The story of the aluminium industry is starting a chapter wherein scrap availability, recycling technology, trade policy, carbon costs and demand growth are becoming increasingly interconnected. From the US and Canada to Europe, India, New Zealand and China, recent developments show that the global

The SHFE alumina futures prices have shown a volatile trend recently. Although fundamentals have dragged spot prices weaker, as industry-wide losses widen, market expectations of production cuts keep rising. Therefore, after the basis narrowed back, futures prices found bottom support, and traders t

On September 18, 2026, in the derivatives market, aluminum futures on the Shanghai Futures Exchange showed slight volatility. The most-traded aluminum contract for October delivery increased by 0.74% by the end of Friday's daytime trading and declined by 0.04% overnight, closing the nighttime sessio

China's prebaked anode imports in August posted a steep month-on-month increase of 390.48% from a low base, and exports also rose sharply by 24.9% from the previous month driven by stronger demand from Southeast Asia.

Last week, the cobalt industry as a whole continued its weak trend, with market prices generally shifting lower. Electrolytic cobalt rebounded briefly early in the week before falling back consecutively, with a sluggish market trading atmosphere. Downstream alloy and magnetic materials enterprises m