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...
Odisha
Vedanta Plans Flat-Rolled Aluminium Plant For Eastern India
A top official at Indian aluminium smelter Vedanta told local media this week that his firm plans to enhance its value-added portfolio with the construction of a INR2,500 crore aluminium flat rolled products plant. The Chief Executive Offiecer of Vedanta Aluminium and...
Vedanta Pushes Alumina Production Cost To Record Low In Previous Quarter
Indian metals miner Vedanta Ltd produced alumina at the lowest cost in two years during the prior quarter, with the...
State Court Opens Door For Vedanta’s Participation In Nalco’s Alumina Sales
Relief may be on the way for Vedanta’s Jharsuguda unit after the state’s high court ordered National Aluminium Company (Nalco)...
Events
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) […]
Jharsuguda Locals Appeal To Chand To Open Alumina Bidding To Vedanta
In a bid to aid Vedanta Ltd. in its search for raw materials, a contingent of local citizens sent a letter last week to National Aluminium Company Limited’s (Nalco) Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand appealing to him to open the bidding for 30 thousand metric tons of metallurgical-grade alumina to the firm. […]
Government Policy Allowing 100 Percent Foreign Domestic Investment A Boon To Aluminium Industry: Mines Minister
In comments to domestic aluminium industry stakeholders, India’s Mines Minister said that his government will continue to develop and encourage greater foreign direct investment (FDI) in the aluminium sector as a means to attract more funding for aluminium projects. Speaking at the International Conference on Aluminium (INCAL 2019), Narenda Singh Tomar said that the policy […]
Vedanta Plans Sixfold Increase Of Alumina Production At Lanjigarh Refinery By Spring 2020
India’s metals conglomerate Vedanta Ltd. announced late last week its intention to bump up alumina production from its refinery in Lanjigarh from its current total of 1 million metric tons per annum to a yearly run of 6 million metric tons now that its proposal for same has been approved by Odisha’s High-Level Clearance Authority […]
Nalco Announces Plans For A ₹5.52 Billion Downstream Aluminium Project In Central Odisha
Fresh off the development of a downstream aluminium plant in conjunction with Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) and the announcement of plans to partner with Rusal and Almex on other downstream projects, India’s National Aluminium Company (Nalco) announced earlier this week plans to invest ₹5.52 billion (US$76 million) in another downstream aluminium project to […]
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 ...
