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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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) Performance Standard. The Belgian plant produces a wide variety of products from aluminium and related alloys. The plant, which was founded in...
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...
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...
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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 […]
Kobelco to Partner with Novelis in Expansion of Aluminium Operations
Japan’s Kobe Steel, Ltd. is rumored to soon announce a multi-million-dollar partnership with Atlanta’s Novelis Inc. to build an aluminium plant to supply the latter’s processing plants abroad. The Nikkei Asian Review reported yesterday that Kobelco could announce the US$263-million to US$350-million new aluminium plant as early as tomorrow. The proposed plant will be built […]
Braidy Industries Announces Plans for U.S.’s First New Aluminium Rolling Mill in 30 Years
Eastern Kentucky aluminium firm Braidy Industries Inc. announced last week its plans for the construction of the first Greenfield aluminium rolling mill to be built in the United States in over three decades. Braidy’s planned mill will be built with an initial capacity of 370,000 metric tons per annum, turning out automotive body and aerospace […]
Zhongwang Fake Semis Prosecution May Slam The Door On Key Routes For U.S. Import Duty Avoidance
The global aluminium market has been watching the trials and travails of Chinese behemoth Zhongwang with intense interest for the past few weeks after the company and its founder Liu Zhongtian were brought up on criminal charges by the United States federal ...
Aluminium Prices Under Double Pressure: Trade Wars and Chinese Exports
Base metals prices tumbled to their lowest in several weeks at the start of August, after U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Dirty Metal – China’s Troublesome Tether Between Coal And Aluminium
The year 2019 has been a red-letter year for the aluminium sector in the People’s Republic of China. Despite trade ...
Is Rio Tinto’s ISAL smelter a bargain or a smart investment?
At least three companies (including Swiss commodity trader Glencore and German Trimet Aluminium) have expressed interest in buying Rio Tinto’s ...
