Alba’s Profit Jumped By Over 800 Percent To US$138.8 MM In The First Quarter
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced financial results for the first quarter of 2021 this week. The firm got help with...
News
Australian Bauxite Ltd.’s Bauxite Project In Northern Tasmania Yields More Neodymium
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) relayed results earlier this week of a recent exploration of its DL130 bauxite project in Northern Tasmania. Per the firm, sampling at the site has shown a strong presence of the super-magnet rare earth element neodymium (Nd). The...
Aluminium Capacity Destination Yunnan’s Governor Under Investigation On Corruption Charges
Authorities in the People’s Republic of China are investigating the governor of a province that is quickly becoming the country’s...
EGA Brings Online Over Two Dozen New Reduction Cells At Al-Taweelah Aluminium Smelter
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week the start-up of the first section of an expansion to its aluminium...
Events
Alunorte Becomes World’s First Alumina Refinery Certified Under ISO 55001
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week that its alumina refinery in Brazil has become the world’s first to achieve ISO 55001 certification, bringing its total certifications for safety and responsible production to seven. Additionally, Alunorte Alumina Norte Brasil S.A. will also be listed among ISO’s Technical Committee Members, which is another first. […]
Kaiser Aluminum Returning To Pre-Pandemic Business With Q1’s Total Shipments Of 137 MM Pounds
California semi-fabricated specialty aluminium producer Kaiser Aluminum announced results for the first quarter of the year yesterday. Totals were generally ahead of the fourth quarter but down from last year’s first quarter as the firm sees a return to pre-COVID-19 trends. In the first quarter Kaiser shipped 137 million pounds of product, besting last quarter’s […]
Constellium Reports 7 Percent Drop In Revenue For Q1
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV released financial and production results for the year’s first quarter this week. The first quarter saw Constellium ship 2 percent less product on the year, down to 385 thousand metric tons. Shipments fell in the quarter thanks in part to a fall in shipments to its automotive and transportation […]
Norsk Hydro’s Bauxite Production Jumps By 9 Percent In The First Quarter
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA released results for the first quarter of 2021 this week. Strong extruded aluminium demand and a better overall price for primary aluminium helped buoy the period’s numbers. Revenue in the first quarter came to NOK31,951 million, up by 12 percent on the quarter and 1 percent on the year. […]
Rusal Begins Mining 14 MMT Bauxite Quarry In NW Russia
Russian Federation aluminium titan UC Rusal announced this week the commencement of operations at its new open pit bauxite mine in northwest Russia. In a press release Rusal said the mine at Vezhayu-Vorykvinskoye in the Komi Republic. The mine has an estimated reserve of bauxite ore of 14 million metric tons. Also known as pit […]
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 ...
