Workers At Norsk Hydro’s Karmøy and Årdal Aluminium Plants Go On Strike
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced over the weekend the commencement of a strike at Hydro Karmøy and Hydro...
Karmøy smelter
Strike At Hydro Karmøy and Hydro Årdal Ends
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA said yesterday that the strike at Hydro Karmøy and Hydro Årdal that began on Monday has come to an end. Per the firm, The Norwegian Labor Union (LO) and The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) reached...
Norsk Hydro Plans NOK320 MM Upgrade To Karmøy Aluminium Smelter
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced plans this week to invest NOK320 million (US$32.7 million) in upgrades to its...
Norsk Hydro Announces Successful Test Of Energy Saving Aluminium Smelting Tech
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA announced last week the successful verification of its new proprietary energy-saving primary aluminium technology...
Events
Power Outage Idles 45 Pots At Norsk Hydro’s Karmøy Plant As Recovery From Cyber Attack Continues
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA is recovering from a power outage that resulted in the several pots at its Karmøy plant. Hydro said on Monday that the outage affected one of the site’s two potlines. The line, which boasts a nameplate capacity of 195 thousand metric tons per annum, saw 45 of its 288 […]
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 ...
