Norsk Hydro Plans €6MM In Improvements for Lucé Aluminium Extrusion Plant
Sweden’s aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week a plan for NOK67 million (€6 million) in improvements to its...
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Norsk Hydro to Convert Aluminium Extrusion Plants In Sweden to Solar Power
Norwegian aluminium producers Norsk Hydro ASA will begin a project at its extrusions plants in Sweden to convert their power sources to solar power generation. As part of the Greener Sweden project, Norsk Hydro intends to convert its plants in Vetlanda, Sjunnen,...
Subscriptions For Norsk Hydro’s Tender Offer For Alumetal Reaches 97 Percent
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA concluded its subscription period for its tender offer for Alumetal last week. The firm...
Norsk Hydro Signs On To Offshore Solar Energy Project In Malaysia
Norsk Hydro ASA concluded a busy week by signing a letter of intent with offshore floating solar energy technology developer...
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Norsk Hydro Smelts First Recycled Aluminium Using Carbon-Free Hydrogen
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week the smelting of the first batch of recycled aluminium using green hydrogen in history. The test, which was carried out at Hydro’s plant in Navarra, Spain, utilized carbon-free green hydrogen instead of natural gas to power the experiment. Hydro Havrand partnered with industrial engineering group Fives […]
Norsk Hydro Purchases Tract For Aluminium Recycling Plant In Central Spain
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA has entered into a deal to buy land in central Spain for the construction of a cutting-edge aluminium recycling plant. Hydro says the plant in Torija will have a production capacity of 120 thousand metric tons per annum and employ about 65 workers. The plant will increase Hydro’s capacity […]
Kennedy Wilson To Add 2,000 Aluminium Fins To Offices In Dublin
Coopers Cross in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, will soon be adding 2,000 low-carbon aluminium architectural fins on the exterior of office buildings to reduce the heating and cooling costs of those buildings. The fins will be produced by Alucraft and made from Norsk Hydro’s REDUXA low-carbon aluminium, which emits 75 percent less carbon than comparable […]
Norsk Hydro And Saint-Gobain Glass To Collaborate On Low-Carbon Building Façades
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA subsidiary Hydro Building Systems and Saint-Gobain Glass have come to an agreement on collaborating to reduce the carbon footprint of building façades by half. The agreement will have the firms utilizing their respective low-carbon solutions to craft low embodied carbon products. Hydro Building Systems’ premier low carbon aluminium offerings […]
European Regulators Green-Light Norsk Hydro €267MM Purchase Of Polish Aluminium Recycler Alumetal
Norsk Hydro SA gained the approval of European regulators for its second proposed purchase of Polish recycling firm Alumetal S.A. late last week. The second proposal reached the finish line with the European Commission, paving the way for the merger. The first proposal was offered last spring, but it expired during a phase II merger […]
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 ...
