Aluminij Mostar Inks Aluminium Billet Offtake Agreement With Glencore
Bosnian aluminium smelter Aluminij d.d. Mostar signed a five-year deal this week with British-Swiss firm Glencore plc for the supply...
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Lindian Gets Guinean Government Go Ahead For Purchase Of 61 Percent Of Woula Bauxite Project
Australian mineral exploration firm Lindian Resources Limited obtained the Guinean government’s sign-off to take title to 61 percent of the Woula bauxite project this week. The terms of the deal allow Lindian to take a further 14 percent by funding a JORC-compliant...
Rusal Earns A- Rating From Carbon Disclosure Product In First-Ever Evaluation
Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal announced yesterday that it has received an A- rating in its first-ever assessment by...
Norsk Hydro Inks Duo Of Deals For Renewable Energy Plants In Brazil
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA signed a pair of Memorandums of Understanding aimed at establishing renewal energy operations. This...
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SPIC Promises Peak Carbon Emissions By 2023
Chinese electricity and aluminium producer State Power Investment Corp (SPIC) said last week it is aiming to achieve peak carbon emissions by 2023, which is well ahead of the country’s deadline in 2030. “Based on preliminary estimates, SPIC will reach the peak carbon emission in China by 2023 and will contribute to global clean energy […]
Alba Inks MoU With Hangzhou Jinjiang On Alumina Feedstock Supply
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced last week the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Chinese aluminium firm Hangzhou Jinjiang Group Co. Ltd (HJJ) to collaborate on supplying Alba’s aluminium smelters with alumina. The memorandum, which was signed in a virtual ceremony last month, establishes an agreement to investigate the possibility of forming a collaboration […]
Five More Rusal Facilities Certified By Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal said yesterday that five of its aluminium smelters achieved certification by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative under its Performance and Chain of Custody standards. The five Rusal aluminium smelters newly certified by the ASI are Boguchansky aluminum smelter (BoAZ), Bratsk aluminum smelter (BrAZ), Krasnoyarsk aluminum smelter (KrAZ), KUBAL (Kubikenborg aluminum […]
Alcoa of Australia and FYI Resources Plan Week-Long Test Of High-Purity Alumina Plant
Australian resource firm FYI Resources Ltd. has entered into a partnership with Alcoa of Australia to run a trial at FYI’s high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Western Australia. FYI said earlier this week that the trial would be a 7-day, 24-hour run of the facility that would test the efficiency of its proprietary refining process. […]
Hope For Relief For United States Aluminium Exporters As United Kingdom Relaxes Tariffs On Other Goods
Hopes for progress toward an end to tariffs on United States aluminium assessed by the United Kingdom spring anew after the British government agreed to halt retaliatory tariffs on American goods beginning on January 1. In a split from the European Union’s trade policies, London agreed to suspend the tariffs that were implemented last year […]