Ghana Bauxite Authority Urged By Domestic NGOs To Seek ASI Certification
A domestic NGO is urging the Ghanaian aluminium authority to pursue certification by the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI) in order...
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Aleris Belgium Aluminium Rolling Mill Wins ASI Certification
Aleris Aluminum Duffel BVBA, one of Europe’s biggest aluminium rolling plants, is now certified against the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Performance Standard. The Belgian plant produces a wide variety of products from aluminium and related alloys. The plant, which was founded in...
Trio Of Alcoa Plants Certified By Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation and the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced on Tuesday the certification of three of Alcoa’s...
Norsk Hydro Supplies ASI-Certified Aluminium For Audi e-tron
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced earlier this week that it is the sustainable aluminium supplier to Audi AG...
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Gränges Shanghai Automotive Aluminium Production Plant Gains ASI Certification
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB’s Shanghai production facility is the latest plant to achieve certification against the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s Performance Standard. The plant’s production includes aluminium strips and plates used in automotive manufacturing applications. ASI notes the certification’s symbol as an ongoing commitment to environmental, social, and governance responsibility. Gränges’s Shanghai plant boasts […]
Trio Of Rusal Plants Win ASI Certifications
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth U.C. Rusal announced yesterday the certification of three of its most prominent sites by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). Per the firm, bauxite mine JSC Boksit Timana, alumina refinery RUSAL Kamensk-Uralskiy, and a branch of PJSC RUSAL Bratsk in Shelekhov, which is engaged in aluminium smelting, casthouse and alloys production, received […]
Norsk Hydro’s Alunorte Refinery And Paragominas Mine Achieve ASI Certification
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced certification for two more plants under the Norsk Hydro umbrella yesterday, namely the Paragominas bauxite mine and the Alunorte alumina refinery in northern Brazil. The ASI said the two operations passed certification for both its Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard. Hydro’s scrap re-melting and casthouse operations have […]
ASI Certifies Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products Plants In Germany Against Chain Of Custody Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced yesterday the certification of two of Norwegian aluminium firm Norsk Hydro ASA subsidiary Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH’s plants in Grevenbroich, Hamburg, and Neuss, Germany against ASI’s Chain of Custody Standard. Also certified in this action was operations at the joint venture site of Alunorf. Yesterday’s announcement comes only […]
ASI Certifies China’s Aluminium Foil Producer SNTO
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced on Monday the certification of China’s aluminium foil producer Suntown Technology Group Corporation Limited (SNTO) to the ASI Performance Standard. The firm, which is based in Wangcheng Economic Development Zone, Changsha, is the latest firm to achieve ASI’s certification, which measures responsible production, sourcing, and stewardship in the aluminium-production […]
Zhongwang Fake Semis Prosecution May Slam The Door On Key Routes For U.S. Import Duty Avoidance
The global aluminium market has been watching the trials and travails of Chinese behemoth Zhongwang with intense interest for the past few weeks after the company and its founder Liu Zhongtian were brought up on criminal charges by the United States federal ...
Aluminium Prices Under Double Pressure: Trade Wars and Chinese Exports
Base metals prices tumbled to their lowest in several weeks at the start of August, after U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Dirty Metal – China’s Troublesome Tether Between Coal And Aluminium
The year 2019 has been a red-letter year for the aluminium sector in the People’s Republic of China. Despite trade ...
Is Rio Tinto’s ISAL smelter a bargain or a smart investment?
At least three companies (including Swiss commodity trader Glencore and German Trimet Aluminium) have expressed interest in buying Rio Tinto’s ...
