Alro And Azeraluminium Ink Memo Of Understanding
Romanian aluminium smelter Alro S.A. signed a memorandum of understanding this week with Azerbaijan state-owned firm Azeraluminium to cooperate on...
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Alro Opens US$11MM Addition To Aluminium Recycling Facility In Romania
Romanian aluminium smelter Alro S.A. commissioned a US$11 million addition to its Eco Recycling Facility in Slatina this week. The new equipment includes a pair of double-chamber furnaces, a holding furnace, and a dedicated fume collection and treatment plant. Alro opened the...
ALRO Achieves First Certification Under Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s Third Version Of Performance Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) said last week it has certified ALRO’s operations in Slatina, Romania, under its Performance Standard...
Alro Slatina Plans New Natural Gas Power Plant At Isalnita Site
Romanian aluminium company Alro SA (Alro Slatina) announced last week a new deal with Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CEO) to invest...
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Alro Slatina Marks 16th Anniversary With Opening Of New High-Tech Aluminium Extrusion Capacity
Romanian aluminium company Alro SA (Alro Slatina) said this week that its downstream extrusion operation Vimetco Extrusion recently brought online its new €10 million technologically advanced automated extrusion line at its plant in Romania. The new aluminium extrusion line will add 11 thousand metric tons per annum more of production capacity for value-added and high […]
Romania’s Sole Alumina Producer To Suspend Production Due To High Energy Prices
Romanian aluminium company Alro SA (Alro Slatina) said that its alumina plant Alum Tulcea will be closing in a month due to a substantial rise in electricity and natural gas that has made the plant unprofitable. Domestic media said earlier this week that, of the 700 employed at the plant, only about 260 would still […]
Vimetco Debuts €10 MM Automatic Aluminium Extrusion Line
Romanian aluminium company Alro SA (Alro Slatina) said this week that its downstream subsidiary Vimetco Extrusion has produced the first extruded aluminium from its new €10 million automatic aluminium extrusion line in Slatina. The new 7” press extrusion line is the site’s third aluminium extrusion line. Vimetco says the new line is part of the […]
Alro Working Towards Planned Return To Full Aluminium Production In 2023
Romanian aluminium company Alro SA (Alro Slatina) assured investors this week that it continues to search for ways to resume electrolytic aluminium production at last year’s levels, with an eye at restarting at similar levels next year. Alro said in a press release that it is planning to begin this year with production at two […]
Alro Slatina’s Labor Force Rallies Against Aluminium Production Capacity Closure
The labor force at Romania’s Alro Slatina aluminium smelter rallied yesterday to protest against the plant’s management and their decision to operate at less than half capacity in the face of high energy prices. Representatives from the plant’s trade unions told local media that the high energy prices are the result of vested interests and […]
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 ...
