Rusal Debuts New Low-Carbon Product Utilizing Scrap Aluminium
Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal announced this week that it has begun using end-of-life scrap aluminium for the production...
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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...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Stemin S.p.A.’s Scrap Recycling Program For Sustainable Production
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) this week certified Italian scrap aluminium recycling and remelting firm Stemin S.p.A. under its Performance...
Rio Tinto Plans US$29 MM Addition Of Scrap Aluminium Recycling Facility At Arvida Plant In Quebec
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group announced this week a US$29 million capex to build a new aluminium recycling plant...
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Norsk Hydro To Add New Aluminium Scrap Recycling Capacity To Eastern Pennsylvania Plant
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week yet another capex project, this one a NOK500 million (US$51 million) expansion of its aluminium recycling plant in Cressona, Pennsylvania. Per the firm, the 50 thousand metric ton per annum expansion of the plant is expected to be completed towards the end of 2024. The new […]
Exports Of Aluminium Scrap From US Drops In Q1 While Imports From Canada, Mexico Rise
Import and export data released last week shows a general decline in exports of aluminium scrap from United States firms in this year’s first quarter, while exporters in Mexico and Canada generally increased during that same time period. Per data just released by the United States Geologic Survey (USGS), Canadian sources exported 151 thousand metric […]
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Pair Of OETINGER Scrap Recycling Plants
Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced the provisional certification of OETINGER Aluminium’s Weißenhorn and Neu-Ulm plants in Germany against its Performance Standard for sustainable aluminium production. Based in Germany, OETINGER Aluminium recycles scrap and remelts it into liquid and solid aluminium alloys used in casting houses for products sold to automotive makers, mechanical engineering firms, […]
AMAG Inks Closed-Loop Aluminium Partnership With Audi Hungaria
European cast and rolled aluminium supplier AMAG Austria Metall AG announced this week a partnership with AUDI Hungaria Zrt to develop an aluminium closed-loop system between its factories. Per the press release, waste aluminium generated at Audi’s plant in Györ will be delivered to AMAG’s plant in Ranshofen for recycling back into its primary aluminium […]
ASI Certifies Three Of Jupiter Aluminum’s Scrap Aluminium Remelting Plants Under Chain Of Custody Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week the certification of a trio of plants in the United States operated by Jupiter Alumium against its Chain of Custody standard. Two of the plants certified by the ASI last week are located in Indiana, and the third is in West Virginia. All three plants collect scrap […]
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 ...
