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The action is aimed at disrupting Russian export revenue in response to what Moscow calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine. Russia is a major producer of aluminium, copper and nickel
Ramp up in captive coal production could also help National Aluminium Company, known to be one of the lowest-cost producers of alumina, to register further reduction in costs
Operating margins of the domestic primary aluminium companies are likely to shrink by 400-500 bps sequentially in the second quarter of 2022-23 due to factors like high input costs, rating agency Icra said on Thursday. "Owing to a twin onslaught of correction in aluminium prices and elevated input costs, the estimated operating profitability of ICRA's sample set of domestic players is likely to contract sequentially by almost 400-500 bps in Q2 FY2023 compared to Q1 FY2023," Icra said in a statement. International prices of aluminium have corrected by around 38 per cent from the record high of around 3900/tonne US dollar in March. While in the first quarter of FY23 the average LME aluminium spot prices remained at USD 2,870 per tonne, the same have corrected in the second quarter of FY'23 (YTD) to around USD 2,425 per tonne. Further, the cost of power for domestic aluminium producers continued to remain high, due to lesser supply of coal linkage to non-power sectors and high price o
Metal's price has declined by a third in two months on LME; analysts differ on how supply-demand situation may pan out
Vedanta's aluminium business, which has not been impacted majorly by COVID-19, would focus on backward integration in the next fiscal and would bring into production two of its mines in Odisha to provide raw material security for its plants, a top official of the company said.
Once the facility become fully functional, it is likely to generate 140 new jobs in Kentucky.
The stock of Hindalco is attempting to close decisively above the resistance of Rs 475 with strong volume
Revenue grew by 14 per cent to Rs 2,378.79 crore against Rs 2,088.35 crore in the same period
The company had posted a consolidated profit of Rs 97.87 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, the state-owned firm said in a BSE filing
Producers mistaking scrap imports as primary aluminium imports, says ASMA
Nalco loses heavily while there is no direct impact on Hindalco
The Aluminium Association of India (AAI) has written to the Union ministry of commerce & industry in this respect