Kaiser Warrick Calls Off Force Majeure Thanks To New Magnesium Supplier
American aluminium producer Kaiser Aluminum Corporation has lifted a force majeure at the Warrick Rolling Mill in Indiana. Kaiser declared...
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Kaiser Aluminum Releases 2021 Sustainability Report
American aluminium firm Kaiser Aluminum released its 2021 Sustainability Report this week in which it described its environmental, social, and governance programming and development. The report elaborates upon Kaiser Aluminum’s long-term efforts to continue to grow in a responsible manner. Keith A....
Magnesium Supply Cut Prompts Kaiser To Declare Force Majeure At Warrick Aluminium Rolling Mill
American aluminium smelter Kaiser Aluminum Corporation declared force majeure at its Warrick Rolling Mill in Indiana on Thursday due to...
Alcoa Corporation Shutters Potline At Warrick Aluminium Smelter Due To “Operational Challenges”
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced this weekend that it will be shuttering one of the three aluminium smelting lines...
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Kaiser Aluminum Returning To Pre-Pandemic Business With Q1’s Total Shipments Of 137 MM Pounds
California semi-fabricated specialty aluminium producer Kaiser Aluminum announced results for the first quarter of the year yesterday. Totals were generally ahead of the fourth quarter but down from last year’s first quarter as the firm sees a return to pre-COVID-19 trends. In the first quarter Kaiser shipped 137 million pounds of product, besting last quarter’s […]
Alcoa Sells Warrick Aluminium Rolling Mill To Kaiser For US$670 Million
Pittsburgh’s aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corp announced this week that it has agreed to sell its rolling mill business to California’s Kaiser Aluminum for about US$670 million. Alcoa said it will sell the rolling mill business held by Alcoa Warrick LLC to Kaiser for a cash payment of US$587 million and an agreement to take over […]
United Steelworkers Accepts New Four-Year Labor Contract With Alcoa
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation and United Steelworkers (USW) said late last week that USW’s membership at Alcoa’s facilities voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new four-year labor agreement hammered out by negotiators for the two parties earlier this year. The agreement, which covers around 1,700 laborers at five plants, includes a 12-percent annual wage […]
Alcoa And United Steelworkers Reach Tentative Agreement On New Labor Contract
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced a tentative accord with United Steelworkers over a four-year labor contract covering about 1,700 workers at five plants throughout the United States. No details were released by either the firm or the union, but the USW said it would send delegates from the negotiating committees into the field to […]
Alcoa, USW Agree To Continue Under Prior Agreement As Negotiations On New Accord Continue
American aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation said Thursday it has reached an agreemet with United Steelworkers to continue working under the labor contract now in place until a new contract can be negotiated. Per Alcoa, the 1,700 employees covered under the contract are located at 5 plants in the United States, specifically Indiana’s Warrick Operations, 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 ...
