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Norsk Hydro Inks Agreement On Aluminium Recycling Plant In SW Michigan

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...

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AMAG Inks Closed-Loop Aluminium Partnership With Audi Hungaria

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 develop an aluminium closed-loop system between its factories. Per the press release, waste aluminium generated at Audi’s plant in Györ will be delivered to AMAG’s plant in Ranshofen for recycling back into its primary aluminium […]

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Gränges’ Finspång Automotive Aluminium Plant Earns Provisional ASI Certification

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 AB plant in Sweden has been provisionally certified against the ASI’s Performance Standard for responsible aluminium production. The plant has been operating for just shy of a century, designing and manufacturing rolled strip and sheet […]

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Novelis’ New Aluminium Alloy Up To 40 Percent Lighter Than High-Strength Steel

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 it has developed so far. Novelis’ new alloy, the Advanz 7UHS-s701, is formulated for use in safety-critical structural components for passenger vehicles. The firm said components such as the A and B pillar reinforcements and […]

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Trio Of Constellium Automotive Aluminium Plants Awarded ASI Certification

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 […]

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