GFG To Double Lochaber Smelter’s Capacity With Addition Of Aluminium Recycling Plant
Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance said last week it is preparing to invest £94 million in the construction of a new...
Business
Tomago Aluminium Supports Government-Run Natural Gas Power Plant If No Other Power Option Available
The head of Queensland’s Tomago Aluminium told local media yesterday that he supports the federal government’s plan to build a natural gas power generation plant as long as his firm’s smelter gets a “like-for-like” supply of electricity when the nearby coal-fired plant...
South America’s First Aluminium Plant To Feature EGA Technology
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week an agreement with Colombian firm NEO Aluminio Colombia to provide its technological...
Hammerer Aluminium Plant In Romania Becomes Country’s First Site Certified By ASI
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) yesterday announced that Hammerer Aluminium Industries (HAI) has achieved ASI Performance Standard Provisional Certification for...
Events
Rusal Inks Agreement With Sberbank On Sustainability Initiatives
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth UC Rusal said yesterday that it has signed an agreement with PJSC Sberbank to collaborate on their Environment, Social and Governance (ESG). The agreement’s ultimate aim is to attain UN Sustainable Development Goals. The announcement was made at the 2020 Russian and CIS Metals and Mining Industry Joint Summit earlier this […]
Norsk Hydro, Panasonic, And Equinor Agree To Study Establishing A Battery Plant In Norway
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA announced a memorandum of understanding with technology firm Panasonic and international energy company Equinor to explore the possibility of collaborating on a sustainable and affordable business in batteries in Europe. The trio agreed to investigate the possibility of building a battery operation in Norway through the upcoming summer. Any […]
Constellium’s Bowling Green Rolled Aluminium Plant Recognized As Environmental Steward By TVA
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. said yesterday its plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has been named an “exemplary environmental steward” by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The plant, which supplies the growing automotive market in North America, boasts a nameplate capacity of 100 thousand metric tons per annum. Bowling Green’s operations were […]
China’s Economy Continues Strong Recovery In October, Boosting Aluminium Production
China’s economy continued to storm back from the depths in October, as factory outputs raced to meet rising retail sales in a better-than-expected recovery for the country’s economy. Per data from the National Statistics Bureau, industrial production rose by 6.9 percent on the year, similar to September’s rise and above experts’ expectations for the month. […]
Jamaica’s PM Fights Back Against Allegations That Permit For Bauxite Mine At St. Ann Was Motivated By Money
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness said last week that money played no part in his government’s issuance of a license to mine bauxite ore at Puerto Bueno Mountain in St. Ann. Critics say mining at the site may well threaten the area that activists say is biologically sensitive. The license, which was granted to Bengal […]
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
