Brazilian Group Sues Norsk Hydro Over 2018 Alunorte Spill
Tens of thousands of Brazilian residents have joined in a class-action lawsuit against Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA for...
News
Rusal Purchases Aluminium Rheinfelden Out Of Insolvency Proceedings
Russian Federation aluminium titan UC Rusal last week took title to German aluminium producer Aluminium Rheinfelden GmbH, saving the firm from insolvency. The German firm began insolvency proceedings last fall, and began by laying off a fifth of its 256-strong labor force....
Alba’s Bottom Line Jumps By 81 Percent In 2020 To US$25.9 MM
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) released results for the final quarter and full year of 2020 last week. Financial numbers were...
FYI And Alcoa Of Australia Report Better Than Expected High-Purity Alumina Results
Australian resource firm FYI Resources Ltd. and Alcoa of Australia disclosed results of their ongoing collaboration to produce high-purity alumina...
Events
Trio Of Constellium Automotive Aluminium Plants Awarded ASI Certification
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced yesterday the certification of its operations in Gottmadingen, Dahenfeld, and Singen, Germany against the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Chain of Custody Standards. The three plants supply advanced aluminium parts to the European automotive market. The Gottmadingen and Dahenfeld operations produce aluminium structural components, while the Singen plant produces […]
Rusal Recognized For Fight Against COVID-19 In Guinea
Earlier this week the corporate representative of Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal in Guinea received the Guinea Best Company Award in recognition of its contribution to fighting the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The award has been given yearly since 2010 by COPE-Guinée (Coordination of Guinean non-governmental organizations for the promotion of excellence) to […]
ABx Test Results At Binjour And Fingal Show Easily Soluble Rare Earth Elements
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) reported on 15 months of testing earlier this week to determine the prevalence of rare earth elements (REE) in its various bauxite mining projects. Per the firm, clays at its Binjour project contained soluble REE, and other such soluble REE was identified in other areas under its control in Eastern Australia. […]
Constellium Plans Increase Of Aluminium Recycling Capacity By 60k Metric Tons Per Annum In Europe
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced last week a new project to increase its aluminium recycling capacity on the continent by 60 thousand metric tons per annum, bumping its aluminium recycling capacity that is already the highest in Europe. Constellium did not reveal a cost for the project, but it does expect to have […]
Beverage Can Maker Crown Holdings Planning Aluminium Can Plant In Virginia
Consumer packaging firm Crown Holdings, Inc. announced last week its plans to construct an aluminium beverage can manufacturing plant in south-central Virginia. The 355,000-ft2 plant will be the third greenfield beverage can plant Crown has established on the continent in five years. The firm did not specify a price tag for the plant, which will […]
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 ...
