Violent Protests Claim Two Lives At Vedanta’s Lanjigarh Alumina Refinery
Protests outside a Vedanta alumina refinery in Lanjigarh turned deadly on Monday, as a police officer and a protester were...
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Daiki To Build Automotive Aluminium Alloy Plant In South India
A Japanese firm announced plans last week to invest ₹2.5 billion (US$36.1 million) in an aluminium alloy ingot plant to be constructed in South India. Per domestic reporting, Daiki Aluminium Industry Co. Ltd’s subsidiary Daiki Aluminium is planning to build the plant,...
Nalco To Achieve Revenue Targets In FY19: CMD Chand
In an interview with domestic media, National Aluminium Company’s Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand said that his...
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...
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State-Subsidized Imports Crippling U.S. Aluminium Producers: Report
Bolstering the case made by a recent report issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a white paper released on Tuesday by the American Primary Aluminum Association (APAA) argues that state subsidies of domestic aluminium production is widespread and pervasive, and the subsidies are having a harmful effect on producers in market-based […]
India’s Total Imports Of Aluminium From U.S. Smelters Rose By 158 Percent In 2018’s First Ten Months
Last year was a banner year for Indian imported aluminium to the United States, as numbers released earlier this week by the United States Geological Survey reflect a jump of 158 percent in the January through October period over the prior year. Total aluminium exported to India in October came to 25,800 metric tons, an […]
India’s Aluminium Recyclers Push Back Against Talk Of Imported Scrap Tariff Hike
Though India’s primary aluminium producers continue to call for raising import duties on raw and scrap aluminium, downstream interests steadfastly oppose such a move, and have again gone on record to detail the harm they expect a rise in aluminium import duties would exact. An open letter penned by President of Material Recycling Association of […]
India’s Commerce Ministry Lends Support To Increasing Import Duties On Aluminium
An increase in import duties on aluminium entering India gained more momentum this week, as Union Minister Suresh Prabhu revealed that the country’s commerce ministry favors such a measure as a means to protect domestic manufacturers. “That is a proposal to protect our domestic industry. The proposal is under examination and we support the proposal,” […]
Plight Of India’s Downstream Aluminium Sector Overshadowed By “Selfish” Primary Producers: ASMA’s Agarwal
Responding to a news brief published by Aluminium Insider last month, Aluminium Secondary Manufacturers Association (ASMA) patron Anil Agarwal emailed a three-page response to the site’s editor-in-chief challenging primary aluminium producers’ contentions that a flood of low-cost aluminium from the People’s Republic of China is inflicting harm upon the country’s primary aluminium producers. Agarwal charged […]
Aluminium Industry Riding To Higher Demand In Electric Vehicles
This is an exciting time indeed for aluminium consumption, with demand for this highly versatile metal continuing to rise to dizzying heights with every new estimate. Among the brighter stars in the consumption constellation continues to be that of electric vehicles. As ...
Alumina Market Update: Surplus Of Alumina, Lower Prices Expected In 2019
2018 was a turbulent year for both the alumina market and the price, signified by the fact that spot price ...
Leaders Emerge In The Aluminium Industry’s Race To Zero Carbon
One of the aluminium industry’s major goals continues to be the production of metal in a manner that emits the ...
Aluminium Market Update: Why Are Aluminium Prices Lagging Behind Other Base Metals?
Base metals prices have recovered significantly since January’s lows after news that the US and China are inching closer to ...
