Jaguar Land Rover Launches New Aluminium Recycling Initiative
British multinational automaker Jaguar Land Rover Limited announced the next step in its aluminium closed-loop program will be a new...
Europe
Norsk Hydro Announces NOK150 Million Investment In Advanced Automotive Aluminium Production Equipment At Husnes Plant
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced yesterday the planned upgrade of equipment at Hydro Husnes that will allow it to offer advanced aluminium products to automotive manufacturing customers. Hydro says the NOK150 million (US$17.6 million) investment will consist largely of the...
Nespresso Calls Upon Competitors To Join In Aluminium Coffee Capsule Recycling Plan
Swiss coffee company Nestlé Nespresso S.A. called upon its competitors in the portioned-coffee market to team up with it in...
SIG’s Aseptic Aluminium Cartons Certified By ASI
Swiss food and beverage packaging firm SIG Combibloc Group AG announced last week that it has become the world’s first...
Events
Gränges Boosts Financial Flexibility With New Credit Facility Agreements
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB said yesterday that it has refinanced a 2016 credit agreement it negotiated for the purchase of American subsidiary Gränges Americas Inc. Gränges indicates that the new credit facility is a revolving facility of SEK2,000 million and a term of 3 years with an option to extend for another 2 […]
Constellium Inks Deal To Provide Specialty Aluminium For New Blue Origin Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. revealed yesterday the signing of a multi-year contract with American aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin to provide specialty aluminium for the production of the firm’s launch vehicles. Constellium says this new agreement is but the latest in a long collaboration between the two firms. The aluminium manufacturer has […]
Power Outage Idles 45 Pots At Norsk Hydro’s Karmøy Plant As Recovery From Cyber Attack Continues
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA is recovering from a power outage that resulted in the several pots at its Karmøy plant. Hydro said on Monday that the outage affected one of the site’s two potlines. The line, which boasts a nameplate capacity of 195 thousand metric tons per annum, saw 45 of its 288 […]
Rusal Signs Agreement with Tiocomposite To Develop Specialty Concrete Using Red Mud
Russian Federation aluminium major U.C. Rusal announced yesterday the signing of a memorandum with state-run technology firm Tiocomposite to commence testing of the production of sulfur polymer concrete utilizing waste product generated in the refining of alumina. The deal announced yesterday represents an agreement in principle, as Rusal says the particulars are to be fleshed […]
Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products Earns ASI’s Performance Standard Certification
Norwegian aluminium firm Norsk Hydro ASA subsidiary Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH has become the most recent firm to be certified against the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI)’s Performance Standard for environmental, social, and governance performance. The ASI made the announcement on its website yesterday, noting the firm is the 20th recipient of the organization’s certification […]
Aluminium Industry Riding To Higher Demand In Electric Vehicles
This is an exciting time indeed for aluminium consumption, with demand for this highly versatile metal continuing to rise to dizzying heights with every new estimate. Among the brighter stars in the consumption constellation continues to be that of electric vehicles. As ...
Leaders Emerge In The Aluminium Industry’s Race To Zero Carbon
One of the aluminium industry’s major goals continues to be the production of metal in a manner that emits the ...
Aluminium Market Update: Why Are Aluminium Prices Lagging Behind Other Base Metals?
Base metals prices have recovered significantly since January’s lows after news that the US and China are inching closer to ...
The Venezuela Blackout Spells Doom for its Aluminium Industry
After Venezuela’s energy supply failed on March 8th, the directors of the CVG together with the presidents of each company ...
