Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Standard Conditionally Approved By London Metal Exchange
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced this week the conditional approval of its Performance Standard V3 (2022) as a recognized...
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced this week the ASI Performance Standard V2 (2017) Certification with Provisional status of Mozal SA’s Maputo aluminium smelting plant in Mozambique, becoming the first such certification of an aluminium facility in sub-Saharan Africa. Mozal’s Maputo aluminium...
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced this week the conditional approval of its Performance Standard V3 (2022) as a recognized...
Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced last week the certification of Schüco International KG (Schüco) of its sites in Germany,...
Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative certified a trio of Novelis’s North American aluminium plants under its ASI Performance Standard V2...
Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced this week the certification of Golden Aluminum’s Fort Lupton, Colorado aluminium rolling facility under its Performance Standard V2 for sustainable aluminium production. ASI’s certification of Golden’s plant covers its rolled aluminium products that are marketed to the downstream packaging, automotive, building and construction, and electronics sectors. Fiona Solomon, Chief […]
Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced this week the certification of Yunnan Haoxin Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd.’s Yunnan Haoxin Aluminum Foil plant under its Chain of Custody Standard Certification for its aluminium re-melting, refining, and semi-fabrication activities. The plant, which achieved Performance Standard Certification in August of last year, is located in Kunming, Yunnan Province. […]
After almost three years of discussions, the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) released updates to its ASI Performance and Chain of Custody Standards, supporting Guidance, Assurance Manual, Claims Guide. and Glossary as By-Laws last week. The revisions are a product of work by the ASI’s Standards Committee and Working Group, two rounds of public comment, and […]
Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced this week the certification of Trimet France’s aluminium operations at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Castelsarrasin under its Performance Standard for the responsible production of aluminium. The plants wire rods, slabs and ingots, production of molten aluminium, and manufacture of anodes activities fall under the ASI’s new certification. Altogether, the two sites’ […]
Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced this week the provisional certification of Alcoa’s Massena smelter, which is the longest continuously-operating aluminium facility on Earth, under its Performance Standard for sustainable aluminium production. Alcoa’s Massena plant has been in operation since 1902 and is fueled by hydropower. The plant has a nameplate capacity of about 360 […]
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Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...