Speira Shutters Primary Aluminium Production At Rheinwerk Plant
German firm Speira announced the decision to halt aluminium smelting at its Rheinwerk plant, shutting down fully at a plant...
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German firm Speira announced the decision to halt aluminium smelting at its Rheinwerk plant, shutting down fully at a plant...
Europe’s aluminium trade group lauded the European Union for its action to turn back high energy prices. However, the European...
German aluminium producer Speira becomes the next in a long line of European aluminium producers to draw down capacity due...
One of the biggest aluminium smelters in Europe plans to cut production by 22 percent due to high energy prices. On Tuesday Aluminium Dunkerque said that it would be ramping down its nameplate production of 290 thousand metric tons of production by one-fifth, as the scarcity of Russian natural gas has raised power prices to […]
Dutch aluminium firm Damco Aluminum Delfzijl Cooperatie U.A. (Aldel) will become the next European aluminium smelter to draw down production, making the announcement that it is shuttering its Farmsum plant due to untenable power prices. Aldel has chosen to shutter the plant about a year after closing its Delfzijl aluminium plant to primary aluminium production, […]
Slovenian aluminium smelter Talum said this week that it has cut production down by 80 percent of its nameplate capacity due to steep power costs. According to a report by Reuters, the 84 thousand metric tons per annum aluminium smelter has been operating at half production for some time. A spokesperson from the aluminium smelter […]
The European Aluminium Association lauded the European Union last week on its initiative aimed at reducing the continent’s dependence upon Russian fossil fuels. In a position paper released by the Association, the organization voiced its support for the “Save Gas for a Safe Winter” program that they say will help alleviate high electrical prices and […]
Aluminium trade group European Aluminium applauded the European Commission last week for its decision to end the nine-month suspension of anti-dumping duties on aluminium flat-rolled products from producers in the People’s Republic of China. The EC concluded in an investigation last year that Chinese producers dumped aluminium flat-rolled products on the continent in recent years […]
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