Aluminum Top Stories

Alcoa backs Rusal’s call for LME to reveal origin of all metal stocks

Rusal has called for the LME to start regularly disclosing the origin of all metal stocks on warrant rather than singling out Russian metal.

Reuters | November 21, 2022 | 11:47 am

Global aluminum output rises 3.1% y/y in October

Global aluminum output reached 5.85 million tonnes last month.

Reuters | November 21, 2022 | 10:22 am

Russia’s Rusal: 2023 sales pick up after LME decision

Rusal said that its sales for 2023 have picked up…

Reuters | November 19, 2022 | 12:35 pm

Russia’s mining giants rush to sell metal after LME green light

The decision not to ban Russian metal from LME warehouses…

Bloomberg News | November 18, 2022 | 10:03 am

China’s October aluminum imports drop 34% amid rising supply, weak demand

The country brought in 196,460 tonnes, including primary metal and…

Reuters | November 18, 2022 | 7:44 am

Commodity boom at risk as supporting factors fade, Fitch says

The pace of global industrial production growth is falling “quite swiftly” after an impressive spike in demand for durable goods during lockdowns.

Bloomberg News | October 22, 2021 | 12:36 pm

EU in talks with China to avoid “catastrophic” magnesium crunch

China supplies the block with about 95% of the silvery-white metal used to make aluminum alloys for auto parts.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 22, 2021 | 10:27 am

Shanghai aluminum at over 1-month low as coal prices drop

China’s thermal coal futures plunged and turned in their worst week in five months, following Beijing’s strongest intervention in years to boost supply and cool runaway prices.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 22, 2021 | 8:00 am

How metals and mining companies are adapting to a greener world

Mining companies have the widest range of BNEF transition scores.

Bloomberg News | October 21, 2021 | 9:08 am

Rio Tinto to spend $7.5bn by 2030 to meet Scope 1 and 2 emissions targets

The company has said it will double its growth capex to about $3 billion a year from 2023.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 20, 2021 | 9:32 am

Global shortage of magnesium could cripple car industry

Germany’s association of metals producers warned that current magnesium inventories in Europe will be exhausted by the end of November 2021.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 19, 2021 | 5:18 am

Wild markets gatecrash London Metal Exchange Week party

This year’s LME Week was a subdued affair by comparison with past excess, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | October 18, 2021 | 8:08 am

What the energy transition may bring for five battery metals – report

London-based ING Economics predicts what the ongoing energy transition might bring for copper, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, and lithium.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 17, 2021 | 6:07 am

Aluminum makers sound the alarm about US magnesium shortage

Matalco Inc., the largest US producer of aluminum billet, is warning customers it may curtail output and ration deliveries as soon as next year

Reuters | October 16, 2021 | 7:28 am

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