Standardization

Standardization

Audi Becomes The First Downstream User Of Aluminium To Be ASI Certified

10/15/2018

Audi AG became earlier this week the first downstream aluminium consumer to receive a certificate from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). The German carmaker received the accolade for its aluminium components for and assembling of high-voltage batteries C-BEV for the Audi e-tron. ASI – a non-profit standardisation and […]

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Austria Metall AG Receives Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s Certification

09/20/2018

AMAG, the biggest company in the Austrian aluminium industry sector, became on September 20th the world’s first integrated company with rolling mill, foundry and recycling to receive the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Performance Standard certification. AMAG is now one of only three companies to be successfully certified against ASI’s […]

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Emirates Global Aluminium Releases Its First Sustainability Report

08/08/2018

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), UAE’s major aluminium producer, has released for the first time its sustainability report, stating the company’s environmental, social and economic achievements. The report brings the metal producer one step closer to joining the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). The report details EGA’s 2017 performance in several […]

Germany’s Aluminium Recycling Industry Welcomes Government’s New Guidelines

07/19/2018

Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e.V. (GDA), an association of raw aluminium producers, and Deutsche Aluminium Verpackung Recycling GmbH (DAVR), an aluminium producers association advocating for aluminium recycling, welcomed the draft guidelines released by Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (ZSVR, Foundation Central Agency Packaging Register). The new packaging act – coming into force […]

European Commission Formally Questions United Kingdom’s Tax Treatment of LME Trades

03/14/2018

The United Kingdom Treasury advised yesterday that the European Commission is investigating whether the British government is assessing a sufficient level of taxes on commodity derivative trades, including trades on the London Metal Exchange involving aluminium. Earlier this week the Commission sent a “letter of formal notice” to the United […]