ELYSIS Breaks Ground On Commercial Prototype Of Inert Anode Cells At Quebec Aluminium Plant
Alcoa Corporation and Rio Tinto Group joint venture ELYSIS commenced construction of its first commercial-scale prototype cells utilizing inert anode...
Alcoa
Alcoa To Provide Erbslöh Aluminium With EcoLum Low-Carbon Aluminium
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced a deal with Germany’s Erbslöh Aluminium GmbH to supply its affiliate WKW Extrusion with its low-carbon brand of aluminium. WKW plans to use Alcoa’s EcoLum aluminium in its own line of sustainable semi-fabricated aluminium products. Alcoa’s...
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...
Alcoa Begins Project To Further Reduce Carbon Production In Aluminium Smelting Process
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation said this week that it is beginning a project aimed at cutting the carbon emissions...
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ELYSIS To Install Commercial-Sized Inert Anode Prototype Cells At Rio Tinto’s Alma Aluminium Smelter
Low-carbon aluminium smelting joint venture ELYSIS will be installing its revolutionary new technology in Rio Tinto’s aluminium smelter at Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, according to an announcement made yesterday by the firm. ELYSIS said in a press release that it plans to install and demonstrate its inert anode technology at the plant, which will be of a […]
Alcoa Turns In Strong Numbers Across The Board For The Year’s Opening Quarter
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation released results for the year’s first quarter last week. The firm turned in the best financial quarter in three years through the first three months. In the year’s first quarter Alcoa generated a net income of US$175 million, reversing the prior quarter’s net loss of US$49 million. Adjusted net income […]
Kaiser Aluminum Closes Purchase Of Warrick Rolling Mill From Alcoa
California semi-fabricated specialty aluminium producer Kaiser Aluminum finalized the purchase of Alcoa Corporation’s Warrick plant earlier this week. Kaiser bought the aluminium rolling mill from Alcoa for US$670 million. Though Kaiser purchased the mill, Alcoa retains ownership of the assets at the plant, the power plant on site, and the land upon which it all […]
Alcoa To Provide Low- And Zero-Carbon Aluminium For Audi Electric Vehicle Wheels
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced last week that it has been chose by German automaker Audi AG to supply sustainable aluminium wheels for its e-tron GT electric vehicle. Alcoa said it will be supplying low-carbon aluminium to RONAL Group, who will be using both low-carbon and zero-carbon aluminium products from the smelter. Tim Reyes, […]
Deals With Government, Power Companies Provide Alcoa Australia A Five-Year Respite
Alcoa Australia’s future is secure for another five years after the firm struck deals with electrical providers and the state government that include lower power costs and a A$160 million (US$124 million) aid package. The deals with AGL Energy, Origin Energy, and Alinta Energy were for a term of five years, but details of the […]
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 ...
