Alcoa and Rio Tinto Announce Breakthrough Carbon-Free Aluminium Smelting Process
Calling the breakthrough “the most significant innovation in the aluminium industry in more than a century,” American smelter Alcoa Corp...
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Novelis Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 5 Percent in FY 2018
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. released its Fiscal Year 2018 sustainability report yesterday. Among other issues, the report highlighted the firm’s increase of recycled aluminium by 2 percent year on year to a total of 57 percent of the...
Study: Aluminium Cans Release Fewer Greenhouse Gases Over Their Service Life than Glass, Plastic
According to a newly-released study conducted by ICF International for the Aluminum Association, the amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted...
Kaiser Aluminum Expresses Cautious Optimism Over Latest Draft of Washington State Clean-Air Rule
American aluminium producer Kaiser Aluminum says it is cautiously optimistic regarding a new proposal in the state of Washington for...
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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 […]
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 and industry experts from all over the world to hear and exchange information on latest developments related to base metals and their ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
