Coca-Cola Will Soon Package Dasani In Aluminium Cans And Bottles
In an effort at increasing usage of recycled materials and reduction of plastic waste, Dasani brand drinking water will soon...
North America
Falling Aluminium Prices May Make Life Difficult For Jamaican Bauxite Operations: PM Paulwell
Jamaica’s Opposition Spokesman on Mining Phillip Paulwell expressed concern late last week that weakening aluminium prices may be the early signs of a global recession, which may imperil the continued operations of Jamaica’s bauxite operations. In comments to a local call-in radio...
Yakazi Develops Stronger, More Conductive Aluminium Wire Using Carbon Nanotubes
Researchers in California say they have developed an alternative for copper wire in automotive applications that is cheaper and lighter...
Aleris Reports Record Adjusted EBITDA Of US$108 Million In Q2
Cleveland rolled aluminium firm Aleris International, Inc. reported results for the second quarter and first half of 2019 yesterday, delivering...
Events
Novelis Shipments Rise By 4 Percent to 830 Kilotonnes In Latest Quarter
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. reported results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 yesterday. Favorable market conditions helped propel the firm to a strong showing in the quarter. For the just-ended quarter Novelis reported net sales of US$2,925 million, down on the year from last year’s first-quarter sales total of […]
Century Beats Revenue Estimates With Q2 Net Loss Of US$16.2 Million
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum released results for the second quarter of 2019 on Thursday. Though shipments and sales fell in the quarter, the firm’s bottom line began to claw back toward the black thanks to a drop in alumina and power prices. The second quarter saw shipments drop by 1 percent, from 206,451 metric […]
Novelis Debuts New 25 Percent Stronger Automotive Aluminium Alloy
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced yesterday the launch of a new aluminium alloy designed specifically for automotive body sheet. The new alloy, christened Advanz 6HS-s650, is a 6xxx-series aluminium alloy that Novelis says surpasses the automotive industry’s standards for strength, lightweighting, formability, performance, and structural integrity. With a reported in-service strength […]
Workers Trickle Back To Aluminerie de Bécancour As 17-Month Lockout Ends
Aluminerie de Bécancour’s (ABI) unionized workforce began making its way back into the plant on Friday, marking the end of one of Quebec’s longest lockouts. United Steelworkers members are returning to the plant thanks to a vote earlier this month to accept what Alcoa characterized as a final offer. The plant’s 900-strong union workers voted […]
Kaiser Aluminum Again Beat Market Estimates In 2019’s Second Quarter
Kaiser Aluminum released financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2019 on Wednesday, besting consensus estimates for the third time in the past four quarters. The second quarter’s net sales totaled US$375 million, down on the year from last year’s second-quarter total of US$415 million. Kaiser chalks up the shortfall to an […]
Zhongwang Fake Semis Prosecution May Slam The Door On Key Routes For U.S. Import Duty Avoidance
The global aluminium market has been watching the trials and travails of Chinese behemoth Zhongwang with intense interest for the past few weeks after the company and its founder Liu Zhongtian were brought up on criminal charges by the United States federal ...
Aluminium Prices Under Double Pressure: Trade Wars and Chinese Exports
Base metals prices tumbled to their lowest in several weeks at the start of August, after U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Dirty Metal – China’s Troublesome Tether Between Coal And Aluminium
The year 2019 has been a red-letter year for the aluminium sector in the People’s Republic of China. Despite trade ...
Is Rio Tinto’s ISAL smelter a bargain or a smart investment?
At least three companies (including Swiss commodity trader Glencore and German Trimet Aluminium) have expressed interest in buying Rio Tinto’s ...
