China’s aluminum juggernaut may be running out of road

China’s giant smelter sector churned out an average 105,000 tonnes per day in September, with year-to-date production up 3.3% on 2019.

Reuters | October 30, 2020 | 7:57 am

Rio Tinto invests $51m in Canadian alumina refinery

Upgrades, to be completed in early 2021, include three new energy efficient buildings and a centralized control room.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 30, 2020 | 7:42 am

Trump lifts tariffs on Canadian aluminum, warns he may resume them

Trump first granted the exclusion to Canada in 2019, but a surge in imports of Canadian non-alloyed, unwrought aluminum prompted him to slap the tariffs back on in August, inflaming tensions with Ottawa.

Reuters | October 27, 2020 | 3:10 pm

China’s new infrastructure plan to boost metal demand – report

The plan will support the government's beneficiation ambition in the metals industry, Fitch says.

MINING.com Editor | October 26, 2020 | 2:01 pm

Nornickel to consider 9-month dividend, looks to limit payments

Company should keep its dividend payments for 2020 to a mininum level, co-owner and top shareholder Vladimir Potanin told Reuters.

Reuters | October 26, 2020 | 8:51 am

Over $1 trillion needed for energy transition metals

In a new report, Wood Mackenzie says governments across the world are using stimulus packages to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys.

MINING.com Editor | October 21, 2020 | 12:25 pm

Apparent aluminum deficit drives up spot prices against longer dates

Inventories in LME warehouses in Port Klang at 814,225 tonnes are down about 20% since climbing above one million tonnes in July.

Reuters | October 20, 2020 | 8:24 am

Rio, Lafarge, Geocycle to reuse aluminum waste to make cement

The companies have developed a new product called Alextra.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 19, 2020 | 6:30 am

European producers welcome EU provisional duties on China aluminum

The provisional duties are expected to be imposed by Oct. 15 while the investigation is due to be finalised in April 2021.

Reuters | September 24, 2020 | 11:37 am

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