AMAG Inks Closed-Loop Aluminium Partnership With Audi Hungaria
European cast and rolled aluminium supplier AMAG Austria Metall AG announced this week a partnership with AUDI Hungaria Zrt to...
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UACJ To Invest US$33.3 MM For New Equipment In Michigan And Arizona Automotive Aluminium Plants
UACJ Corporation’s United States subsidiary UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries (UWH) announced last week a plan to install US$333 million in new equipment at its plants in Michigan and Arizona. A press release from the company said an extrusion press for extrusions of...
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...
Novelis’ New Aluminium Alloy Up To 40 Percent Lighter Than High-Strength Steel
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis debuted a new automotive aluminium alloy this week that it says is the strongest one...
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Trio Of Constellium Automotive Aluminium Plants Awarded ASI Certification
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced yesterday the certification of its operations in Gottmadingen, Dahenfeld, and Singen, Germany against the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Chain of Custody Standards. The three plants supply advanced aluminium parts to the European automotive market. The Gottmadingen and Dahenfeld operations produce aluminium structural components, while the Singen plant produces […]
Constellium And Novelis Form Organization To Promote Automotive Aluminium
Value-added aluminium firms Constellium N.V. and Novelis announced yesterday their partnership to form a non-profit organization to promote and improve aluminium auto body sheet called Alumobility. According to the firms, this new organization will act as a facilitator for automotive aluminium makers to share technological innovation and market strategies. Alumobility’s ultimate goal is to help […]
Constellium Launches Partnership To Develop Automotive Aluminium Technology
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium revealed yesterday a new partnership with Groupe Renault, ESI Group, Institut de Soudure (Welding Institute), and the University of Lorraine to develop lightweight, recyclable and cost-efficient aluminium solutions for the automotive market. The ~€7 million undertaking, dubbed Project ISA3, intends to develop closed-loop aluminium recycling, which will increase the pace […]
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 […]
Hyundai Names Rusal Its Long-Term Supplier Of Sustainable Aluminium
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth UC Rusal announced last week that it has been chosen as Hyundai Sungwoo Holdings Co, Ltd.’s preferred long-term supplier of sustainable primary aluminium and aluminium alloys. Through Hyundai Sungwoo, Rusal will be supplying Hyundai Motors Group, which produces the Hyundai and Kia automotive brands. Rusal notes the market share Hyundai commands […]
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 ...
