Alcoa Cuts One-Third Of Aluminium Production At Lista Smelter Due To Power Costs
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced the curtailment of a third of aluminium production at its Lista smelter in Norway...
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ASI Certifies Alcoa’s Poços de Caldas Aluminium Operations
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week the certification of Alcoa Corporation’s Poços de Caldas operations in Brazil, bringing Alcoa’s overall number of certified sites to 17. The plant, which began operating in 1965, includes a bauxite mine, alumina refinery, and...
Alcoa Deschambault Aluminium Smelter To Add New US$8 MM Casting Facilities
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation said last week that it is soon to break ground on new aluminium casting facilities...
Magnesium Supply Cut Prompts Kaiser To Declare Force Majeure At Warrick Aluminium Rolling Mill
American aluminium smelter Kaiser Aluminum Corporation declared force majeure at its Warrick Rolling Mill in Indiana on Thursday due to...
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Alcoa Corporation Shutters Potline At Warrick Aluminium Smelter Due To “Operational Challenges”
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced this weekend that it will be shuttering one of the three aluminium smelting lines at its Warrick, Indiana plant due to what it calls “operational challenges.” The firm said in a press release that it expects to have had the line completely closed down by the end of the […]
Alcoa Plans US$51 MM In Capacity Upgrade At Mosjøen Aluminium Smelter
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced this week a plan to invest US$51 million at its Mosjøen aluminium smelter in Norway that will boost production capacity at the plant by 14 thousand metric tons per annum. Alcoa says the improvements to boost capacity at the plant, which currently has a nameplate capacity of 200 thousand […]
Alcoa Inks Deal With Hellenic Cables To Supply Low-Carbon Aluminium
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced last week an agreement to supply its proprietary low-carbon aluminium to European cable producer Hellenic Cables S.A. Alcoa has agreed to supply Hellenic Cables, which is a subsidiary of Cenergy Holdings, with its low-carbon EcoLum aluminium as an alternative to copper, which has superior conductivity, mechanical properties, and durability. […]
Alcoa Inks Long-Term Wind Power Contract For San Ciprián Aluminium Smelter
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced last week the signing of a new power contract with independent renewable energy provider Greenalia to provide its San Ciprián aluminium smelter with sustainable power upon its planned restart in 2024. Alcoa’s contract with Greenalia will run through 2033 and provide the aluminium smelter with up to 183 MW […]
Alcoa Completes New Aluminium Recycling Furnace At Mosjøen Plant
Aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced this week the completion of a new aluminium recycling furnace at its plant in Mosjøen, Norway that utilizes power derived from renewable resources. Alcoa says this is the firm’s largest investment in recycling infrastructure to date. The new aluminium recycling furnace, which is a collaboration between Alcoa and German metals […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
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 ...
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 ...
