U.S. Trade Tension With China Prompts Rio Tinto To Shift Aluminium Exports To Europe: CEO Jacques
Anglo-Australian metals titan Rio Tinto Group says the trade troubles between the United States and the People’s Republic of China...
Europe
EGA Becomes First Mideast Firm To Gain ASI Certification
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced on Wednesday the successful certification of Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) against the ASI Performance Standard, making it the first Middle-Eastern firm to receive such certification. ASI certified EGA’s Al Taweelah plant, which boasts a nameplate...
ASI Certifies Norsk Hydro Extrusion Plants In Germany And Belgium
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week the certification of Norwegian aluminium firm Norsk Hydro ASA subsidiary Hydro Aluminium...
Shake-Up In Norsk Hydro’s Executive Management As Aasheim Assumes Company’s Top Office
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced several changes in its executive team earlier this week following Hilde Merete Aasheim’s...
Events
Research and Investment Hail Changing Tides for Montenegro’s KAP
On April 25, Montenegro’s Uniprom D.O.O. (owners of Kombinat Aluminijuma Podgorica, KAP) started construction works on a €15 million aluminium billets production plant with a planned capacity of 70,000 tonnes per year. Uniprom promised production to start by end of 2019. The company also plans to open in the coming months an €11 million plant […]
Final Month Of U.S. Sanctions Weigh Down Rusal’s Q1 Results
Russian Federation aluminium giant U.C. Rusal reported first-quarter financial and production results yesterday. Though production and sales remained relatively steady in the quarter, financial numbers struggled due to a drop in prices at the LME and the tail end of sanctions placed upon it by the United States government. In the first quarter Rusal smelted […]
Uniprom Begins Construction On €15 Million Aluminium Billet Factory In Montenegro
Montenegrin firm Uniprom Group’s subsidiary Uniprom D.O.O. (KAP) broke ground last week on its new €15-million aluminium billet factory. The factory, which is expected to commence production by the end of the year, is the second such project undertaken by the firm in recent months. This project will join with a new silumin factory to […]
Constellium Posts 11 Percent Jump In First-Quarter Revenues
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. announced results for the first quarter on Wednesday, showing improvements on both the production and financial fronts during the year’s opening quarter. In the first quarter Constellium shipped 413 thousand metric tons of product, up by 6 percent on the year. Packaging and Automotive Rolled Product led […]
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 installation of Low Pressure Casting (LPC) equipment that will produce improved aluminium material […]
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 and industry experts from all over the world to hear and exchange information on latest developments related to base metals and their ...
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 ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
