January 22, 2021

Is China nearing peak aluminum after record 2020 output?

World aluminum output rose by 2.5% to a record 65.3 million tonnes last year.

January 19, 2021

Hedge fund to take Vedanta dispute to US regulators

Kyma Capital is set to complain to US regulators in a dispute with Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal over nearly $1 billion in loans.

January 18, 2021

China 2020 aluminum output climbs to record high

Country's aluminum production rose 4.9% from the prior year to a record 37.08 million tonnes as smelters cashed in on soaring prices.

January 18, 2021

Shanghai booms as metals trading mirrors uneven recovery

China has led the industrial recovery from covid-19 with the rest of the world struggling to catch up.

January 14, 2021

China’s 2020 copper imports hit record high

Imports of unwrought copper and copper products for the year came in at 6.68 million tonnes.

January 14, 2021

LME’s twilight zone absorbs stocks build

The amount of aluminum sitting in this LME twilight zone grew by 829,000 tonnes between February and November.

January 14, 2021

Rio Tinto to keep New Zealand aluminum smelter until 2024

Power deal with Meridian Energy delays the likely closure of the facility by at least three years.

January 6, 2021

Goldman proclaims the dawn of a new commodity supercycle

Goldman’s view is predicated on how the world will recover from the pandemic with an emphasis on a green industrial revolution.

January 4, 2021

Pandemic restrictions hit mega-projects in British Columbia

Mega-projects that employed over 12,000 in the Province in 2020 to scale back to less than 1,500.

December 28, 2020

Metso Outotec sells aluminum business

The Finnish company reached a deal with France’s REEL International.