500 Thousand Metric Ton Per Annum Aluminium Smelter In North Kalimantan
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 […]
Bauxite the Topic of Recent Meeting Between Mining Ministers from Guinea and Indonesia
Indonesia and Guinea could be setting their sights on establishing ties in the bauxite sector, as evidenced by a meeting earlier this week between ministers of the two country’s relevant ministries. Indonesian media reported the meeting on Thursday, which was between Guinea’s Minister of State for Investment and Public Private Partnership Ibrahima Kassory Fofana and […]
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 ...
