LME Bans Russian Aluminium In US Warehouses
Earlier this week the London Metal Exchange (LME) made the decision to ban Russian aluminium from its warehouses in the...
Russian Federation
Glencore Declining To Renew US$16 Billion Contract With Rusal
In a move that stunned the aluminium world, Glencore plc announced that it is not renewing its US$16 billion contract with Russian aluminium titan UC Rusal. In an interview with Bloomberg, Glencore’s CEO Gary Nagle said it will complete the contract it...
LME Stores Of Russian Aluminium Hit 42 Percent In January
The London Metal Exchange this week confirmed that its holdings of Russian aluminium rose as expected in January to a...
Arconic Completes Sale Of Russian Aluminium Assets To Russian Titanium Giant
Pittsburgh aluminium value-added firm Arconic announced the completion of the sale of the entirety of its Russian operations to Promishlennie...
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LME Will Not Ban Russian Aluminium
The London Metal Exchange said last week that it does not plan to ban Russian aluminium from its warehouses due to the fact that a large number of buyers on the platform will continue to buy it next year. Although Russia itself has been sanctioned by several governments in the wake of its invasion of […]
Rusal Parent Company Says Report Of Bans On Russian Aluminium “Irresponsible”
En+ Group took the offensive against media reports suggesting that the United States government is considering sanctions on Russian aluminium and other materials this week, asserting that it has been fully compliant with US import regulations. UC Rusal’s parent company spoke through Chairman Christopher Burnham, who characterized the reports of Russian aluminium restrictions as “irresponsible […]
Rusal Sues Rio Tinto For Return Of 20 Percent Share Of Queensland Alumina
Russian Federation aluminium titan UC Rusal is suing Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group to receive back its 20-percent share of Queensland Alumina Ltd. that the latter firm took from Rusal in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year. According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Rusal is pushing back against Rio Tinto’s […]
Russia’s Metal Sector Must Change To Adapt To “Illegal” Sanctions: Putin
Russia’s aluminium sector could be in for some major changes to combat sanctions against the country, as raw materials and sales of finished product have been hampered due to limits enacted by the global community. Such was the message delivered by Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. In a televised meeting with various metals industry […]
London Metal Exchange To Double Default Fund In Anticipation Of Spike In Price Of Aluminium And Other Metals
The world’s largest standardized forward contracts market will be increasing its clearinghouse default fund to twice its current amount next month, evidently as a move to mitigate the risk of member default should the metals market see another steep rise in prices this year. The London Metal Exchange is increasing its cover by about $1 […]
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 ...
