Out of the total deliveries of metal, aluminium accounted for 30,771 tonnes, copper 24,852.50 tonnes, lead 10,517 tonnes, nickel 3,646.50 tonnes and zinc 37,027 tonnes
Natural Gas has breached its previous resistance of 163
The applicants have alleged that dumping has impacted the industry and has requested for imposition of the anti-dumping duty on the imports
Once operational, the coal block will save power costs by 10-15%, get company closer to its avowed aluminium Cost of Production of $1,500 per tonne
Equity class has seen a massive sell-off and investors are looking for assets to sell not bothering to see which asset to sell but finding which assets they can sell.
Alumina production at Lanjigarh was up 16 per cent y-o-y to 476,000 tonnes
Experts see the real recovery may prove evasive if virus continues to spread
Decline in silver over 3%, gold holds fort with a marginal loss
AAI said Indian aluminium industry is under immense threat and struggling to retain global competitiveness
Aluminium producers to be among worst hit
Industry is dogged by inverted duty structure. While calcined petroleum coke import suffers 10%, finished aluminium attracts 7.5% duty. Caustic soda lye import is taxed at 7.5% versus 5% on alumina
In Q1 of FY20, the country's GDP growth touched a six-year low of 5%
Analysts say the demand for aluminium from the US auto industry remains favourable and there are supply constraints for aluminium cans too
While reducing the cost of production to $1500 per tonne is our mid-term vision, we have given a guidance of $1725 to $1775 per tonne for the current fiscal
Demand for aluminum to remain strong, driven by automobiles, construction and power sectors, says Tapan Kumar Chand.
Aluminium is a highly power-intensive industry, with power accounting for 40% of the production cost
Primary aluminium makers focus on exports and value-added products
Imports of aluminium scrap into India are growing unabated, helped by a benign duty of 2.5 per cent and fuelled by US-China trade tensions
According to World Bank commodities report, aluminium prices on the LME will average at $1,940 per tonne in calendar 2019
The aluminium sector stranded without government benefits, has seen imports soaring by 40 per cent in the last three years