Novelis Inks Aerospace Aluminium R&D Partnership With Airbus
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. last week entered into a Cooperation Research Agreement with European aerospace firm Airbus Group...
Sustainability
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Three North American Novelis Plants
Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative certified a trio of Novelis’s North American aluminium plants under its ASI Performance Standard V2 (2017) last week. ASI said in a press release that Novelis production facilities in Georgia, Kentucky, and Ohio join eleven of the...
Rio Tinto and Ford To Collaborate On Stronger Supply Of Low-Carbon Aluminium And Other Sustainable Materials
Anglo-Australian metals titan Rio Tinto Group and American automaker Ford Motor Company have partnered to work together on developing more...
EGA Wins Green Industry Label From Abu Dhabi Government For Al Taweelah Aluminium Smelter
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced this week the reception of an honorary “Green Industries” label from Environment Agency –...
Events
Norsk Hydro Releases New Green And Sustainability Linked Financing Framework
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA published its new guidelines for green and sustainability-linked financing earlier this week as part of the firm’s wider commitment to sustainability. Per the firm, the new guidelines align with the International Capital Market Association’s green bond principles and sustainability linked bond principles and the Loan Market Association’s green loan […]
Novelis Debuts 100% Recycled Aluminium Alloy For Cosmetic Packaging
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. said this week it will soon be offering a new 100-percent recycled aluminium alloy specially designed for cosmetic packaging. The new aluminium alloy is part of its evercycle line of products and is capable of meeting cosmetic companies’ anodized quality requirements. Developed in conjunction with Anomatic, evercycle aluminium alloy […]
Emirates Global Aluminium Partners With “K” Line On Decarbonization
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line Group) announced this week a collaboration to work towards methods of decarbonizing bulk cargo shipping. The two firms say they will research developing and implementing new marine technologies for EGA’s bulk cargo shipping routes that reduce the production and emission of carbon. Avenues for […]
Novelis Partners With Sortera Alloys And Breakthrough Energy Ventures On AI Aluminium Scrap Sorting Technology
Fort Wayne, Indiana’s industrial scrap metal sorting and recycling firm Sortera Alloys, Inc. announced late last week US$10 million in funding from Novelis and Breakthrough Energy Ventures to develop new methods for sorting automotive aluminium alloys for end-of-life recycling. Sortera utilizes artificial intelligence to sort mixed aluminium alloy scrap into individual alloys, allowing for quicker […]
Norsk Hydro To Partner With Equinor And Scatec On US$430 MM Solar Power Project In Brazil
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA’s subsidiary Hydro Rein is partnering with renewable energy firms Equinor and Scatec to build a solar power project that will provide power to the world’s biggest alumina refinery in Brazil. Hydro has signed a 20-year agreement with the companies that will have them cooperate in building the 531-megawatt plant […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
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 ...
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 ...
