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A decades-old alumina plant on the Mississippi set to get $450m in private and federal funds
13 Jan 2026 22:43 GMT
… investment in the Atlantic Alumina plant near Gramercy, a … Aluminum, the refinery extracts alumina from red bauxite ore. Alumina is smelted … and used to make aluminum and it … chain.
Over the years, alumina production has shifted to …
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TRADE REVIEW: Tight copper concs supply to keep smelter margins under pressure in Q1
13 Jan 2026 12:37 GMT
… iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper, alumina, cobalt, lithium, nickel, steel, … preventing its direct allocation to smelters and temporarily worsening the tight … demand, unexpected production disruptions from smelters, and tight copper concentrates, …
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India’s Aluminum Industry Can Lead Global Green Metal Transition: Interview
12 Jan 2026 15:03 GMT
… the leading aluminum producers in India. Its refineries and smelters in … ensure reliability and cost efficiency. Aluminum smelting is highly energy-intensive, so … Grid stability is critical for aluminum smelting. Our strategy combines hybrid renewable …
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【SMM Analysis】Southeast Asia's Secondary Aluminum Industry Trapped in "Margin Squeeze": Raw Material Surge Forces ADC12 Plant Cuts, Industry May Enter "Lunar New Year Mode" Early
12 Jan 2026 12:33 GMT
… holiday disruptions, LME aluminum prices have demonstrated strong … London aluminum price, the Southeast Asian aluminum scrap … On one hand, ADC12 smelters heavily dependent on scrap … the Southeast Asian secondary aluminum industry has effectively entered …
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India and Russia need to build a resilient aluminium alliance
12 Jan 2026 12:03 GMT
… emerging, with Indian alumina flowing to Russian smelters and Russian capital entering … refines ore to alumina and smelts metal. Moscow’s aluminium industry, anchored by … ventures in bauxite mining, alumina refineries and smelters, and secured off-take …
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Critical metals, sustainable future: Why aluminium deserves policy priority
11 Jan 2026 05:17 GMT
… future technologies. As per International Aluminium Institute report on greenhouse gas … per cent) on all aluminium imports (including aluminium scrap) in line with … new domestic investments across green smelting, recycling, value-added manufacturing and …
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Sovereign Industrialization and the Technocratic Transformation of the Integrated Aluminium Industry: A Global Analysis of GIADEC’s Strategic Imperatives
10 Jan 2026 12:15 GMT
… Transitioning the smelter to a high-capacity, "Green Aluminium" facility … the smelter, positioning Ghana as a producer of "Green Aluminium… pieces of the Integrated Aluminium Industry—mining, refining, smelting, and downstream manufacturing …
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Rio Tinto fined nearly $800K for ‘high-risk’ safety violations at Kitimat smelter
10 Jan 2026 05:03 GMT
… : Rio Tinto.
’s BC Works aluminum smelter in Kitimat
Rio Tinto Alcan … for safety violations at its smelter in Kitimat, B.C., after … a modernization of its Kitimat smelter—built in 1956—at a …
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The Aluminium War: Why Ashapura Minechem is dominating the global bauxite shift
10 Jan 2026 04:42 GMT
… amid accelerating demand for aluminium in infrastructure, electric vehicles … .
India's aluminium demand alone is expected … is driving this demand. Aluminium is gaining wider adoption … grid expansion.
Many Chinese aluminium smelter owners are not fully …
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Trump renews Greenland push over oil reserves: 'Whether they like it or not'
10 Jan 2026 13:47 GMT
… primary chemical compound used to smelt aluminum. As in Greenland, where the …