Constellium Joins GHG Emission Reduction Project ACHIEF
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced yesterday its participation in ACHIEF – Innovative high-performance Alloys and Coatings for HIghly...
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Alcoa Pledges To Achieve Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2050
American aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced this week its intention to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions along the entirety of its operations by 2050. The firm said that the push to neutralize both direct and indirect GHG emissions dovetails with its overall...
EGA Fires Up Cutting-Edge Gas Turbine At Jebel Ali
A joint venture between Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Mubadala and Dubal Holding spun up a new gas turbine for...
En+ Commits To Zero GHG Emissions By 2050
Anglo-Russian energy and metals company En+ Group IPJSC announced yesterday its intention to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at...
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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 company’s total. The annual report, which sets out the firm’s goal of “Shaping […]
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 and Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group say they have developed a revolutionary new method for smelting aluminium that produces oxygen rather than greenhouse gases. Press releases by both companies announced the breakthrough yesterday, as […]
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 in the course of transporting and refrigerating beverages in aluminium cans is lower than the amount of GHG’s released when the same quantity of beverages is transported in plastic or glass containers. Researchers determined that […]
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 cutting carbon emissions. Kaiser Aluminium is one of seventy facilities in the Evergreen State that would be required to either reduce its plant’s greenhouse gas emissions or purchase credits to offset such emissions. Washington’s Department […]
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 […]
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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
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 ...
