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...
Business
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 carbon emissions and an increase in adoption of renewable energy. Gränges said on Thursday that 2020 saw the company cut total carbon...
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...
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...
Events
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 […]
Extruded Aluminium Buoys Norsk Hydro Financial Results In 2020
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA released its annual report on Friday. Despite the challenges to the global economy and the worldwide aluminium market, the firm reported strong results even in the face of coronavirus’s impact. For the year 2020 Hydro reported income of NOK138,118 million, down from the prior year’s income of NOK149,766 million. […]
Vimetco To Invest €10 MM In New Automated Aluminium Extrusion Line Built By Presezzi
Romanian aluminium producer ALRO S.A.’s downstream subsidiary Vimetco Extrusion said Tuesday that it will soon begin a €10 million program to increase high- and very-high value-added aluminium products by installing new machinery produced by Italy’s Presezzi Extrusion spa. The investment in question will consist of a new automated 7” extrusion line capable of extruding profiles […]
Rio Tinto Inks Agreement To Provide Amaero With Specialty Aluminium-Scandium Alloy For 3D Printing
Anglo-Australian metals titan Rio Tinto Group has agreed to provide additive metal manufacturer Amaero with its first batch of specialty aluminium-scandium alloy, which it will source from its operations in Canada. Rio Tinto said on Wednesday that it will supply billets of the high-performance aluminium-scandium alloy from its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) metals […]
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 ...
