Cornell Researchers Develop Aluminium Anode Battery Capable Of 10,000 Error-Free Charging Cycles
Researchers at Cornell University in New York have developed a new method for incorporating aluminium in zinc-anode batteries that will...
Market Selection
GM Testing Out New Tech For Aluminium-Based EV Batteries
American automaker General Motors Co said last week that it is testing out a variety of new technologies to cut costs of electric vehicles, including increasing the use of aluminium and aluminium alloys. While speaking to an investor conference on Wednesday, GM...
Alba Achieves ISO Certification For Its Business Continuity Planning
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced this week that it has been certified by the International Organization for Standardization under the...
Metso Outotec Completes Sale Of Aluminium Business To REEL International
Finnish mining operations and technology firm Metso Outotec announced the completion of the sale of its aluminium business to French...
Events
Novelis Pledges To Achieve Carbon Neutrality By 2050
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis announced earlier this week its intention to become a net carbon-neutral company by mid-century and to reduce its carbon footprint by 30 percent over the next five years. The firm said in a press release that it also has plans to become a fully circular business, but it did not […]
Gupta Assures Market That Closures Of Aluminium And Steel Plants Will Not Happen On His Watch
Despite ever more ominous news coming from one of its biggest financial partners, GFG Alliance head man Sanjeev Gupta promised this week that plant closures would not occur “under [his] watch.” According to financial industry reporting on Thursday, the administrator handling Greensill Capital’s insolvency case has been unable to verify invoices showing loans to Gupta […]
Canyon Expects To Submit Environmental Report To Cameroon Government Next Month
Australian minerals miner Canyon Resources Limited announced last week that the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for its operations at Mining Martap Bauxite Project, which will bring it one step closer to beginning production at the site. Canyon submitted an application to mine the site to the Cameroon Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and […]
USITC Determines Imports Of Common Aluminium Alloy Sheet From 16 Countries Harmed American Producers
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) announced last week its determination that imports of common aluminium alloy sheet from over a dozen countries have materially harmed the domestic industry, leading to new barriers for imports from those countries in the near future. The USITC’s investigation found that imports of common aluminium alloy sheet from […]
AMAG Inks Closed-Loop Aluminium Partnership With Audi Hungaria
European cast and rolled aluminium supplier AMAG Austria Metall AG announced this week a partnership with AUDI Hungaria Zrt to develop an aluminium closed-loop system between its factories. Per the press release, waste aluminium generated at Audi’s plant in Györ will be delivered to AMAG’s plant in Ranshofen for recycling back into its primary aluminium […]
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 ...
