Bell Announces Duo Of New Aluminium Can Plants To Be Built In United States
Colorado’s Ball Corporation says a rise in aluminium packaging has prompted them to build another two specialty beverage aluminium can...
North America
Alcoa Recognized As Aluminium Industry Sustainability Leader By S&P Global
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced earlier this week that it has been named the aluminium industry’s top performer by S&P Global in the just-released Sustainability Yearbook 2020. S&P Global utilizes SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment to determine its yearly rankings, which is...
Airbus Names Constellium Its Best Supply Chain Performer
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. said yesterday it has been awarded the “Best Performer Award” by French...
Noranda Jamaica Shipped 3.8 Million WMT Of Bauxite From St. Ann In 2019
Noranda Bauxite shipped an estimated 3.8 million wet metric tons from its bauxite operation at St. Ann, Jamaica last year,...
Events
Kentucky Aluminium Smelter Firm Braidy In Grip Of Leadership Power Struggle
The company building a US$1.7-billion aluminium mill in Kentucky became embroiled in a leadership battle late last week, as the firm’s CEO went to social media to deny a company statement saying he stepped down. Braidy Industries CEO Craig Bouchard posted on social media on Friday that he did not authorize a press release issued […]
Beer Industry Marks Beer Can Appreciation Day With Call For Aluminium Pricing Transparency
American beer industry trade group The Beer Institute marked Beer Can Appreciation Day last week by calling attention to what it sees as a lack of transparency in the aluminium market. Accompanying the press release was a short video produced by the Beer Institute illustrating the point. Jim McGreevy, President and CEO of the Beer […]
Trump Administration Hikes Import Tariffs On Derivative Aluminium And Steel Imports
Tariffs on some imported aluminium and steel products will rise next month after United States President Donald Trump issued a proclamation alleging that producers from some countries are circumventing existing import tariffs by shipping derivative goods instead of raw metal. On Friday the White House issued the proclamation which boosts the duties on derivative aluminium […]
US, EU, and Japan Aluminium Associations Laud Agreement To Strengthen WTO Rules Against Subsidized Capacity
The Aluminum Association, European Aluminium, and the Japan Aluminium Association released a joint statement yesterday hailing an agreement among their respective governments to cooperate on strengthening World Trade Organization rules on industrial subsidies. Citing an agreement among trade ministers from the three jurisdictions that the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures should be amended […]
Jupiter Aluminum Achieves First Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certification By US-Based Firm
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced earlier this week the certification of Indiana’s aluminium milling firm Jupiter Aluminum Corporation’s facilities in Hammond against ASI’s Performance Certification for responsible aluminium production, sourcing, and stewardship. Jupiter’s ASI certification is the first achieved by a United States-based aluminium firm. The Hammond facilities are the site of Jupiter’s scrap […]
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 ...
