European Union Adds Bauxite, Alumina, And Aluminium To List Of Strategic Raw Materials
Last week the European Union added aluminium to its list of essential minerals along with increasing recycling and processing goals...
European aluminium industry
Internal Document Says European Aluminium Seeks Sanctions Against Russian Aluminium But Not Against Rusal
Trade group European Aluminium is mulling a push for European Union sanctions on imported Russian aluminium without targeting UC Rusal, the country’s preeminent smelter of the metal. According to Reuters, the document dated from this month discussed the potential of European Aluminium...
US Asks For Unlikely Exemption From EU Carbon Border Levy For Aluminium, Other Metals
The United States government is appealing to the European Union to be exempt from its carbon border levy this week,...
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...
Events
European Aluminium Welcomes Relief From EU On High Energy Prices, But Warns More Is Needed
Europe’s aluminium trade group lauded the European Union for its action to turn back high energy prices. However, the European Aluminium Association warned that the measures are only the first step in tackling the problem. The association said that the short-term measures, which include efforts at reducing electricity demand and redistributing financial resources to customers […]
German Aluminium Maker Speira To Cut Output By Half
German aluminium producer Speira becomes the next in a long line of European aluminium producers to draw down capacity due to high power prices, as it announced that it would curtail half of its aluminium output in October. In a press release, Speira sang a common refrain, chalking up rising power prices as the culprit. […]
Aluminium Dunkerque To Cut Production By Over One-Fifth Due To High Power Prices
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 […]
High Power Prices Prompt Dutch Aluminium Firm Aldel To Shutter Production At Farmsum Plant
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, […]
Slovenia Aluminium Smelter Talum Cuts Production To 20 Percent Due To High Energy Prices
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 […]
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 ...
