Aluminium 2000: THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EU DOWNSTREAM ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY

04/25/2019

FACE Secretary General and METEF President Dr. Mario Conserva participated in a panel discussion at the 11th Aluminium Two Thousand World Congress, held in Treviso between 9-13 April. Alongside Cesare Pozzi and Ernesto Cassetta from the LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome, Dr. Conserva presented the findings of a forthcoming […]

FACE Strategic Vision

04/25/2019

FACE at the service of the competitiveness of the EU aluminium industry. The Federation of Aluminium Consumers in Europe, FACE, was established in 1999 by independent European aluminium transformers, mainly from the rolling and extrusion sectors. FACE foresaw the robust demand growth for aluminium applications in the EU due […]

Enzo Cibaldi: Production And Transformation of Aluminium in Italy

11/22/2018

Enzo Cibaldi – Italian aluminium entrepreneur – gave a presentation about the Italian aluminium industry during the CENTROAL’s event in Rome on Monday 12th of November. In his presentation, Mr Cibaldi covered a range of topics in his presentation from the circular economy to the questions of energy in the […]

LUISS University: The European Aluminium Industry

11/22/2018

LUISS University spoke about the upcoming study on the downstream EU aluminium industry at CENTROAL’s conference on Monday 12 December, in Rome. The event brought together industry players and policy makers to discuss aluminium in a globalised world. You can read a preview of the main points of the new […]

Effects Of RUSAL Sanctions: FACE’s Urgent Call To EU Authorities

04/19/2018

FACE, The Federation of Aluminium Consumers in Europe, issued a statement to draw the attention of European Institutions on the consequences of American sanctions against Russia which became effective on April 6th and hit UC Rusal’s activities hard FACE calls for urgent attention of national and EU authorities on the […]

AlCircle Interview with Dr. Mario Conserva

06/07/2017

Mario Conserva, General Manager, A&L and Vice President, Alfin-Edimet, the founding company for METEF talked to AlCircle about the upcoming Metef 2017 exhibition and how the event is going to open its door again to more than 400 international exhibitors covering foundry casting, extrusion, rolling, machining, surface treatments and recycling. […]

2015 LUISS Study: EU import tariffs on primary aluminium cost billions to downstream SMEs

12/03/2014

The first-ever economic study on the downstream EU aluminium industry conducted by LUISS University in Rome unveils the magnitude of the damage inflicted on EU SME’s and the unfair competitive advantages given to EU and extra-EU producers by the current import tariff regime and the financial diversions it permits. The […]

Mahmood Daylami, General Secretary of the Gulf Aluminium Council (GAC), talks FACE

11/10/2014

Mahmood Daylami, General Secretary of the Gulf Aluminium Council (GAC), the major organization representing the aluminium industry in the Gulf countries, was interviewed on November 10th by ArtValley. The interview touched upon a number of themes, including FACE. Q. In your opinion, is FACE , the Federation of Aluminium Consumers […]

Malcolm McHale, President of FACE, quoted in Reuters

07/22/2013

EU offers energy-hungry sectors guidance on long-term power deals LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) – The European Union will help energy-hungry industries, such as aluminium smelters, clinch long-term electricity deals to lure back major employers that have quit the bloc partly because its power is so expensive. The offer of free […]

Aluminium 2000: THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EU DOWNSTREAM ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY