Judge to Pick from Two Offers for Noranda’s Upstream Business Today
Tennessee’s Noranda Aluminum received two competing offers for its upstream business this week as it auctions off an idled smelter...
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Swiss Firm Awarded Noranda’s New Madrid Smelter
Swiss firm ARG International was awarded title to Noranda’s plant in New Madrid, Missouri when a federal bankruptcy court accepted their bid of US$13.7 million on Friday, beating out a competing bid of US$13 million from “stalking horse” bidder MFR II LLC....
Gränges Completes Acquisition of Noranda’s North American Business
Swedish aluminium firm Gränges AB announced last week that their acquisition of Noranda’s North American business had been completed. Gränges...
Sherwin Alumina to Close Texas Refinery
Sherwin Alumina Co. announced yesterday that it is closing its plant in Gregory, Texas. The closing is part of Sherwin’s...
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Noranda, Government Partners to Make Bauxite-Mind Lands Fertile Again in Jamaica
Greenhouse farms are popping up on areas formerly used for mining in Jamaica, as Transport and Mining Minister Mike Henry observed as he toured one in St. Ann Parish. Accompanied by executive director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) Parris Lyew-Ayee and managing director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Omar Sweeney, Henry toured […]
Noranda Delays Layoffs at Gramercy Plant Until May
The alumina plant in Gramercy, Louisiana has been granted a reprieve. Noranda announced on Tuesday that the layoffs planned at the plant would happen no sooner than May, 2016. This reprieve has temporarily kept the plant’s 113 employees at work. The firm, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February, cites an ongoing tax […]
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 and industry experts from all over the world to hear and exchange information on latest developments related to base metals and their ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
