July 25, 2021

Rio Tinto cuts Kitimat aluminum production by 65%

Rio Tinto plans to cut production at its BC Works aluminium smelter to 35% following a strike.

July 23, 2021

Home: Aluminum producers struggle to respond to higher prices

Global aluminum production growth ground to a halt in the second quarter of this year even as prices rallied to multi-year highs.

July 21, 2021

Sanjeev Gupta in board tussle as spat for aluminum firm heats up

The executive, who was ousted from a Belgian aluminum plant unit earlier this month, has successfully battled in court to be appointed back to the board.

July 21, 2021

Rusal may curb aluminum exports once Russian tax kicks in

The company may reduce those sales by hundreds of thousands of tonnes this year because the levies will make some shipments unprofitable.

July 19, 2021

LME launches six new contracts, including lithium and scrap aluminium

The LME had delayed the launch of its lithium hydroxide and the five other new contracts from an original date of June 14.

July 19, 2021

Home: Russian tax brews up perfect aluminum premium storm

Aluminum has been one of the strongest performers among the industrial metals thanks to robust pandemic demand recovery and production curbs in China.

July 15, 2021

Next mining supercycle will be different than any other — report

Fossil fuels won’t be in the vanguard and the winners will be the industrial metals needed to electrify society, Wood Mackenzie says.

July 15, 2021

Alcoa reports better-than-expected profit, see shipments rising

Analysts at BMO Capital Markets forecast Alcoa and other metal companies are facing a transition period.

July 15, 2021

Home: Global metals trading impetus shifting from east to west

The world of metals trading is becoming increasingly multi-polar, reflecting the rise of China's futures markets over the last decade.

July 14, 2021

GRAPHIC: Metals recycling to be a key plank for cutting emissions

Analysts at Wood Mackenzie estimate an additional 360 million tonnes of aluminum, 90 million tonnes of copper and 30 million tonnes of nickel will be needed over the next 20…