Kaiser Aluminum Joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative As Industrial User
Last week the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative welcomed California semi-fabricated specialty aluminium producer Kaiser Aluminum to the fold as its 166th...
Sustainability
Constellium Joins GHG Emission Reduction Project ACHIEF
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced yesterday its participation in ACHIEF – Innovative high-performance Alloys and Coatings for HIghly EFficient intensive energy processes along with several other European metals firms. Constellation explained that the organization is almost a dozen partner firms...
AMAG Begins Installation Of Massive Photovoltaic System At Aluminium Rolling Mill In Austria
European cast and rolled aluminium supplier AMAG Austria Metall AG announced earlier this week the beginning of a project to...
Seven Novelis Facilities In Europe Achieve ASI Certification For Sustainable Aluminium Production
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) last week announced the certification of seven of Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis’ operations in...
Events
Century Aluminum Publishes Inaugural Sustainability Report
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum yesterday announced the publication of its first-ever annual Sustainability Report, which emphasizes the firm’s commitment to health, safety, and sustainability. Per the firm, the Sustainability Report incorporates information from its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy. Among the highlights of the report include noting that the entirety of the power […]
ELYSIS To Install Commercial-Sized Inert Anode Prototype Cells At Rio Tinto’s Alma Aluminium Smelter
Low-carbon aluminium smelting joint venture ELYSIS will be installing its revolutionary new technology in Rio Tinto’s aluminium smelter at Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, according to an announcement made yesterday by the firm. ELYSIS said in a press release that it plans to install and demonstrate its inert anode technology at the plant, which will be of a […]
ASI Certifies Trio Of Laminazione Sottile Group Rolled Aluminium Plants In Italy
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced the certification of Italian firm Laminazione Sottile Group’s three plants against its Performance Standard for sustainable aluminium production. Laminazione’s three plants are the Laminazione Sottile rolling plant, the Italcoat coil coating plant, and the coating and packing at its IPS – Industrial Packaging Solution plant. Materials made at the […]
Rusal Sets New Low For Carbon Dioxide Output In Primary Aluminium Production
Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal announced earlier this week that it is now producing primary aluminium with the lowest carbon footprint thus far in the entire global metals industry. On Tuesday, Rusal’s parent company En+ Group revealed that the firm is now capable of producing 99-percent pure aluminium with emitting less than 0.01 metric […]
Novelis Pledges To Achieve Carbon Neutrality By 2050
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis announced earlier this week its intention to become a net carbon-neutral company by mid-century and to reduce its carbon footprint by 30 percent over the next five years. The firm said in a press release that it also has plans to become a fully circular business, but it did not […]
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 ...
