Egypt Aluminum Invests €19M in Cold Rolling Line Upgrade with Italian Firm Mino

[SMM Analysis: Primary Aluminum Billets Operation in January Weaker Than Expectations, February Production May Hit a Nearly Four-Year Low] Domestic primary aluminum billets operation in January performed weaker than expectations. According to SMM data...

Novelis recently released its fiscal 2026 Q3 results, highlighting the impact of the fire at its Oswego plant. The production disruption at the Oswego plant is expected to reduce shipments by 72,000 mt. This resulted in a pre-tax negative impact of $54 million on adjusted EBITDA and net loss. The net loss was further affected by a pre-tax loss of $327 million related to the fire. Despite the decline in paired volume, net sales increased 3% YoY to $4.2 billion, primarily driven by higher average aluminum prices.

Australia's Alpha HPA has broken ground on the second phase of what is planned to be the world's largest single-site ultra-high-purity alumina refinery. Located on a 10-hectare site in Gladstone, Australia, the project will utilize proprietary licensed solvent extraction and refining technology to produce alumina products with purity levels as high as 99.99% in commercial quantities, supplying critical raw materials for global industries such as lithium batteries, LED lighting, and semiconductor manufacturing. It is reported that the second phase will build upon the established first-phase operations. The company's initial facilities, already housed in a smaller building at the site, have been producing a range of high-purity alumina and aluminum products on a scaled basis.