[SMM Aluminum Express News] PT Antam targets bauxite production of 4.9 million wet metric tons (WMT) in 2026. This represents a 70% increase compared to 2025 production of 2.8 million tons. PT Antam revealed that the 2026 Work Plan and Budget (RKAB) for its bauxite mine at PT Mega Citra Utama (MCU) has not yet received approval from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM). The delay is due to the ongoing revision of the Feasibility Study (FS).

[SMM Aluminum Express News] PT Bukit Asam (PTBA) is seeking partners to build a 1.25 GW coal-fired power plant in Mempawah to support Inalum’s 600,000 tpy aluminum smelter. The project, backed by an MoU between PTBA and Inalum, will require ~5.5 million tons of coal annually (180–200 million tons over 30 years). PTBA targets FID by end-2026, with potential project start in 2027. The smelter itself is part of a larger integrated bauxite–alumina–aluminum chain, with US$2.4 billion investment for the smelter and US$890 million for SGAR Phase 2. It will process 3 Mt bauxite into 1 Mt alumina, then into 600 kt aluminum, supplied by Antam mines. Overall, this strengthens Indonesia’s downstream strategy, boosting domestic alumina capacity to 2 Mt/year and bauxite absorption to 6 Mt/year.

The Swedish deposit return system (DRS) operator Returpack/Pantamera reported that in 2025, over 3 billion PET bottles and aluminium cans were returned via Sweden’s DRS. Compared to the record of 2024, the 2025 count marks an increase of 130 million. The operator adds that returning the aluminium and PET containers via the deposit system cuts the carbon footprint by half, thereby promoting recycling and sustainability. 2025 data shows that material customers received 27,826 tonnes of aluminium and 24,835 tonnes of PET. On average, each person returned 283 containers, reflecting an improvement of the 2024 performance by 4 per cent. The overall return rate of Sweden also increased by 88.4 per cent, bringing the nation close to its target of a 90 per cent return rate.

[SMM Tungsten Express] March 13: European tungsten market surged sharply. Latest APT transaction prices reached $3,000/mtu, skyrocketing 36% from yesterday. Driven by this, European carbide blade scrap offers jumped to €130-140/kg, up 29% from yesterday. Market sentiment turned exuberant amid tightening supply conditions.

After returning from the Chinese New Year holiday, Q4 reports from listed miners outside China have been released one after another recently. 2025 was a period of concentrated release of new capacity at mines outside China. What was the specific situation? What are the expectations for 2026? Let us analyze it by enterprise.

[SMM Aluminum Alloy Flash] ADC12 market quotes generally moved lower, with most cuts in the 200-400 yuan/mt range. The price adjustment was mainly driven by a downward shift in the cost center and weaker downstream purchasing. However, amid the pullback in prices, aluminum scrap traders’ reluctance to sell became more pronounced, leaving limited room for raw material costs to pull back. Enterprises were generally cautious in adjusting prices, and most producers still held bullish expectations for the market outlook.

Guotai Environmental Protection convened the 15th meeting of the 4th Board of Directors, reviewing and approving the "Proposal on Amending the Business Scope, Revising the , and Handling Industrial and Commercial Registration Changes." This adjustment not only represents a simple business expansion but also marks a key transformation of this traditional environmental protection enterprise into the field of new energy circular economy.

[SMM Analysis:Overview of Q4 Copper Production of the Top 20 Global Mining Companies in 2025] According to SMM statistics, copper production by the world's top 20 mining companies in the fourth quarter of 2025 stood at 3,526 kt, a 2.1% increase quarter-on-quarter but a 10.5% decrease year-on-year.

The Bolivian government has approved Supreme Decree 5549, a significant amendment to its electricity regulations that creates a new "medium-scale" distributed generation category for renewable projects between 1 MW and 6 MW. Under the new rules, these projects can connect directly to medium-voltage networks with simple regulatory authorization, bypassing the complex requirement for a full generation concession.

[SMM Aluminum Express News] PT Bukit Asam Tbk (PTBA) will supply coal to power the bauxite downstream projects of PT Inalum and PT Antam in Mempawah, West Kalimantan, specifically the Smelter Grade Alumina Refinery (SGAR) Phase 2 and New Aluminium Smelter.