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Aluminum price falling causes Hindalco's profit to fall by 33% q-o-q in Q2

13 Nov 2019 15:53 reported by Lemon

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Hindalco, one of the aluminum companies in India, announced its sales report, which showed that the company's second quarter's net profit fell by 33% due to the global economic slowdown and falling commodity prices.

As the trade war escalated, prices of industrial goods were affected to varying degrees, raising fears of a recession. The storm also affected the aluminum industry.

London Metal Exchange (LME)’s aluminum prices also faced a fall by 14% from July to August, came to around US$1,800/ton.

Hindalco said its combined net profit from this July to September was around Rs 9.7 billion, lower than the previous expectation from market analytics.