Emirates Global Aluminium’s STEM Development Program Reached Over 6,000 Students In 2022
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) said this week that its program to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in...
Business
Norsk Hydro Secures US$210 MM Loan To Support Brazil Solar Power Plant
Norway’s aluminium titan Norsk Hydro ASA said this week that its subsidiary Hydro Rein’s joint venture with Atlas Renewable Energy for the development of the Boa Sorte Solar plant secured a loan indexed to the US dollar from Brazil’s development bank Banco...
Indian Trade Body Says End To Bauxite Export Tariff Has Major Benefits
Trade body Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) petitioned the Indian government this week to end the export tax on...
Alba Sets Aluminium Production Record Of 1.6 MM Metric Tons In 2022
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) closed out 2022 on a high note by setting a new primary aluminium production record. In...
Events
Guangdong Aluminium Smelters Send Workers On Spring Festival Holiday Early Due To Tepid Demand
Several aluminium smelters in Guangdong, China are closing down earlier than usual for the Spring Festival holiday this year, while others are revising output goals downward for the current year, as domestic demand for aluminium in recent weeks has been weaker than expected. Although Beijing lifted the strict COVID-19 restrictions that have weighed down manufacturing […]
Rusal Seeks To Grow Low-Carbon Aluminium Sales To China
Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal is mulling increasing its presence in the People’s Republic of China’s low-carbon aluminium market, drawn by increased demand for it in the electric vehicles sector and a friendlier business climate. On Friday, Huang Wenqian, vice president at Rusal Shanghai Economic and Trade Company Limited, was confident that Rusal would […]
Norsk Hydro Invested NOK3 Billion In Green Transition Projects In Last Two Years
Norway’s aluminium titan Norsk Hydro ASA said this week that it has invested NOK3 billion (US$306 million) in five of its aluminium smelters to date, with plans in the coming years to continue such investments. The firm said in the past two years it has made substantial green investments in Karmøy, Husnes, Høyanger, Årdal, and […]
Kaiser Aluminum Releases 2021 Sustainability Report
American aluminium firm Kaiser Aluminum released its 2021 Sustainability Report this week in which it described its environmental, social, and governance programming and development. The report elaborates upon Kaiser Aluminum’s long-term efforts to continue to grow in a responsible manner. Keith A. Harvey, President and Chief Executive Officer, noted in a press release that the […]
Metro Mining Ends Operating Season Early At Bauxite Hills, Still Sets Production Record
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. announced this week that it has chosen to end the mining season early at its Bauxite Hills Mine due to a “significant weather system” currently forming offshore that may endanger safety at the mine and shipping operations. Metro Mining identified a low-pressure system in the Gulf of Carpentaria that is expected […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
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 ...
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 ...
