January 30, 2011

Aluminum Market Walking Into A Bullish 2011

The aluminum market's lifeblood is manufacturing and packaging - and times are looking better in these early days of 2011. The metal is now trading at $2,505 per metric ton…

January 28, 2011

RUSAL co-owner says he expects new Norilsk offer

RUSAL, the world’s top aluminium producer, expects a new offer from Norilsk Nickel for its 25 percent stake in the nickel giant, […]

January 18, 2011

RusAl files lawsuit against Norilsk Nickel

The world’s top aluminum producer RusAl has filed three law suits against Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest nickel producer, over its deals […]

January 13, 2011

Rio declares force majeure on Boyne aluminium

Premiums for spot primary aluminium in Asia are unlikely to rise after Rio Tinto declared force majeure on shipments from its Boyne […]

January 11, 2011

Aluminum to bloom after Q4 profit for Alcoa

Alcoa’s operating earning beats Wall Street estimates as revenue rises 4% to $5.7bln. CEO predicts more aluminum growth this year.

January 11, 2011

6 Reasons to Like the Aluminum ETF

It’s a good time for aluminum. Not only is the first exchange traded fund to track the metal’s producers now trading, but […]

November 26, 2010

China’s Emphasis on Construction Bullish for Long-term Growth

The full version of our analysis (with comments particularly valuable for Precious Metals Traders) is available to our Subscribers. In an earlier article we saw […]

October 4, 2010

Rio Tinto Alcan to Invest US$487 Million in Icelandic Smelter

Rio Tinto Alcan has today announced an investment of US$140 million in a leading-edge casting facility to produce value-added billet at its […]

September 23, 2010

Rio Tinto Alcan moves forward with $347 million project to modernise and increase production capacity at its Iceland smelter

Rio Tinto Alcan will move forward with its planned $347 million modernisation project to increase the annual production capacity of its aluminium smelter […]

June 26, 2010

Afghan mineral wealth put at $1-3 trillion – minister

Afghanistan has significant deposits of copper, iron ore, niobium, cobalt, gold, molybdenum, silver and aluminum.