Constellium Shipments Fell By 11 Percent In Third Quarter
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. released results for the third quarter of 2020 yesterday. A drop in...
Europe
Norsk Hydro Partners With Arksen On New Sustainable Exploration And Research Vessel Project
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA announced earlier this week a partnership with British marine adventure company Arksen to produce new sustainable vessel designs featuring low-carbon aluminium. Arksen’s partnership with Hydro will give the firm access to marine-grade rolled and extruded aluminium...
Last-Minute Deal Averts Strike At Rio Tinto’s Straumsvík Aluminium Smelter
Labor narrowly averted a strike at Rio Tinto’s Straumsvík aluminium smelter last week after the five unions and the SA...
Norsk Hydro And Lyse Merge Hydropower Assets Into New Joint Partnership
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA and compatriot industrial group Lyse announced earlier this week the formation of a joint...
Events
GFG Group Plans To Boost Aluminium Production To 1 Million MTPA Via Acquisitions: Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta told an industry gathering on Monday that his GFG Group expects to top 1 million metric tons per annum of aluminum-smelting capacity within the next two years by way of acquisitions. Speaking at the London Metal Exchange (LME) Seminar, Gupta relayed to virtual attendees that this total would be a significant rise above […]
ASI Certifies Alu-Met GmbH’s Speedline Aluminium-Gießerei GmbH Under Sustainable Performance Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced yesterday the certification of Alu-Met GmbH’s Speedline Aluminium-Gießerei GmbH in Schlins, Austria against the ASI Performance Standard for responsible aluminium production. The areas under certification are the plant’s casthouse and remelting operations, where the firm utilizes over 70 percent recycled aluminium feedstock. Speedline Aluminium-Gießerei boasts an annual production of […]
Saxony Government Offers Altech €7.3-Million Grant For High-Purity Alumina Plant In Spreetal
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced yesterday that it has been offered a commitment of €7,380,000 (~A$12.2million) from the government of the German state of Saxony to build a high-purity alumina plant. Per the firm, the HPA plant would be constructed at the Schwarze Pumpe Industrial Park in Spreetal. The grant follows an option to […]
Talks Fall Through Between Alcoa And San Ciprián Labor Union
The formal talks between Alcoa Corporation and the union representing the San Ciprián aluminium smelter labor force over the fate of the plant ended last week lacking an agreement as to the unit’s continued operation. The consultation process ended on September 28, which the parties are mandated by the government to hold prior to a […]
Audi Hungaria To Launch Aluminium Closed Loop Project Next Year
Automaker Audi Hungaria Zrt. announced on Friday the implementation of a project to develop an aluminium closed loop that would begin next year. The firm uses 38 thousand metric tons of aluminium per year in automobile production. Noting the energy-intensive nature of aluminium production, Audi Hungaria attempts to maximize energy efficiency by utilizing a recycling […]
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 ...
