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Alcoa Plans US$51 MM In Capacity Upgrade At Mosjøen Aluminium Smelter

Alcoa Plans US$51 MM In Capacity Upgrade At Mosjøen Aluminium Smelter

Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced this week a plan to invest US$51 million at its Mosjøen aluminium smelter in Norway that will boost production capacity at the plant by 14 thousand metric tons per annum. Alcoa says the improvements to boost...

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Alcoa Debuts World’s First Low-Carbon Smelter-Grade Alumina

Alcoa Debuts World’s First Low-Carbon Smelter-Grade Alumina

American aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced last week an expansion of its low-carbon aluminium and alumina line Sustana. Per the firm, the line would expand by adding the industry’s first low-carbon, smelter-grade alumina EcoSource. Measured through the mining and refining process, EcoSource emits half the carbon dioxide equivalents per ton of alumina than the industry’s […]

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Gränges And Alcoa Partner On Low-Carbon Aluminium Production

Gränges And Alcoa Partner On Low-Carbon Aluminium Production

Yesterday Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB and American aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corp announced an agreement to partner on a collaboration aimed at reducing the aluminium value chain’s impact upon the climate. The agreement will have Gränges sourcing ECOLUM rolling slabs, which are part of Alcoa’s SUSTANA range of low-carbon products. The entire product line […]

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ASI’s Certification Of Alcoa Plants On Four Continents Opens Door To Offering Of Certified Sustainable Aluminium

ASI’s Certification Of Alcoa Plants On Four Continents Opens Door To Offering Of Certified Sustainable Aluminium

Alcoa and the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced earlier this week the certification of almost a dozen of the pioneering aluminium firm’s operations throughout the world against the ASI’s standards, paving the way for Alcoa to offer ASI-certified aluminium to its customers. The certifications cover 11 plants on four continents, including operations in Australia, Brazil, […]

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Low-carbon Aluminium Boosts Industry’s Green Credentials

Low-carbon Aluminium Boosts Industry’s Green Credentials

Global warming remains one of the leading critical global issues – emphasised in the last Paris accord and this month’s COP23 summit in Bonn. The carbon equivalent (CE), as a measure of how much CO2 is produced by any activity, is now accepted as a crucial major index of environmental performance, not least for the […]

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Alcoa Debuts New More Sustainable Aluminium Products

Alcoa Debuts New More Sustainable Aluminium Products

American aluminium major Alcoa Corporation debuted a new low carbon, high recycled content product at Aluminium 2016 this week. Sustana, Alcoa’s latest product, was designed by the firm to help customers cut their overall carbon use in their supply chain and to aid them in meeting sustainability targets. The new product line is composed of […]

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