Century Aluminum Publishes Inaugural Sustainability Report
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum yesterday announced the publication of its first-ever annual Sustainability Report, which emphasizes the firm’s commitment...
Michael Bless
Century Aluminum’s Losses Deepen In First Quarter
Chicago-based aluminium smelter Century Aluminum released production and financial results for the year’s first quarter earlier this week. In the year’s first quarter Century shipped 195,697 metric tons of product, greater by 757 thousand metric tons on the year. Net sales rose...
Century Aluminum Inks Power Contract With Santee Cooper For Mt. Holly Aluminium Smelter
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum said on Thursday that its subsidiary Century Aluminum of South Carolina (CASC) has finalized a...
Century Aluminum Inks Supply Deal With Hammerer For Low-Carbon Aluminium
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum announced earlier this week the sale of 150 thousand metric tons of its low-carbon aluminium...
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Century Lauds Biden Administration’s Reimposition Of Section 232 Tariffs On UAE Aluminium Imports
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum yesterday praised President Joe Biden for his decision to retain the Section 232 aluminium tariffs on the United Arab Emirates. Earlier this week the Biden Administration reversed a last-minute reprieve for the UAE issued by the outgoing Trump Administration exempting it from the tariffs imposed across the board by the […]
Century Aluminum Strikes Accord With Santee Cooper Over Mt. Holly’s Power Supply
Century Aluminum has come to an agreement with the South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) on powering the Mt. Holly aluminium smelter, ending a long and heated fight between the two entities over where the plant is allowed to purchase its electricity. In a press release yesterday Century said the three-year contract has Santee […]
Century Aluminum Sustains US$58.2 MM Loss In Third Quarter, But Sees Market Recovery On Horizon
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum released third-quarter results on Thursday. Like all firms, the company felt an impact from the economic struggle caused by COVID-19, but management says both the firm and the market are recovering. Shipments for the third quarter totaled 203,022 metric tons, down by 3 percent on the year from the second […]
Century Aluminum Issues Notice Of Impending Closure Of Mt. Holly Smelter To Plant’s Labor Force
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum issued a notice to its employees at the Mt. Holly aluminium smelter that it intends to shut down production at the plant if a suitable power arrangement is not obtained to replace the contract it has with the South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper). The contract for power between […]
Section 232 Tariffs Necessary To Stem Tide Of “Unprecedented Surge” Of Canadian Aluminium: Century CEO Bless
American aluminium maker Century Aluminum’s president and chief executive officer Michael Bless went on record Thursday in support of United States president Donald Trump’s decision to reinstate Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel on imports of the same from Canada. Citing a 95-percent increase in imports of unalloyed primary aluminium from the dominion in […]
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 ...
