Alcoa To Restart Alumar Aluminium Refinery In Brazil After Six Year Shutdown
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced this week the reopening of its Alumar aluminium smelter in São Luís, Brazil. The...
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Alcoa Pledges To Achieve Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2050
American aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced this week its intention to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions along the entirety of its operations by 2050. The firm said that the push to neutralize both direct and indirect GHG emissions dovetails with its overall...
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...
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...
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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 […]
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 generated in the alumina smelting process. Per the firm, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has given a grant of A$11.3 million (US$8.8 million) to affiliate Alcoa of Australia to explore the usage of a […]
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 […]
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 ...
