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...
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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...
Aleris Belgium Aluminium Rolling Mill Wins ASI Certification
Aleris Aluminum Duffel BVBA, one of Europe’s biggest aluminium rolling plants, is now certified against the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI)...
Novelis Debuts New 25 Percent Stronger Automotive Aluminium Alloy
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced yesterday the launch of a new aluminium alloy designed specifically for...
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Gestamp Opens Second Aluminium Automotive Components Plant In Slovakia
Spanish metal automotive components maker Gestamp Automoción opened a new production plant in Nitra, Slovakia last week that is dedicated to the production of aluminium automotive parts. The new €130-million plant will produce aluminium parts primarily for Jaguar Land Rover, which recently began producing units of its Land Rover marque in Slovakia. Gestamp says its […]
State and Federal Lawmakers In Attendance for Groundbreaking of Novelis Automotive Aluminium Plant in SW Kentucky
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. played host to an august body of dignitaries on Monday as it broke ground on its new US$305 million automotive aluminium sheet manufacturing plant in Guthrie, Kentucky. The 400,000 ft2 will be the site at which Novelis will house around US$60 million in capital investments, including heat […]
Constellium to Provide Aluminium for Redesigned Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class Luxury Sedan
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. will be the supplier of aluminium auto body sheet to Mercedes-Benz for the upcoming third generation of the firm’s CLS-Class of midsize luxury sedans. Constellium made the announcement yesterday, explaining that it has been chosen to supply coils for the outer trunk lid panels and fenders for […]
Constellium Agrees to Sale of Leased Assets At Sierre Plant to Novelis
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. and Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. both announced yesterday a plan for Constellium to sell a portion of its operations at Sierre in the Swiss Alps to Novelis for €200 million (US$250 million). The deal will have Constellium transferring ownership of the North Building […]
Novelis to Open US$300 MM Automotive Aluminium Sheet Plant in SW Kentucky
American rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. unveiled plans yesterday to construct and operate a 200-thousand-metric-tons-per-annum automotive aluminium sheet manufacturing facility in Guthrie, Kentucky. Per the firm’s press release, the US$300 million greenfield facility will feature heat treatment and pre-treatment lines for use in producing aluminium sheet for subsequent molding into such automotive parts […]
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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
