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China NEVs Take 63.6% Market Share as Petrol-Car Output Falls 60%

China’s new energy vehicle retail sales declined in the first 16 days of August, but the segment continued to outperform the wider passenger-car market as higher fuel costs weighed more heavily on demand for petrol vehicles. Passenger NEV retail sales reached 399,000 units from August 1 to August 16, down 15 per cent year on year but up 1 per cent from the corresponding period in July, according to the China Passenger Car Association. Overall passenger-vehicle retail sales fell 22 per cent ye ...

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Prebaked anode exports show volume-price resilience, regional divergence reshapes landscape

According to customs data, China's prebaked anode exports in July 2026 totalled 211,700 tonnes, up 21.86 per cent Y-o-Y and down 24.40 per cent M-o-M. In terms of price, the average export price of prebaked anode in July was approximately USD 1,031.80 per tonne, up 24.94 per cent Y-o-Y and up 12.34 per cent M-o-M. From January to July 2026, China's cumulative prebaked anode exports reached 1.5183 million tonnes, up 23.47 per cent Y-o-Y, continuing the expansion trend. Both export volume and av ...

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Falling costs coupled with off-season double inventory buildup, adc12 consolidates on a subdued note

Aluminium scrap: This week, domestic aluminium scrap prices in China followed the primary aluminium pullback, showing a pattern of high-level weakness. However, cost support remained, limiting the decline. On August 20, SMM A00 spot aluminium ingot prices closed at RMB 23,600 per tonne, down RMB 520 per tonne from RMB 24,120 per tonne last Thursday. Dragged down by the fall in primary aluminium prices, aluminium scrap prices pulled back, but thanks to cost support and tight supply, the dec ...

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AL Circle Analysis: Inside aluminium’s global recycling reckoning with scrap, solar and smelters

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From 67% to 80%: Crown Holdings steps up its recycled aluminium ambition for beverage cans

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19 Aug 2026

US aluminium extrusion demand to hit 4.2Mt by 2034: Which end-use sectors will drive demand?

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Newly updated: The world of aluminium extrusions to 2035, understanding the next decade of demand, economics & opportunities

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BRICS challenges EU carbon tax as aluminium trade faces new pressure

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22 Aug 2026

BRICS challenges EU carbon tax as aluminium trade faces new pressure

BRICS environment and climate ministers have opposed the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), arguing that the carbon levy could create additional trade pressure for developing economies exporting aluminium and other carbon-intensive products to Europe. Environment and climate ministers from BRICS member countries have criticised the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), describing it as a unilateral, punitive and discriminatory measure that could act as a tra ...

Nanshan’s alumina sales rise 15%, but profit drops 74.8%

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22 Aug 2026

Nanshan’s alumina sales rise 15%, but profit drops 74.8%

Nanshan Aluminium International sold 15 per cent more alumina in the first half of 2026, but a 39.5 per cent fall in its average selling price drove profit down nearly 75 per cent, showing how quickly a commodity-price downturn can outweigh rising sales volumes. The Hong Kong-listed producer reported revenue of USD 415.0 million for the six months ended June 30, down 30.5 per cent year on year, while profit attributable to shareholders fell 74.8 per cent to USD62.7 million. The company cut it ...

China's cast aluminium alloy inventory rises 2,500 mt W-o-W, marking second consecutive week of buildup

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22 Aug 2026

China's cast aluminium alloy inventory rises 2,500 mt W-o-W, marking second consecutive week of buildup

This week, China’s social inventory of cast aluminium alloy ingots recorded 28,100 mt, up 2,500 mt WoW, marking the second consecutive week of inventory buildup, with the buildup magnitude further widening from last week. Currently in the demand off-season, downstream purchase willingness is low, and market shipment pace is slow. Meanwhile, periodic increases in spot-futures arbitrage purchases provided some replenishment to inventory. Overall, social inventory still faces buildup pressure in ...

Aluminium ingot continue destocking underpins aluminium prices, market worries about weak demand in traditional "peak season"

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22 Aug 2026

Aluminium ingot continue destocking underpins aluminium prices, market worries about weak demand in traditional "peak season"

US retail sales and consumer confidence data weakened in July, and corporate inflation expectations pulled back slightly. Adjustments in overseas US Treasury operations, a consolidating US dollar, and expectations for US Fed interest rate cuts repeatedly disrupted the base metals sector. CME data showed that the market’s mainstream view was that the US Fed was highly likely to keep interest rates unchanged in September–October, while there was still tail risk of further rate hikes. Geopolitic ...

India’s aluminium recyclers face a scrap-supply bottleneck

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21 Aug 2026

India’s aluminium recyclers face a scrap-supply bottleneck

India’s rapidly expanding secondary aluminium industry is facing a shortage of domestic scrap, leaving recyclers dependent on overseas suppliers and vulnerable to changing trade policies in major exporting regions. Secondary aluminium production has increased from approximately 0.85 million tonnes in 2015–16 to nearly 2.2 million tonnes in 2025–26, according to industry estimates cited by the Material Recycling Association of India. The sector now supplies around 35 per cent of India’s alumi ...

Aluminium billet inventory in China hits 5-year high, processing fees rise amid price decline

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21 Aug 2026

Aluminium billet inventory in China hits 5-year high, processing fees rise amid price decline

According to SMM statistics, as of August 20, aluminium billet inventory in China's major consumption areas recorded 143,000 tonnes, with an inventory buildup of 500 tonnes from last Monday and 6,000 tonnes from last Thursday, maintaining a continuous buildup pace. Compared with the same period, total inventory has risen to the highest for the same period in the past five years. From the perspective of warehouse withdrawals, aluminium billet warehouse withdrawals from August 10 to August 17 ...

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