Century Says Hawesville Aluminium Smelter Curtailment Won’t Affect Mt. Holly
American primary aluminium producer Century Aluminum Company assured investors that the recent curtailment of production at its Hawesville facility will...
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Century Aluminum Net Sales Rise 14 Percent In Second Quarter
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum reported results for the second quarter of 2022 this week. The firm enjoyed higher net sales in the quarter, but increased power prices took their toll on the quarter’s bottom line. In the second quarter, Century saw...
Century To Idle Hawesville Aluminium Smelter Due To Spike In Energy Prices
American primary aluminium producer Century Aluminum Company is temporarily closing down its Hawesville, Kentucky aluminium smelter due to a precipitous...
Century’s Nordural Aluminium Smelter To Receive Innovative New Carbon-Capture System
American primary aluminium producer Century Aluminum Company announced this week the signing of a letter of intent between its subsidiary...
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Strong Q4 Caps Century Aluminum’s Loss-Making 2021
American primary aluminium producer Century Aluminum Company released results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2021 this week. A strong fourth quarter for the firm was unable to save it from widening the net loss for the year from that of 2020. In the fourth quarter last year Century Aluminum shipped 200,961 metric […]
Century’s Grundartangi Aluminium Smelter Inks New Power Agreement With Landsvirkjun
Chicago-based aluminium smelter Century Aluminum announced this week that its subsidiary Norðurál Grundartangi ehf has come to an agreement with Iceland’s national power company Landsvirkjun to continue its contract for 161 MW per annum for the next five years. The agreement will bump up the total power to the plant by 21 MW. Century said […]
Century Aluminum’s Losses Deepen In First Quarter
Chicago-based aluminium smelter Century Aluminum released production and financial results for the year’s first quarter earlier this week. In the year’s first quarter Century shipped 195,697 metric tons of product, greater by 757 thousand metric tons on the year. Net sales rose on the year last quarter, from US$389.1 million in 2020 to US$444 million […]
Century Aluminum Publishes Inaugural Sustainability Report
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum yesterday announced the publication of its first-ever annual Sustainability Report, which emphasizes the firm’s commitment to health, safety, and sustainability. Per the firm, the Sustainability Report incorporates information from its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy. Among the highlights of the report include noting that the entirety of the power […]
Century And USW Reach Five-Year Labor Deal At Hawesville Aluminium Smelter
American smelter Century Aluminum announced yesterday an agreement with the labor force at its Hawesville, Kentucky smelter that will govern the relationship between the two parties for the next five years. In a press release, subsidiary Century Aluminum of Kentucky General Partnership and United Steelworkers Local 9423 agreed to the five-year plan on Friday. Specifics […]
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 ...
