Novelis Refuses to Sign New Aluminium Purchase Contracts with Rusal
Novelis’s top brass said it would continue to honor its contracts in place with Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal, but...
Novelis’s top brass said it would continue to honor its contracts in place with Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal, but...
Russian aluminium major UC Rusal released results for the first half of the year this week. Although the continuing Russian...
The war of words over Russian aluminium at London Metal Exchange warehouses continued on Friday, as another trade industry group...
Embattled Russian aluminium producer UC Rusal is weighing restarting an aluminium smelter in Nigeria that has been idle for a decade. Last week Nigeria’s vice president Kashim Shettima discussed the possibility with Rusal brass at the Russia-Africa meeting in St. Petersburg. The Nigerian government is already working on restoring production at the Alscon aluminium smelter. […]
Norsk Hydro ASA appealed to the London Metal Exchange last week to reverse its decision not to ban Russian-source aluminium, and Rusal responded by accusing Hydro of seeking to punish Russian aluminium producers for its own benefit. Reuters reported on the letter to the LME last week, and the LME responded by saying that it […]
Trade group European Aluminium is mulling a push for European Union sanctions on imported Russian aluminium without targeting UC Rusal, the country’s preeminent smelter of the metal. According to Reuters, the document dated from this month discussed the potential of European Aluminium “actively calling for EU sanctions on Russian aluminium.” However, the organization noted that […]
Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal announced plans this week for a new alumina refining plant in Leningrad. Rusal will invest ₽400 billion in the project, which involves the construction of four technological lines at the site as well as improved infrastructure on the Baltic port of Ust-Luga. The first phase will include installing 2.4 million […]
Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal approved its Sustainable Development Strategy for 2035 this week. Rusal said the strategy will make sustainable aluminium production more budget friendly by developing a new type of non-ferrous assets. These new assets will leverage solutions that are adaptive, fair, secure, and inclusive that will ultimately lead to carbon neutrality by […]
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Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...