Regal Metal To Build Aluminium Recycling And Secondary Plant In Shanxi
The People’s Republic of China’s Regal Metal announced this week that it plans to build an aluminium-recycling plant with a...
Staff
EGA’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions 38 Percent Below Industry Average In 2019
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) published its third annual Sustainability Report this week. The report details the firm’s environmental, social, and governance performance in 2019 for operations in the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Guinea. Per the firm, it had...
Alba Inks MoU With University Of Bahrain On Research Cooperation
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Bahrain (UoB) last week aimed at increasing...
China Hongqiao Begins Production At Hydroelectricity-Powered Aluminium Smelter In Yunnan
China’s aluminium smelting leviathan China Hongqiao Group Ltd. said last week it has begun the initial phase of production at...
Events
Santee Cooper And City Of Goose Creek Meet In Court To Battle Over Century Aluminum
The fight for the life of Century Aluminum’s Goose Creek aluminium smelter continued this week in a courtroom in South Carolina, where attorneys for South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) and the city of Goose Creek squared off over which entity would provide power to the smelter. The controversy at issue involves a fight […]
Gränges To Purchase Remaining Interest In GETEK From Erbslöh For €8.5 Million
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB said yesterday it has agreed to buy the remaining 49-percent interest in aluminium billet producer GETEK GmbH from German firm Erbslöh Aluminium GmbH for €8.5 million (US$10.1 million). Per Gränges, GETEK’s addition to its portfolio will help it grow its market share in the aluminium sector by introducing it […]
Trump Administration Drops Ten-Percent Tariffs On Canadian Aluminium As Threat Of Retaliatory Tariffs Increase
With the threat of retaliatory tariffs from Canada on the horizon, the Trump Administration said yesterday that it would lift the 10-percent tariffs on imported aluminium so long as imports remained at current levels. In response, Canadian officials said that the billions of dollars of retaliatory sanctions would not be imposed, but Ottawa indicated it […]
GFG Optimistic On San Ciprian’s Future, Alcoa Not So Much As Deadline Nears
The GFG Alliance and Alcoa are continuing talks over the fate of their aluminium smelter in San Ciprian, Spain, and an official from GFG remains highly optimistic that a long-term solution for the plant’s viability is within reach. GFG Alliance’s Chief Investment Officer Jay Hambro said in an interview with S & P Global Platts […]
Canada Set To Announce Final Targets For Retaliatory Aluminium Tariffs This Week
Domestic media is reporting that retaliatory sanctions could be announced as early as today by the Canadian government in response to the Trump Administration’s levying of tariffs on the dominion’s aluminium last month. Anonymous sources told The Globe and Mail in Toronto that the announcement would likely be either today or tomorrow that the Canadian […]