August 14, 2025 Africa’s second-largest aluminum smelter at risk of shutdown The Mozal plant will no longer be viable under a proposed new tariff set to replace the existing one early next year.
August 13, 2025 South32 says to mothball Mozal; flags $372 million hit South32 said that given care and maintenance was the most likely scenario.
August 11, 2025 Iron ore price rises on report China mills to temporarily halt output Tangshan steel mills were ordered to stop output from Aug. 25 for cleaner air before Beijing’s Sept. 3 parade.
August 8, 2025 Glencore shakes up trading team with head of coal to exit Ruan van Schalkwyk, a longstanding executive who runs coal trading for Glencore, is retiring.
August 7, 2025 Century Aluminum to invest $50M in Mt. Holly smelter restart in South Carolina The company plans to restart over 50,000 metric tons of idled production by end of June 2026.
August 7, 2025 Rio Tinto okays $180M expansion at Amrun bauxite mine The Norman Creek project in Queensland's Cape York aims to access almost half of the 978 million tonnes of reserves at Amrun.
August 5, 2025 Why did copper escape US tariffs when aluminum did not? Since June, aluminum metal shipped to the US, where smelters face higher electricity bills than copper producers, has attracted 50% tariffs.
August 5, 2025 Guinea strips EGA of bauxite rights, hands asset to state firm Move further escalates a standoff over construction of an alumina refinery in the country, the world's second largest bauxite producer.
August 4, 2025 Alcoa flags gallium potential in study with Japanese partners Company will investigate production of metal used in semiconductors as a byproduct from existing aluminum operations in Western Australia.
July 31, 2025 Vedanta misses quarterly profit estimates on weak aluminum prices Its aluminum business is the biggest in India and contributes to nearly 40% of the company's revenue.
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