April 24, 2018

After weeks of chaos, US throws aluminum industry lifeline

“The US government is not targeting the hardworking people who depend on Rusal and its subsidiaries,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

April 23, 2018

Commodities: the top asset class of 2018 so far

If the commodity sector keeps the pace for the rest of 2018, this will be the best year for the asset class since 2003.

April 23, 2018

Chalco Q1 profits fall 19.4 pct on lower aluminium prices

Chalco produced approximately 3.61 million tonnes of aluminium last year, according to a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week.

April 23, 2018

US extends deadline for Rusal sanctions, aluminum prices dive

Aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange tumbled more than 8 percent after the U.S. Treasury Department announcement.

April 20, 2018

Ship firm Oldendorff halting Guyana operation due to Rusal crisis

Rusal's 90 percent owned Bauxite Company of Guyana produced 1.05 million tonnes of bauxite - the raw material used to make aluminium - last year.

April 20, 2018

Aluminum stash visible from space turned to gold for trader

Castleton Commodities International LLC is sitting on a veritable gold mine as a scramble for aluminum unfolds in the wake of U.S. sanctions.

April 19, 2018

China, the highly problematic saviour of the global aluminium market? Andy Home

As supply fears grow, the market's attention is turning to China as a potential source of aluminium.

April 19, 2018

Sanctions fallout upends metals as aluminum, nickel burst higher

Aluminum rallied as much as 7.1 percent, a record intraday gain, to $2,718 a ton in London.

April 18, 2018

Russia fears light fire under nickel price

Price surges nearly 5% to three-year high over worries that top producer Norilsk could befall the same fate as aluminum giant Rusal.

April 17, 2018

Russia sanctions throw global aluminum supply chain into chaos

Alumina prices have already rocketed, jumping by more than a quarter in the last week and heading for a record high.