This is mainly because of the large amounts of electrical energy used in the extraction process ... the electrolysis of aluminium oxide. Extracting aluminium from its ore is expensive because ...

Tepid market sentiment will likely pull down global base metal prices in the first half of 2025, which could dent the earnings of local nickel exporters. BMI, a unit of Fitch Solutions, recently ...

Aluminum ore is refined in hulking smelters that suck up almost 10 percent of Australia’s electricity, analysts say, a process that has long relied on polluting coal-fired power. READ ...