Norsk Hydro Lucé Aluminium Recycling Plant Obtains First Certification For Production Of CIRCAL
Norway’s aluminium titan Norsk Hydro ASA announced earlier this week that its plant in Lucé, France has become the first...
Business
Gränges Enters Into Two New Sustainability-Linked Credit Facility Agreements
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB announced this week that it has entered into two new credit facility agreements, both of which are linked to sustainability goals. One new credit agreement is for SEK3,500 million and a tenor of three years. The...
Indonesian Government Confirms Plans To Ban Bauxite Exports In June
The Indonesian government confirmed this week that it intends to go forward with a planned ban on the export of...
EGA To Supply Kobe Steel With CelestiAL Solar Aluminium For Nissan’s Auto Body Sheet
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced an agreement with Kobe Steel to supply low-carbon CelestiAL solar aluminium for use in...
Events
Rusal Sets Climate Goals for 2032 and 2050
Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal announced this week the passage of new climate goals for the coming years and decades through the middle of this century. Rusal’s board of directors approved the new Climate Strategy at its latest meeting in Krasnoyarsk. The company’s new climate strategy is based on two scenarios, namely the basic scenario […]
Aldi Becomes First Supermarket Chain To Participate In UK Aluminium Coffee Pod Recycling Program
UK supermarket chain Aldi announced this week that it will become the first supermarket to participate in the Podback aluminium coffee pod recycling program. Aldi will deploy its own-label pods into the Podback program, which is a first for the industry. The grocer will also promote the aluminium coffee pod recycling program to its customers […]
Aluminium Imports Into China Fall In November As Smelters Increase Production
Imports of aluminium into the People’s Republic of China fell by 35.7 percent on the year in November, while its domestic aluminium output rose by 9.4 percent from last year’s November total. November saw 255,744 metric tons of aluminium arrive on China’s shores according to newly-released data from the General Administration of Customs, better by […]
Norsk Hydro Teams Up With Mercedes-Benz On Low-Carbon Technology Roadmap
Norway’s aluminium titan Norsk Hydro ASA has been chosen by Mercedes-Benz to collaborate on a common low-carbon technology roadmap beginning next year and running through the end of this decade. Hydro said the two firms will work on a joint-technology roadmap to develop aluminium solutions for the automotive sector that will have a CO2 footprint […]
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Real Alloy Facilities In Michigan And Ohio
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced this week the certification of American aluminium scrap recycler Real Alloy’s facilities in Michigan and Ohio under its ASI Performance Standard V2 (2017) and Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard V1 (2017) Certifications. The ASI certified Real Alloy’s aluminium scrap recycling at its Coldwater South plant, and for the production […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
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 ...
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 ...
