GFG To Double Lochaber Smelter’s Capacity With Addition Of Aluminium Recycling Plant
Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance said last week it is preparing to invest £94 million in the construction of a new...
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Liberty Steel Labor Reps Seek Assurance From GFG Alliance After Insolvency Of Major Financial Backer
Representatives from British trade unions seek to meet with officials at Liberty Steel after one of GFG Alliance’s major backers signaled financial trouble by entering into administration. On Monday, Greensill Capital filed insolvency paperwork with local courts. The financial firm lost insurance...
GFG Group Plans To Boost Aluminium Production To 1 Million MTPA Via Acquisitions: Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta told an industry gathering on Monday that his GFG Group expects to top 1 million metric tons per...
Talks Fall Through Between Alcoa And San Ciprián Labor Union
The formal talks between Alcoa Corporation and the union representing the San Ciprián aluminium smelter labor force over the fate...
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Sale Of Duffel Plant To Alvance Clears Path For Novelis Purchase Of Aleris
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. yesterday announced the completion of the sale of its operations in Duffel, Belgium to GFG Alliance’s international aluminium subsidiary Alvance in compliance with conditions placed on it by the EU and China for purchase of Aleris. Novelis received payment of €210 million in cash from GFG Alliance, […]
GFG Optimistic On San Ciprian’s Future, Alcoa Not So Much As Deadline Nears
The GFG Alliance and Alcoa are continuing talks over the fate of their aluminium smelter in San Ciprian, Spain, and an official from GFG remains highly optimistic that a long-term solution for the plant’s viability is within reach. GFG Alliance’s Chief Investment Officer Jay Hambro said in an interview with S & P Global Platts […]
Alvance Looking For Raw Materials And Value Added Components In Quest For Vertical Integration
British commodities maven Sanjeev Gupta is shopping around for new components for its aluminium business Alvance, which it hopes to see triple production and become a fully vertically-integrated aluminium production firm. According to comments made yesterday by CEO Arnaud de Weert at the virtual CRU World Aluminium conference, Alvance aims to be carbon neutral within […]
GFG Alliance Groups Aluminium Assets Into Paris-Based Firm ALVANCE
Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance announced on Monday its decision to gather its aluminium assets into one Paris-based firm named ALVANCE Aluminium Group (ALVANCE). The announcement by the privately-held metals conglomerate is following through on an announcement it made last fall that its steel assets would soon be merged in anticipation of a listing on a […]
Novelis Receives Final Regulatory Approval For Aleris Purchase From Chinese Regulators
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced on Friday the receipt of approval from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) for its US$2.6 billion buy-out of Aleris Corporation. Per the firm, this is the final approval required for the purchase, as it has already received a sign-off on the transaction from 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 ...
