Jamaica’s PM Fights Back Against Allegations That Permit For Bauxite Mine At St. Ann Was Motivated By Money
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness said last week that money played no part in his government’s issuance of a license...
North America
Constellium’s Bowling Green Rolled Aluminium Plant Recognized As Environmental Steward By TVA
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. said yesterday its plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has been named an “exemplary environmental steward” by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The plant, which supplies the growing automotive market in North America, boasts a...
Aluminum Association Lauds USITC Decision On Dumping Of Aluminium Foil From Five Countries
The Aluminum Association applauded a move by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) last week to unanimously determine that some...
Novelis May Increase Aluminium Can Sheet Production Should The Demand Arise
Although a shift in production to it is possible, an official from Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis said this week...
Events
Arconic Sees Sales Jump By 19 Percent In Third Quarter
Pittsburgh value-added firm Arconic Corporation released results for the third quarter of 2020 last week. Though numbers were down from last year’s totals, the firm gained ground on the second quarter’s totals. In the year’s third quarter Arconic’s sales totaled US$1.4 billion, an increase of 19 percent on the quarter but off by 22 percent […]
Novelis Records Record Production, Financial Results In July To September Quarter
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 on Monday. Despite a very difficult global market, the firm managed several record financial highs. During the three months ending September 30 the firm reported a net income from continuing operations of US$144 million, which is […]
Safety And Efficiency Upgrades Underway At Rio Tinto’s Vaudreuil Alumina Refinery
Anglo-Australian metals miner Rio Tinto Group said last week that it is planning a US$51-million upgrade to its Vaudreuil alumina refinery’s safety and efficiency. Per the firm, a trio of new buildings are currently under construction that will serve alongside the existing buildings as an area where the plant is centrally controlled. About 400 of […]
Century Aluminum Sustains US$58.2 MM Loss In Third Quarter, But Sees Market Recovery On Horizon
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum released third-quarter results on Thursday. Like all firms, the company felt an impact from the economic struggle caused by COVID-19, but management says both the firm and the market are recovering. Shipments for the third quarter totaled 203,022 metric tons, down by 3 percent on the year from the second […]
Trump Rescinds Section 232 Tariffs On Canadian Aluminium, But Promises Reimposing Them Should Imports Spike
Donald Trump ended the import tariff on aluminium from Canada earlier this week, but he promised to reinstate it should shipments from the dominion spike at some point later this year. Trump’s announcement comes after a new agreement between the two governments that saw the reinstatement of Canada’s exemption to the administration’s Section 232 blanket […]
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 ...
