Seven Novelis Facilities In Europe Achieve ASI Certification For Sustainable Aluminium Production
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) last week announced the certification of seven of Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis’ operations in...
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Kaiser Aluminum Joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative As Industrial User
Last week the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative welcomed California semi-fabricated specialty aluminium producer Kaiser Aluminum to the fold as its 166th Industrial User member. Kaiser says that sustainability is a major ingredient for long-term excellence, and it strives to achieve success in a...
Alcoa To Provide Low- And Zero-Carbon Aluminium For Audi Electric Vehicle Wheels
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced last week that it has been chose by German automaker Audi AG to supply...
S.A. Damm Becomes First Beverage Firm Certified By ASI
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced this week the certification of beverage firm S.A. Damm’s two beer breweries against both...
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Constellium Cuts Overall Waste Production By One Third Through 2020
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV released the 2020 Business and Sustainability Report earlier this week. The report details Constellium’s progress on several different goals, including sustainability and climate neutrality, which it hopes to achieve by mid-century. Among other accomplishments, Constellium reported a significant drop in safety incidents, with recordable cases falling from 3.31 in […]
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 […]
Gränges’ Finspång Automotive Aluminium Plant Earns Provisional ASI Certification
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) and Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB announced earlier this week that the firm’s Finspång AB plant in Sweden has been provisionally certified against the ASI’s Performance Standard for responsible aluminium production. The plant has been operating for just shy of a century, designing and manufacturing rolled strip and sheet […]
ASI Certifies Two Audi Aluminium Press Operations Under Chain Of Custody Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced yesterday the certification of a pair of Audi production facilities in Neckarsulm and Ingolstadt, Germany against its Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard Certification. The rolled material press shops at those sites produce aluminium automotive parts from aluminium sheet. Audi captures the scrap aluminium from the operations and recycled, completing […]
Audi Awarded ASI Chain of Custody Certification For Pair Of Automotive Plants
German automaker Audi AG announced yesterday that it has received the Chain of Custody certification from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) for sustainable aluminium. Audi is the first automaker to be certified by the ASI under its Chain of Custody standard. Dirk Gross-Loheide, Board Member for Procurement and IT at AUDI AG, elaborated upon the […]
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 ...
