S.A. Damm Becomes First Beverage Firm Certified By ASI
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced this week the certification of beverage firm S.A. Damm’s two beer breweries against both...
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Gränges To Invest US$33 MM To Add Capacity To Huntington Aluminium Rolling Mill
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB announced yesterday an investment of US$33 million at its operations in Huntington, Tennessee to keep up with the growing demand in North America for rolled aluminium. Gränges said in a press release that this is the...
Chalco’s Net Income Falls By Over 13 Percent In 2020
State-run Aluminum Corp of China Ltd released financial results for 2020 earlier this week, posting the lowest annual profit since...
Mitsubishi To Buy 30 Percent Stake In Glencore’s Aurukun Bauxite Project
Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation announced last week an agreement with Glencore plc to take a 30-percent share of the latter’s...
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Norsk Hydro Plans Expansion Of Its On-Site Aluminium Recycling Program
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced last week its plans to expand a program of directly recycling aluminium from its plants, which it hopes will further reduce its low carbon footprint and increase production by allowing for use of post-consumer aluminium scrap as well. The initiative would enhance its already low carbon per unit […]
China Hongqiao To Release Carbon-Reduction Goals By Year’s End
The largest private-sector aluminium producer said last week that it plans to publish its targets for cutting carbon emissions along with a roadmap for achieving that end. China Hongqiao Group’s chairman Zhang Bo revealed at the China Development Forum that his firm was partnering with a number of top institutions around the world to establish […]
Deals With Government, Power Companies Provide Alcoa Australia A Five-Year Respite
Alcoa Australia’s future is secure for another five years after the firm struck deals with electrical providers and the state government that include lower power costs and a A$160 million (US$124 million) aid package. The deals with AGL Energy, Origin Energy, and Alinta Energy were for a term of five years, but details of the […]
Gränges Cut Carbon Emissions By 8 Percent In 2020
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB relayed the sustainability achievements it accomplished last year yesterday, including significantly reducing its total carbon emissions and an increase in adoption of renewable energy. Gränges said on Thursday that 2020 saw the company cut total carbon emissions by 8 percent from 2019 levels and 18 percent from 2017 baseline […]
Constellium Cuts Overall Waste Production By One Third Through 2020
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV released the 2020 Business and Sustainability Report earlier this week. The report details Constellium’s progress on several different goals, including sustainability and climate neutrality, which it hopes to achieve by mid-century. Among other accomplishments, Constellium reported a significant drop in safety incidents, with recordable cases falling from 3.31 in […]