Ball Corp Partners With Blue Ocean To Provide Aluminium Cups To Walmart and Sam’s Club
Colorado’s Ball Corporation announced on Monday a partnership with top omnichannel solutions provider Blue Ocean Innovative Solutions to introduce its...
Sustainability
Constellium Plans 25 Percent Cut In Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2025
Yesterday Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. released its sustainability report for the previous year, noting goals met and standards set by the firm toward increased sustainability in 2019 and beyond. Constellium’s 2019 Business and Sustainability Report details several milestones...
Pair Of Eurofoil Plants Certified Against ASI Performance Standard And Chain Of Custody Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced yesterday the certification of two of Eurofoil’s plants against the organization’s Performance Standard and...
Rusal Debuts Pilot Program To Produce Aluminium Smelting Pots With Inert Anodes
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal said yesterday it has begun testing operations for a pilot program dedicated to producing...
Events
LME To Debut Trading Platform For Low-Carbon Aluminium In Coming Months
The London Metal Exchange announced late last week its plans to establishing a trading platform that will offer low-carbon aluminium warrants to traders seeking a source of primary aluminium derived principally from hydroelectricity or other renewable resources. “Our plans include…working with the market to investigate a standalone spot trading platform for the exchange of aluminium […]
Rusal Plans US$190 Million Refit To Sayanogorsk Electrode Production Equipment
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth U. C. Rusal said yesterday it plans to invest about US$190 million to modernize electrode production at the Sayanogorsk smelter over the next three years. Per the firm, the move has two main benefits. Firstly, the improvements will make the anodes run more economically, boosting their energy efficiency indicators. Control of […]
Alba Supports Biodiversity At Citra Plant Via New Fish Farm
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced yesterday the opening of a fish farm at its plant in Citra as part of the firm’s ongoing commitment to improving the area’s ecological system. The project, which was done in conjunction with the Bahrain National Guard Consumer Association, consists of a pair of fish farming cages submerged adjacent to […]
Rusal’s US$1.085-Billion Sustainability-Linked Finance Deal Named Year’s Best By TXF
Russian Federation aluminium titan U. C. Rusal’s US$1.085-billion sustainability-linked finance deal was adjudged the “Russian commodities finance deal of the year” by the TXF in its “Perfect 10 Deals of the Year” of 2020 earlier this week. The award is the product of a strict voting process choosing from among a large database of export […]
ASI’s Certification Of Alcoa Plants On Four Continents Opens Door To Offering Of Certified Sustainable Aluminium
Alcoa and the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced earlier this week the certification of almost a dozen of the pioneering aluminium firm’s operations throughout the world against the ASI’s standards, paving the way for Alcoa to offer ASI-certified aluminium to its customers. The certifications cover 11 plants on four continents, including operations in Australia, Brazil, […]
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 ...
