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A coup in Guinea adds fuel to aluminium's red-hot rally FEW MIGHT have guessed that Guinea, a west African country of 13m people, played a big role in global commodity [...]

Aluminum futures in London climbed to $2,697 a metric ton on Monday, the highest point since 2011. The metal is up roughly 80% from May 2020, when the pandemic crushed [...]

Byline: Andy Morton The joint head of Monster Beverage Corp has warned of confusion around aluminium as prices for the metal soar to unprecedented levels. Hilton Schlosberg, co-CEO of the [...]

Russian aluminum giant UC Rusal recently disclosed some of its planned business strategy through 2020, which does not include growth of production capacities, even though several new bauxite mining and [...]

Aluminum prices reach a 10-year high, palladium had its worst month in 10 years, and both are related to failing supply lines. The E&MJ Prices Index this month reports aluminum [...]

When Marc Norman started working at Alcoa Intalco Works in 1994, the plant west of Ferndale was one of five major aluminum producers in Washington. The aluminum industry paid out [...]

The trends in the steel and aluminum markets during 2007 are discussed. Steel industry witnessed slower economic growth during the said year. Aluminum prices in 2008 are dependent on demand from China.

During much of the past three years, while steel, copper and other metals were accelerating to new highs in pricing seemingly every other month or so, aluminum led a comparatively [...]

The study conducted to examine how a extended version of decomposition and latent variable approach proposed by S. Beveridge and C.R. Nelson are used to test the noise content and in formativeness of aluminum prices. The four aluminum prices that were quoted since 1970 and the transaction prices published in a trade journal and traded at LME (London Metal Exchange) and Comex exchange prices are examined and the conclusions are presented.

U.S. steel and aluminum firms faced global overcapacity and competition from from Russia which caused the price of an aluminum ingot to plunge from 82 to 63 cents.

Simon Tarbutt and Carlos Soldi argue that the drive for maximum economy is as fundamental as the continuing need for primary mineral resources. Most metal prices have been in decline, [...]

Producers are attempting to cut production costs and to enhance the weldability and stampability of aluminum to increase its use in auto manufacturing. Aluminum's easily recyclable property helps lessen its production cost. Analysts foresee aluminum will continue to gain popularity in the transportation market. Currently, aluminum companies are attempting to prevent steelmakers from regaining a foothold in the US beverage can market and are therefore adopting measures to win the war against overseas tin plate production., Ford's aluminum-intensive P2000 concept car weighs about 40-percent less than its Taurus. Aluminum decks cost more than steel or concrete, but they last 75 years, compared with 50 years for [...]

Prices for production metals are reaching a peak in 1995 due to inventory liquidations and diminishing demand from metalworking industries, but while they are forecast to generally decline in 1996, they are not expected to drop precipitously. Pricing trends for cold-rolled sheet steel, aluminum primary ingot, copper primary cathode, nickel melting cathode, special high grade zinc, common pig lead, alloyer's grade tin, and related products are analyzed., Most production metals are peaking in price, reflecting inventory liquidations and reduced demand from metalworking industries adjusting to slower growth. But that doesn't mean buyers will see bargain-basement metals anytime [...]

The increase in demand for aluminum, zinc, nickel, lead and tin has improved the base metal trading market. The demand for aluminum will result in an annual increase of one dollar for 1996. Zinc prices are expected to drop due to a decrease in demand. Lead and tin prices are expected to drop by 2.7% annually due to steep declines in demand from G7 countries. The demand for nickel has increased by 40% from (1993-1995)., Powered by global economic growth, base metals keep providing traders more golden opportunities than their more precious and range-bound cousins. Historically, base metals consumption comes to a near standstill during [...]

The rising cost of aluminum has put a crimp into profits for can makers as beverage producers are resorting to alternate container materials. Aluminum prices rose 60% in 1994 reaching 80 cents/lb, but beverage producers were unable to fully switch to alternate container materials due to limited supplies. Beverage producers have been trying to shift towards smaller can ends in an effort to reduce costs, but the effort has met with some consumer resistance., For much of its life, the aluminum beverage can has enjoyed little but continued success. Since its 1970s introduction, the container has grown to take top slot in the US [...]

The dramatic rise in the price of aluminium during 1994 offers an opportunity for major growth in the Middle East's smelting capacity. Production controls, surging demand and speculative buying by [...]

From enjoying great profits through the boom year of 2008, the aluminium industry in India now faces a drop in prices, uncertain power supplies and a host of other problems. [...]

The average monthly prices of aluminium on the LME declined to $2,058 per tonne in Dec 2011 from $2,687 per tonne in Apr 2011. In India, average monthly aluminium prices [...]

Thanks to the collapse of the former Soviet Union, aluminum has never been cheaper. But even though ingot prices have been slashed in half, the savings enjoyed by most manufacturers [...]

Aluminum has a bright future as end-markets see strengthening demand and megatrends push for environmental and energy-savvy constructions Megatrends including population growth, urbanization, energy consumption and environmental impacts are driving [...]

The aluminum industry has an excess supply because of low demand by the transportation, construction and packaging industries. The weak economy has affected those industries that rely heavily on aluminum. The use of aluminum is examined.

By Tom Stundza Investor confidence in the aluminum futures market seems to be strengthening ingot prices lately as economic data continues to send out strong signals of an imminent North [...]

By Tom Stundza World aluminum spot prices were averaging 88Ao/lb for most of August on the London Metal Exchange, the highest monthly average since last October. But market economists and [...]

By Tom Stundza World aluminum prices have increased by 30% since February in spite of the overhang of inventoried ingots in London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouses hit an all-time high [...]

By Tom Stundza 7% Drop in global aluminum demand Source: Alumina WHAT IT MEANS: John Bevan, CEO of Alcoa subsidiary Alumina of Australia forecasts a 7% contraction in world aluminum [...]

Staff Aluminum for three-month delivery on the London Metal Exchange has averaged about 64Ao/lb through mid-April this year, down from $1.19 in 2008. 'We expect that the aluminum price could [...]

Staff Analyst Lloyd O'Carroll of Davenport & Co. projects aluminum prices will average 66Ao/lb for this year, well below the consensus forecast of 77Ao. O'Carroll says aluminum will rise to [...]

Staff The global recession, collapsing consumer and corporate confidence and plunging demand for industrial metals combined to drop the aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange for January to 66Ao, [...]

By Tom Stundza World aluminum prices could advance by as much as 50% more through 2009 now that China's top 20 aluminum producers are cutting output by 10% to save [...]

Kaiser claims era of gentle growth in metal prices is over Kaiser Aluminum, a supplier of aluminium to Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier Aerospace and Lockheed Martin, has introduced energy surcharges applicable [...]