Key talking points ahead of Fastmarkets’ International Aluminium Conference in Budapest 2026

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premiums have eased from their highs, market participants continue to monitor operating rates at Gulf smelters and the pace at which lost tonnes may return to the market.\nDespite some production restarting and cargoes resuming through the Strait of Hormuz, moving material out of the Middle East remains challenging, with market participants continuing to report difficulties securing shipments.\nThe conflict has also raised broader questions about where Europe’s long-term aluminium supply will come from and how secure alternative sources will be in the years ahead.\nUS tariffs\nTrade flows have been reshaped by US tariff policy throughout 2026.\nElevated European premiums offered a competitive netback for suppliers, supporting increased inflows of Canadian-origin material into Europe.\nFastmarkets assessed the aluminium P1020A premium, ddp Midwest US at [insert current premium]\nMarket participants said customers have become used to the availability of Canadian-origin units as a source of low-carbon P1020A in Europe.\nFastmarkets assessed the aluminium low-carbon differential P1020A, Europe at $15-30 per tonne on Friday September 4, up from $10-25 per tonne the previous month.\nFastmarkets defines low-carbon aluminium as material produced with emissions of four tCO2e or less per tonne of aluminium produced, based on Scope 1 and 2 emissions.\nThe placement of South32’s Mozal smelter on care and maintenance in March this year removed a source of lower-carbon metal from the European market, although Mozal tonnes were predominantly sold on a duty-unpaid basis.\nThe duty-unpaid market remains a very tight supply market, particularly in terms of lower-carbon tonnes.\nHowever, uncertainty over potential changes to US tariffs on Canadian aluminium has increased the value of low-carbon Canadian tonnes.\nMarket participants have noted that suppliers have become more reluctant to commit units to the spot market.\nAs a result, concerns over the long-term availability of low-carbon aluminium in Europe, particularly Canadian-origin material, have become a growing focus for market participants.\nNew supply and energy security\nWhere future aluminium supply will come from remains a key question for the industry.\nSeveral European smelters have restarted production in recent months, including Hydro’s Slovalco smelter in Slovakia and Alcoa’s San Ciprián smelter in Spain, bringing additional metal back into the market.\nAt the same time, Indonesia continues to attract investment in new aluminium capacity.\nFastmarkets analysts expect Indonesian smelting capacity to reach 1.5-1.8 million tonnes per year by the end of 2026.\nAmong the projects under development is PT Hua Chin Aluminium Indonesia, a joint venture (JV) between Tsingshan Holding Group and Huafon Group, with annual capacity of 480,000 tonnes.\nThe growth of Indonesian production has generated significant interest among market participants, although questions remain over future Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) costs and the lack of London Metal Exchange-registered Indonesian material.\nCBAM\nThe European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism continues to shape discussions around aluminium sourcing and decarbonization.\nThe market remains in the first year of implementation, with participants still awaiting verified emissions data expected in 2027.\nWhile CBAM dominated conversations at the start of the year, some market participants said geopolitical disruption and supply security concerns have increasingly taken centre stage.\nNevertheless, uncertainty remains over how carbon costs will affect competitiveness between different origins and whether CBAM will ultimately alter procurement decisions.\nWill alumina head into a structural deficit?\nWhile alumina spent much of 2025 and 2026 trading in surplus, participants have moved from concerns on oversupply towards questions on whether new smelter capacities and refinery cuts and closures could threaten to send the global alumina market into a deficit.\nNew Indonesian smelters now demand over 4 million tonnes of alumina, and limited refinery growth in key Australian, Chinese and Atlantic markets risks exposing a critical gap in production.\nUncertainty around operations at Brazil’s Alunorte and Ireland’s Aughinish refineries increased concerns that Pacific alumina shipments may need to be redirected to Atlantic smelters if supply disruptions occur and could further contribute to a structural deficit.\nBauxite availability\nGuinea remains the dominant bauxite supplier for Chinese domestic production; however, with FOB prices steadily trading close to break-even levels, and CIF prices trading inversely, the market awaits a response from the Guinean government to control the price.\nIn March 2026, Guinea’s minister for Mines and Geology, Bouna Sylla, sought to address the issue of oversupply and announced plans to implement an export control policy, the details of which are still unknown.\nMeanwhile, Indonesia’s Rencana Kerja dan Anggaran Biaya (RKAB) mining quota put significant pressure on the country’s bauxite availability, which forced several major refineries to produce at limited capacity.\nWhile the market is widely seen as having undergone limited self-correction amid the summer rainy season, concerns remain over the sustainability of current supply and demand dynamics.\nIs West Africa the next alumina hub?\nWest Africa contains some of the most expansive reserves of high-quality bauxite in the world. Following years of concentrated effort to establish the continent as a major bauxite-exporting region, some states now believe they are ready to capture the next stage of the aluminium production chain.\nThe Guinean government has already announced the ambitious Simandou 2040 project and has announced plans to construct four refineries, with the majority receiving funding from Chinese foreign direct investment.\nUpon completion, these refineries could bring at least 7.2 million tonnes of alumina online; however, with little known information or timelines available yet, participants ask when to expect new capacity, how many of these plans can stay on track and how many will even reach completion.\nOther major bauxite-producing states, such as Ghana, also control massive bauxite reserves and have ambitions to expand further down the aluminium production chain; however, the market questions whether these countries can attract reliable investment.\nDon’t miss the Fastmarkets International Aluminium Conference in Budapest, Hungary, on September 15-17. 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