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30 May Hong Kong, Dow Jones	Chalco To Add 880,000 Tons Alumina Capacity In June — Source HONG KONG (Dow Jones)-Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd.'s (ACH) Pingguo plant in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will add 880,000 metric tons of alumina output capacity at the end of June, a company official said Friday.
29 May Moscow, Press release	McKinsey study: Global demand for aluminum to grow faster than expected McKinsey study indicates that, looking towards 2025, global demand for aluminum is likely to grow faster than GDP growth and will total approximately 90 million metric tons by 2025. This latter figure represents more than double the demand recorded by the industry in 2007, and is also 20% higher than the figure previously expected by industry analysts and participants. The main demand drivers will be infrastructure and business construction in developing economies, particularly in China, but also in other emerging regions, such as India and the Middle East.
28 May Shanghai, Dow Jones	Chalco To Sell CNY5 Bln 3-Year Bonds June 4 SHANGHAI (Dow Jones)-Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (ACH), or Chalco, said Wednesday it will sell CNY5 billion worth of three-year bonds on June 4 and CNY5 billion worth of five-year bonds in the fourth quarter.
27 May London, Dow Jones	Rusal Wants Independent Chairman At Norilsk LONDON (Dow Jones)-Russia’s United Co. Rusal, the owner of 25%-plus-two shares in Russian mining giant OAO Norilsk Nickel (GMKN.RS), wants changes to Norilsk’s board structure and an independent chairman, while questioning current Norilsk policy and strategy. "We consider it appropriate to change the current structure of the board to make it balanced and to have directors, representing interests of all three groups of shareholders equally," Rusal’s Director of Corporate Strategy Artem Volynets told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday.
22 May London, Dow Jones	UC Rusal To Expand Irkutsk Casthouse To Meet Smelter Needs LONDON (Dow Jones)-United Co. Rusal, Russia’s largest aluminum and alumina producer, said Thursday it plans to expand capacity at the Irkutsk aluminum smelters casthouse, to bring it in line with a recent expansion at the plant.
20 May Mumbai, Dow Jones	India National Aluminium Ups Pdt Prices By INR8,000/Ton-Exec MUMBAI (Dow Jones)-India’s state-run National Aluminium Co. hiked product prices by INR8,000 per metric ton over the weekend, a senior company official said Tuesday.
15 May Dow Jones, Sydney	Rio Tinto Cuts New Zealand Aluminum Smelter Output By 2,900 Tons/Month SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- Rio Tinto Ltd. (RIO.AU) will lower aluminum output at its 350,000-metric-ton Tiwai smelter in New Zealand by around 2,900 tons a month, in a move to conserve energy as dam levels for hydropower generation drop to worryingly low levels.
14 May London, Dow Jones	UC Rusal Says First Metal At New Taishet Smelter Seen End 09 LONDON (Dow Jones)-United Co. Rusal, Russia’s largest aluminum and alumina producer, said Wednesday it expects first metal from its Taishet aluminum smelter to be produced in 2009, boosting the company’s total annual production capacity by 18%.
13 May Moscow, Dow Jones	Rio Tinto CEO: Output To Rise 8% A Year Across Commodities LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) Chief Executive Tom Albanese Tuesday forecast the mining giant’s production would grow more than 8% across all commodities through 2015 as new projects come on line.
13 May Moscow, Dow Jones	Russia’s Rusal Appoints Onexim CEO Razumov To Its Board MOSCOW (Dow Jones)-Russia’s largest aluminum and alumina producer United Co. Rusal Tuesday said it has appointed Onexim Group’s Chief Executive Dmitry Razumov to its board.
13 May Moscow, Dow Jones	Alumina: Finance Unit To Raise Around US$300 Million SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- Alumina Ltd. (AWC.AU) said Tuesday its wholly owned finance subsidiary, Alumina Finance Limited, has launched a convertible bond offering to raise approximately US$300 million.
9 May Stockholm, Dow Jones	Norsk Hydro Buys Alumafel In Spain For EUR77 Million STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Norsk Hydro Friday said it has agreed to acquire the privately owned Alumafel Group, a Spanish provider aluminum building systems, for EUR77 million.
8 May Moscow, Dow Jones	Kaiser Aluminum 1Q Net $39.1 Million On Derivative Gains Kaiser ALuminum Corp.'s (KALU) first-quarter net income jumped to $39.1 million, or $1.92 a share, from $17.1 million, or 85 cents a share, a year ago, aided by "significant" unrealized mark-to-market gains on hedging derivative transactions.
8 May Moscow, Dow Jones	Alcoa Names President, Operating Chief Kleinfeld As CEO Alcoa Inc. (AA) named its president and chief operating officer, Klaus Kleinfeld, as chief executive to succeed Alain Belda, who will continue as chairman.
7 May Paris, Press Release	New low emission buses for Singapore built with Rio Tinto Alcan aluminium lightweight technology Alcan Extruded Products, part of Alcan Engineered Products — a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan, is pleased to announce that it is supplying the aluminium extrusions, sheets and joining elements for a series of 500 low-floor city buses for Singapore. This significant order is the starting point for the on-going replacement of SBS Transit, the local public transport company’s bus fleet of 2,700 vehicles.
7 May Singapore, Dow Jones	ALCOA Plans Meeting With Vietnam Govt To Discuss Alumina JV Alcoa Inc. (AA) plans to meet with the Vietnamese government to discuss a new government directive that will allow Alcoa a 40% stake in a domestic joint venture, a company spokesperson said Tuesday.
6 May Hanoi, Dow Jones	Vietnam Permits Alcoa To Take 40% Stake In Alumina JV HANOI (Dow Jones)-Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to allow the country’s largest mining firm Vinacomin to offer Alcoa Inc. (AA) a 40% stake in a joint venture to produce 600,000 metric tons of alumina a year from the central region, the government said Tuesday on its Web site.
1 May Melbourne, Dow Jones	BHP Approves US$1.9 Billion Worsley Alumina Expansion MELBOURNE -(Dow Jones)- BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP.AU) has approved a US$1.9 billion expansion of its Worsley alumina refinery in Western Australia in a move analysts said signals its confidence in the aluminum outlook as well as a desire to limit rival Rio Tinto Ltd.'s (RTP) dominance of the sector.

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