There are signs of increasing momentum in Chinese aluminum smelter cutbacks, said Barclays Capital in a commodities research note.....

Weaker base metals have been caught up in a sell-off across financial markets on global growth concerns, said RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) Capital Markets in a commodities briefing.....

Base metals are trading in a “lackluster fashion” at the moment, unable to generate any meaningful rallies given the increasingly dour set of macroeconomic statistics lately, said Edwar....

Global aluminum production increased to 2.121 million metric tons in March from a revised 1.999 million in February, as per the latest report released by International Aluminum Institute.....

Global primary aluminum production fell by 141,000 metric tons in February to 1.998 million, compared to a revised 2.139 million in January, according to the latest report released by the internati....

Cautious on the industrial base metals in the short term but constructive for the long term, said SEB Commodity Research in a briefing.....

Aluminum hit its highest price on the London Metal Exchange in more than five months, profiting from a recovery and growing demand in key consumer countries, said Commerzbank in a research note.....

Aluminum prices have “officially entered into a technical bull mode” after prices closed above the 200-day moving average for two consecutive days and also met other key technical stand....

Global aluminum production, on an annualized basis, fell to a 10-month low in January, said Harbor Intelligence in a research note.....

Global aluminum production declined by 49,000 metric tons to 2,140,000 tons in January from a revised 2,189,000 in December, reports the International Aluminum Institute.....

Aluminum is no longer in a downtrend and they look for further prices gains. LME aluminum hit a four-month high of $2,310 a metric ton in late January, said Harbor Intelligence in a research note.....

The rise in canceled warrants for base metals stored in London Metal Exchange warehouse is bullish for the complex overall, said Barclays Capital in a research note.....

Aluminium prices rising modestly to an average of $2,250/ton in 2012, but significant downside risks clearly exist, said a 2012 first quarter Metals Review by Natixis Commodity Markets Ltd.....

The United States continued to be slightly reliant upon Aluminium imports in 2011, as domestic primary production increased from that in 2010 but still remained at significantly lower levels than i....

Global aluminum inventories rose to 2,409,000 metric tons in December from a revised 2,403,000 in November, said the International Aluminum Institute in a research note.....

Aluminum to rise by year-end but stay in the slow lane. The metal has strengthened in early 2012 with other base metals while benefiting from its own fundamentals, such as swathes of the smelting i....

Aluminum production in India and Latin America last year was disappointing, said Harbor Intelligence in a research note.....

Mildly bullish on aluminum in the first halfof 2012, said Goldman Sachs in a research note.....

China's Lunar New Year holidays will likely mean a quiet week on the London Metal Exchange, said RBC Capital Markets in a research note. ....

Most commodity markets, including base meals, have eased on profit taking, with the euro also giving up some of its recent gains, said Edward Meir, commodities consultant with FC Stone.....