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Alcoa To Close Two Of Its Three Aluminium Plants In Spain

10/19/2018

The U.S multinational company Alcoa announced on October 19th that it will shutter two of its three aluminium plants in Spain. The two smelters have a combined annual production of 180,000 metric tonnes. While keeping the third plant in Lugo open, the company decided to initiate negotiations with […]

Bosnian Aluminium Smelter Mostar’s Future Uncertain Amidst Workers’ Protests

10/16/2018

Around 900 workers at Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Aluminij Mostar – one of the largest aluminium smelters in the Balkans – plan to stage protests in front of the country’s parliament against the government’s inaction to secure the future of the company, reports Balkan Insight. The Federation government is […]

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 […]

Romanian Aluminium Smelter ALRO Invests EUR 53 Million In 2018

10/12/2018

Romanian aluminium company ALRO published an update on its 2018 investment programme into high value-added and very high value-added aluminium products. The investment plan focuses on increasing the company’s market share, enhancing the quality of its hot-rolled products and reducing production costs. In order to increase the production […]

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 […]

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