Aluminum Top Stories

How Latin America wastes billions of dollars worth of valuable metals

E-waste generated in Latin America in 2019 contained valuable metals representing a total value of roughly $1.7 billion of secondary raw materials.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 27, 2022 | 6:06 am

Power problems take a toll on global aluminum output

Europe's lengthening list of smelter casualties is a warning sign…

Reuters | January 24, 2022 | 7:52 am

Saudi’s state-controlled miner names fourth CEO in two years

Robert Wilt, a former Alcoa Corp. exec who was most…

Bloomberg News | January 23, 2022 | 10:11 am

Europe’s smelters call for action to combat soaring energy costs

Aluminum and zinc producers have been hit particularly hard by…

Bloomberg News | January 18, 2022 | 9:43 am

Key insights from the inaugural Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh

The Future Minerals Forum recently heard Saudi Arabia is looking…

Northern Miner Staff | January 17, 2022 | 6:01 pm

USTR reviewing Turkey’s trade preferences after tariff retaliation

Imports of jewelry, precious metals and stone products would be under the microscope.

Reuters | August 5, 2018 | 10:02 am

China’s Shandong province cuts steel and coal capacity in environment plan

Shandong's Environmental Protection Bureau said it would cut pig iron production capacity by 600,000 tonnes and crude steel by 3.55 million tonnes by the end of this year.

Reuters | August 5, 2018 | 9:42 am

White House escalates China trade dispute to secure early breakthrough: Kemp

Trump has reportedly rejected a plan to levy tariffs of 10 percent on an additional $200 billion of imports from China and ordered aides to prepare a proposal for tariffs at the higher rate of 25 percent.

Reuters | August 2, 2018 | 5:11 pm

Canadian craft brewers scramble for aluminum cans

Canadian microbreweries are facing a shortage of cans and higher costs, forcing some to cut beer production after the country imposed retaliatory import duties on U.S. aluminum imports in the busy summer season.

Reuters | July 31, 2018 | 2:53 pm

A turbulent year for alumina market could get still worse

Alumina is having a turbulent year.

Reuters | July 31, 2018 | 10:20 am

Japan aluminium industry worried about U.S. automobile import tariffs

U.S. tariffs on auto may hugely impact on Japanese industries.

Reuters | July 25, 2018 | 10:57 am

LME to launch monthly ‘implied pricing’ for base metals

Starting on July 30, the LME will start providing a set of synthetic monthly prices for the six main base metals — copper, aluminum, zinc, lead, nickel and tin.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 17, 2018 | 5:25 am

Pain for aluminium shorts as LME gets squeezed again: Andy Home

The London Metal Exchange aluminium price has on Friday morning touched $2,021.50 per tonne.

Reuters | July 13, 2018 | 4:40 pm

Metal markets are preparing for a new world disorder

Donald Trump’s attempts to re-balance global trade have already sent the metals world into a tizzy and as countries respond to U.S. tariffs and sanctions, the disarray is set to increase.

Bloomberg News | July 6, 2018 | 8:00 am

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