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Press Metal sees strong 2026 aluminium market, but 2027 brings fresh supply concerns
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Press Metal sees strong 2026 aluminium market, but 2027 brings fresh supply concerns
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings is still benefiting from a tight aluminium market in 2026, but cooling prices and a potential supply surplus in 2027 are making the outlook more balanced. The aluminium rally that helped lift expectations for Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd is beginning to lose some of its momentum. Hong Leong Investment Bank (HLIB) remains positive about the company's underlying fundamentals but believes much of Press Metal's benefit from elevated aluminium prices has alrea ...
Alunorte cuts alumina output to 50% as gas disruption threatens up to $100 million Q3 hit
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Alunorte cuts alumina output to 50% as gas disruption threatens up to $100 million Q3 hit
Alunorte has temporarily cut alumina production to 50 per cent after disruptions in natural gas availability affected operations at the refinery. Natural gas supply constraints have prompted Alunorte to introduce contingency measures at its alumina refinery, as the company works to manage the impact of reduced gas availability on operations. Following a notification from its gas supplier, Alunorte introduced a series of contingency measures aimed at limiting the impact on production. These i ...
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Jamalco goes off-grid as new power turbine targets $28 million in annual alumina savings
Jamalco has switched on a new power turbine at its Jamaican alumina refinery, allowing the plant to generate all its electricity independently of the national grid and potentially cut production costs by around USD 28 million a year.  Jamalco has taken a major step towards reducing the cost of producing alumina after bringing a new power-generation turbine online at its refinery in Clarendon, Jamaica. The turbine, known as TG4, allows the refinery to generate all of its own electricity, redu ...
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Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) today announced that Shyam Sel & Power Limited has been certified against the ASI Performance Standard V3.1 (2023). The facility manufactures bare aluminium foil in a range of grades, sizes and thicknesses, including ultra-gauge foil, using rewinding, rolling, slitting, annealing and packing processes. The plant has an annual production of approximately 21,600 tonnes of saleable products. The ASI Certification program was developed through an extensive m ...
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Aluminium was Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Maaden)'s best-performing business in Q2 2026, with revenue rising 49 per cent to USD 1.01 billion and EBITDA more than doubling to USD 411 million. This helped push the company’s total quarterly revenue up 16 per cent to USD 2.9 billion.  For the quarter ended June 30, 2026, Maaden posted EBITDA of USD 1 billion, up 3 per cent from a year earlier, while net profit attributable to shareholders increased to USD 600 million. The aluminium business delive ...
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South Korean restocking provides brief support, but Asian primary aluminium spot premiums remain weak
The overseas primary aluminium spot market remained subdued this week. Although limited restocking briefly improved trading activity in South Korea at the beginning of the week, the recovery was not sustained, and transactions weakened again from midweek. Elsewhere in Asia, the traditional downstream off-season continued to restrict purchasing activity. Thailand recorded few inquiries and particularly weak trading, while Japan’s spot MJP moved lower as sellers faced increasing difficulty secu ...
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Less than two months after beginning its journey as an independent listed company, Vedanta Aluminium is raising about ₹13,500 crore (USD 1.62 billion) from a consortium of Indian banks to refinance inherited debt, marking its first major financing initiative since the Vedanta Group's demerger. According to people familiar with the matter, Axis Bank has signed a loan agreement worth ₹5,500 crore (USD 658.3 million) with Vedanta Aluminium Metal Ltd., while HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank will jointly ...
Weekly aluminium ingot destocking magnitude contracts, under the tug-of-war between longs and shorts in macro fundamentals, the aluminium price is expected to consolidate on a strong note in the short term
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Macro perspective: Tensions between the US and Iran eased but major differences remain. Trump said negotiations between the two sides are underway, with the Strait of Hormuz expected to reopen on August 4; Iran and Oman reached a provisional agreement on a new shipping route, but emphasized it will not return to the pre-war state and denied a full reopening. China's central bank made clear that H2 monetary policy will be moderately loose and will step up counter-cyclical adjustments; US Fed ...
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Former industrial sites across Kentucky, including an aluminium smelter, are being repurposed as hyperscale data centres as developers seek locations with existing high-capacity power infrastructure to support artificial intelligence (AI) projects.  One of the most prominent examples is the former Century Aluminum smelter in Hancock County, which stopped production in 2022 after more than 50 years of operation because of high electricity costs. The closure resulted in the loss of more than 60 ...
MCX aluminium price outlook: Supply risks could push August futures towards ₹356/kg
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MCX aluminium prices are entering the second half of August with supply-side risks once again becoming a key market driver. ICICI Direct expects the August aluminium futures contract to find support near INR 344 per kg and move towards INR 356 per kg. Aluminium has been through a sharp correction-and-recovery cycle in 2026. After touching around INR 393 per kg on MCX in early June, prices fell towards INR 330 per kg before recovering. MCX aluminium finds support as global supply remains vuln ...
NALCO submits FY2025-26 sustainability report covering mines, refinery and smelter
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11 Aug 2026
NALCO submits FY2025-26 sustainability report covering mines, refinery and smelter
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has submitted its Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) for FY2025-26 to the stock exchanges. The document forms part of the company's Annual Report for the financial year. The filing was made in accordance with the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. TÜV SÜD South Asia Pvt. Ltd. independently verified NALCO's sustainability disclosures. This was carried out between June 30 and July 20, 2026. ...
Liquidity tightening suppresses risk appetite, destocking supports aluminium prices to hold up well
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Liquidity tightening suppresses risk appetite, destocking supports aluminium prices to hold up well
Futures: SHFE aluminium closed at RMB 24,190 per tonne, up 0.64 per cent, hitting a new recent high. The price stood well above all key moving averages (MA5=23,998, MA10=23,815, MA30=23,312, MA60=23,720), with the MA system in a bullish alignment, confirming a clear medium-term uptrend. The MACD indicator showed DIF at 184.13 and DEA at 75.84, maintaining a golden cross above the zero axis, with the histogram bar expanding to 216.59, indicating growing bullish momentum. Trading volume contrac ...
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