Constellium Shipments Fell By 11 Percent In Third Quarter
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. released results for the third quarter of 2020 yesterday. A drop in...
Staff
Beijing Urges End To Aluminium Capacity’s Migration Westward
Beijing told aluminium smelters earlier this week that increased production in the country’s western regions shouldn’t be encouraged despite current industry trends. The central government made the same directive for coke production as well. The trend in recent months and years has...
COVID-19 Dims Alba’s Third Quarter Numbers
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced results for the year’s third quarter and its first nine months yesterday, reporting numbers lower...
China Returns To Net Aluminium Exporter In September
Typically a net exporter of primary aluminium by a wide margin, the People’s Republic of China reverted to the same...
Events
Last-Minute Deal Averts Strike At Rio Tinto’s Straumsvík Aluminium Smelter
Labor narrowly averted a strike at Rio Tinto’s Straumsvík aluminium smelter last week after the five unions and the SA Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise hammered out an agreement in an all-night meeting. With a strike scheduled for 8 AM the next day, union representatives came to an agreement to postpone the work shutdown. The plant’s […]
Gränges Resumes Production At North Carolina Aluminium Plant And Upgrades At Arkansas Plant
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB said on Thursday that the Salisbury, North Carolina plant has been reopened and the upgrade of its Newport, Arkansas plant has resumed thanks to a rise in aluminium demand in recent months. The firm’s CEO Johan Menckel told investors on an earnings call that upgrades to the 20 thousand […]
Norsk Hydro And Lyse Merge Hydropower Assets Into New Joint Partnership
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA and compatriot industrial group Lyse announced earlier this week the formation of a joint hydropower company that will be the result of a merger of the two firms’ hydroelectric assets. The new company will operate under the name Lyse Kraft DA and feature an annual power production capacity of […]
Century Aluminum Issues Notice Of Impending Closure Of Mt. Holly Smelter To Plant’s Labor Force
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum issued a notice to its employees at the Mt. Holly aluminium smelter that it intends to shut down production at the plant if a suitable power arrangement is not obtained to replace the contract it has with the South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper). The contract for power between […]
GFG Group Plans To Boost Aluminium Production To 1 Million MTPA Via Acquisitions: Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta told an industry gathering on Monday that his GFG Group expects to top 1 million metric tons per annum of aluminum-smelting capacity within the next two years by way of acquisitions. Speaking at the London Metal Exchange (LME) Seminar, Gupta relayed to virtual attendees that this total would be a significant rise above […]