An aluminium joint venture (JV) between majors Rio Tinto and Alcoa has flagged a site for a new research and development facility in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region in Québec.
The Elysis JV is working to commercialise a breakthrough technology that …
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Norsk Hydro may take months to return its Karmoey aluminium plant in western Norway to full capacity following a power outage that cut production by about 10%, the company said on Tuesday.
Hydro on Monday switched off 45 of the 288 aluminium cells at …
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China’s Chalco said on Friday it boosted annual aluminium output by 16% in 2018, putting it ahead of Russia’s Rusal as the world’s second-biggest publicly traded producer of the metal.
The increase underscores China’s growing dominance of the global …
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South32’s Mozal Aluminium smelter, which is located in the Mozambique capital Maputo, has pledged a $250 000 donation to support recovery efforts following the devastating impact of Cyclone Idai in the country. Commenting in a statement on Friday, Moza…
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JSE-listed aluminium supplier and exporter Hulamin’s rolled products division reported a “superb” manufacturing performance for the year ended December 31, 2018, increasing its sales by 6% to 228 000 t.
This third consecutive year of record sales vol…
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JSE-listed aluminium supplier and exporter Hulamin expects to report a 4% year-on-year decrease in headline earnings a share to 91c for the year ended December 31, 2018.
In anticipation of reporting its full-year results on March 19, the company on M…
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Aluminium producer Norsk Hydro said its 2018 underlying earnings before interest and tax fell by 2.15-billion crowns, due to higher raw material costs and reduced operations at Brazil’s Alunorte plant, it said on Friday.
The world’s largest alumina re…
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Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska is fighting back in a US court against American sanctions that he said are unfairly destroying his global businesses and are based on unproven allegations about his close ties to the government of Russian President Vl…
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Rio Tinto is in talks to move into the next phase of an agreement with Apple, CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques said on Friday, as the miner looks to transition its aluminium business to tap a low-carbon economy.
Last May, Rio and Alcoa announced a joint ven…
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Rusal, the world’s largest aluminium producer outside China, said on Thursday its business was back to normal after U.S. sanctions were lifted in January, and reiterated a positive outlook for the global aluminium market.
The company said sales were g…
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