Rio Tinto To Supply BMW With Proprietary Zero-Carbon Aluminium
Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto Group has agreed to supply German automaker BMW AG with low-carbon aluminium this week. Rio Tinto will...
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BMW Debuts New Recycled Aluminium Alloy Wheel For MINI Cooper
German automaker BMW Group said last week that its new MINI Cooper SE Convertible will feature alloy wheels made entirely from recycled aluminium. The model in question, which consumes 17.2kWh/100 km while releasing 0 g/km of carbon, will be the first series...
Rusal Debuts New Low-Carbon Product Utilizing Scrap Aluminium
Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal announced this week that it has begun using end-of-life scrap aluminium for the production...
Norsk Hydro Teams Up With Mercedes-Benz On Low-Carbon Technology Roadmap
Norway’s aluminium titan Norsk Hydro ASA has been chosen by Mercedes-Benz to collaborate on a common low-carbon technology roadmap beginning...
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Norsk Hydro To Invest €35.7 MM In New High-Strength Automotive Aluminium Press In Hungary Plant
Norway’s aluminium titan Norsk Hydro ASA announced an investment of €35.7 million in a new high-strength aluminium press at its plant in Szekesfehervar, Hungary this week. Per the firm, the new automotive aluminium press will join Hydro’s network of automotive aluminium production, which includes its Denmark plant that will be receiving an automotive press of […]
Constellium To Head Up £10MM High-Strength, Low-Carbon Automotive Aluminium Consortium
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced this week that it is heading up a new consortium for exploring new high-strength, low-carbon aluminium alloys in the automotive sector. With £10 million in hand from Britain’s Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), the new CirConAl (Circular and Constant Aluminium) is a joint public-private partnership aimed at building an […]
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies RONAL GROUP Under Sustainable Performance Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) this week certified RONAL GROUP facilities RONAL POLSKA Sp. z o.o. in Wałbrzych, Poland and RONAL AG Headquarters in Härkingen, Switzerland under its Performance Standard V2 (2017) with Material Stewardship focus. Founded in 1969, RONAL GROUP is a major manufacturer of light alloy wheels. The company operates across the complete […]
Novelis Teams Up With Smart Press Shop For Automotive Closed-Loop Aluminium Recycling System
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced this week that it has begun operations of a closed-loop-recycling partnership with German firm Smart Press Shop (SPS), which is a joint venture between Schuler Group and Porsche AG. The new closed-loop-recycling circuit will begin at Novelis’ plant in Nachterstedt, Germany, where aluminium flat rolled products are produced […]
Novelis Opens New Aluminium Customer Solution Center In Suburban Detroit
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. commissioned its new US$35-million automotive Customer Solution Center (CSC) in suburban Detroit yesterday. The new CSC joins Novelis’s other such centers around the world to shorten the time to market of automotive aluminium solutions by collaborating with Tier 1 suppliers and automakers. The new CSC in Novi, Michigan joins […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
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 ...
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 ...
