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,...
Sustainability
ASI Certifies AMAG Ranshofen Under Its Chain of Custody Standard Certification
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week the certification of AMAG Austria Metall AG’s plant in Ranshofen, Austria against its ASI Chain of Custody Standard Certification. AMAG’s Ranshofen plant is the third of the company’s operations to be certified by ASI...
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...
Italy’s Raffmetal Achieves ASI Performance Standard Certification
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced on Tuesday the certification of Italy’s Raffmetal S.p.A. under its Performance Standard for responsible...
Events
Jaguar Land Rover Aluminium Recycling Project Could Cut CO2 By 26 Percent
Jaguar Land Rover said last month that a recycling process they developed could cut carbon dioxide emissions by over a quarter. The firm’s REALITY aluminium project is a process developed by the automaker to blend recycled aluminium with primary aluminium to achieve aluminium of a quality matching that of the grade they currently use. The […]
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 use of coffee capsules made from 80 percent recycled aluminium content. Per the firm, the initial run of new aluminium capsules will be used on a variety of single-origin coffee, but it said that it […]
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 […]
Hindalco Inks Agreement To Supply Red Mud To Indian Cement Firm UltraTech
Indian aluminium smelter Hindalco and India’s biggest cement and concrete firm UltraTech Cement Ltd. have entered into an agreement for Hindalco to supply 1.2 million metric tons of red mud to UltraTech’s 14 plants across India. Per the firm, red mud is rich in alumina, silica, and alkali, making it well suited to use in […]
Novelis Partners With Nespresso On Coffee Capsules Made From 80 Percent Recycled Aluminium
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced yesterday a partnership with Swiss coffee company Nestlé Nespresso S.A. to develop and market the first-ever coffee capsule composed of 80 percent recycled aluminium. Per the firms, the new alloy will be used in all of Nespresso’s new coffee capsules. The new alloy meets both the […]
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 ...
