China Releases New Standards For Imported Aluminium Scrap
The long-awaited new standards on imported scrap aluminium and copper were published by the government of the People’s Republic of...
Staff
GFG Alliance Groups Aluminium Assets Into Paris-Based Firm ALVANCE
Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance announced on Monday its decision to gather its aluminium assets into one Paris-based firm named ALVANCE Aluminium Group (ALVANCE). The announcement by the privately-held metals conglomerate is following through on an announcement it made last fall that its...
Emirates Global Aluminium Ships One Millionth Metric Ton Of Bauxite Ore From Guinea Operations
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week that its subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation has shipped one million metric tons...
Shanghai Shenhuo Aluminium Foil Plant Certified To ASI Chain of Custody Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced the certification of a Shanghai Shenhuo Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd aluminium foil production plant...
Events
Despite December Restarts, 2019’s Aluminium Production Drop Is China’s First In A Decade
Experts say weak demand and trans-Pacific trade tensions are the culprits for the People’s Republic of China’s first net production drop in aluminium in a decade over the course of 2019. According to numbers published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday, China’s aluminium smelters combined to produce 35.04 million metric tons of aluminium […]
US, EU, and Japan Aluminium Associations Laud Agreement To Strengthen WTO Rules Against Subsidized Capacity
The Aluminum Association, European Aluminium, and the Japan Aluminium Association released a joint statement yesterday hailing an agreement among their respective governments to cooperate on strengthening World Trade Organization rules on industrial subsidies. Citing an agreement among trade ministers from the three jurisdictions that the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures should be amended […]
Jupiter Aluminum Achieves First Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certification By US-Based Firm
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced earlier this week the certification of Indiana’s aluminium milling firm Jupiter Aluminum Corporation’s facilities in Hammond against ASI’s Performance Certification for responsible aluminium production, sourcing, and stewardship. Jupiter’s ASI certification is the first achieved by a United States-based aluminium firm. The Hammond facilities are the site of Jupiter’s scrap […]
Altech Completes Test Drilling Project At Kerrigan
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. said yesterday it has completed all 27 air core holes of the drilling program at the Kerrigan project in Western Australia. According to the firm, the 27 air core holes covered a total depth of 765 meters. Each hole was drilled vertically to an average depth of 28 meters. Samples […]
EGA and INALUM Ink Agreement To Cooperate On Two Aluminium Smelters In Indonesia
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced this weekend a partnership with PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (INALUM) to cooperate on improvements to an existing smelter and the construction of a new smelter in Indonesia. The two firms signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore forming a joint venture to build a greenfield aluminium smelter, with EGA […]