GFG Group Plans To Boost Aluminium Production To 1 Million MTPA Via Acquisitions: Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta told an industry gathering on Monday that his GFG Group expects to top 1 million metric tons per...
News
Century Aluminum Issues Notice Of Impending Closure Of Mt. Holly Smelter To Plant’s Labor Force
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum issued a notice to its employees at the Mt. Holly aluminium smelter that it intends to shut down production at the plant if a suitable power arrangement is not obtained to replace the contract it has with...
China’s Primary Aluminium Production Jumps By 7.9 Percent In September
The People’s Republic of China saw a 7.9-percent rise on the year of primary aluminium last month, reaching a total...
Rio Tinto And Lafarge Canada Develop Cement Ingredient From Spent Potlining
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group, construction firm Lafarge Canada, and its subsidiary Geocycle Canada have created a marketable product...
Events
Alba Extends Pact With Arabian Gulf University On Employee Training And Education
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) said earlier this week that it has extended its partnership with Arabian Gulf University (AGU) to promote higher education. The Memorandum of Understanding between the two parties continues a multi-year agreement aimed at developing EGA’s human talent via higher education, specially-tailored training programs, and research on business management. Alba’s CEO Ali […]
Even More Aluminium Smelting Capacity To Spring Up In Yunnan In 2021: Antaike
Estimates show the People’s Republic of China adding another 3 million metric tons to its aluminium smelting capacity in 2021, housing half of it in Yunnan Province, the quickly-growing hotspot for new capacity. China Nonferrous Metals Industry’s statistical subsidiary Antaike said earlier this week that the province of Yunnan would see another 1.88 million metric […]
State Judge Strikes Down Century Aluminum’s Power Agreement With City Of Goose Creek
Century Aluminum’s quest to rid itself of the agreement to buy power from only the South Carolina Public Service Company (Santee Cooper) was dealt a serious setback earlier this week when a state judge found that an agreement it had with the city of Goose Creek was illegal. On Monday, Circuit Judge Roger Young handed […]
ASI Certifies Alu-Met GmbH’s Speedline Aluminium-Gießerei GmbH Under Sustainable Performance Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced yesterday the certification of Alu-Met GmbH’s Speedline Aluminium-Gießerei GmbH in Schlins, Austria against the ASI Performance Standard for responsible aluminium production. The areas under certification are the plant’s casthouse and remelting operations, where the firm utilizes over 70 percent recycled aluminium feedstock. Speedline Aluminium-Gießerei boasts an annual production of […]
Saxony Government Offers Altech €7.3-Million Grant For High-Purity Alumina Plant In Spreetal
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced yesterday that it has been offered a commitment of €7,380,000 (~A$12.2million) from the government of the German state of Saxony to build a high-purity alumina plant. Per the firm, the HPA plant would be constructed at the Schwarze Pumpe Industrial Park in Spreetal. The grant follows an option to […]
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 ...
