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.

March 22, 2024

Column: Copper registers strongest seasonal Shanghai stocks build

Copper has experienced the sharpest seasonal stocks build this year.

March 21, 2024

Brewer’s yeast helps recover metals from e-waste

Researchers have found a way of selectively capturing metals from a waste stream using spent brewer's yeast.

March 18, 2024

Put sanctions on Russian-origin aluminum, not on Rusal, industry group says

So far, sanctions have not been imposed, but they are still on the agenda in the EU.