Power Restored To Paragominas And Alunorte After Tower Collapse
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA said late last week that power has been restored to Mineração Paragominas, allowing production...
Alunorte
Hydro Halts Production At Paragominas Bauxite Mine For Pipeline Repairs
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA said yesterday it has halted the flow of bauxite ore through the pipeline out of Mineração Paragominas to the Alumina do Norte do Brasil refinery for an extended period of maintenance. The move has resulted in...
Power Cut To Alunorte Alumina Refinery Prompts Sharp Reduction In Output
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA said yesterday that operations at Paragominas bauxite mine and Alunorte alumina refinery have been...
Hydro’s Fourth Quarter Results Sag Thanks To Sluggish Demand And Anemic Metals Markets
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA released results for the final quarter of 2019 on Friday. Falling demand and weak...
Events
Production Resumes At World’s Biggest Alumina Refinery In Brazil: Norsk Hydro
Norwegian aluminium giant Norsk Hydro ASA said on Saturday that power has been restored to Mineração Paragominas S.A. (Paragominas bauxite mine), allowing a return to normal production levels at Alumina do Norte do Brasil S.A. (Alunorte alumina refinery). Return to production at Paragominas came ten days after power was cut to the mine. Hydro confirmed […]
Power Outage Leads To Production Stoppage At Paragominas, Reduction At Alunorte
Norwegian aluminium giant Norsk Hydro ASA announced on Thursday a power outage in Brazil affecting the firm’s bauxite mine and alumina refinery in the state of Pará. According to Hydro’s press release, a transmission tower toppled on Wednesday, cutting power to Mineração Paragominas S.A. Though no injuries were reported, the mishap has temporarily halted production […]
Brazilian Court Lifts Second Of Two Embargoes At Alunorte
Brazil’s federal court lifted the final embargo on the waste disposal unit at Alumina do Norte do Brasil S.A. (Alunorte) on Thursday, drawing to a close the 19-month production curtailment at the site and paving the way for the world’s most prolific alumina refinery to resume full production. Thursday’s action to remove the criminal suit’s […]
Norsk Hydro Announces Company-Wide Restructuring
Norwegian aluminium giant Norsk Hydro ASA said yesterday it will soon implement a plan to increase returns and cash flow via a wide-ranging effort at improving and restructuring its business areas, all while emphasizing sustainability in its business practices. The plan, which will be unveiled at Hydro’s Investor Day 2019, will outline Hydro’s new strategic […]
Pará Court Lifts One Of Two Embargoes Against Alunorte’s Bauxite Residue Disposal Site
One of two embargoes forbidding the usage of a waste product storage pond at Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA’s alumina refinery in Brazil was rescinded by the Federal Court of Pará on Friday, and the firm expects the remaining embargo to soon follow. The just-ended embargo on Alumina do Norte do Brasil S.A.’s new […]
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 ...
