December 16, 2025 UAE aluminum maker seeks investors for $6 billion US plant The EGA plant is expected to require $5 billion to $6 billion of capital investment and produce about 750,000 tons of primary aluminum a year.
December 16, 2025 Europe trawls for alternative aluminum supply in face of Mozal shutdown The plant shipped almost 430,000 tons of aluminum to the EU in the first 10 months of 2025.
December 16, 2025 Guinea, EGA in bauxite supply deal talks A supply deal could potentially avert the legal action EGA has threatened over the seizure of its assets.
December 16, 2025 South32 to mothball Mozambique smelter in March as power talks collapse The Mozal smelter accounts for just over 29% of company's total aluminum production in fiscal 2025.
December 15, 2025 Russian court rules in favour of Rusal in $1.32B lawsuit against Rio Tinto The ruling intensifies a legal battle over a joint alumina refinery in Queensland, Australia, that Rio took sole control of.
December 15, 2025 LME outlines proposed new rules on position limits The new rules will apply to "critical contracts" in the bourse's core aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc futures offerings, LME said.
December 12, 2025 Australia unveils rescue bid for Rio Tinto’s Tomago aluminum smelter The deal would involve securing a long-term, fixed-price energy supply for the smelter, the government said.
December 9, 2025 Column: China steel exports surge but aluminum shipments slide China produces more than half of the world's steel and aluminum.
December 5, 2025 EU risks slow demise of aluminum industry if carbon tax not scrapped, Constellium CEO says The upcoming tax - coupled with concerns over supply - has pushed up European premiums for physical metal to a 10-month high.
November 22, 2025 Column: Aluminum scrap is the new battle front in critical minerals war Scrap metal has strategic value to European policy-makers because it sits at the heart of the bloc's industrial policy.
Construction on track for Q1 completion at Sibanye’s Keliber lithium project in Finland Keliber is the EU's most advanced integrated lithium project, with planned LiOH production of around 15,000 tonnes per annum. January 19, 2026 | 01:57 pm
