Rio Tinto Starts Construction On C$240 MM Expansion At Alma Aluminium Smelter
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group announced the beginning of construction of 202 thousand metric tons per annum of low-carbon,...
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Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Aluminij Plant Under Performance Standard V3
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week the certification of Aluminij Industries d.o.o.’s Bosnian operations under the third version of its Performance Standard. The plant, which produces aluminium billet, slab, and small ingot, is the first such certification from a company...
Norsk Hydro To Cut Up To 113k Metric Tons Per Annum In Aluminium Billet At Karmøy And Husnes
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced a partial curtailment in the production of aluminium billet at Hydro Karmøy and...
Rio Tinto Plans US$188 MM Capacity Boost To Alma Aluminium Smelter In Quebec
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group said this week it plans a US$188 million expansion of low-carbon aluminium billet production...
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Vedanta Debuts New High-Speed Aluminium Billet For Extrusion Market
India’s biggest aluminium producer Vedanta Ltd. debuted this week special “high-speed” aluminium billet customized for use in aluminium extrusions in an online event attended by downstream and other value-added aluminium stakeholders. Vedanta said its new line of aluminium billet is capable of increasing the speed of extruding aluminium by 25 percent. The firm utilized several […]
GFG To Double Lochaber Smelter’s Capacity With Addition Of Aluminium Recycling Plant
Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance said last week it is preparing to invest £94 million in the construction of a new aluminium recycling facility in Scotland at its existing aluminium smelter at Lochaber. Local media said the investment would also include a doubling of the aluminium smelter’s nameplate capacity, bringing it to 80 thousand metric tons […]
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 over 70 percent recycled aluminium feedstock. Speedline Aluminium-Gießerei boasts an annual production of […]
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 producer GETEK GmbH from German firm Erbslöh Aluminium GmbH for €8.5 million (US$10.1 million). Per Gränges, GETEK’s addition to its portfolio will help it grow its market share in the aluminium sector by introducing it […]
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 of Wisconsin. Matalco said the plant, which it intends for Wisconsin Falls, will produce 230 million pounds of billet per year, largely utilizing aluminium derived from scrap. The billet produced there will then be marketed […]
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 ...
