Glencore Wins Ruling In Long-Running Federal Antitrust Case
A judge in the United States has limited the scope of an antitrust action against Glencore plc, JPMorgan Chase, and...
Business
AEC Asks Commerce To “Pause And Reevaluate” Its Decision On New Section 232 Exclusion Process
American aluminium trade group The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) released a statement on Monday calling upon the United States Department of Commerce to “pause and reevaluate” its use of measures to create broad exclusions from the Trump-era Section 232 aluminium tariffs. In...
Rio Tinto To Close Dutch Anode Plant Aluchemie
Anglo-Australian metals mining giant Rio Tinto Group announced last week its decision to cease operations at Aluchemie, its stand-alone anode...
Aluminum Association Petitions US Commerce Department For Limits On Section 232 Exclusion Requests
Aluminium sector trade group Aluminum Association relayed to the United States Commerce Department its recommendations for adjusting Section 232 tariffs...
Events
Rusal Inks Supply Agreement With Auto Parts Maker Kosei On Low-Carbon Aluminium
Russian Federation aluminium titan UC Rusal announced earlier this week its selection by global wheel and automotive component maker Kosei to be its global supplier of high-quality aluminium alloys. Rusal says it will be selling its proprietary low-carbon aluminium ALLOW to Kosei. ALLOW emits roughly 2.4 metric tons of CO2 per metric ton of metal […]
Gränges’ Finspång Automotive Aluminium Plant Earns Provisional ASI Certification
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) and Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB announced earlier this week that the firm’s Finspång AB plant in Sweden has been provisionally certified against the ASI’s Performance Standard for responsible aluminium production. The plant has been operating for just shy of a century, designing and manufacturing rolled strip and sheet […]
Novelis’ New Aluminium Alloy Up To 40 Percent Lighter Than High-Strength Steel
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis debuted a new automotive aluminium alloy this week that it says is the strongest one it has developed so far. Novelis’ new alloy, the Advanz 7UHS-s701, is formulated for use in safety-critical structural components for passenger vehicles. The firm said components such as the A and B pillar reinforcements and […]
Rusal Purchases Aluminium Rheinfelden Out Of Insolvency Proceedings
Russian Federation aluminium titan UC Rusal last week took title to German aluminium producer Aluminium Rheinfelden GmbH, saving the firm from insolvency. The German firm began insolvency proceedings last fall, and began by laying off a fifth of its 256-strong labor force. Representatives from the two firms signed a purchase agreement last Thursday, but the […]
Brazilian Group Sues Norsk Hydro Over 2018 Alunorte Spill
Tens of thousands of Brazilian residents have joined in a class-action lawsuit against Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA for allegedly being harmed by a wastewater release in the state of Para three years ago. The suit is being brought on behalf of about 11,000 families of the Cainquiama – the Amazon Association of Mixed […]
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 ...
