Rio Tinto To Add US$8.4 Million Remelt Furnace For Reycled Aluminium In Quebec Plant
Anglo-Australian metals titan Rio Tinto Group announced a plan to increase the capacity of the recycling operations at Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec,...
Business
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...
Lindian Gets Guinean Government Go Ahead For Purchase Of 61 Percent Of Woula Bauxite Project
Australian mineral exploration firm Lindian Resources Limited obtained the Guinean government’s sign-off to take title to 61 percent of the...
Aluminij Mostar Inks Aluminium Billet Offtake Agreement With Glencore
Bosnian aluminium smelter Aluminij d.d. Mostar signed a five-year deal this week with British-Swiss firm Glencore plc for the supply...
Events
Norsk Hydro Inks Duo Of Deals For Renewable Energy Plants In Brazil
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA signed a pair of Memorandums of Understanding aimed at establishing renewal energy operations. This month Hydro signed a MoU with Scatec and Equinor contemplating a 480 MW solar power plant in Brazil. The parties would join to develop the plant, with a portion of its output promised to Hydro […]
SPIC Promises Peak Carbon Emissions By 2023
Chinese electricity and aluminium producer State Power Investment Corp (SPIC) said last week it is aiming to achieve peak carbon emissions by 2023, which is well ahead of the country’s deadline in 2030. “Based on preliminary estimates, SPIC will reach the peak carbon emission in China by 2023 and will contribute to global clean energy […]
Alba Inks MoU With Hangzhou Jinjiang On Alumina Feedstock Supply
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced last week the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Chinese aluminium firm Hangzhou Jinjiang Group Co. Ltd (HJJ) to collaborate on supplying Alba’s aluminium smelters with alumina. The memorandum, which was signed in a virtual ceremony last month, establishes an agreement to investigate the possibility of forming a collaboration […]
Five More Rusal Facilities Certified By Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal said yesterday that five of its aluminium smelters achieved certification by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative under its Performance and Chain of Custody standards. The five Rusal aluminium smelters newly certified by the ASI are Boguchansky aluminum smelter (BoAZ), Bratsk aluminum smelter (BrAZ), Krasnoyarsk aluminum smelter (KrAZ), KUBAL (Kubikenborg aluminum […]
Alcoa of Australia and FYI Resources Plan Week-Long Test Of High-Purity Alumina Plant
Australian resource firm FYI Resources Ltd. has entered into a partnership with Alcoa of Australia to run a trial at FYI’s high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Western Australia. FYI said earlier this week that the trial would be a 7-day, 24-hour run of the facility that would test the efficiency of its proprietary refining process. […]
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 ...
