Brazilian Environmental Agency Approves Use Of New Bauxite Residue Deposit Area At Alunorte
Norsk Hydro ASA is one step closer to resuming full production at the Alunorte alumina refinery after receiving authorization by...
Latin America
Novelis Plans US$175 Million Expansion To Brazilian Aluminium Production And Recycling Operations
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced yesterday a plan to invest US$175 million to expand the production and recycling capabilities of its Pindamonhangaba plant in Brazil. Per the firm’s press release, planned upgrades include bumping up rolled aluminium capacity...
Pará Government Grants Norsk Hydro Permission To Resume 50-Percent Production At Alunorte
Just days after the Brazilian federal government gave Norsk Hydro the go-ahead to resume alumina production at the Alunorte refinery,...
Hydro Granted Federal Permission To Operate Pump At Alunorte Disposal Pond, Averting Plant’s Closure
Mere days after Norsk Hydro’s announcement of the closure of its Alunorte alumina refinery, the Brazilian federal government granted the...
Events
Can Venezuela’s primary aluminium industry survive?
Primary aluminium production has been a crucial part of Venezuela’s economy since the creation of the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG) in 1960. Alcasa was established in 1967 and Interalumina in 1977. After the commissioning of the 47,000 GWh Guri dam, Venalum started operations, while in 1979, the Bauxiven mine and Cabelum began to produce […]
Norsk Hydro To Close Alunorte Alumina Refinery
The global alumina landscape is likely facing radical changes in the very near future after Norsk Hydro ASA announced the full closure of the world’s biggest alumina refinery in Brazil on Wednesday. The company says the decision to fully curtail operations at Alunorte was prompted by the fact that the bauxite residue deposit area 1 […]
Norsk Hydro And Brazilian Government Ink Agreements Over Resumption Of Full Production At Alunorte Alumina Refinery
Norsk Hydro has reached an agreement with the relevant Brazilian state and federal government bodies to resume production at the world’s biggest alumina refinery. Hydro announced that the plan to ramp back up operations at Alunorte in the state of Pará, which consists of two documents, was executed on Wednesday. The twin agreements consist of […]
Brazil Continues Talks for Permanent Exemption to Trump Aluminium Tariff
Brazilian president Michel Temer said earlier this week that talks with representatives of the United States government regarding exemptions for his country’s aluminium and steel producers are currently underway. Temer noted to local press on Tuesday that the two countries had strong economic incentives to find an agreement, pointing out the US$51 billion in bilateral […]
Trump Aluminium Trade Hurdles Could Have Serious Ramifications for Jamaican Alumina, Foreign Minister Warns
Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith cautioned citizens of the island nation that its thriving alumina export sector may well have been struck a mortal blow by the Trump administration’s aluminium tariffs. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Johnson Smith said that the Trump aluminium tariffs and the resulting […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
