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RUSAL first quarter net drops 84 percent as aluminium prices fall

Russia's UC RUSAL Plc <0486.HK>, the world's biggest aluminium producer, posted an 84 percent drop in first-quarter net profit as prices fell, potentially fuelling a shareholder row over the company's refusal to sell its stake in Norilsk Nickel .Read More

Aluminum Buyers in Japan to Pay Record Fee on Supply Drop

Aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia’s largest importer, may pay a record fee to producers after China boosted purchases and global smelters cut output.Read More

Emirates Aluminium To Start Talks With Banks in June, MEED Says

Emirates Aluminium Co., an Abu Dhabi- based smelter, will approach banks in June to finance its expansion, MEED reported, citing people familiar with the project.Read More

Alcoa Among Top Ten Great Places to Work in Mexico

Alcoa operations in Monterrey, Mexico has been recognized by the Great Place to Work(R) Institute as one of the Top Ten Places to Work in Mexico in the Multinationals category.Read More

OUTPUT BOOST FOR ALBA

Alba achieved an increase in production by two per cent with sales remaining stable despite slowdown in Europe.Read More

RUSAL trims China 2012 aluminium demand growth

UC RUSAL, the world's largest aluminum producer, has trimmed its forecast of China's 2012 aluminium demand growth to 10.5 percent from 11 percent, a company executive said on Wednesday.Read More

Court adjourns Bahrain alumina case

A court adjourned a case involving metals magnate Victor Dahdaleh and former Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) chief executive Bruce Hall, who appeared on Monday to face corruption charges linked to the supply of alumina to Bahrain.Read More

Scientists from NTNU and SINTEF Receive “Hydro Green Aluminium Award”

Hydro Green Aluminium Award was given to two key scientists from NTNU and SINTEF for their energy-efficiency related research work in aluminium billet heating during profile production in extrusion plants.Read More

Foreign NGOs now target Vedanta's expansion in Odisha

Vedanta Aluminium's Lanjigarh project in Odisha may become another Kudankulam, as environment activists belonging to foreign non-Government organisations (NGO) have suddenly surfaced to show their concern.Read More

RPT-Consumers battle warehouses for aluminium stock-Assomet

Makers of aluminium products in Italy are struggling to obtain metal stored in warehouses owned by banks and commodity traders, and are paying high premiums despite the market being in chronic oversupply, the country's non-ferrous metals body Assomet said.Read More