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Glencore To Buy 30 Percent Of Alunorte From Norsk Hydro For US$700 Million

Glencore To Buy 30 Percent Of Alunorte From Norsk Hydro For US$700 Million

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week that it will sell 30 percent of Alunorte alumina refinery and 5 percent of MRN bauxite mine to Swiss miner Glencore plc. Per Glencore, the consideration on the sale should be in the...

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ASI Certifies First Norsk Hydro Extrusion Plant In Mexico

ASI Certifies First Norsk Hydro Extrusion Plant In Mexico

The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week the certification of Hydro Precision Tubing Reynosa under its Performance Standard. They Reynosa plant obtained Hydro’s first ASI certification in Mexico. The plant, which is just south of the Rio Grande River, opened in 2006. The 320-strong workforce produces aluminium heat exchange solutions mainly to customers in […]

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Norsk Hydro Delivers Initial Batch Of Near-Zero Aluminium To European Project

Norsk Hydro Delivers Initial Batch Of Near-Zero Aluminium To European Project

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week the first delivery of 100 percent recycled post-consumer aluminium profiles from its building system brand WICONA to its Innovationsbogen project in southern Germany. Per the firm, the Hydro CIRCAL 100R aluminium used for the profiles aids in the decarbonization of Europe’s building industry, and the initial […]

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Norsk Hydro’s HalZero Zero-Carbon Aluminium Enters Next Development Phase

Norsk Hydro’s HalZero Zero-Carbon Aluminium Enters Next Development Phase

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA’s project to produce zero-carbon primary aluminium by the end of the decade entered a new phase this month, as it announced an investment in a HalZero test facility that will be supported by Norway’s government. Hydro says this new development puts it on track to meet its goal of […]

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Hydro Extrusions Completes Purchase Of Hueck

Hydro Extrusions Completes Purchase Of Hueck

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced the completion of its acquisition of German building systems supplier Hueck by subsidiary Hydro Extrusions last week. Hydro completed the purchase, which was first announced in early December on February 28 after obtaining regulatory approval from Germany and Austria. The firm notes that the acquisition strengthens their position […]

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Hydro To Partner With Wave Aluminium On Bauxite Waste Recovery Plant In Brazil

Hydro To Partner With Wave Aluminium On Bauxite Waste Recovery Plant In Brazil

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced this week that it has teamed up with Wave Aluminium to build a plant in Brazil for recovering marketable materials from bauxite ore residue. The plant will be built on the campus of Hydro’s Alunorte refinery in Brazil. Hydro says the plant is expected to be able to […]

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