{"id":1540,"date":"2022-03-02T08:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T06:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2025-01-14T11:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:53:05","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-pushes-up-aluminium-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/blog\/russia-ukraine-war-pushes-up-aluminium-prices","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war pushes up aluminium prices"},"content":{"rendered":" \n    <div class=\"c-post--header\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/aurubis-robo-cobre-1.jpg);\">\n        <a href=\"\" class=\"c-back-action\">\n            Go back        <\/a>\n        <h1>Russia-Ukraine war pushes up aluminium prices<\/h1>\n\t\t<p class=\"c-post--author\">\n\t\t\tAuthor:\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/author\/scrapad-admin\/\">ScrapAd<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n        <div class=\"c-post--meta\">\n            <p>02\/03\/2022<\/p>\n            <div class=\"c-post--actions\">\n                <a onclick=\"window.print()\" class=\"c-article__action\">\n                    <i class=\"large material-icons icon\">print<\/i>\n                <\/a>\n                <a data-clipboard-text=\"\" class=\"c-article__action\">\n                    <i class=\"large material-icons icon\">content_copy<\/i>\n                <\/a>\n                <span class=\"c-article__action share__trigger\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"large material-icons icon\">share<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"share__displays\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/scrapad-blocks\/assets\/icons\/share\/facebook.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=&amp;url=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/scrapad-blocks\/assets\/icons\/share\/twitter.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=&amp;title=&amp;summary=&amp;source=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/scrapad-blocks\/assets\/icons\/share\/linkedin.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"mailto:info@scrapad.com?&amp;cc=&amp;bcc=&amp;subject=&amp;body=\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/scrapad-blocks\/assets\/icons\/share\/email.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n\n \n    <section class=\"c-container \" style=\" background-color: #FBFBFB; background-size: cover; --xsPadding: 40px 25px 40px 25px; --smPadding: 40px 25px 40px 25px; --mdPadding: 80px 100px 80px 100px; --lgPadding: 80px 100px 80px 100px; --xlPadding: 80px 100px 80px 100px; --xxlPadding: 80px 200px 80px 200px;  \">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-scrapad-blocks-container c-post\">\n<div class=\"c-article__desc wp-block-scrapad-blocks-article-desc\">\n<p>Russian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrapad.com\/en\/materials\/aluminium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aluminum<\/a>\u00a0producer Rusal (MCX: RUAL), the world&#8217;s leading producer of the metal outside China, has halted shipments of alumina from its 1.75 Mtpa Nikolaev refinery near the port of Mykolaiv in Ukraine, which is a key source of feedstock for its smelters in Russia. As a consequence, it has meant a rise in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/aluminium-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/aluminium-price\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">price of aluminium<\/a>\u00a0in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This closure is one of the consequences that have affected supply in the aluminium and metals markets in general due to Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine. This geopolitical conflict is causing traders and analysts to prepare for a serious disruption in Russian exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ami Shivkar, senior analyst in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodmac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wood Mackenzie&#8217;s<\/a>&nbsp;aluminium team, raises the possibility that Rusal will divert some shipments from its Aughinish refinery which produces 2 million tonnes a year in Ireland to feed its smelters in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aluminium prices rose 2.7 per cent to $3,448 a tonne on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/blog\/what-is-lme-london-metal-exchange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">London Metal Exchange<\/a>, outperforming other metals on the rise. 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