April 9, 2024

Vietnam to invest $7.3bn to boost alumina, aluminum production

The investment will go to two bauxite exploration projects and five refining projects in the Central Highlands province.

April 3, 2024

Norway sovereign fund advisor may recommend Rio Tinto stake sale

The Council on Ethics has told Rio that it is assessing the company for environmental damage from its operations in the Brazilian Amazon.

April 2, 2024

Hyundai Motor ends Indonesia aluminum deal after climate campaign by K-pop fans

The South Korean automaker signed a memorandum of understanding with Adaro Minerals in 2022.

April 1, 2024

Austria’s RHI Magnesita to buy US-based alumina producer Resco

The combined company would have 15 production sites across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

March 29, 2024

Column: US looks to reboot aluminum sector with a new smelter

Century Aluminum's proposed low-carbon facility represents the first primary aluminum smelter in the US in 45 years.

March 28, 2024

World’s top aluminum producer sees raw material supply risk in Guinea

The West African nation last year provided 70% of China’s imports of bauxite, which is used to produce aluminum.

March 27, 2024

Aluminum price falls as weak China demand weighs on industrial metals

The LMEX Metals Index, which tracks the six main base metals, rose to an eight-month high earlier in March.

March 25, 2024

Aluminum price firms to 11-week high on Yunnan doubts, firm technicals

Prices reached the highest point since January due to concerns about the slow recovery of production in the Chinese province.

March 25, 2024

US awards record $6bn to back industrial emissions reduction projects

The initiative, the single largest industrial decarbonization investment in US history, will subsidize 33 industrial projects in 20 states.

March 25, 2024

Goldman says commodities to gain as central banks cut rates

Among Goldman’s year-end forecasts, copper was seen at $10,000 a ton, aluminum at $2,600 a ton, and gold at $2,300 an ounce.