China Hongqiao To Release Carbon-Reduction Goals By Year’s End
The largest private-sector aluminium producer said last week that it plans to publish its targets for cutting carbon emissions along...
Business
Norsk Hydro Plans Expansion Of Its On-Site Aluminium Recycling Program
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced last week its plans to expand a program of directly recycling aluminium from its plants, which it hopes will further reduce its low carbon footprint and increase production by allowing for use of post-consumer aluminium...
Deals With Government, Power Companies Provide Alcoa Australia A Five-Year Respite
Alcoa Australia’s future is secure for another five years after the firm struck deals with electrical providers and the state...
Gränges Cut Carbon Emissions By 8 Percent In 2020
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB relayed the sustainability achievements it accomplished last year yesterday, including significantly reducing its total...
Events
Constellium Cuts Overall Waste Production By One Third Through 2020
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV released the 2020 Business and Sustainability Report earlier this week. The report details Constellium’s progress on several different goals, including sustainability and climate neutrality, which it hopes to achieve by mid-century. Among other accomplishments, Constellium reported a significant drop in safety incidents, with recordable cases falling from 3.31 in […]
EGA’s Al Taweela Refinery Produces Near-Capacity 1.92 MMT Of Alumina In 2020
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) reported financial and operating results for the full year of 2020 earlier this week. Despite the global market struggling under the effects of coronavirus, the firm’s numbers were generally strong for the year. For the full year, EGA reported an adjusted EBITDA of US$1.13 billion, up by 63 percent on […]
Altech Achieves “Breakthrough” In Successful Coating Of Silicon With Alumina
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced earlier this week the successful application of alumina nano particles on silicon particles using proprietary technology developed for use on anodes in lithium-ion batteries. The firm points out that this follows an announcement late last year that it had been successful in coating graphite particles with a similar layer […]
GFG Alliance Seeking Payment Pause For Debt Payments To Troubled Backer Greensill
In response to concerns raised by an insolvency filing by one of its financial backers, GFG Alliance leader Sanjay Gupta said his firm is in discussions with its administrators regarding an agreement to pause payments to the troubled firm. On Friday, Gupta relayed internally that it was seeking a standstill agreement from Greensill Capital’s administrators, […]
ASI Certifies Three Of Jupiter Aluminum’s Scrap Aluminium Remelting Plants Under Chain Of Custody Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week the certification of a trio of plants in the United States operated by Jupiter Alumium against its Chain of Custody standard. Two of the plants certified by the ASI last week are located in Indiana, and the third is in West Virginia. All three plants collect scrap […]
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 ...
