Norsk Hydro Acquires Hueck’s Aluminium Extrusion Business In Germany
Norway’s aluminium titan Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week that it has acquired aluminium window, door, and façade systems producer...
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Norsk Hydro To Invest €35.7 MM In New High-Strength Automotive Aluminium Press In Hungary Plant
Norway’s aluminium titan Norsk Hydro ASA announced an investment of €35.7 million in a new high-strength aluminium press at its plant in Szekesfehervar, Hungary this week. Per the firm, the new automotive aluminium press will join Hydro’s network of automotive aluminium production,...
Norsk Hydro Constructing Solar Fence at German Aluminium Extrusion Plant
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week an investment in a 426-meter solar fence at its Offenburg extrusion...
Norsk Hydro To Cut Up To 113k Metric Tons Per Annum In Aluminium Billet At Karmøy And Husnes
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced a partial curtailment in the production of aluminium billet at Hydro Karmøy and...
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Norsk Hydro To Add New Aluminium Scrap Recycling Capacity To Eastern Pennsylvania Plant
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week yet another capex project, this one a NOK500 million (US$51 million) expansion of its aluminium recycling plant in Cressona, Pennsylvania. Per the firm, the 50 thousand metric ton per annum expansion of the plant is expected to be completed towards the end of 2024. The new […]
Workers Go On Strike At Hydro Sunndal Aluminium Plant
Negotiations between the union representing Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA’s labor force at Hydro Sunndal and plant management broke down last week, leading to a strike that is set to commence tomorrow. Hydro says that negotiations with labor union Industri Energi and Norsk Industri representing management during mediation sessions on August 13 led to […]
Norsk Hydro To Shutter Slovalco Aluminium Plant Due To High Power Prices
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week the closure of its Slovalco aluminium plant in Slovakia due to high electricity prices. In a statement released by Hydro, the firm says that “adverse framework conditions” also contributed to the site’s closure. As to electricity prices, Hydro said that it does not expect any relief […]
Norsk Hydro’s Utah Aluminium Extrusion Plant Becomes First US Facility Powered Entirely By Renewable Resources
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA said this week that its aluminium extrusion plant in the Southwest United States will become the first American facility to be powered entirely by renewable energy. The firm said in a press release that its Spanish Fork, Utah plant inked an eight-year deal with the city government and the […]
Norsk Hydro To Add New Aluminium Scrap Recycling Capacity To Eastern Pennsylvania Plant
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week yet another capex project, this one a NOK500 million (US$51 million) expansion of its aluminium recycling plant in Cressona, Pennsylvania. Per the firm, the 50 thousand metric ton per annum expansion of the plant is expected to be completed towards the end of 2024. The new […]
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 ...
