Nespresso Canada Introduces Coffee Capsules With 80 Percent Recycled Aluminium
Swiss coffee company Nestlé Nespresso S.A.’s division Nespresso Canada announced on Wednesday a pair of new recycling initiatives, including the...
News
Fourth Quarter Aluminium Premiums Rise For First Time In Five Quarters To US$88 Per MT
Hints of a recovery in demand for aluminium in Japan came in the form of a rise in contracts for fourth-quarter premiums, as a quartet of anonymous sources told Reuters that buyers have already agreed to pay US$88 per metric ton above...
Ball Completes US$80-Million Buyout Of Tubex Aluminium Aerosol Plant In Brazil
Colorado’s Ball Corporation announced on Monday the completion of its acquisition of Tubex Industria E Comercio de Embalagens Ltda. in...
Zhongwang Limiting Aluminium Operations In Europe Due To COVID-19 Market Effects, Ongoing Anti-Dumping Investigations
A pair of sources alleging knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday that China Zhongwang Group is drawing down...
Events
Constellium Alabama Plant Recognized As Top Manufacturer Of 2020 By State Government
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V.’s aluminium rolling facility in Muscle Shoals, Alabama was recognized as the state’s Large Manufacturer of the Year for 2020. The firm noted that the award, which is given by the Business Council of Alabama and the Alabama Technology Network, was instituted to recognize manufacturers in the state […]
Chalco’s First-Half Aluminium Production Falls Behind Rusal To 1.86 MMT
Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco) struggled in the opening half of 2020, as profits fell by 95 percent and its aluminium production fell behind its Russian rival Rusal during the year’s first six months. For the first half of 2020, Chalco smelted 1.86 million metric tons of primary aluminium, off by 30 thousand metric […]
EGA Shipped Over 6.1 Million DMT Of Bauxite Ore From Guinea Over Past Year
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) celebrated the year that has passed since the maiden bauxite export left from the facilities of its wholly-owned subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation. Since the beginning of production at the site, the subsidiary has exported more than 6.1 million dry metric tons of bauxite ore to buyers around the globe. At […]
Dunkerque Aluminium Smelter Achieves ASI Certification
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) said Wednesday that ALVANCE Aluminium Dunkerque achieved certification to its Performance Standard. Currently Europe’s largest aluminium smelter, the Dunkerque plant produces more than 284 thousand metric tons each year. The plant, which employs almost 600 workers, specializes in aluminium slab and ingot that are used to produce value-added products for […]
Gränges Announces Layoff Of 75 Employees At Finspång Plant
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB said on Wednesday that it is negotiating with the labor union at its facilities over a corporate reorganization that will see the culling of 75 positions in Finspång. Per the firm, the move is being done in an effort at strengthening Gränges Europe’s offerings and to shore up its […]
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 ...
