Lochaber Plant to Produce Aluminium Auto Parts
According to local media, the new owners of western Scotland’s Lochaber smelter intend to use it to produce aluminium automotive...
Lochaber Smelter
Sanjeev Gupta to Invest US$150 MM in Lochaber Smelter
Scotland’s historic Lochaber smelter is soon to be the recipient of a much-needed infusion of cash from Liberty House’s boss Sanjeev Gupta. The metals tycoon has pledged a US$150 million investment to the smelter, which, in addition to converting the plant to...
Rio Tinto Sells Lochaber Plant to SIMEC Group for US$410 MM
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto announced yesterday that it had come to an agreement for the sale of its Lochaber...
Rio Tinto Identifies Preferred Bidder for Scottish Smelter
Operators of a Rio Tinto smelter in western Scotland confirmed late last week that they were in talks to sell...
Events
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 ...
