EGA’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions 38 Percent Below Industry Average In 2019
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) published its third annual Sustainability Report this week. The report details the firm’s environmental, social,...
News
Altech Announces Breakthrough In Lithium-Ion Battery Production Utilizing High-Purity Alumina
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced yesterday that it is close to developing a variety of high-purity alumina (HPA) that is specifically designed for use in the production of anodes in lithium-ion batteries. Per the firm, one of the greatest problems facing...
Regal Metal To Build Aluminium Recycling And Secondary Plant In Shanxi
The People’s Republic of China’s Regal Metal announced this week that it plans to build an aluminium-recycling plant with a...
Alba Inks MoU With University Of Bahrain On Research Cooperation
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Bahrain (UoB) last week aimed at increasing...
Events
China Hongqiao Begins Production At Hydroelectricity-Powered Aluminium Smelter In Yunnan
China’s aluminium smelting leviathan China Hongqiao Group Ltd. said last week it has begun the initial phase of production at an aluminium smelter in Yunnan that is powered via hydroelectricity. The new aluminium plant is run by Hongqiao affiliate Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group and boasts a nameplate capacity of 2.03 million metric tons, per the […]
Santee Cooper And City Of Goose Creek Meet In Court To Battle Over Century Aluminum
The fight for the life of Century Aluminum’s Goose Creek aluminium smelter continued this week in a courtroom in South Carolina, where attorneys for South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) and the city of Goose Creek squared off over which entity would provide power to the smelter. The controversy at issue involves a fight […]
Gränges To Purchase Remaining Interest In GETEK From Erbslöh For €8.5 Million
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB said yesterday it has agreed to buy the remaining 49-percent interest in aluminium billet producer GETEK GmbH from German firm Erbslöh Aluminium GmbH for €8.5 million (US$10.1 million). Per Gränges, GETEK’s addition to its portfolio will help it grow its market share in the aluminium sector by introducing it […]
Trump Administration Drops Ten-Percent Tariffs On Canadian Aluminium As Threat Of Retaliatory Tariffs Increase
With the threat of retaliatory tariffs from Canada on the horizon, the Trump Administration said yesterday that it would lift the 10-percent tariffs on imported aluminium so long as imports remained at current levels. In response, Canadian officials said that the billions of dollars of retaliatory sanctions would not be imposed, but Ottawa indicated it […]
GFG Optimistic On San Ciprian’s Future, Alcoa Not So Much As Deadline Nears
The GFG Alliance and Alcoa are continuing talks over the fate of their aluminium smelter in San Ciprian, Spain, and an official from GFG remains highly optimistic that a long-term solution for the plant’s viability is within reach. GFG Alliance’s Chief Investment Officer Jay Hambro said in an interview with S & P Global Platts […]
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 ...
