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aluminium production

China's June aluminium imports fall as higher overseas prices curb flow

Published 18 Jul, 2026 11:24am

Benchmark three-month aluminium on the LME hit a four-year high of $3,724 a ton

Russian aluminium's share of available LME stocks rises to 95% in June

Published 10 Jul, 2026 05:05pm

Available Russian aluminium stocks fell by 3,150 tons to 234,025 tons in June

Aluminium rises as US-Iran ceasefire tested

Published 08 Jul, 2026 10:40am

The most-traded aluminium contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was up 0.72% at 23,085 yuan ($3,396.60) a ton

Aluminium rises on Middle East tensions

Published 07 Jul, 2026 04:25pm

Benchmark three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange gained 0.5% to $3,129 a metric ton

Aluminium rises on dwindling LME stocks

Published 06 Jul, 2026 10:53am

Benchmark three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.4% at $3,103 a metric ton

Ebbing Middle East risk premium keeps aluminium under pressure

Published 03 Jul, 2026 06:00pm

Benchmark three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.1% at $3,088 a metric ton

Aluminium extends downside as Gulf output recovers, risk appetite withers

Published 02 Jul, 2026 04:20pm

Benchmark three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.8% at $3,053 a metric ton

Aluminium hits four-month low as Gulf risk premium fades

Published 01 Jul, 2026 11:05am

The benchmark three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.41% to $3,073 a ton

Aluminium on track for biggest quarterly fall in 3 years on MidEast supply hopes

Published 30 Jun, 2026 04:04pm

Benchmark aluminium on the London Metal Exchange was up 1.3% at $3,127.50 a metric ton

Aluminium prices slide as Middle East supply fears ease

Published 29 Jun, 2026 04:42pm

Benchmark aluminium on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.5% at $3,163 a metric ton

Aluminium near 3-month low on Gulf supply hopes, strong dollar

Published 24 Jun, 2026 11:17am

LME benchmark three-month aluminium edged up 0.17% to $3,238 a metric ton

Aluminium falls to three-month low on Gulf supply prospects

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:37pm

Benchmark three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange was down 3.0% at $3,262.50 a metric ton

China May aluminium production climbs

Published 17 Jun, 2026 05:36am

BEIJING: China’s production of aluminium rose 1.7 percent in May from a year earlier to mark a ninth month of gains...

Bumper green aluminium output is good news for carmakers, and climate

Published 18 Dec, 2022 03:36am

Aluminium makers are set to boost low-carbon metal output by 10% in 2023 and churn out even more in the years ahead,...

Copper retreats on projected demand slowdown

Published 26 Oct, 2022 05:52am

LONDON: Copper prices slipped on Tuesday as the market focused on slowing growth and demand around the world, though...

China aluminium output up

Published 17 Jul, 2022 05:19am

BEIJING: China’s primary aluminium production rose 3.2% to 3.39 million tonnes in June from a year earlier,...

Global shortages propel aluminium to four-month peak

Published 08 Feb, 2022 06:10am

LONDON: Aluminium prices scaled a four-month peak on Monday as worries about supplies from top producer China and...

Aluminium sector needs $1.5 trillion just to decarbonise power

Updated 26 Oct, 2021 09:48pm

LONDON: About $1.5 trillion of investment is needed to decarbonise electricity supplies used to make aluminium so ...

Shanghai aluminium up on supply woes

Published 31 Jul, 2021 04:05am

SHANGHAI: Shanghai aluminium prices rose on Friday, hovering near a 11-year high, on supply worries in China amid a...

Copper falls on China's pledge to cool prices, low premiums

Published 10 Jun, 2021 08:26pm

Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) eased 1.5% to $9,834.50 per tonne in official trading.
Copper inventories climbed 2,100 tonnes to a one-month high of 131,775 tonnes.

Copper falls on China's pledge to cool metals prices

Published 10 Jun, 2021 06:21pm

Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) eased 1.5% to $9,832 per tonne.
China is looking to release 800,000-900,000 tonnes of primary aluminium.

China's Tsingshan to ramp up aluminium production in Indonesia in 2023

Published 08 Jun, 2021 05:28pm

Tsingshan made a name for itself in the global nickel market by investing heavily in Indonesia, which banned nickel ore exports from 2020.
Tsingshan would ramp up capacity to 500,000 tonnes per year in 2023, without providing a time for the start of production.

Copper retreats on fears over Chinese price crackdown

Published 21 May, 2021 08:20pm

Copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was set for its biggest weekly drop since September 2020 after a sizzling rally with near 40% gains since the start of the year to a record peak of $10,747.50 last week.
Three-month LME copper had slid 1.6% to a two-week low of $9,884 a tonne, down 3.5% on the week.

Russia's Rusal to upgrade technology for 35pc of smelter capacity to cut emissions

Published 14 Apr, 2021 08:41pm

The new cells will have the same total annual production capacity - of 1.4 million tonnes of aluminium. These four smelters in total produced 2.7 million tonnes of aluminium in 2020, or 71% of the company's output.
The 10-year project will start this year, and investments, which the Hong Kong-listed Rusal is yet to disclose, will peak in 2022-2027.

China Jan-Feb aluminium output rises on new capacity increase

Shandong-based Hongqiao posted annual net income of 10.5 billion yuan ($1.62 billion) last year, according to a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday.
Revenues were up only 2.3% year-on-year to 86.14 billion yuan, however, with Hongqiao also attributing its bumper earnings to lower production costs and lower impairment losses compared with a year earlier.

Aluminium gains on concern about Chinese supply

Published 03 Mar, 2021 06:00pm

Three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.3% at $2,219 a tonne.
Decarbonisation and moving to the carbon neutral target will be a key focus at the two sessions in Beijing this week so that's why aluminium and steel would be in the spotlight because they are energy intensive industries.

Aluminium hits two-month low as inventories and output climb

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 11:13pm

Zinc touches weakest in two months.
Copper gains ahead of speech by US Treasury Secretary nominee.

Aluminium hits two-month low as inventories, output climbs

Published 19 Jan, 2021 06:23pm

In the short term, you have those inventory rises from both markets, China and ex-China.
The stock gains in China were expected ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, which kicks off in mid-February, Yao added.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 20	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 20	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 21	162.52
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 21	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 21	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 21	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 20	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 20	7,443.28
Nasdaq / Jul 20	25,508.07
Dow Jones / Jul 20	51,839.26
India Sensex / Jul 21	77,478.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 21	65,077.32
Hang Seng / Jul 21	25,036.86
FTSE 100 / Jul 21	10,506.59
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 21	24,879.67
France CAC40 / Jul 21	8,348.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 20	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 20	363,971
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 21	82.50
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 21	4,050.88
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 21	79.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	2.39 ▲ 0.24 (11.16%)
Invest Capital Invest Bank / Jul 21 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	21.75 ▲ 1.98 (10.02%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 21 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	64.96 ▲ 5.91 (10.01%)
First IBL Mod. / Jul 21 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	15.27 ▲ 1.39 (10.01%)
Gammon Pak / Jul 21 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	21.98 ▲ 2 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 21 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	110.23 ▲ 10.02 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 21 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	41.69 ▲ 3.79 (10%)
Biafo Ind. / Jul 21 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	130.83 ▲ 11.89 (10%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 21 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	18.15 ▲ 1.65 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 21 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	60.50 ▲ 5.5 (10%)

Stock	Price
United Insurance / Jul 21 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	12.68 ▼ -1.41 (-10.01%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 21 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	414.40 ▼ -46.02 (-10%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 21 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,515.89 ▼ -168.43 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	79.05 ▼ -8.78 (-10%)
Shams Textile / Jul 21 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	57.58 ▼ -6.4 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 21 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	50.44 ▼ -5.6 (-9.99%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Jul 21 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	36 ▼ -3.62 (-9.14%)
Popular Islamic / Jul 21 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	22.90 ▼ -2.21 (-8.8%)
Frontier Ceramics / Jul 21 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	98.02 ▼ -7.77 (-7.34%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 21 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.71 ▼ -0.61 (-7.33%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	263,436,960 ▼ -0.69
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	110,849,016 ▲ 0.24
TPL Properties / Jul 21 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	73,851,952 ▲ 0.89
Pak Refinery / Jul 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	58,224,946 ▲ 0
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 21 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	26,116,799 ▲ 0.02
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 21 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	24,336,000 ▲ 0.97
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	22,413,148 ▲ 0.03
B.O.Punjab / Jul 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	20,069,620 ▲ 0.41
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	15,692,784 ▲ 0.14
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 21 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,608,067 ▼ -2.01

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