Constellium Reiterates Commitment To Sustainable Aluminium At White House Roundtable
American aluminium smelter Constellium was one of a select group of industrial companies and labor organizations to meet with senior-level...
North America
The Aluminum Association Backs Biden Administration’s US$6 Billion Investment In Decarbonization
American industry organization The Aluminum Association voiced its strong support of US president Joe Biden’s plan to invest US$6 billion to speed decarbonization efforts in industries with substantial energy use. Charles Johnson, president and CEO of the Aluminum Association, said in a...
Century Aluminum Applauds Biden Administration’s New Tariffs On Russian Aluminium
American primary aluminium producer Century Aluminum’s top executive came out in support of the Biden administration’s decision to apply a...
Biden Administration Imposes Additional 200 Percent Tariff On Russian Aluminium
The United States government has taken the long-expected step of imposing a hefty tariff on primary aluminium and derivative products...
Events
Kaiser Aluminum Sells US$3.4 Billion Of Semi-Fabricated Aluminium In 2022
American semi-fabricated aluminium maker Kaiser Aluminum reported results for the final quarter and full year of 2022 this week. In the final quarter of 2022, Kaiser Aluminum had net sales totaling US$776 million with conversion revenue of US$356 million, due in part to a 9 percent drop in shipped product and a 6 percent jump […]
Rio Tinto To Supply BMW With Proprietary Zero-Carbon Aluminium
Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto Group has agreed to supply German automaker BMW AG with low-carbon aluminium this week. Rio Tinto will be supplying BMW’s production plant in South Carolina with ELYSIS carbon-free primary aluminium from Canada under the agreement. Rio Tinto’s carbon-free aluminium is produced using a process in which no carbon is emitted. Rather, ELYSIS […]
Novelis Struggles In Latest Quarter Due To Drop In Demand From Aluminium Beverage Packaging Sector
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. reported results for the third quarter and first nine months of the 2023 fiscal year this week. Results were down for the quarter due in large part to lower shipment totals and lower demand in the beverage packaging segment. In the third quarter of the 2023 fiscal year Novelis […]
Jamaican Supreme Court Halts Noranda Bauxite Mining In St. Ann’s Cockpit Country
The Jamaican Supreme Court halted mining of St. Ann’s Cockpit Country by Noranda Jamaica and New Day Aluminum (Jamaica) Limited earlier this month, jeopardizing the multi-decade deal the firms struck with the Jamaican government in 2018. The court issued the injunction on January 17, halting bauxite mining operations at the Special Mining Lease (SML) 173 […]
Alcoa Generates US$12.5 Billion In Revenue In 2022
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation released results for the last quarter and full year of 2022 last week. High raw materials and power costs and low alumina and aluminium prices hammered the company, but there were bright spots on the balance sheet. In the fourth quarter, Alcoa generated US$2.7 billion in revenue, down by 7 […]
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 ...
