ASI Certifies Three Of Jupiter Aluminum’s Scrap Aluminium Remelting Plants Under Chain Of Custody Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week the certification of a trio of plants in the United States operated...
North America
Gränges To Invest US$33 MM To Add Capacity To Huntington Aluminium Rolling Mill
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB announced yesterday an investment of US$33 million at its operations in Huntington, Tennessee to keep up with the growing demand in North America for rolled aluminium. Gränges said in a press release that this is the...
Rio Tinto Inks Agreement To Provide Amaero With Specialty Aluminium-Scandium Alloy For 3D Printing
Anglo-Australian metals titan Rio Tinto Group has agreed to provide additive metal manufacturer Amaero with its first batch of specialty...
Platts To Launch Low-Carbon Aluminium Price Assessments In April
S&P Global Platts said on Friday it would begin a service to provide pricing assessments for low-carbon aluminium next month....
Events
Constellium Meets With US Congressional Delegation To Promote Aluminium Usage In Space Program
Representatives of European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV met with several United States legislators recently to lobby for the aluminium industry and its continued inclusion in the U.S. space program. Among the legislators Constellium’s representatives met with were Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Senator Joe Manchin, Representative Carol Miller, and Representative David McKinley from West Virginia. […]
Ball Corp And Molson Coors Face Aluminium Can Shortages, Continue Seeking New Resources
Two of the world’s biggest aluminium beverage can producers have been forced to find new sources for aluminium over the past year due to the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic downturn, and they expect to continue to scramble to find aluminium resources for years. Ball Corporation CEO John Hayes was quoted in AlCircle as […]
Kaiser Aluminum Reports 22 Percent Decline In Net Sales For 2020
California semi-fabricated specialty aluminium producer Kaiser Aluminum released results for the final quarter and full year of 2020 earlier this week. Despite economic challenges presented by the novel coronavirus, the firm returned solid results largely due to robust demand in automotive, defense, and general engineering sectors. For the full year Kaiser reported a net sales […]
AEC Asks Commerce To “Pause And Reevaluate” Its Decision On New Section 232 Exclusion Process
American aluminium trade group The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) released a statement on Monday calling upon the United States Department of Commerce to “pause and reevaluate” its use of measures to create broad exclusions from the Trump-era Section 232 aluminium tariffs. In the statement, the AEC takes the Commerce Department to task for its adoption […]
Glencore Wins Ruling In Long-Running Federal Antitrust Case
A judge in the United States has limited the scope of an antitrust action against Glencore plc, JPMorgan Chase, and Goldman Sachs. Several aluminium purchasers brought suit against the trio in 2013 alleging that they colluded to fix prices for the metal rather than allow natural market forces to determine it. However, District Judge Paul […]
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 ...
