Aluminum price hits highest level since April 2018 on China curbs

Worries about supplies from China escalated after the country's Xinjiang region imposed output limits on five smelters.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 27, 2021 | 7:02 am

Aluminum price near 3-year high after Jamaica refinery blaze

The metal has surged 32% this year, second only to tin among the six base metals traded on the LME.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 25, 2021 | 8:20 am

Chalco profits soar on higher aluminum prices, production

Chalco also lifted output of that material by 14.3% year on year to 8.25 million tonnes.

Reuters | August 24, 2021 | 7:57 am

Rio Tinto, Sumitomo to assess hydrogen plant at Yarwun refinery

They will jointly study the feasibility of a hydrogen pilot plant at Rio’s alumina refinery in Gladstone, Queensland.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2021 | 4:38 am

Factbox: What are Afghanistan’s untapped minerals and resources?

A former mines minister of the country once said the natural resources could be worth up to $3 trillion.

Reuters | August 19, 2021 | 1:16 pm

Top Brazil aluminum maker to expand in bet on global shortfall

The aluminum unit of Votorantim plans to invest $748 million in the next five years.

Bloomberg News | August 18, 2021 | 1:50 pm

Most miners are falling short of carbon cuts needed for UN goal

Only 11 out of 46 metal and mining companies analyzed by Bloomberg Intelligence have carbon-reduction targets that match levels needed for the UN goal.

Bloomberg News | August 17, 2021 | 9:33 am

GRAPHIC: Record high aluminum prices likely to spur destocking

Record aluminum prices in the United States and Europe will be sustained by Russia's mining tax for some months, but attempts to push prices even higher are likely to face headwinds.

Reuters | August 16, 2021 | 9:25 am

Labour relations biggest material risk for mining sector – report

According to stakeholder intelligence firm Alva, labour relations contributed <1% material impact last quarter but it fell to -11% in Q2, as industrial action increases across the mining sector.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 15, 2021 | 12:32 pm

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