Standards Certification Suspended at Kobelco Aluminium Extrusions Plant
Kobelco’s aluminium operations faced another setback this week after Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) temporarily suspended certification for its aluminum extrusion...
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Kobelco Opens Expansion At Kentucky Extruded Aluminium Automotive Parts Plant
Kobe Steel, Ltd’s U.S. subsidiary Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc. (KPEX) inaugurated a new aluminium extrusions plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Wednesday. The plant, which is one of two operated by Kobelco in Bowling Green, manufactures and sells aluminium extrusions...
Clean Bill of Health Given to Kobelco Aluminium Plant That Supplies Mitsubishi Jet Project
According to Japan’s Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, its investigators uncovered no further evidence of wrongdoing at an aluminium...
Kobelco Audit Reveals Falsified Aluminium Inspection Data
Japanese steel titan Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Kobelco) admitted on Sunday to falsifying inspection data for exports of aluminium and copper....
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Novelis and Kobe Steel Form Aluminium Joint Venture in South Korea
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis announced yesterday that it has completed the sale of its ownership interest in its Ulsan, South Korea, plant to Kobe Steel, Ltd., establishing their joint venture Ulsan Aluminium, Ltd. The plant in question, which Novelis sold to Kobe Steel for US$315 million, produces aluminium products for the automotive […]
Kobelco to Partner with Novelis in Expansion of Aluminium Operations
Japan’s Kobe Steel, Ltd. is rumored to soon announce a multi-million-dollar partnership with Atlanta’s Novelis Inc. to build an aluminium plant to supply the latter’s processing plants abroad. The Nikkei Asian Review reported yesterday that Kobelco could announce the US$263-million to US$350-million new aluminium plant as early as tomorrow. The proposed plant will be built […]
Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products Announces US$51.3MM Expansion at Bowling Green Plant
Japan’s Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products, LLC (KAAP) announced the commencement of a US$51.3 million expansion of its operations in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The move is the first of several phases of a project that is expected to enhance the local economy by US$280 million over the next decade. The project involves the addition of two […]
Significant investmensts in U.S. and Mexico signal bright future for aluminium demand
The new U.S. administration, precisely president Donald Trump, is preparing to implement a set of measures aimed at bringing back production and jobs on US soil in the automotive industry, among others. Trump has made it quite clear: he will not allow automakers to build cars in Mexico and export them to the U.S. Moreover, […]
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 ...
