Rusal Wins Innovation Award For Dry Cleaning Gas System
Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal announced last week its receipt of a national award for its dry cleaning gas...
Business
Norsk Hydro Announces Successful Test Of Energy Saving Aluminium Smelting Tech
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA announced last week the successful verification of its new proprietary energy-saving primary aluminium technology at Technology Pilot at Karmøy, Norway. Per the firm, HAL4e is capable of producing primary aluminium using up to 15 percent less...
Production At ERG’s Kazakhstan Aluminium Smelter Rose By 6 Percent In 2020
Eurasian Resources Group said this week that it greatly increased production of aluminium this year, as its Kazakhstan Aluminium Smelter...
EGA Inks Agreement With INALUM For Technical Assistance On Upgrades To North Sumatra Aluminium Smelter
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced on Tuesday an agreement with PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (INALUM) to supply technological assistance as...
Events
Alba’s Line 6 Expansion Project Named Best Of The Year By MEED Projects Awards
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) was named the GCC Industrial Project of the Year by the MEED Projects Awards earlier this week for its Line 6 Expansion Project. The MEED Project Awards are handed out to firms that demonstrate excellence in the Gulf region across several sectors, judging them on criteria including project delivery and operations, […]
Baowu Constructing US$1.07 Billion Aluminium Alloy Plant In Henan
The biggest steel producer in the People’s Republic of China has begun a project in Henan to produce aluminium alloy commercially. Baowu Steel Group said on Sunday that the project began in February 2019. It will represent an investment of US$1.07 billion, and the first phase will yield a plant with a yearly production of […]
Spanish Court Halts Curtailment Of San Ciprián Aluminium Smelter
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation halted plans to curtail its smelter in San Ciprián, Spain last week after a local court handed down a decision affecting the process for laying off the workforce there. The High Court of Justice of Galicia issued the decision last Thursday in a suit brought by the local workforce after […]
Vimetco Joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative As Its 150th Member
Last week the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative welcomed Vimetco Extrusion as a new Industrial User, raising its total membership worldwide to 150. Vimetco is Romania’s vertically-integrated aluminium extrusion firm. Founded in 2006, the firm operates a pair of extrusion presses and employs over 200 individuals. Its primary products are 6xxx aluminium alloys. “In Vimetco Extrusion we […]
Hyundai Names Rusal Its Long-Term Supplier Of Sustainable Aluminium
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth UC Rusal announced last week that it has been chosen as Hyundai Sungwoo Holdings Co, Ltd.’s preferred long-term supplier of sustainable primary aluminium and aluminium alloys. Through Hyundai Sungwoo, Rusal will be supplying Hyundai Motors Group, which produces the Hyundai and Kia automotive brands. Rusal notes the market share Hyundai commands […]
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 ...
