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Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Golden Aluminum Plant Under Its Performance Standard

Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Golden Aluminum Plant Under Its Performance Standard

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...

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ASI Certifies World’s Longest-Running Aluminium Plant Under Sustainable Production Standard

ASI Certifies World’s Longest-Running Aluminium Plant Under Sustainable Production Standard

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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Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies 25 Ball Corporation Plants In North America

Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies 25 Ball Corporation Plants In North America

Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced this week the certification of over two dozen Ball Beverage Packaging North and Central America plants under its Performance Standard and Chain of Custody standard. The new certifications cover manufacture and supply of aluminium can bodies, can ends, and aluminium bottles at 25 different locations in sixteen different states […]

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Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Magna BDW Die Cast Plant In Germany

Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Magna BDW Die Cast Plant In Germany

Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced this week the certification of the Magna BDW technologies GmbH Markt Schwaben plant in Germany under the ASI’s Performance Standard Certification with a focus on Material Stewardship. The ASI certification covers the plant’s light metal vacuum die casting development and manufacture of modules and systems for the automotive industry. […]

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Gränges Increased Sourced Aluminium Scrap Usage By Over 28 Percent In 2021

Gränges Increased Sourced Aluminium Scrap Usage By Over 28 Percent In 2021

Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB released its Annual and Sustainability Report for 2021 this week, showing better-than-expected progress towards its 2025 sustainability targets. According to the report, Gränges cut its total carbon emissions intensity by 19 percent from 2017 levels while cutting its Greenhouse Gas Protocol Standards carbon intensity scope (1+2) by 8 percent. […]

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Huanghe Xinye Joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative As Production And Transformation Member

Huanghe Xinye Joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative As Production And Transformation Member

The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative grew by one last week with the addition of China’s Huanghe Xinye (Yellow River) Co., LTD. as a Production and Transformation member. Huanghe Xinye’s addition brings the ASI’s total membership to 213.  A subsidiary of Yellow River Upstream Hydropower Development Co., Huanghe Xinye is part of the State Power Investment Corporation’s […]

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