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Norks Hydro To Expand Operations At The Slovalco Plant In Slovakia

10/10/2018

Norway’s Hydro and its Italian joint-venture partner PENTA plan to purchase a new furnace and expand operations at the Slovalco plant in Slovakia. The investment will enable the plant to increase primary aluminium production and expand remelt operations. The decision to expand operations at the Slovak plant is […]

Germany’s Trimet Anticipates Strong Aluminium Demand In 2019

10/10/2018

Trimet Aluminium – Germany’s largest aluminium producer and one of the leading players in Europe – anticipates strong aluminium demand in the coming year while warning that any forecasts are complicated by the impact of U.S. tariffs on the global aluminium industry, reported Reuters on October 8th citing the […]

Aluminium Cans Market Sees Substantial Growth

10/05/2018

Producers of aluminium aerosol containers experienced a significant expansion of their business, with nearly 3.3 billion cans manufactured in the first half of 2018, reported on October 1st the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL). The output figure represents a market growth of around 5 per cent […]

Norsk Hydro’s Brazil Alumina Plant Closure Sends Prices Rocketing

10/04/2018

Aluminium rallied to a three-month high on Wenesday after Norsk Hydro announced a full curtailment of operations at its Alunorte alumina refinery plant and Paragominas bauxite mine in Brazil. The production stoppage sent the Norwegian titan’s share price down 11 per cent and added to increasing uncertainty about the […]

Industry

Ball Corporation Unveils Aluminium Cans Plant In Spain

09/28/2018

The American multinational Ball Corporation inaugurated this week a plant specialised in manufacturing aluminium cans. Located in Cabanillas del Campo in central Spain, the new plant attracted more than 100 million euros in investment and complements an existing production facility in Tarragona. The newly unveiled facility counts two […]

Norsk Hydro To Double Husnes Plant’s Aluminium Production

09/20/2018

Norwegian aluminium maker Norsk Hydro ASA decided to invest NOK 1.4 billion (EUR 146 million) into its aluminium plant in Husnes, Norway. The project aims to double production and create 90 new jobs. With its expansion project at the Husne’s facility, Hydro will upgrade and start-up the plant’s […]

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