Altech Files for Patent Protection for Refined Method of Producing High-Purity Alumina From Kaolin
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced yesterday the filing for a new provisional patent with the Australian government for an...
Archive for February 2018
State Authorities Order Production Halved at Hydro Alunorte
The government of the northern Brazilian state of Pará has ordered Norsk Hydro to halve production at Alumina do Norte do Brasil S.A. (Alunorte) due to the company’s failure to reduce the water level at a bauxite residue deposit at the site....
Century Aluminum Again Approaches South Carolina Legislature for Relief from Power Deal with Santee Cooper
Still in pursuit of a deal that would allow it to buy power on the open market instead of from...
Norsk Hydro Tenders Binding Offer for Purchase of ISAL Smelter to Rio Tinto for US$345 MM
Norwegian aluminium firm Norsk Hydro A.S.A. announced yesterday the tender of a binding offer for Rio Tinto Iceland Ltd. (ISAL),...
Events
Alumina Ltd. Boss Sees Opportunity in Possible U.S. Aluminium Tariffs
Though many stakeholders in the global aluminium sector fear the consequences tariffs levied upon them by the United States government may have, Alumina Limited’s chief sees such a turn of events as an opportunity for his firm. Mike Ferraro indicated in an interview with The Australian Financial Review that increased tariffs on imported aluminium enacted […]
EGA Inks Partnership Agreement with University of New South Wales to Research Emissions Reduction
Already at record lows for perflurocarbon emissions last year, UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced yesterday that it has entered into a partnership with the University of New South Wales to investigate methods for reducing levels even more. According to EGA’s press release, the research to be undertaken will involve cutting background PFC emissions, […]
Insiders Say Trump Likely to Lay Ten-Percent Tariff on All Aluminium Imports
According to unnamed confidants who spoke to the media last week, United States president Donald Trump is planning to levy tariffs upon aluminium and steel imports that are harsher than recommendations given by the Commerce Department last month. Three White House insiders told Bloomberg late last week that Trump is leaning toward saddling steel imports […]
Strengthened Aluminium Demand and Rising Prices Bolster Rusal’s 2017 Numbers
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal released numbers for the fourth quarter and full year 2017 on Friday. Strengthened demand and recovering aluminium prices helped the firm post almost uniformly positive results in both the production and financial arenas. In the fourth quarter of 2017, Rusal produced 945 thousand metric tons of primary aluminium, up […]
Shipments and Revenue Up, but Taxes and Debt Refinancing Keep Constellium in the Red in 2017
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. released results for the final quarter and full year of 2017 yesterday. Though shipments were up in both periods, debt refinancing and reforms in the United States tax structure kept the firm’s net profits in the red. Constellium shipped 350 thousand metric tons of product in the […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
