Sustainability

Vedanta Aluminium Looking For Partnerships With Cement Producers On Low-Carbon Cement

Vedanta Aluminium Looking For Partnerships With Cement Producers On Low-Carbon Cement

Indian aluminium producer Vedanta Aluminium is searching for partnerships from cement producers to put to use its waste product to produce low-carbon cement. Vedanta commented its interest in utilizing fly ash and bauxite residue in a conference hosted by industry experts. Vedanta...

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Events

Alucoat Conversión Joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative As Production And Transformation Member

Alucoat Conversión Joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative As Production And Transformation Member

Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative welcomed Spain’s Aliberico Group subsidiary Alucoat Conversión, S.A. into the fold as a Production and Transformation member this week. Alucoat Conversión’s admission to the ASI boosts the organization’s total membership to 176. Based in Jaén, Spain, Alucoat Conversión specializes in lacquering aluminium coil of a thickness between 20 and 500 […]

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Norsk Hydro Teams Up With Eolus To Purchase Wind Power Project

Norsk Hydro Teams Up With Eolus To Purchase Wind Power Project

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA’s dedicated renewables company Hydro REIN and Sweden’s wind power firm Eolus signed an agreement last week to purchase Enercon GmbH’s Stor-Skälsjön wind power project. Financial terms of the deal were not revealed. Hydro REIN will hold a 49-percent share, while Eolus would hold 51 percent of the project, which […]

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Alcoa Planning Conversion To Steam-Generated Power At Australian Alumina Refineries

Alcoa Planning Conversion To Steam-Generated Power At Australian Alumina Refineries

American aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation said this week that it is preparing a “step change” in the production of alumina that would eliminate 70 percent of the emissions generated in the process by adapting renewable energy as a power source. Alcoa’s Australia subsidiary said Thursday that energy-intense exports from Down Under would be most harmed […]

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Alba Hosts Virtual ESG Week Focusing On Environmental Stewardship

Alba Hosts Virtual ESG Week Focusing On Environmental Stewardship

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) launched a campaign this week to promote and enhance its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters. The campaign is in conjunction with the Gulf Aluminium Council’s (GAC) ESG Week. The initiative, dubbed “Achieving the Balance,” was launched on Sunday and will be conducted virtually through Thursday. It will highlight Alba’s sustainability […]

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