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Vedanta Aluminium’s ₹250bn setback puts its ‘crown jewel’ story to the test
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Vedanta Aluminium was seen as the “crown jewel” of Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta demerger. But less than a month after listing, it has become the weakest performer among the four newly listed entities. Since its June 15 debut, the stock has fallen 12 per cent from its listing price of INR 527, wiping out more than INR 250 billion in investor wealth. Its demerged siblings have moved in the opposite direction. Vedanta Power has gained 9 per cent from its listing price of INR 42, Vedanta Iron & Steel h ...
Can aluminium salt slag become a resource? SGM's new sorting line says yes
Recycled AL
Italian metals sorting technology specialist SGM Magnetics S.p.A. has introduced a new recovery system or sorting lineto extract commercial metals from salt slag fines, a byproduct of secondary aluminium production, addressing one of the industry's most difficult recycling streams. SGM noted, “After crushing, grinding and classification, the fine fraction can still contain recoverable metallic aluminium and other valuable metals” during secondary aluminium smelting. However, the recovery has ...

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Canada’s merchandise trade surplus expanded to CAD 4.2 billion in May 2026, its strongest level in four years, as a sharp rise in unwrought aluminium and aluminium alloy exports helped lift the country’s overall outbound trade to a record high. According to the latest data from Statistics Canada, the trade surplus widened from CAD 3.4 billion in April, marking the country’s third consecutive month in positive territory. Total merchandise exports increased 0.9 per cent month-on-month to a reco ...
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Jamaica's Alpart alumina refinery set for phased modernisation under JISCO plan
Alumina
08 Jul 2026
Jamaica's Minister of Agriculture, Floyd Green, has announced that the reopening and modernisation of the Alpart alumina refinery has moved a step forward following meetings with officials of JISCO and the Government of Gansu Province during his recent visit to China. Speaking in Parliament, Green said JISCO has confirmed its plans to carry out a two-phase modernisation programme to bring the refinery back into operation and upgrade it into a modern alumina production facility. The first pha ...
East China purchasing sentiment strengthens, central China futures and spot traders' purchasing demand rises
Primary AL
08 Jul 2026
In the morning session, the trading centre of the SHFE aluminium 2606 contract was higher than the same period of the previous trading day. Market selling sentiment strengthened from the previous day, as some downstream players, expecting a near-term rise in aluminium prices, saw buying sentiment improve, and price acceptance by downstream was higher than yesterday. Most transactions were done at parity to a premium of RMB 10 per tonne against the SHFE aluminium July contract. In east China t ...
Why does China continue to lead global aluminium foil consumption despite changing market dynamics?
Downstream
08 Jul 2026
Irrespective of China’s economy, which is said to be growing at a relatively slower pace in the past few years, one thing which has been consistent for the country is that it still firmly holds the position of the world's largest aluminium foil producer, consumer and exporter. For businesses that are trying to determine where the next demand wave of aluminium foil will be, an important question continues to emerge: What is sustaining China's leadership when traditional growth drivers are evol ...
Hydro enables Norway’s first closed-loop aluminium façade in Oslo refurbishment
Recycled AL
08 Jul 2026
At Sørkedalsveien 6, a 21,000 m² commercial building, the original façade is carefully dismantled and separated on-site before being transported to Stena Recycling in Halmstad, Sweden, for further sorting. It is then returned to Hydro’s recycling facility in Sweden, where the aluminium is transformed into Hydro CIRCAL, which will be used in new façade solutions, delivered by WICONA, Hydro’s building systems brand. “This project is a milestone for circular construction in Norway. It demonstrat ...
Modern aluminium recycling advances through new processing technologies: GME among industry contributors
Recycled AL
08 Jul 2026
Recycling non-ferrous metals like aluminium, lead, and plastics is becoming more important because it reduces the need for raw materials, improves recovery, and supports circular production. Aluminium recycling is especially valuable because it uses much less energy than primary aluminium production and helps cut emissions while supplying material to construction, transport, packaging, and engineering. Modern recycling plants use mechanical separation, shredding, decoating, melting and casting ...
Canada, Japan push critical minerals pact with $1bn deals to cut China dependence
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08 Jul 2026
Canada and Japan are deepening their critical minerals alliance, seeking to reduce their dependence on Chinese supplies. At Canada's largest-ever trade mission to Tokyo and the Asia-Pacific region, companies from both countries signed commercial agreements worth over CAD 1 billion (USD 706.11 million), exploring joint initiatives to secure future supplies of key minerals. The delegation comprised around 300 participants representing about 180 companies and organisations. Collaboration in area ...
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