Planes, iPhones, soda cans, electric cars and appliances, aluminium is key to modern life and the global economy. It is trading at a three-year high, near $2,900 per metric ton.
Russian metal is largely still flowing around the world. Many traders and fabricators who buy from them are tied in to pre-existing purchase deals that can extend over years.
Kumar Mangalam Birla’s Hindalco will kick off long-term downstream investment plan by setting up 34,000-ton aluminum extrusion project. Production is expected to start in 2 years.
A circular economy can reduce emissions from production of key materials by 40 per cent. Aluminium, an infinitely recyclable material, can help in this transition.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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