Hydro to Build New Water Treatment Plant in Schwandorf, Germany
Hydro, the international aluminium company, is investing US$3.4 million (EUR 3 million) in a state-of-the-art water treatment plant at its...
Germany
Airbus Helicopters Enhances Manufacturing with New 3D Printing Facility in Donauwörth
In a significant development for aerospace manufacturing technology, Airbus Helicopters has inaugurated a state-of-the-art 3D printing center at its Donauwörth facility. This new addition escalates the company’s capabilities to produce aircraft components, now including those made of aluminium. The advanced center houses...
Hydro’s New Casting Line in Rackwitz Boosts Low-Carbon Aluminium Production
In an effort to accommodate the rising demand for low-carbon aluminium, Hydro announced the inauguration of its HyForge casting line...
Norsk Hydro Acquires Hueck’s Aluminium Extrusion Business In Germany
Norway’s aluminium titan Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week that it has acquired aluminium window, door, and façade systems producer...
Events
Altech Inks Construction Contract For Its Specialty Battery Anode Plant In Germany
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. said that it has signed a final construction contract for the anode pilot plant in Schwarze Pump in Saxony, Germany with the domestic engineering firm of Küttner GmbH & Co. KG (Küttner). Altech says Küttner already has the final engineering design and cost estimate in hand. The firm said it […]
German Companies Supportive Of Sanctions Against Russia Despite Increased Aluminium Bottlenecking
A survey last week by Germany’s BGA trade association showed that, despite an expected economic slowdown, German businesses fully supported Berlin’s economic sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine last month, even if such sanctions threaten supplies of raw materials like primary aluminium. In a statement released to the press about the survey, BGA […]
US Commerce Department Levies Preliminary Antidumping Duties On Aluminium Sheet From 18 Countries
On Friday the U.S. Department of Commerce issued its preliminary determination on a complaint by domestic aluminium producers that imports of common aluminium alloy sheet from 18 countries have been dumped on the American market, finding support for such harm and instructing agents at the border to require those importers to deposit estimated antidumping duties […]
ASI Certifies Quartet Of Amcor Plants In Germany, France, And Switzerland
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) on Wednesday revealed certifications for Swiss packaging firm Amcor plc’s operations in Teningen Tscheulin-Rothal, Germany, Sarrebourg and De Froges, France, and Rorschach, Switzerland. Per the ASI, the trio of sites in Germany and France are now certified against the ASI’s Performance Standard for responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium […]
Altech Receives State Invitation To Locate Next High-Purity Alumina Plant In Saxony
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. said yesterday it has been invited by the government of the German state of Saxony to locate its second high-purity alumina (HPA) plant within its borders. In a press release, Altech says the state government offered the Schwarze Pumpe industrial area northeast of Dresden as a potential new location, noting […]
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 ...
