The alumina sector is continuing to grapple with rising costs and weakening market conditions, while the Atlantic differential could switch direction due to refinery production cuts and aluminium smelter closures, sources told Fastmarkets.

Shagang Group, China's largest privately-owned steel producer in Jiangsu province, East China, has announced a 50 yuan ($7) per tonne cut to its scrap procurement prices due to lower steel scrap consumption by domestic steel mills amid thin profits or even losses, market sources said

For 35 years, aluminium buyers, sellers and traders from all over the world have come together at the International Aluminium Conference to kick off the mating season. In the lobby and networking spaces of this event, careful negotiations take place between consumers looking to secure supply, traders looking for arbitrage windows and producers looking for long-term deals.This year’s mating season won’t be like any other. Here are three big reasons why.

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