LME To Debut Trading Platform For Low-Carbon Aluminium In Coming Months
The London Metal Exchange announced late last week its plans to establishing a trading platform that will offer low-carbon aluminium...
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Rusal Debuts Pilot Program To Produce Aluminium Smelting Pots With Inert Anodes
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal said yesterday it has begun testing operations for a pilot program dedicated to producing industrial electrolytic cells with inert anodes. The pilot program’s new anodes are notable due to their improved design and industry-leading low carbon...
The Carbon Trust calls for carbon labelling to drive action in the primary aluminium sector
27 April 2020, LONDON: Today the Carbon Trust released a report which outlines how the primary aluminium industry can move towards...
Sales Of Low-Carbon Aluminium Expected To Double In 2020: Norsk Hydro
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA forecasts a doubling in the sales of its low-carbon aluminium over the course of...
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En+ Group Joins Business Ambition for 1.5°C Movement
Russian aluminium behemoth U.C. Rusal’s parent company En+ Group IPJSC announced yesterday its intention to reach certain science-based emission reduction targets (SBTi) in order to contribute to the global movement to establish a global net-zero carbon economy. In joining the Business Ambition for 1.5°C movement, En+ says it is responding by continuing calls to action […]
Rio Tinto Collaboration With Apple On Carbon-Free Aluminium Production To Move Forward
In an effort at transitioning its aluminium business to capitalize on the coming low-carbon economy, Rio Tinto Group said last Friday that it is negotiating with Apple on a project to commercialize a process for smelting aluminium that emits only oxygen as a byproduct. Commenting at the commissioning of bauxite mining operations at Amrun, Rio […]
Norsk Hydro Debuts Two New Low-Carbon Aluminium Products
In an effort at capturing a segment of the sustainable aluminium market, Norwegian aluminium firm Norsk Hydro A.S.A. introduced two new low-carbon aluminium products yesterday. The products, which are to be independently certified by DNV GL are Hydro 4.0, an aluminium product derived from plants powered by renewable hydropower and with a maximum content of […]
Low-carbon Aluminium Boosts Industry’s Green Credentials
Global warming remains one of the leading critical global issues – emphasised in the last Paris accord and this month’s COP23 summit in Bonn. The carbon equivalent (CE), as a measure of how much CO2 is produced by any activity, is now accepted as a crucial major index of environmental performance, not least for 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 ...
