Nalco Appeals Order To Allow Vedanta To Purchase Alumina To India’s Supreme Court
India’s state-run aluminium producer National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) has appealed an order by the Odisha High Court ordering it...
Vedanta
India’s Output Growth To Slow Thanks To Soft LME Prices And Maxed-Out Capacity
India’s aluminium production in the coming fiscal year is expected to taper off compared to previous years thanks in part to a weak market for the metal at the London Metal Exchange (LME) in recent months. Such was the conclusion drawn by...
Vedanta Produced 1.95 Million Metric Tons Of Primary Aluminium In FY ‘19
With an aluminium output of 1.95 million metric tons in the previous fiscal year, Vedanta Ltd. moved into the pole...
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
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 fatally injured in the course of demonstrations at the plant. “Two people have died – one of our Odisha industrial security force personnel and another one from the public,” said senior police officer Gupteswar Bhoi […]
Vedanta Files Suit Against Nalco To Tap Into Exported Alumina Stream
Staring the prospect of a winnowing feedstock supply square in the eye, India metals miner Vedanta has turned to the courts to compel state-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) to sell to them a portion of the alumina they currently send overseas. In a motion at the Odisha High Court earlier this week, Vedanta sought to […]
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. […]
India’s Primary Aluminium Imports Rose 24 Percent In April – October, With More On The Way
Trade tensions between the United States and the People’s Republic of China helped boost primary aluminium imports to India by 24 percent and scrap aluminium by 22 percent on the year in the April to October period of 2018, and experts believe the rise is but the tip of the iceberg of aluminium imports to […]
Vedanta Ltd. To Invest Up To US$300 Million On Lanjigarh Alumina Refinery Ramp Up
In preparation of the ramp-up of its Lanjigarh alumina refinery, Indian metals titan Vedanta Ltd plans between US$250 million and US$300 million of capital expenditures in the next fiscal year. Per domestic reporting, the firm intends to recover the capex spent next fiscal year, which begins on April 1, over the course of the following […]
Is Rio Tinto’s ISAL smelter a bargain or a smart investment?
At least three companies (including Swiss commodity trader Glencore and German Trimet Aluminium) have expressed interest in buying Rio Tinto’s aluminium assets in Iceland, Sweden and the Netherlands, priced at up to US$ 350 million, news agencies reported earlier this month. A ...
Aluminium Extrusions Are Winning The Race For Battery Enclosure In EVs
Battery enclosures for electric vehicles (also called frames, housings or battery packs) have a pretty straightforward purpose: holding and protecting ...
Half-Year Report: Aluminium Prices Still Under Pressure
Base metals prices continued to slide in May and early June, with metals traded on the LME witnessing some serious ...
Aluminium Prices in Q2: A Market Analysis
Base metals prices tumbled in the last week of April and at the start of May, with the aluminium price ...
