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Hatch and Maaden expand partnership for aluminium and mining project delivery
Primary AL
Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) has signed a strategic delivery agreement with Canadian engineering firm Hatch to support the development and execution of its future mining and metals projects. Under the agreement, Hatch will serve as Maaden's delivery partner for its project pipeline, providing engineering and project delivery support across upcoming developments. The agreement was signed in the presence of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Investment Fah ...
Aluminium casting market holds 23% of downstream consumption: What will shape growth through 2032?
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Aluminium casting is the process of melting aluminium and pouring it into a mould, taking a fixed shape when it cools. That shape can be an engine block, a wheel, a gearbox housing, a window frame or a battery tray for an electric car. People pick aluminium over steel or iron for one simple reason: It is lightweight but still strong. A cast aluminium part can be up to half the weight of the same part in steel. Less weight means a car burns less fuel, an EV drives further on one charge and a p ...

Recycled AL
Aluminium scrap: This week, aluminium scrap market prices generally moved sideways. On July 16, SMM A00 spot aluminium prices closed at RMB 23,170 per tonne, rebounding RMB 220 per tonne from last Thursday. In terms of price spreads, the price difference between A00 aluminium and mixed aluminium extrusion scrap free of paint in Foshan stood at RMB 1,972 per tonne on July 16, and the price difference between A00 aluminium and shredded aluminium tense scrap was RMB 658 per tonne, remaining at e ...
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Aluminum Dynamics plans $200M recycled aluminium slab facility in Mississippi
Recycled AL
17 Jul 2026
Recycled aluminium producer Aluminum Dynamics LLC will invest more than USD 200 million to build a recycled aluminium slab centre in Lowndes County, Mississippi, creating 100 new jobs. The facility, to be located in the Golden Triangle Industrial Park, will recycle aluminium-bearing materials, mainly used beverage cans, into 180,000 tonnes of aluminium slabs for the aluminium products industry. Operations are expected to begin in the first half of 2027. The Mississippi Development Authority i ...
PNNL's Kate Rader and Aashish Rohatgi win 2026 ASM Howe Medal for aluminium manufacturing research
Downstream
17 Jul 2026
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) materials scientists Aashish Rohatgi and Kate Rader have been awarded the 2026 ASM International Henry Marion Howe Medal for research that advances scientific understanding of aluminium manufacturing. The award recognises the best paper published in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions and marks the culmination of nearly a decade of work on how ultrasonic processing affects aluminium solidification. The research began in 2017, when Rohatgi set ...
Pacific alumina market expected to strengthen in Q3 amid Guinea bauxite uncertainty
Alumina
17 Jul 2026
The Pacific alumina market is expected to find stronger support in the third quarter of 2026 as uncertainty over Guinea's proposed bauxite export controls, rising aluminium demand in Indonesia and the gradual recovery of Middle Eastern smelting operations begin to ease the surplus seen in the previous quarter. Although the market remains well supplied, participants expect supply and demand conditions to tighten compared with Q2, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights' CERA analysis. Suppl ...
Alcoa posts record $4 billion Q2 revenue as South32 deal strengthens upstream portfolio
Bauxite
17 Jul 2026
Alcoa Corporation reported record second-quarter 2026 revenue of USD 4 billion (24 per cent increase sequentially), supported by higher aluminium prices, improved operational performance and progress on key strategic projects. During the quarter, the company also signed an agreement to acquire South32’s interests in bauxite, alumina and aluminium assets, further strengthening its upstream portfolio. Alcoa president and CEO William F. Oplinger said, “During the second quarter, in addition to d ...
Will India revise primary aluminium import duty? Downstream industry makes its case
Primary AL
17 Jul 2026
The Federation of All India Aluminium Utensils Manufacturers (FAIAUM) and the Cable and Conductor Manufacturers Association of India (CACMAI) requested the Ministry of Mines to reduce the effective Customs duty on primary aluminium imports. They cited concerns regarding the current tariff structure, which is increasing raw material costs and affecting the competitiveness of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The industry bodies submitted a joint representation on July 14, urging the ...
Downstream off-season demand is weak, while geopolitical conflicts support consolidation in aluminium prices
Downstream
17 Jul 2026
Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium 2608 contract closed at RMB 23,255 per tonne, up RMB 90 or 0.39 per cent from the previous trading day's settlement price. It opened at RMB 23,190 per tonne and fluctuated in a range of RMB 23,180-23,285 per tonne. Prices ran above the MA5 (23,185.00) and MA10 (23,094.00) but below the MA30 (23,411.33) and MA60 (24,031.00). The short- to medium-term moving averages displayed a bearish alignment and steadily converged lower, highlighting a pronounced con ...
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