Primary aluminium inventories fell 33,000 mt on week

Recently, the group standard "Green Aluminum Enterprise Evaluation Specification," spearheaded by Yunnan Aluminum Co., Ltd., was officially released. Its release and implementation will effectively address prominent issues such as the lack of unified standards for green aluminum enterprise evaluation and insufficient alignment with international certification systems, providing a normative evaluation basis for green aluminum enterprises in Yunnan Province and across the country. This standard will help aluminum enterprises break through international trade barriers, enhance the premium capacity of green products, and drive the transformation of the aluminum industry toward high-end, intelligent, and green directions, offering a replicable and scalable "Yunnan Experience" for the carbon peak of the national non-ferrous metals industry. In the next step, Yunnan Aluminum Co., Ltd. will take this standard’s release as an opportunity to transform the enterprise’s advanced green manufacturing experience into industry-wide common standards, significantly enhancing its industry discourse power and brand influence in the green aluminum field, and leading the aluminum industry to forge a new path of green, low-carbon, and high-quality development.

China National Machinery Industry Corporation (SINOMACH) announced that on June 11, 2026, its wholly-owned subsidiary, SINOMACH International Engineering (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., signed a commercial contract with Huatong Angola Industrial Co., Ltd. at the 17th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Summit Forum and Exhibition for the Phase II Project (Sections 1-6) of the Huatong Electrolytic Aluminum Production Line in Angola. The contract amount is RMB 1.717 billion, and the project involves the expansion of an annual production line with a capacity of 120,000 tons of electrolytic aluminum. SINOMACH International Jiangsu will provide design, equipment procurement, and installation and commissioning services.

Recently, Kobe Steel, Ltd. and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co., Ltd. reached an important agreement to integrate their aluminum extrusion businesses. Under the plan, Nippon Light Metal Holdings is expected to hold a majority stake in the new company to be established after the integration, and the two parties will strive to complete the business integration by April 2027 or later. Faced with the prolonged downturn in the aluminum extrusion business, the two companies aim to improve operational efficiency and enhance market competitiveness through this resource integration and complementary strengths. Nippon Light Metal Holdings has consistently pursued a growth strategy centered on its business group structure, and this business integration will further optimize resource allocation, accelerate product development, and deliver higher-quality products and services to clients, thereby enhancing overall corporate value.