Novelis Releases Second Green Bond Report Detailing Its Carbon Reduction Efforts
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. issued its second Green Bond report this week. The Green Bond report outlines the...
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Norsk Hydro And Porsche Partner On Carbon Reduction Solutions
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA and German automaker Porsche AG have entered into an agreement to collaborate on developing new materials and systems aimed at reducing the automaker’s carbon footprint. The agreement has two main parts: first, Porshe has contracted with...
Rio Tinto Starts Construction On C$240 MM Expansion At Alma Aluminium Smelter
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group announced the beginning of construction of 202 thousand metric tons per annum of low-carbon,...
EGA Head Discusses Zero-Carbon Energy With Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) hosted the head of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) at its aluminium plant at...
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Norsk Hydro Teams Up With Mercedes-Benz On Low-Carbon Technology Roadmap
Norway’s aluminium titan Norsk Hydro ASA has been chosen by Mercedes-Benz to collaborate on a common low-carbon technology roadmap beginning next year and running through the end of this decade. Hydro said the two firms will work on a joint-technology roadmap to develop aluminium solutions for the automotive sector that will have a CO2 footprint […]
Constellium To Head Up £10MM High-Strength, Low-Carbon Automotive Aluminium Consortium
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced this week that it is heading up a new consortium for exploring new high-strength, low-carbon aluminium alloys in the automotive sector. With £10 million in hand from Britain’s Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), the new CirConAl (Circular and Constant Aluminium) is a joint public-private partnership aimed at building an […]
Aludium Debuts New Low-Carbon Flat Rolled Aluminium Products
European flat-rolled aluminium supplier Aludium announced the debut of its own certified low-carbon flat-rolled aluminium product that has a carbon footprint of less than half that of Europe’s standard flat-rolled aluminium. Aludium Eco is third-party certified to have a carbon footprint of less than 4 metric tons of carbon dioxide for every metric ton of […]
Constellium Joins First Movers Coalition, Commits To Low-Carbon Aluminium Production
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV said this week that it is joining the global carbon-reduction initiative First Movers Coalition (FMC) as part of its pledge to cut its own carbon production in the coming years. The FMC, which is a global initiative backed by the United States government and the World Economic Forum, is […]
Novelis Partners With Sortera Alloys And Breakthrough Energy Ventures On AI Aluminium Scrap Sorting Technology
Fort Wayne, Indiana’s industrial scrap metal sorting and recycling firm Sortera Alloys, Inc. announced late last week US$10 million in funding from Novelis and Breakthrough Energy Ventures to develop new methods for sorting automotive aluminium alloys for end-of-life recycling. Sortera utilizes artificial intelligence to sort mixed aluminium alloy scrap into individual alloys, allowing for quicker […]
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 ...
