Norsk Hydro Plans US$15 MM Expansion To Aluminium Remelting Plant In NW Kentucky
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced a planned US$15 million expansion of its aluminium remelting facility in Henderson, Kentucky...
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Constellium To Provide Aluminium To Mercedes-Benz For C-Class Line
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced this week it has been chosen to provide auto body sheet to Mercedes-Benz AG for its C-Class of compact executive automobiles as they are produced in Europe, China, and South Africa. Constellium will provide two...
EGA Plans Solar-Powered Silicon Metal Production Unit For UAE
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced on Friday a new project to manufacture silicon metal domestically in the United Arab...
Novelis Plans New Automotive Aluminium Recycling Plant For SW Kentucky
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis announced plans yesterday to build a $365 million automotive recycling center outside of Clarksville, Tennessee....
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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 awarded in February of this year. Gränges Finspång AB designs and manufactures rolled […]
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 asked a third party to step in and secure its aluminium parts supply from those plants. Coventry, England’s Evtec has agreed to taking on those sites after JLR’s invitation to do the same. It will […]
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, New York plant in order to increase its capacity for production of sustainable flat-rolled aluminium. Novelis says the capex project will add 124 thousand metric tons per annum of hot mill capacity and an enhancement […]
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 components for the new all-electric 2022 Ford F-150. Constellium will supply the new model with parts to include the windshield header, rocker, radiator support, among others. As of this announcement, Constellium will be supplying aluminium […]
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 […]
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 ...
