Aluminum Top Stories

Aluminum price jumps after report EU may sanction Russian metal

Prices rose as much as 3.6% on the London Metal Exchange.

Bloomberg News | January 23, 2024 | 3:14 pm

Rio Tinto taps Australia’s largest solar farm to power aluminum assets

Once developed and approved, the Upper Calliope solar farm will…

Reuters | January 23, 2024 | 2:55 pm

LME CEO aims to have first contracts with Shanghai futures exchange in 2024

The specific contacts to be launched with ShFE were still…

Reuters | January 15, 2024 | 6:51 am

Share of Russian aluminum in LME warehouses rises to 90% after UK curbs

The rise follows a restriction imposed by Britain on entities and individuals…

Reuters | January 10, 2024 | 9:31 am

Saudi Arabia earmarks $182 million for minerals exploration in mining push

The Gulf state has revised upwards estimates for its untapped…

Reuters | January 10, 2024 | 8:12 am

China supply concerns boost aluminum prices

China's Yunnan province has asked aluminum producers to reduce power consumption by 40-42% from September levels.

Reuters | February 21, 2023 | 8:08 am

Rio Tinto partners with BMW for low-carbon aluminum supply

Aluminum will come from Rio Tinto's hydro-powered operations in Canada to BMW’s production plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2023 | 7:25 am

Perovskites may soon beat silicon’s efficiency in solar cells

Researchers are proposing a novel, physics-based approach to synthesizing perovskites.

Staff Writer | February 21, 2023 | 5:52 am

GRAPHIC: Steep levies on Russian aluminum could threaten US nickel supply

Russia accounted for 11% of US nickel imports in 2022.

Reuters | February 17, 2023 | 7:50 am

Rio Tinto, Marubeni agree on first sale of high-purity aluminum

The low-carbon-aluminum deal comes as Japan targets zero net carbon emissions by 2050.

Reuters | February 16, 2023 | 8:02 am

Weak Chinese demand pushes aluminum price to five-week low

Aluminum stocks in LME-registered warehouses have risen to 602,150 tonnes from 375,950 tonnes in mid-January.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 15, 2023 | 9:19 am

Column: Shanghai metal stocks dent great expectations

The LME base metals index jumped by 10% in January as investors placed their bets on a resurgent Chinese economy.

Reuters | February 14, 2023 | 8:01 am

Column: US tariffs on Russian aluminum risk more market fracture

Russian producers of industrial metals have largely evaded the official sanctions net since the invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters | February 10, 2023 | 4:02 am

Russian metal makes up 42% of LME warehouses’ stocks – report

Last year, the LME decided not to ban Russian metal from being traded and stored in its system.

Reuters | February 9, 2023 | 1:28 pm

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