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...
Sustainability
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...
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...
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...
Events
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, […]
Century Aluminum Debuts New Line Of Low-Carbon Aluminium
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum Company announced yesterday the launch of a new low-carbon aluminium made with energy soley derived from renewable sources. According to the firm, Natur-Al is produced in a process that releases just one-fourth of the CO2 of the industry standard. Natur-Al produces only 4 metric tons of CO2 per metric ton […]
BMW Implements Aluminium Scrap Recycling Program At Plant In Dingolfing
German automaker BMW AG said last week its press shop in Dingolfing is the company’s first-ever site to separate out and recycle aluminium sheet waste generated by the plant. The plant, which is BMW’s largest, required a €6.5 million retrofit to accomplish the goal of fully recycling the entirety of its scrap aluminium waste, but […]
Alcoa Recognized As Aluminium Industry Sustainability Leader By S&P Global
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced earlier this week that it has been named the aluminium industry’s top performer by S&P Global in the just-released Sustainability Yearbook 2020. S&P Global utilizes SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment to determine its yearly rankings, which is a metric used by other such indices, including Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). […]
World’s Largest Aluminium Rolling Plant Achieves Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certification
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced three new certifications for Novelis plants in Germany earlier this week, as its Ohle operations are now certified under ASI’s Performance standard, while Ohle and Alunorf are now certified to ASI’s Chain of Custody guidelines. Per the firm, the Ohle plant is dedicated to the production of aluminium foil […]
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 ...
