Novelis and Southern Company Join Forces to Drive Decarbonization
Novelis Inc., a leader in sustainable aluminium solutions and the global front-runner in aluminium rolling and recycling, has teamed up...
automotive industry
Hydro Launches Advanced Aluminium Recycling Facility in Michigan
On November 16, Hydro, a leading player in the aluminium industry, marked a significant milestone with the inauguration of its new recycling plant in Cassopolis, Michigan. The plant, which represents an investment of 150 million USD, was completed 18 months after groundbreaking....
Hydro’s New Casting Line in Rackwitz Boosts Low-Carbon Aluminium Production
In an effort to accommodate the rising demand for low-carbon aluminium, Hydro announced the inauguration of its HyForge casting line...
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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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 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 […]
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 last week. Hydro said in a press release that the capital expenditure would allow the plant to produce advanced aluminium alloys intended for the automotive industry. Among the aluminium products to be produced at the […]
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. Novelis’s new plant in Guthrie, Kentucky will expand its closed-loop recycling operations by reclaiming aluminium from vehicles at the end of their useful lives and aluminium scrap leftover from automotive production and make it reusable […]
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 […]
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 ...
