Norsk Hydro Plans US$15 MM Expansion To Aluminium Remelting Plant In NW Kentucky
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced a planned US$15 million expansion of its aluminium remelting facility in Henderson, Kentucky...
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Norsk Hydro And Porsche Partner On Carbon Reduction Solutions
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA and German automaker Porsche AG have entered into an agreement to collaborate on developing new materials and systems aimed at reducing the automaker’s carbon footprint. The agreement has two main parts: first, Porshe has contracted with...
Novelis Partners With Sortera Alloys And Breakthrough Energy Ventures On AI Aluminium Scrap Sorting Technology
Fort Wayne, Indiana’s industrial scrap metal sorting and recycling firm Sortera Alloys, Inc. announced late last week US$10 million in...
Novelis Plans New Automotive Aluminium Recycling Plant For SW Kentucky
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis announced plans yesterday to build a $365 million automotive recycling center outside of Clarksville, Tennessee....
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Evtec Takes On GFG Alliance Subsidiary Liberty Aluminium Technologies Upon Jaguar Land Rover’s Urging
GFG Alliance sold off two aluminium parts factories last week and will be closing a third after Jaguar Land Rover asked a third party to step in and secure its aluminium parts supply from those plants. Coventry, England’s Evtec has agreed to taking on those sites after JLR’s invitation to do the same. It will […]
Trio Of Constellium Automotive Aluminium Plants Awarded ASI Certification
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced yesterday the certification of its operations in Gottmadingen, Dahenfeld, and Singen, Germany against the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Chain of Custody Standards. The three plants supply advanced aluminium parts to the European automotive market. The Gottmadingen and Dahenfeld operations produce aluminium structural components, while the Singen plant produces […]
Constellium And Novelis Form Organization To Promote Automotive Aluminium
Value-added aluminium firms Constellium N.V. and Novelis announced yesterday their partnership to form a non-profit organization to promote and improve aluminium auto body sheet called Alumobility. According to the firms, this new organization will act as a facilitator for automotive aluminium makers to share technological innovation and market strategies. Alumobility’s ultimate goal is to help […]
Jaguar Land Rover Aluminium Recycling Project Could Cut CO2 By 26 Percent
Jaguar Land Rover said last month that a recycling process they developed could cut carbon dioxide emissions by over a quarter. The firm’s REALITY aluminium project is a process developed by the automaker to blend recycled aluminium with primary aluminium to achieve aluminium of a quality matching that of the grade they currently use. The […]
EGA To Increase Premium Aluminium Sales To BMW
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced earlier this week its plans to substantially increase its supply to German automaker BMW for use in engine production. According to the firm, the agreement to supply premium aluminium to BMW, which began in 2013, has been extended through 2022 and will require a significant increase in supply. Neither […]
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 ...
