Uniprom Ending Aluminium Smelting After 53 Years
Montenegro’s aluminium producer Uniprom announced this week that it will be shuttering aluminium smelting operations after over half a century...
Montenegro’s aluminium producer Uniprom announced this week that it will be shuttering aluminium smelting operations after over half a century...
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA subsidiary Hydro Building Systems and Saint-Gobain Glass have come to an agreement on collaborating...
Norsk Hydro subsidiary Hydro Rein has teamed up with GreenGo Energy on two projects in early-phase solar projects in southern...
Norsk Hydro SA gained the approval of European regulators for its second proposed purchase of Polish recycling firm Alumetal S.A. late last week. The second proposal reached the finish line with the European Commission, paving the way for the merger. The first proposal was offered last spring, but it expired during a phase II merger […]
Bosnian aluminium firm Aluminij has entered US$141.2 million in deals aimed at creating a zero-carbon aluminium product. Today the firm is scheduled to sign a deal with Glencore to build a 60 mW solar power project and aluminium recycling facility. Also planned is the signing of a deal with steel company Duferco on a new […]
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week the certification of Aluminij Industries d.o.o.’s Bosnian operations under the third version of its Performance Standard. The plant, which produces aluminium billet, slab, and small ingot, is the first such certification from a company headquartered in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has an annual production capacity of over […]
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA approached Polish recycler Alumetal S.A. with a tender offer to acquire 100 percent of the company’s shares last week. This second offer comes a year after a previous offer was launched by Hydro for the same purpose. The prior offer expired while under review by the European Commission. Hydro […]
Aluminium smelter Constellium SE announced yesterday a new agreement with French automaker Renault Group to create a closed-loop recycling system for Renault’s all-new Megane E-TECH Electric. Constellium says Renault has already developed a closed-loop recycling system to return aluminium scrap from Renault’s factories to Constellium for recycling. The new system will handle scrap auto body […]
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 ...
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...