Ball Corporation Introduces World’s First Aluminium Beverage Cup
Colorado’s Ball Corporation announced earlier this week a pilot program for testing and marketing single-use aluminium beverage cups, which the...
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Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Constellium’s Singen Plant Against ASI Performance Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) and Constellium yesterday announced the certification of the latter’s casting and rolling mill in Singen, Germany. The plant is among Constellium’s largest facilities. The rolling and casting mill at Singen successfully qualified for certification under ASI’s Performance...
Tepid Aluminium Market Translates To 14 Percent Drop In Chalco’s First Half Net Profit
The Aluminum Corp of China Ltd. (Chalco) reported results for the first half of the year on Wednesday. The firm’s...
India Aluminium Producers Working On Scrap Standards To Stem Rising Tide Of Imports
India’s aluminium producers are teaming up with planning think-tank Niti Aayog and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to retool...
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First Phase Of JW Aluminum’s US$300 MM Expansion At SE South Carolina Plant Nearing Completion
The first phase of a US$300-million expansion at American flat-rolled aluminium producer JW Aluminum’s plant in South Carolina is only months away from completion according to company officers. JW Aluminum CEO Lee McCarter told the Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce late last month that the expansion that began last year is expected to open its […]
Jamaica Government Instructs Bauxite Miners And Alumina Refiners To Address Problem Of Dust
Jamaica’s Transport and Mining Minister Robert Montague said last week that his ministry has directed bauxite miners to tackle the issue of dust that neighboring communities say has become a nuisance. Montague raised the issue in the course of talks his office has been conducting with bauxite and alumina firms on a wide range of […]
China Zhongwang Reports 38.3 Percent Jump In Revenue During 2019’s Opening Half
Chinese aluminium extruder China Zhongwang released results for the first six months of 2019 late last week. The firm’s first-half numbers rose across the board thanks to a focus upon value-added aluminium products. In the opening half of 2019 Zhongwang reported a 63.7-percent rise in sales volumes on the year, from 325,096 metric tons to […]
Differing Statements By Hongqiao Regarding Damage, Closures After Typhoon Lekima Cause Concern
The world’s premier aluminium producer left the market in a state of confusion earlier this month after the firm released seemingly contradictory statements regarding the state of its facilities in the wake of Typhoon Lekima. Within hours of the passage of the Category 4-equivalent super typhoon, the Hongqiao affiliate Weiqiao Pioneering’s official social media account […]
Aluminium Association of Canada Lauds Move To Limit Aluminiun Transshipment
Canada’s aluminium industry is applauding Ottawa for its recent announcement that aluminium will be added to the government’s Import Control List system. In a statement released last week by the Aluminium Association of Canada, the organization praised the Canadian government’s use of the Export and Import Permits Act to help safeguard the dominion’s producers from […]