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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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...
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...
AMAG To Supply ASI-Certified Sustainable Aluminium To Audi For A6 Avant
European cast and rolled aluminium supplier AMAG Austria Metall AG announced this week that it has been chosen to supply...
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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 aluminium auto body sheet called Alumobility. According to the firms, this new organization will act as a facilitator for automotive aluminium makers to share technological innovation and market strategies. Alumobility’s ultimate goal is to help […]
Audi Awarded ASI Chain of Custody Certification For Pair Of Automotive Plants
German automaker Audi AG announced yesterday that it has received the Chain of Custody certification from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) for sustainable aluminium. Audi is the first automaker to be certified by the ASI under its Chain of Custody standard. Dirk Gross-Loheide, Board Member for Procurement and IT at AUDI AG, elaborated upon the […]
Novelis Inks Partnership With Impression Technologies To Develop Aluminium HFQ Hot Stamping Technique
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. yesterday announced a new partnership with Impression Technologies to collaborate on research into new and innovative uses of hot stamping aluminium, especially through use of Impression’s proprietary Hot Form Quench (HFQ) process. Novelis says HFQ is a one-of-a-kind technology that is used to design and manufacture components […]
EGA Garners Latest Automotive Aluminium Certification
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced over the weekend its receipt of certification for IATF 16949:2016, the automotive industry’s latest and greatest supply chain standard certification. The new standard, which replaces ISO/TS 16949, is the brainchild of the International Automotive Task Force, which is a group of automotive trade associations as well as several prominent […]
Proposed U.S. Tariffs On Aluminium Automotive Parts May Trigger Lawsuit – South African Government
With the threat of a global trade war looming large on the horizon, South Africa’s government warned the United States that it could face litigation should it go forward with new tariffs on aluminium-based products. South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies told domestic media late last week that his government may take the […]
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 ...
