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  • BHP Ships S African Aluminium to Japan as Transport Strike Ends ( 6/6/2010 )

    BHP ships S African aluminium to Japan as transport strike endsBHP Billiton is expected to ship its first aluminium shipments from its South African smelters to Japan this week with the 2 1/2-week transport strike. BHP Billiton operates two aluminium..

  • Midwest Aluminum Plans to Sell ( 5/31/2010 )

    Midwest Aluminum in Withee notified the Department of Workforce Development that it would close its facility on July 26th. Newsline 9 and other media outlets across Wisconsin received that notice from the state. After hearing that report, the company..

  • Aluminum Shipments by Japan Jump 29% on Auto Demand ( 5/25/2010 )

    Japan's shipments of rolled- aluminum products grew 29 percent in April, a fifth straight month of expansion, as the economic recovery accelerated. Supplies to the domestic and export markets climbed to 177,195 metric tons, from 137,718 tons a year e..

  • Japan Aluminum Stockpiles Decline for Second Month on Demand ( 5/19/2010 )

    Aluminum stockpiles in Japan dropped 1.2 percent in April from March, the second straight month of decline, according to Marubeni Corp., Japan's largest importer of the metal. Inventories in Yokohama, Nagoya and Osaka ports decreased to 190,500 metri..

  • Vedanta Aluminium Organizes Free Health Camp for Tribals at Phuldumer in Orissa ( 5/3/2010 )

    More than 72 tribals were benefited from a free health check-up camp organised at Phuldumer village on April 29, 2010 by Vedanta Aluminium Limited, in collaboration with Government health Department. Patients with different ailments were treated by d..

  • India: Aluminum Fall on Dollar Strength ( 4/21/2010 )

    Aluminum April contract has moved down by 2% during trading session in MCX due to Dollar strength. Aluminum opened at Rs 107.15 per Kg and made low of 104.50 while it made high of 107.15. Total volume is around 5308 lots and open interest is around 2..

  • S.Korea Says Seeks 3,000 T Western Aluminium Ingot ( 4/18/2010 )

    South Korea has issued a tender to buy 3,000 tonnes of western-origin primary aluminium ingot for shipping by the end of June, the state-run Public Procurement Service said on its web site late Thursday. The tender will close at 2 p.m (0500 GMT) on A..

  • India's Nalco To Invest Big In Indonesia's Aluminium Project ( 4/13/2010 )

    India's state- owned National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) is to pump in massive investment to set up a aluminium smelter and a coal-fired power plant in Indonesia. The Indonesian government is said to have approved the Indian company's multi-millio..

  • Alcoa Raises Aluminium Recycling Capacity by 50% ( 4/6/2010 )

    Alcoa (NYSE:AA) has dedicated a $24 million expansion of aluminum can recycling capacity at the Company's Tennessee Operations which will increase recycling capability by nearly 50 percent and help secure more than 100 jobs at the facility. "The..

  • Aluminium Futures Fall in India ( 3/30/2010 )

    Aluminium futures prices fell by Re 0.20 to Rs 101 per kg on Tuesday as traders reduced their positions, driven by weak trend in the spot markets owing to subdued demand. At the Multi Commodity Exchange platform, aluminium for delivery in March trade..

  • GCC Aluminium Surging Ahead ( 3/24/2010 )

    New investments in the Gulf's aluminium industries is expected to exceed by $20 billion between now and 2020 The Gulf's aluminium industry is expected to see a large increase over the next decade, which will put it among the top aluminium producers i..

  • NALCO ups India Aluminium Price by $43.9/T-Source ( 3/17/2010 )

    BHUBANESWAR, India, March 16 (Reuters) - Indian state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd has increased prices of its aluminium products for the domestic market by 2,000 rupees ($43.9) per tonne, a senior company source said on Tuesday. NALCO is India's t..