Aluminium

Resilient aluminium prices set to boost Asia’s smelters over global rivals: analysts

Some of the market’s biggest bulls have trimmed their price forecasts for aluminium in recent days.

Aluminium’s war shock blunted by dark transits and Chinese supply

Aluminium is vital for solar racking components such as rails, clamps, and brackets to mount solar panels.

Aluminium price spike from Middle East war fans costs for US solar industry

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted exports of aluminium from smelters in the Persian Gulf, and that has hit beverage manufacturers in India.

The Iran war is coming for your Diet Coke

The stronger market backdrop has fed a strong reporting season for Chinese metals giants that are among the world’s biggest producers.

China’s metals industry racked up huge profits in first quarter

Tax authorities are not seeking to stymie legitimate trading, but market participants fear they may have overtightened their quotas, affecting real-world flows.

China tax authorities rattle metal market with invoice crackdown

China is already the world’s top producer and in recent years, has been exporting its excess.

China’s aluminium output fuelled by Middle East’s stranded cargoes

Domestic carmakers get about 70% of their aluminium imports from the Middle East, according to the nation’s top auto lobby.

Japan manufacturers hurt most by aluminium shortage from Iran war

Copper, viewed as a gauge of global economic momentum, is so interlinked with industrial activity and investments in infrastructure and the power sector that it is the one to watch, says David Fyfe of Argus Media.

Asia ‘absorbs the hit on every axis’: What volatile copper, aluminium prices mean for the region

A steel worker stands amid sparks of raw iron coming from a blast furnace at a ThyssenKrupp steel factory in Duisburg, Germany, Nov 5, 2025.

US set to roll out tiered tariffs on steel, aluminum imports