Aluminium May Be Winner in Likely EU Plan to Boost Electric Car Sector
According to sources who spoke to Reuters, the European Union will soon be considering a proposal to use carbon credits...
European Union
European Aluminium Calls Upon EU for Relief from Trump’s Aluminium Tariff
Europe’s biggest aluminium trade group added its voice to the chorus of condemnation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 10-percent blanket tariff on imported aluminium earlier this week, petitioning the European Union and its member states to act in defense of the continent’s...
Europe’s Aluminium Industry May Back EU Action Against China’s Subsidies: Gerd Götz
The head of Europe’s leading aluminium trade organization said last week that his group may support Brussels if the European...
No threat of closure for South East Europe’s smelters in near future
Latest on SEE primary aluminium industry In the Balkan region, there are currently five operational smelters producing some 610,000 tonnes...
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Study Projects Use of Aluminium in Cars to Increase by Almost One Third Over Next Decade
A study released yesterday projects that the percentage of aluminium in automobiles to increase by roughly one third in the course of the next decade. According to a study by consulting and research company Ducker Worldwide and commissioned by European Aluminium, the use of aluminium in the automotive industry is expected to rise significantly through […]
European Commission: New Aluminium Technology Could Make Production Cleaner, More Efficient
Utilizing new technology now under development could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) production in the aluminium industry by two-thirds and energy consumption by over one-fifth in 2050 according to a report released yesterday by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. Achievable reductions for primary aluminium production in the intervening years may be higher, according to 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 ...
