Prices hit four-year high as strong demand tightens raw material market

India’s steel market is entering the second half of FY27 with a combination that is increasingly difficult for downstream manufacturers to ignore: firm consumption, sharply higher steel prices and rising costs across...
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Prices ease as supply fears recede, China keeps output high

India’s aluminium market entered October 2026 with prices holding firm despite a sharp cooling in international benchmarks, as improving supply expectations increasingly offset earlier concerns over Gulf disruptions.
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Structural deficits, regional divergence fuel long-term market optimism for red metal

The global copper market operates within a complex, highly strained architecture driven by severe upstream fragility, trade policy distortions, and deep structural shifts in end-use demand.
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Supply squeeze meets Chinese export surge as market tests Q4 outlook

Globally, zinc prices are entering the final quarter of 2026 caught between tightening supply outside China and a sharp rise in Chinese exports, creating a market that remains fundamentally supported...
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Finds support above $15,000 as Indonesia struggles to control supply

Nickel’s long-awaited supply discipline is proving harder to deliver than expected. Indonesia, which now accounts for more than 60% of global nickel production, has cut mining quotas and tightened environmental controls...
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Holds above $54,000 as AI demand meets easing supply constraints

Tin prices have extended their upward momentum, climbing to their highest levels in nearly two months as tightening supply conditions, a weaker US dollar and renewed optimism surrounding artificial intelligence (AI)...
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Faces 2027 surplus as solar demand weakens, supply recovers

Silver is heading into the final quarter of 2026 with the market’s bullish narrative increasingly challenged by weaker industrial demand, declining silver intensity in solar manufacturing and improving mine supply.
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Rising oil, rate-hike fears weigh on prices in Sept

Expectations of a few Fed rate hikes amidst rising oil prices led inflation concerns, keeping gold prices largely under downward pressure.
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India puts mineral exploration on fast track as critical mineral push gathers momentum

India is moving to compress the distance between geological discovery and mineral development as the government steps up exploration of critical and strategic minerals and pushes its mining agencies...
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Mining 5.0: Intelligence, Integration and Human-Machine Collaboration

For more than a decade, the mining industry has invested heavily in automation, sensors, connectivity and digital dashboards. The result has been better visibility into equipment, production and safety, but visibility alone has...
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Mining sector - one of the core sectors of economy

he aluminium industry today operates within an increasingly complex global framework, where competitiveness is shaped not only by resource availability and cost structures but also by trade policies, sustainability benchmarks...
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Critical minerals backbone of India’s clean energy transition

India’s strategy for critical minerals moves decisively beyond exploration into domestic processing, urban mining, overseas asset acquisition, and strategic international partnerships. India’s post-exploration strategy...
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The Gold Standard of inclusive growth: How B. Prabhakaran is unlocking the soul of India’s resource belt

In the dense, resource-rich forests of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, heavy industrial machinery roars to life every morning. But if you step closer to the driver’s cab of a multi-tonne mining truck, you might witness something...
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BKT drives the next phase of off-highway tyre technology

The tyre is no longer simply a component of the mining machine. As mines move towards longer hauls, higher speeds and heavier loads, tyre performance is increasingly becoming a productivity and cost variable.
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From efficient melting to smart furnaces: Pioneer Furnaces’ roadmap for next-generation non-ferrous processing

The global aluminium market has entered a phase of structural transformation. Long traded as a standard cyclical industrial commodity, the metal is being repositioned as a strategic material for the future...
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Mining equipment mechanics: How advanced excavation, precision drilling and autonomous haulage are redefining modern mining

In mining, productivity is measured at the rock face, but profitability is determined by everything that happens around it. Every tonne extracted carries the cumulative impact of excavation....
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Future of aluminium: Green aluminium, innovation, and strategic outlook

The global aluminium industry stands at a defining inflection point. Once dictated primarily by cyclical macroeconomic fluctuations in traditional construction and heavy manufacturing, the metal’s trajectory...
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Aluminum ingots are at the heart of India’s industrial aspirations

Aluminum ingots are solid blocks or bars of aluminum metal that have been processed and cast into a specific shape for ease of storage, transportation, and further processing. These ingots are typically produced...
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Beyond the Metal: Strategic Dynamics and Emerging Paradigms in Non-Metallurgical Bauxite-Alumina Value Chains

While over 85% of global bauxite extraction is funnelled into primary aluminium smelting, the niche non-metallurgical bauxite and alumina sectors command significant strategic and economic value.
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Energy costs and aluminium production: The defining challenge

If there is one factor that decisively shapes the economics of aluminium production, it is energy. Among all industrial metals, aluminium stands out as one of the most electricity-intensive to produce, making..
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Aluminium in EVs and renewables: The next demand wave

The global metals industry is undergoing a structural transition. For decades, industrial growth has followed a linear model—extract, process, consume and discard. But with resource pressures intensifying, energy...
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Recycled aluminium: The sustainability and cost advantage

As the aluminium industry navigates the dual imperatives of cost competitiveness and decarbonisation, recycled aluminium is emerging as a cornerstone of its future. Unlike many other industrial materials, aluminium...
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Sustainability in aluminium production

India’s aluminium sector is pursuing a net-zero target by 2050 through a phased decarbonization roadmap released by NITI Aayog. India can become a preferred low-carbon supplier, but it has a tough road ahead.
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Can Venezuela’s aluminium industry be revived?

The geopolitical conversation around Venezuela may be heavily focused on oil, but beneath the Orinoco Belt and Guayana Shield lie an enviable array of other resources, including vast swathes of the bauxite...
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Mines Above Ground: Preserving nature. Building the nation

For more than a century, industrial civilization has depended on mines beneath the Earth’s surface. Copper, aluminium, iron ore, lithium, cobalt, nickel, rare earth elements, and precious metals have powered...
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ALUCAST Expo 2026 to spotlight India’s die casting industry’s next growth phase

India’s die casting industry is entering a decisive new growth phase, driven by the rapid expansion of electric vehicle platforms, rising electronics manufacturing, and the growing demand from OEMs for...
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Global Commodity Conclave 2026 to shape the future of commodity markets

India is taking a defining step in its ambition to shape global commodity markets. The Commodity Markets Industry, with the support of MCX, will host the Global Commodity Conclave 2026 on August 12–14, 2026...
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