Evtec Takes On GFG Alliance Subsidiary Liberty Aluminium Technologies Upon Jaguar Land Rover’s Urging
GFG Alliance sold off two aluminium parts factories last week and will be closing a third after Jaguar Land Rover...
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Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Grants Gränges Finspång Full Chain Of Custody Certification
Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced this week the certification of Gränges aluminium plant at Finspång against its Chain of Custody standard for sustainable aluminium production. The plant was also given full Performance Standard Certification status, replacing the provisional status it was...
Novelis Plans US$130 MM Expansion At Oswego Flat Rolled Aluminium Plant
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis said this week it plans to invest around US$130 million for upgrades at its Oswego,...
Constellium To Supply Structural Aluminium Components For New All-Electric Ford F-150
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced yesterday that it has been chosen to be the supplier of aluminium structural...
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Rhenmetall Inks LoI For €22 MM In Aluminium Piston Sales To North American Automotive Buyer
German metals firm Rheinmetall AG announced last week a new €22 million deal for aluminium pistons destined for the North American auto market. Specifying the buyer as only “a well-known carmaker,” Rheinmetall said it signed a letter of intent with the unnamed buyer to develop and produce customized aluminium pistons. The pistons would be part […]
Norsk Hydro Inks Agreement On Aluminium Recycling Plant In SW Michigan
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced that its subsidiary Hydro Aluminium Metal has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to build a new US$120-million aluminium recycling plant in southwest Michigan. The firm said in a press release that the plant will convert aluminium scrap into aluminium ingot for use in the automotive, transportation, and […]
Constellium To Provide Sustainable Aluminium For Audi e-tron GT
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced yesterday that it has been chosen to supply German automaker Audi AG with aluminium for its e-tron GT electric vehicle. Constellium said it would supply aluminium for auto body sheet and Crash Management Systems on board the e-tron GT. The aluminium supplied under the deal would be ASI-certified […]
AMAG To Supply ASI-Certified Sustainable Aluminium To Audi For A6 Avant
European cast and rolled aluminium supplier AMAG Austria Metall AG announced this week that it has been chosen to supply German automaker Audi AG with certified sustainable aluminium for use in its A6 Avant luxury performance wagon. In a press release the firm said its inaugural run of Aluminium Stewardship Initiative-certified sustainable aluminium to Audi’s […]
Novelis To Establish Closed Loop Automotive Aluminium With Nissan Plant In UK
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis said this week that it is the new aluminium body sheet to Nissan for its all-new Qashqai SUV. Novelis said that the partnership would create a closed-loop recycling system in Europe. The firm will be supplying Nissan with aluminium sheet for the hood and doors of the strong-selling C-segment SUV. […]
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 ...
