The Jamaican Supreme Court halted mining of St. Ann’s Cockpit Country by Noranda Jamaica and New Day Aluminum (Jamaica) Limited earlier this month, jeopardizing the multi-decade deal the firms struck with the Jamaican government in 2018. The court issued the injunction on...
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) said last week it has certified ALRO’s operations in Slatina, Romania, under its Performance Standard...
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) supplied almost double the amount of waste feedstock to other industries in 2022 as it...
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB announced this week a SEK600 million (US$58 million) investment in increasing its aluminium battery...
A European Union commissioner said this week that European banks should step up to fund aluminium and other metals needed in transitioning to sustainable energy in order to help meet the objectives of the upcoming Green Deal industrial plan. European Commissioner Thierry Breton told a gathering of top financial firms at the Berlaymont hotel in […]
Australian metals miner South32 noted in a quarterly filing that its production of aluminium and other minerals were on par with expectations, but it saw an impact on working capital thanks to an inventory build-up due to shipping delays. The fourth quarter of 2022 had South32 meeting production forecasts of aluminium, coal, and copper while […]
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) said this week that its drilling campaign at Deep Leads and Rubble Mound rare earth elements (REE) discoveries in northern Tasmania due to the high-grade results that the firm has returned in recent test drills. ABx says the mobilization of the RC drill rig site was accomplished a week ago, and […]
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week that Fujian Nanping Aluminium Co., LTD recently became its newest Production and Transformation member. The plant, which was founded in 1958, has operated as “613” Munitions Factory and Nanping Aluminum Plant. With over 100 production lines, Fujian Nanping produces aluminium profile, aluminium processing, and deep processing. It […]
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation released results for the last quarter and full year of 2022 last week. High raw materials and power costs and low alumina and aluminium prices hammered the company, but there were bright spots on the balance sheet. In the fourth quarter, Alcoa generated US$2.7 billion in revenue, down by 7 […]
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 ...
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
