Novelis Refuses to Sign New Aluminium Purchase Contracts with Rusal
Novelis’s top brass said it would continue to honor its contracts in place with Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal, but...
Novelis’s top brass said it would continue to honor its contracts in place with Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal, but...
The war of words over Russian aluminium at London Metal Exchange warehouses continued on Friday, as another trade industry group...
Norsk Hydro ASA appealed to the London Metal Exchange last week to reverse its decision not to ban Russian-source aluminium,...
Trade group European Aluminium is mulling a push for European Union sanctions on imported Russian aluminium without targeting UC Rusal, the country’s preeminent smelter of the metal. According to Reuters, the document dated from this month discussed the potential of European Aluminium “actively calling for EU sanctions on Russian aluminium.” However, the organization noted that […]
Stocks of Indian and Chinese aluminium in London Metal Exchange warehouses plummeted in June due to a rush by traders and consumers to fill the void left by Russian aluminium. The fall off in Russian aluminium stocks in LME warehouses has been profound. In January, Indian-originated aluminium constituted over half of LME aluminium stocks. In […]
Numbers released last week by the International Aluminium Institute showed that alumina production in Europe (including Russia) increased in May over totals from the prior month but fell from production totals from the previous year. IAI said that Europe’s production in the year’s fifth month rose to 560 thousand metric tons, besting the prior month’s […]
Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal announced plans this week for a new alumina refining plant in Leningrad. Rusal will invest ₽400 billion in the project, which involves the construction of four technological lines at the site as well as improved infrastructure on the Baltic port of Ust-Luga. The first phase will include installing 2.4 million […]
Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal approved its Sustainable Development Strategy for 2035 this week. Rusal said the strategy will make sustainable aluminium production more budget friendly by developing a new type of non-ferrous assets. These new assets will leverage solutions that are adaptive, fair, secure, and inclusive that will ultimately lead to carbon neutrality by […]
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2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...