Kaiser Aluminum Shipments Rise To Record 159 Million Pounds In Q4
Southern California aluminium firm Kaiser Aluminum reported fourth quarter and full year results last week, besting quarterly EPS estimates for...
Q4 2018
Aleris Turns In Record Numbers For Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2018
Cleveland rolled aluminium firm Aleris International, Inc. reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2018 yesterday. An uptick in demand and a favorable metal environment in North America helped propel most of the firm’s numbers past...
Century Posts 19 Percent Jump In Net Sales During FY 2018
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum released results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2018 on Thursday. Though shipments...
Constellium Posts 12 Percent Jump In Revenue During Closing Quarter Of 2018
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. released results for the final quarter and full year of 2018 yesterday,...
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Increased Sales Volumes Help Boost Arconic’s Financials In 2018’s Final Quarter
American value-added aluminium firm Arconic released results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2018 last week, showing improvements across the board thanks in large part to increased sales volumes in both periods. For the year’s final quarter, Arconic posted revenue of US$3.5 billion, a 6-percent improvement on the year. Net income figured at […]
Spike In Alumina Prices Hammer Alba’s Bottom Line In 2018
Though a rise in sales volumes and a recovery of alumina prices at the LME, Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C’s fourth quarter and full year numbers struggled largely due to an “unprecedented” jump in alumina prices. In the fourth quarter Alba reported a net loss of US$47 million, a reversal on the year from last year’s net […]
Rusal Bauxite Production Jumped 18.9 Percent In 2018
Despite being hampered by sanctions most of both periods, Russian aluminium giant U.C. Rusal showed production results ranging from level pegging to significant increases in both the fourth quarter and the full year of 2018. In last year’s final quarter, Rusal produced 943 thousand metric tons of primary aluminium, up by 3 thousand metric tons […]
Mandatory Production Cuts At Alunorte Impact Norsk Hydro’s Bottom Line In Fourth Quarter
State-mandated production cuts at Alunorte and a spike in production costs took their toll on Norsk Hydro’s fourth quarter results, but bright spots could still be found among the firm’s individual business units. In 2018’s final quarter, Hydro’s underlying EBIT totaled NOK9 billion, off by NOK2 billion on the year. Though bolstered due to a […]
Rebound In Prices Propel Alcoa’s Bottom Line Into The Black In The Fourth Quarter
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation released results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2018 on Wednesday, reporting stronger numbers across both periods thanks to improved prices in both the alumina and aluminium global market. In the year’s final quarter Alcoa reported a net income of US$43 million, reversing losses of US$41 million in […]
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 ...
