Tag: Smelter

EGA has restarted 631 of Al Taweelah’s 1,262 reduction cells and still expects the smelter to return to full production in Q1 2027.

Alcoa expects two other unnamed sites to follow the Massena East sale.

The shipment was part of an offtake agreement between private investment group Heeney Capital, Mercuria Energy Group and the Venezuelan government.

Rio Tinto maintained third quarter aluminum production as its Arvida smelter transition continued, while the company delayed two capacity projects at the Quebec complex.

Indonesian unwrought aluminum exports increased sharply in August, with the US and South Korea accounting for a growing share of shipments.

EGA will route up to 250,000 metric tons of aluminum through the UAE’s east coast in the first year of a new agreement with Gulftainer.

China is bumping up against its official primary production capacity limit of 45.3 million metric tons/year, but production can still increase through “capacity creep.”

The Inola smelter fight now spans state politics and federal policy, while the court case adds new questions over timing and forum.

Reviving primary aluminum production in the US will need to go hand in hand with revamping domestic energy policy

The heads of the Canadian and US aluminum trade associations are calling on leaders to cool off and return to tariff negotiations.