Opening Of Henan Shenhuo Smelter In Yunnan Delayed Due To Adverse Weather
The opening of a new aluminium smelter in Yunnan province has been postponed by Henan Shenhuo Group due to adverse...
Business
Kobelco Opens Expansion At Kentucky Extruded Aluminium Automotive Parts Plant
Kobe Steel, Ltd’s U.S. subsidiary Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc. (KPEX) inaugurated a new aluminium extrusions plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Wednesday. The plant, which is one of two operated by Kobelco in Bowling Green, manufactures and sells aluminium extrusions...
Altech Receives State Invitation To Locate Next High-Purity Alumina Plant In Saxony
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. said yesterday it has been invited by the government of the German state of Saxony...
CANPACK Plans Aluminium Beverage Can Plant For Western Czech Republic
Polish metal packaging firm CANPACK Group announced earlier this week an expansion into the Czech Republic of its operations that...
Events
Alba Information System Certified To ISO 27001:2013
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. announced last week the certification of its information management apparatus to the ISO 27001:2013 Information Security Management System standard. Alba says the certification demonstrates the firm’s Information Security Management System (ISMS) is equipped with a systematic and ongoing approach to handling potential security risks that may be confronted by its information systems. […]
EGA Releases Second Annual Sustainability Report
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) released its second-annual Sustainability Report earlier this week, detailing the progress the firm made towards its sustainability targets in 2018. In the report, EGA notes its work in conjunction with the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative over the last calendar year. EGA join the ASI in 2017, becoming the first Middle Eastern […]
Unplanned Outages Drop China’s Aluminium Production By 0.5 Percent In August
Unplanned aluminum production outages at two of the country’s main smelters helped drop the People’s Republic of China’s total production by 0.5 percent on the month in August according to numbers released yesterday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Per Beijing’s numbers, China’s aluminium smelters combined to produce 2.97 million metric tons of primary […]
Vedanta’s Jharusguda Plant Has Its Sights Set On Captive Bauxite And Coal Resources: Incoming CEO Singh
In order to remain among the world’s cheapest producer of aluminium, Vedanta Ltd. is working toward having its own captive bauxite and coal mines. Such was the message conveyed by the Jharusguda plant’s incoming Chief Executive Officer Chhavi Nath Singh to domestic media late last week. “We are still importing 40% of our bauxite requirement […]
Noranda Workers Seek Clarity From Jamaica’s Opposition Party Regarding Bauxite Mining Operations In Cockpit Country
Workers at Noranda’s operations in Jamaica sought clarity from Opposition Leader Peter Phillips on Friday regarding the People’s National Party’s (PNP) stance on continuing protests against Noranda’s operations in Cockpit Country. Per local media, Phillips was confronted by Noranda workers during a tour of the firm’s St. Ann operations. Noranda workers peppered him with questions […]
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 old tradition, a one-day field trip for conference delegates was organized to the Aluminium of Greece (AoG) plant, some 180 km from ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
Electric Vehicles (EVs): outlook for sales and aluminium demand
After last year’s electric vehicles (EVs) sales increase of 72% year/year, to 2.02 million, this year’s growth is expected to ...
Are Things Finally Looking Up For The Aluminium Market?
Base metals prices recovered sharply in the first half of September, after a seasonal slump in August, as investors and ...
