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Vedanta Aluminium veteran Rajiv Kumar joins Jindal Steel as COO
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Vedanta Aluminium veteran Rajiv Kumar has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Jindal Steel after completing a successful stint as Chief Executive Officer of Vedanta Aluminium. Kumar, who brings more than three decades of experience in the metals and mining industry, will now oversee the company’s manufacturing and mining operations. In Vedanta Aluminium, Kumar served as Chief Executive Officer and played a key role in driving production capacity expansion, improving operational ef ...
LME aluminium price crosses $3,200/t mark; cash gains 2%, stocks drop to 264,400t
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The first trading session of August opened with the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price graph exceeding the USD 3,200-per-tonne mark across both pricing and contract segments. Meanwhile, similar to the previous trading session, stocks continued to dip, indicating steady withdrawal from the aluminium inventory. The LME aluminium cash bid and offer prices jumped 2 per cent day-on-day on August 3. The bid rose USD 3,195 per tonne to USD 3,259 per tonne, and the offer shifted from USD 3,1 ...

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Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium 2609 contract closed at RMB 23,730 per tonne, up RMB 145 or 0.61 per cent from the previous day’s settlement price. It opened at RMB 23,620 per tonne during the day and fluctuated in a range of RMB 23,535–23,755 per tonne. The price traded above MA5 (23,616.00), MA10 (23,425.50), and MA30 (23,147.67), but below the MA60 (23,772.92) moving average. The medium and long-term moving averages maintained a bearish alignment and continued to exert downward pre ...
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WEEKLY: China alumina slides toward ¥2,600-2,750/t range as capacity use dips to 79.77%, stocks hit 6.4Mt
Alumina
04 Aug 2026
Last week, domestic spot alumina prices moved steadily with a weak bias, and market trading sentiment was muted. As of July 24, the weighted national average spot price for smelter-grade alumina with a minimum purity of 98.6 per cent stood at RMB 2,744 per tonne, dropped RMB 6 per tonne from a week earlier, according to Mysteel's price assessment. On the supply side, China's domestic alumina operating capacity stands at approximately 95.9 million tonnes per year. Recently, an alumina refinery ...
Australian aluminium window industry seeks temporary duties as Chinese imports continue to rise
End User
04 Aug 2026
Australia's window and glazing manufacturing industry is calling on the federal government to introduce temporary duties on aluminium windows and doors imported from China, arguing that imports continue to surge while a formal anti-dumping investigation remains underway. According to the Australian Glass and Window Association (AGWA), imports of Chinese aluminium windows and doors have increased by a further 30 per cent since the Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) began investigating the products, ...
Hulamin returns to growth with R395.4m as rolling operations regain momentum
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03 Aug 2026
South African aluminium rolled products producer Hulamin reported a stronger first-half performance for 2026 as operational stability returned following last year's production disruptions, with higher rolled product volumes, improved plant utilisation and portfolio optimisation helping lift earnings despite ongoing pricing pressures in parts of the business. The company said most of the operational challenges experienced during the second half of 2025 have now been resolved, allowing its core ...
SHFE aluminium opened lower but rebounded, though positions declined significantly; alumina continues to consolidate on a weak note
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03 Aug 2026
The SHFE aluminium 2608 contract opened at RMB 23,400 per tonne today, reached a high of RMB 23,665 per tonne, hit a low of RMB 23,400 per tonne, and closed at RMB 23,625 per tonne, down RMB 10 per tonne or 0.04 per cent from the previous trading day. Trading volume was 12,000 lots, open interest was 40,300 lots, and daily position change was -5,189 lots. The price stood above the MA5 (23505), MA10 (23357.50), MA20 (23228.50), and MA40 (23362.25), but still below the MA60 (23758.92). The short ...
Silicon market slump prompts Press Metal to reposition PMBT towards aluminium alloys
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03 Aug 2026
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Berhad (PMAH) has proposed to acquire an additional 35.6 per cent stake in PMB Technology Berhad (PMBT) for MYR 464.95 million (USD 109.9 million) in cash, a move that will raise its shareholding to about 58.8 per cent and make PMBT its subsidiary. The proposed acquisition covers 664.22 million PMBT shares at MYR 0.70 (USD 0.17) apiece under a conditional share sale agreement signed on August 3. The shares will be acquired from five members of the Koon family: ...
India's coal power share declines to 65.7% as renewable generation hits record high
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03 Aug 2026
India's electricity mix underwent a notable shift in July as record renewable energy generation reduced coal's share of power production to its lowest level in a year, even as overall electricity demand continued to climb. Government data showed renewable energy generated 36.25 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) during the month, marking a 30 per cent increase from July last year and raising its share in the country's power mix to 20 per cent. At the same time, coal's contribution declined to 65.7 ...
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