Workers Trickle Back To Aluminerie de Bécancour As 17-Month Lockout Ends
Aluminerie de Bécancour’s (ABI) unionized workforce began making its way back into the plant on Friday, marking the end of...
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation and the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced on Tuesday the certification of three of Alcoa’s plants, one each in the company’s three business units. Brazil’s Juruti bauxite mine and Alumar alumina refinery, along with the San Ciprián...
Aluminerie de Bécancour’s (ABI) unionized workforce began making its way back into the plant on Friday, marking the end of...
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation reported results for the second quarter of 2019 yesterday. Weaker alumina and aluminium prices teamed...
Yesterday Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced that it has come to an agreement with Swiss private equity firm PARTER...
A months-long lockout and curtailment at Aluminerie de Bécancour Inc. (ABI) in Quebec is over after a vote on Tuesday by locked-out laborers to accept a new contract offer from Alcoa Corporation. Members of the local chapter of United Steelworkers voted in favor of the six-year contract, which Alcoa characterized as the final offer they’d […]
Last week’s “final offer” from Alcoa Corporation to the striking workers at Aluminerie de Bécancour Inc. will be put to a vote on Tuesday when the labor union meets to consider the offer that morning. Officials from United Steelworkers Local 9700 made the announcement on Thursday, the day after Alcoa delivered the offer to the […]
Alcoa Corporation tendered what it describes as its final offer to striking employees at Aluminerie de Bécancour Inc. (ABI) smelter in Québec, Canada on Wednesday in hopes of bringing an 18-month dispute with hourly employees at the plant to an end. The company did not delve into specifics of the offer it tendered to United […]
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced yesterday the amendment of its joint venture with Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden), which will have the firm transfer its interest in a portion of the aluminium complex to Ma’aden along with a cash payment of US$100 million. Per the amended agreement, Alcoa will transfer to Ma’aden its 25.1-percent […]
Third-quarter premiums for Japanese aluminium shipments will rise by 3 percent to US$108 per metric ton thanks to a fall-off in supply that overrode apprehension over a possible drop in regional demand. The rise in premiums is the second consecutive rise, following an increase to US$105 per metric ton in April. Sources who spoke to […]
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