Titagarh Firema Becomes First Indian Aluminium-Bodied Train Coach Manufacturer
The first Indian firm has jumped into the aluminium-bodied train coaches with the entrance last week of Kolkata’s Titagarh Firema...
Business
Novelis Partners With Nespresso On Coffee Capsules Made From 80 Percent Recycled Aluminium
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced yesterday a partnership with Swiss coffee company Nestlé Nespresso S.A. to develop and market the first-ever coffee capsule composed of 80 percent recycled aluminium. Per the firms, the new alloy will be used...
European Commission Launches Anti-Dumping Investigation Into Chinese Flat-Rolled Aluminium
The European Union announced last week the commencement of an anti-dumping investigation on imports from Chinese producers of flat-rolled aluminium...
Liberty House In Talks With Alcoa Over San Ciprián Aluminium Smelter
Per the Spanish government, Liberty House is a front-runner to buy Alcoa’s San Ciprián smelter, noting that the two firms...
Events
Lower Sales Volumes Punish Rusal’s Bottom Line In 2020’s First Half
Russian Federation aluminium titan UC Rusal released financial and production results for the first half of 2020 yesterday. Though production was steady, lower prices and lower sales volumes conspired to dent financial numbers in the period. For the opening half of 2020, Rusal smelted 1,867 thousand metric tons of primary aluminium, level on the year […]
Strong Performances Leading Into The Quarter Help Novelis Weather Coronavirus Economy
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. reported results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 yesterday. Though financial numbers were down in the quarter, a sustained strong performance leading into the quarter helped limit the damage from a pandemic-stricken market. For the just-ended quarter Novelis reported a net loss of US$61 million, […]
Rusal To Host Competition For Design Of Krasnoyarsk Central Park
Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal announced yesterday an international competition to design a concept for a central park in Krasnoyarsk as part of a larger project to refurbish the open spaces of the cities in which they operate. Rusal’s competition will hand out a total of over US$81,600 in prize money to the top […]
Talks Continue On Fate Of NZAS Tiwai Smelter, Though Opinions Differ Regarding Progress
Though negotiations are ongoing, the parties involved in talks to save New Zealand Aluminium’s (NZAS) plant at Tiwai have decidedly different opinions regarding the state of those talks. Per a report released last week, Forsyth Barr relayed the news that Rio Tinto, who is the smelter’s majority owner, will be issuing a decision as to […]
Aluminum Association Of Canada Condemns New Round Of U.S. Tariffs
The Aluminium Association of Canada (AAC) expressed its disappointment with the Trump Administration’s decision last week to levy a new set of tariffs on aluminium and steel imported from Canada. Jean Simard , President and CEO of the Aluminium Association of Canada, challenged the Trump Administration’s contention that the move was done in response to […]
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 ...
