1.   Why will aluminium producers agree to pay for electricity even if they do not use it?

2.   GNI said the aluminium producers had requested the surplus power sale because of recent rises in the price of aluminium.

3.   A strike threat at Alcan, the giant Canadian aluminium producer, helped to shield the metal from the same losses as copper.

4.   Elsewhere, analysts Rudolf Wolff said big aluminium producers are likely to wait until the end of this year before re-starting capacity shut down following the MOU.

5.   There are three aluminium factories in the Gulf region, the largest being in Bahrain, regarded as the biggest aluminium producer in the Middle East.

6.   Shares in aluminium producer Comalco Ltd. slumped almost four percent Monday after it posted a sharp drop in interim equity-based net profit.

7.   That additional capacity would make Alba the third-largest aluminium producer in the world after Alcoa and Alcan of Canada.