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Glencore-backed alumina producer declines in Hong Kong debut
Glencore-backed alumina producer declines in Hong Kong debut
25th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

Nanshan Aluminum International Holdings, a company backed by Glencore, declined in its Hong Kong trading debut, with sentiment for the top alumina producer in Southeast Asia impacted by falling... 


Globally rated metals & mining analyst and portfolio manager Shamim Mansoor.
Beneficiation: Govt, mining companies must get on with it – together, analyst urges
20th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Globally rated metals & mining analyst and portfolio manager Shamim Mansoor is urging government and mining companies to get on with it – together – to add value through downstream beneficiation to... 


Australia’s Dutton says Trump meeting will be first if elected
20th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

Australia’s opposition leader said he will make his first foreign visit to the US to meet with President Donald Trump if he wins the forthcoming election, arguing the longstanding allies must... 


Jim Chalmers
Trump metals tariffs are self-sabotage, Australia Treasurer says
18th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

US tariffs on steel and aluminum are “self-defeating” and Australia merits better treatment, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said, adding the overall economic impact of President Donald Trump’s levies to... 


New Canadian PM says he can work with Trump
17th March 2025 By: Reuters

Ex-central banker Mark Carney was sworn in as prime minister of Canada on Friday and immediately said he could work with US President Donald Trump, who is promising tariffs that could devastate the... 


Aluminium giant Rusal posts near three-fold profit jump as costs drop
14th March 2025 By: Reuters

Russia's Rusal on Friday reported a near three-fold jump in its annual earnings, reflecting lower production costs and higher prices for aluminium. Hong Kong-listed Rusal, the world's largest... 


The Boyne smelter in Queensland
Rio Tinto repowers Gladstone aluminium operations with renewables
14th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified miner Rio Tinto and energy group Edify Energy have entered into two new solar and battery hybrid services agreements (HSAs) to enhance the supply of reliable, competitively priced... 


A bauxite mine in Guinea
UAE's EGA reports lower net profit on bauxite suspension from Guinea, UAE taxes
12th March 2025 By: Reuters

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Wednesday reported a 23.5% decline in annual net profit for 2024 due to an impairment charge following the suspension of exports from its operations in Guinea and... 


Blast furnace steel production
A global steel war heats up with Trump’s latest tariff offensive
12th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

President Donald Trump is unleashing sweeping import tariffs that he says will reverse the decline of America’s steel towns. But the US isn’t the only nation rushing to protect its factory... 


Trump extends trade fight as steel, aluminum tariffs take effect
Trump extends trade fight as steel, aluminum tariffs take effect
12th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs on steel and aluminum imports came into force Wednesday, extending his trade wars to more of the US’s top trading partners in a risky bid to revive an... 


Jeff Currie
Carlyle’s Currie says tariffs to add security premium for metals
12th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

Carlyle Group’s Jeff Currie warned of a “security premium” that will be added to the cost of metals like copper as tariffs mean that countries will need to pay more to ensure domestic supplies.... 


Australian Prime Minister Tom Albanese
Australia makes Trump tariff exemption push as deadline nears
11th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

Australia is playing down the possibility of an exemption from steel and aluminum tariffs expected from US President Donald Trump within days, despite last-minute discussions between officials in... 


US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
US Treasury's Bessent outlines plans to reshape global trade, ease bank regulations
6th March 2025 By: Reuters

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday laid out the Trump administration's ambitions to reshape international trade relations withtariffs, roll back financial regulations on American... 


Trump's tariffs drive US physical market aluminium premiums to record high
6th March 2025 By: Reuters

Price premiums for aluminium on the physical market in the United States have surged to a record high due to the looming threat of tariffs on imports of the metal used in the transport,... 


BHP Australia president Geraldine Slattery
BHP urges Australia to sharpen competitive edge amid global trade shifts
4th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

BHP Australia president Geraldine Slattery has warned that Australia’s competitive edge in the resources sector is at risk without sustained investment in productivity, energy, and labour policies.... 


Tariffs alone won't be enough to entice Alcoa to restart some of its idled US facilities.
Alcoa warns Trump's aluminum tariff could cost 100 000 US jobs
26th February 2025 By: Reuters

Aluminum producer Alcoa said on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump's plan to impose a tariff on aluminum imports could cost about 100 000 US jobs and would itself not be enough to entice it to... 


Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers
Australia treasurer to meet US Treasury's Bessent amid push for tariff exemption
25th February 2025 By: Reuters

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers will meet with his US counterpart Scott Bessent on Tuesday in Washington, with Canberra seeking an exemption on 25% tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium... 


Jacob Stausholm delivered Rio Tinto's 2024 results from the US, where he is meeting with officials.
Rio Tinto CEO weighs in on Trump’s aluminium tariffs
20th February 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm has expressed caution regarding the potential impact of US President Donald Trump’s proposed 25% import tax on all steel and aluminium, stating that the ultimate... 


Rio Tinto opposes bid to cut London listing, 2024 profit hits five-year low
Rio Tinto opposes bid to cut London listing, 2024 profit hits five-year low
20th February 2025 By: Reuters

Rio Tinto does not support a push by some shareholders to consolidate the company's dual-exchange share listing in Sydney, its CEO told Reuters on Wednesday as the miner reported its lowest... 


Glencore, CEO Gary Nagle.
Operationally, 2024 was strong year for Glencore, CEO Gary Nagle highlights
19th February 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Operationally, 2024 was a strong year for Glencore,  CEO Gary Nagle highlighted on Wednesday, when the London- and Johannesburg-listed diversified mining and marketing company’s industrial assets... 


Metlen secures long-term strategic agreements with Rio Tinto for bauxite, alumina
19th February 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Athens-listed industrial and energy company Metlen Energy & Metals has entered into two long-term strategic agreements with global mining major Rio Tinto, securing supply chain improvements in both... 


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Barrick’s Zambia MoU, Brics beneficiation, and KwaZulu-Natal aluminium green shift
14th February 2025

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Barrick’s MoU with Zambia to boost mining and exploration; Brics's role in beneficiation on the African continent; and the big aluminium producer in... 


South Africa's aluminium needs to be decarbonised.
South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium continuing to go all out to decarbonise – South32
13th February 2025 By: Martin Creamer

While ‘high-carbon’ is the value-lowering label being put on aluminium from South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium in KwaZulu-Natal, the Sydney-, Johannesburg- and London-listed South32 benefits from... 


South32 CEO Graham Kerr
South32 sees US aluminium tariffs as negotiating tactic
13th February 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump's tariffs on aluminium are more likely to be part of a bargaining strategy than a long-term policy of his administration, said CEO Graham Kerr of Australian diversified... 


Rio Tinto's Boyne Island aluminium smelter
Australia increased aluminium exports with US blessing, Trade Minister says
13th February 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's Trade Minister Don Farrell said on Thursday the country had increased aluminium supply to the US with Washington's approval, addressing a hurdle to Canberra's request for an exemption... 


Quebec Premier Francois Legault
Quebec says Canada should consider aluminium tax to create leverage against US
13th February 2025 By: Bloomberg

Quebec Premier Francois Legault said Canada should consider putting export taxes on products such as aluminum to create leverage in negotiations with President Donald Trump’s administration. The... 


Australia is 'killing' US aluminium market, Trump adviser says
12th February 2025 By: Bloomberg

Australia is “killing” the US aluminum market, a senior trade adviser to President Donald Trump said, in a potential blow to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s efforts to secure an exemption from... 


Australia won't curb 'green' aluminium exports to US to avoid tariff, says Minister
12th February 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's industry minister said on Wednesday the nation's plan to boost "green" aluminium exports would not be derailed by the threat of US tariffs, saying American customers would only end up... 


Hillside Aluminium in Richards Bay, which crushes and refines bauxite provided by Australia.
South32 secures Worsley bauxite project approval Down Under
12th February 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Sydney-, Johannesburg- and London-listed South32 on Wednesday reported Australian government environmental approval for the Worsley Mine Development Project Down Under. South32’s Hillside Aluminium... 


President Donald Trump
Trump tariffs spell fresh turmoil for volatile aluminum market
11th February 2025 By: Bloomberg

The global aluminum market is entering a fresh period of upheaval as traders rush to assess the potential impact of renewed US protectionism under President Donald Trump. The US leader ordered... 


IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva
Too early to assess US tariffs' impact on world economy, IMF managing director says
11th February 2025 By: Reuters

US tariffs are an "evolving story" and it is too early to assess their impact on the world economy, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday. She told the... 


Trump raises tariffs on aluminum, steel imports in latest trade war salvo
Trump raises tariffs on aluminum, steel imports in latest trade war salvo
11th February 2025 By: Reuters

President Donald Trump substantially raised tariffs on steel and aluminum imports on Monday to a flat 25% "without exceptions or exemptions" in a move to aid the struggling industries but which... 


Ontario Premier Doug Ford
Ontario says it would ban China from deals on minerals, energy
11th February 2025 By: Bloomberg

The leader of Canada’s largest province said the government will ban Chinese components from energy projects if his party is reelected later this month. “China is playing by its own rules, is... 


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