Gränges To Purchase Remaining Interest In GETEK From Erbslöh For €8.5 Million
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB said yesterday it has agreed to buy the remaining 49-percent interest in aluminium billet...
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ASI Certifies Alu-Met GmbH’s Speedline Aluminium-Gießerei GmbH Under Sustainable Performance Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced yesterday the certification of Alu-Met GmbH’s Speedline Aluminium-Gießerei GmbH in Schlins, Austria against the ASI Performance Standard for responsible aluminium production. The areas under certification are the plant’s casthouse and remelting operations, where the firm utilizes...
Canadian Aluminium Recycler Matalco To Build US$80 Million Plant In Central Wisconsin
Canadian aluminium manufacturer Matalco Inc. announced late last week that it intends to build a US$80-million plant in the heart...
Matalco to Increase Remelted Aluminium Billet Output at Lordstown Plant by More Than Double
Ontario’s Matalco Inc. is on pace to double its output of remelted aluminium billet at its new plant in Lordstown,...
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EGA Places Order for Seventh Aluminium Billet Furnace from Austria’s Hertwich
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has ordered an additional batch homogenizing furnace from Austrian aluminium equipment manufacturer Hertwich Engineering. The order, placed late last month, is for a furnace to be utilized in the heat treatment of billets and is expected to go into operation later this year. The furnace in question, which is the seventh […]
Shawinigan Aluminium Receives Loan from Canadian Government
The government of Canada is extending a loan to Quebec’s Shawinigan Aluminium in order to upgrade its facilities. The aluminium billet maker is the recipient of a C$700,000 (US$536,460.13) repayable contribution from Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED), and was granted under CED’s Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP). The funds are to be used […]
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 ...
