According to analysts of the Russian Corporation "Rusal" in 2015 we can expect global aluminum deficit in the amount of 1.3 million tons -. It is this figure, according to Vladislav Soloviev, First Deputy General Director of the company, will be the determining factor in pricing.

This year, for the first time since 2000, China's steel consumption significantly decreased, which was a prerequisite for economic slowdown in China.

After the meeting of the Russian-Chinese commission on investment cooperation in the Mining and Metallurgical Company "Norilsk Nickel" has received 12 proposals made by the interested potential partners

Despite the fact that the plant «Zelezara Smederevo» steelmaking, owned by Serbia, has long been a loss-making enterprise, the interest of Russian investors it does not disappear.

Company "Norilsk Nickel", developing a new strategy, does not consider it possible to develop yourself and polymetallic Kultuminsky Lugokanskaya areas, taking into account the issues of return and the amount of reserves.

According to experts AISI (American Iron and Steel Institute), the August figures on steel imports is 3.554 million tons.

As representatives of the company «Saudi Arabia Mining», aluminum plant, which is part of «Maaden Aluminum» and has an annual production capacity of 740,000 tons, is ready to start commercial production.

Despite the fact that the Chilean company «Codelco» in the first 6 months of this year increased the smelting of copper, it was part of the income lost.

According to the information data provided by the Ministry of Finance of Japan, in July of this year the volume of exports of stainless steel is largely increased, and the overall number of products exported from the country amounted to 104.687 thousand tons, which is higher than the previous month by 10.8%.

Started his career a new ferroalloy plant JSC "TNK" Kazchrome ", whose construction cost about 843 million. USD.

The plant, which is part of UMMC metallurgical complex "Electrozink" stopped the main divisions of the zinc production enterprises to carry out the previously planned overhaul of technological equipment.

It provided data on industrial production in China, a major impact on the value of copper on the London Stock Exchange.

In Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, has recently held a meeting headed by the First Deputy Prime Minister Sagintayev Bakitzhanom, the main issue was that the formation of an aluminum cluster, whose location will be a free economic zone "Pavlodar".

The American company «Alcoa" continues to redistribute power - at the end of August, representatives of the corporation announced its intention to close the factory «Portovesme» aluminum production.