ALUMINA SNAPSHOT 31/12: Alumina index falls below $400 at year-end; down 43% from April high

The fob Australia alumina index declined below $400 per tonne on December 31, hitting its lowest level since March 2018 following the last Nalco tender of the year concluding at $396.21 per tonne.

31 December 2018 Alice Mason

EUROPEAN MORNING BRIEF 26/12: SHFE base metals prices mixed; chrome prices unchanged in China; Chinese wire rod export prices flat

Good morning from Fastmarkets MB’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Wednesday December 26.

26 December 2018 Amy Lv

Pará's state legislature finds 'very strong evidence of environmental crime' at Hydro Alunorte in Brazil

An investigative commission created by Pará’s state legislature Alepa found “very strong evidence of environmental crime” in the region where Alunorte, Norsk Hydro’s alumina refinery in the Brazilian northern state, is located.

24 December 2018 Alice Mason, Renato Rostás

EU approves 2019 duty-free import quotas for wide range of aluminium products

The European Union Council of Ministers has approved 2019 duty-free quotas for a range of aluminium imports whose production within the EU is insufficient to meet demand.

24 December 2018 INS - Keith Nuthall

FASTMARKETS NON-FERROUS EUROPEAN SCRAP PRICE CHANGES 21/12

The following Fastmarkets non-ferrous European free market scrap prices changed on Friday December 21:

21 December 2018 Fastmarkets MB staff

HOTTER ON METALS: Aluminium’s Section 232 winners and losers

It’s been nine months since the United States announced Section 232 tariffs, and over six months since a 10% tax was applied to imports of aluminium from Canada, Mexico and the European Union.

20 December 2018 Andrea Hotter

FASTMARKETS NON-FERROUS UK SCRAP AND FOUNDRY INGOT PRICE CHANGES

All Fastmarkets non-ferrous UK scrap and foundry ingot prices were unchanged on Wednesday December 19.

19 December 2018 Fastmarkets MB staff

NEWSBREAK: Alcoa to curtail additional capacity at Aluminerie de Becancour smelter

Alcoa will start to curtail half of the one operating potline at its Aluminierie de Becancour Inc (ABI) smelter in Quebec, Canada, it said on Wednesday December 19.

19 December 2018 Justin Yang

ASIAN MORNING BRIEF 18/12: Base metals prices generally trend down on LME; Alumina outlook cautious for 2019; China’s recycled Cu output forecast to hit 3.5 mln tpy by 2020

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday December 18.

18 December 2018 Dalton Barker

2019 PREVIEW: Alumina market cautiously bullish for next year after 'disaster' 2018

Alumina prices hitting a record high this year has changed the market’s outlook for 2019, with traders adapting a cautiously bullish approach.

17 December 2018 Alice Mason