Aluminum Top Stories

Collapsing auto sector a body blow for industrial metals

In terms of industrial metal markets, the automotive sector has turned from hero to zero in the space of weeks.

Reuters | March 30, 2020 | 11:32 am

Wood Mackenzie expects to see a surplus of at least…

Reuters | March 27, 2020 | 9:26 am

Meanwhile, steel mills across the country continue to run.

Bloomberg News | March 25, 2020 | 9:23 am

Industrial output in China contracted at its sharpest pace in…

Reuters | March 20, 2020 | 2:36 pm

Most of Hydro's operations are running at normal production levels.

Reuters | March 18, 2020 | 9:18 am

The global aluminum industry has a terrible record of responding to demand shocks.

Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 9:00 am

Every day, agents print ownership certificates for metal in warehouses as far away as South Korea.

Bloomberg News | March 16, 2020 | 9:19 am

Company previously planned to launch the smelter in late 2020.

Reuters | March 13, 2020 | 10:01 am

Donald Trump declined to say whether he would impose steel and aluminum tariffs on the South American country.

Reuters | March 8, 2020 | 6:30 am

Copper stockpiles rose 4.1% to 310,760 tonnes this week, while zinc inventories were up 11.8%.

Reuters | February 28, 2020 | 11:10 am

Bloomberg Commodity Index slid for a fifth session Friday, in the worst performance since September 2011.

Bloomberg News | February 28, 2020 | 9:51 am

The start of stockpiling "can effectively alleviate the increase in inventory" at metal producers.

Reuters | February 27, 2020 | 9:24 am

Company announced ordinary dividend of $6.2 billion in 2019 and total cash returns of $7.2 billion.

Reuters | February 26, 2020 | 9:33 am

Coronavirus is double shock for China’s giant aluminium sector

The London Metal Exchange aluminium price sank to a three-year low of $1,685 per tonne at the start of February.

Reuters | February 24, 2020 | 10:29 am