April 6, 2020

Canned food sprees won’t save aluminum

Demand has slowed for a decade, and a surplus was expected this year even before the current crisis.

April 3, 2020

Rusal, Glencore strike aluminum deal worth up to $16.3bn

Rusal will supply up to 6.9 million tonnes of the metal to Glencore under the contract.

March 30, 2020

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.

March 27, 2020

Aluminium surplus to balloon as producers resist output cuts

Wood Mackenzie expects to see a surplus of at least 1.5 million tonnes this year.

March 25, 2020

India’s three-week lockdown ripples through metal sector

Meanwhile, steel mills across the country continue to run.

March 20, 2020

China steel, copper inventories dip as demand recovers from virus

Industrial output in China contracted at its sharpest pace in 30 years in the first two months of 2020.

March 18, 2020

Norsk Hydro says coronavirus will likely impact demand, activities

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

March 17, 2020

Will aluminum heed the lesson from last demand shock?

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

March 16, 2020

LME may have a paper-filing problem if UK goes on lockdown

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

March 13, 2020

Rusal delays launch of Taishet aluminum smelter to 2021

Company previously planned to launch the smelter in late 2020.