The pilot project of an innovative degreasing line, designed for the customer China Steel Aluminium Corporation of Taiwan, has been launched.
UC RUSAL announced plans to increase alloy production in Aluminium Division East units by up to 70% by 2016. This is an increase from 1,130,000 tonnes to 1,930,000 tonnes. Investments in the project in 2012 will amount to USD 5 million, the Division's alloy production in 2012 will rise to 1,260,000 tonnes.
Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax amounted to NOK 1,133 million in the fourth quarter, down from NOK 1,646 million in the previous quarter. Lower aluminium prices, seasonal decline in demand and weaker markets weighed down underlying results for the quarter.
Presentation at American Society of Naval Engineers (ANSE) Shows Advantages of Cutting Edge Alloys
The Chairman of the Aluminum Association’s Board of Directors and President of Nichols Aluminum, Thomas Brackmann, announced the appointment of Jean Simon, President of Primary Metal for Rio Tinto Alcan to the Chairmanship of the Aluminum Association’s Executive Committee.
Anglo Aluminum Corp. has closed the second and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement, this second tranche consisting of 1,000,000 Units at a price of $0.10 per Unit for aggregate proceeds of $100,000.
At the Wire AlumGreen presents – for the first time in the world – the completely new process for coating cold drawn steel products with aluminium. With this process a more homogeneous and durable coating is achieved than by galvanising. Not only that: production costs are reduced radically and natural resources are protected at the same time.
BHP Billiton has exercised an option to sell its 37% non-operated interest in Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) to Rio Tinto and will exit the titanium minerals industry.
hief executive Tom Albanese said “This was another record-breaking year in the Pilbara with both quarterly and full year iron ore production and shipments beating previous achievements, as our expansion programme continues apace. Across the Group, production has bounced back from the severe weather conditions experienced in the first half which had the biggest impact on Australian iron ore, coal and uranium.”
Norsk Hydro ASA will write down the value of certain fixed assets by approximately NOK 1.3 billion, affecting its fourth-quarter 2011 results. The impairments are a result of a weakening in certain markets and low prices, in combination with raw material and currency pressures. Hydro continues to implement significant corrective measures to address the challenges in the affected businesses.
he Ma'aden Alcoa aluminum joint venture has poured the first concrete in the construction of the region's first alumina refinery at the fully integrated aluminum complex at Ras Al Khair.
Alcoa will be at Super Bowl XLVI this Sunday in Indianapolis, Ind., in more ways than one.
The 2012 Awards for Aluminum Excellence program will recognize the most innovative companies across multiple categories.
Online registration is now open for the 69th Annual World Magnesium Conference, May 20-22, 2011 at the The Fairmont San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
UC RUSAL has entered into an agreement to acquire 50% of OOO “Yaroslavsk GRK” (Yaroslavsk Mining Company) from Russian Mining Company (RGRK). Following completion of the deal, Yaroslavsk GRK will be 100% wholly owned by RUSAL.
Alcoa Defense Congratulates Austal USA on Christening of 127-Meter All-Aluminum LCS Coronado Each LCS Features More than 1 Million Pounds of High-Quality Aluminum
UC RUSAL announced the completion of negotiations with its lenders regarding an option to introduce a covenant holiday in 2012-2013.
he Board of Directors of Alcoa (NYSE:AA) declared (a) a quarterly common stock dividend of 3 cents per share payable February 25, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 3, 2012 and (b) a quarterly dividend of 93.75 cents per share on Alcoa’s $3.75 cumulative preferred stock payable April 1, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 9, 2012.
UC RUSAL announces the Shanghai Futures Exchange registration of RUSAL’s IRKAZ SUAL and RUSAL KH brands produced at the Irkutsk and Khakas aluminium smelters. The aluminium products are now deliverable against the SHFE Aluminium Contract.
Rio Tinto has given the green light to an additional US$2.7 billion capital investment to modernise its aluminium smelter in Kitimat, British Columbia. This new investment will allow for completion of the US$3.3 billion project in 2014.
RUSAL is satisfied with the results of the Government Commission session dedicated to analysis of the situation at the Bogoslovsk aluminium smelter and development prospects of the whole Urals aluminium production cluster. The Company has always emphasized that the key condition for stable operations of aluminium smelters is energy supply tariff enabling competitive production.
Recognition exemplifies Alcoa's commitment to integrate sustainability into day-to-day operations
Century Aluminum Company announced that the Grundartangi smelter, owned and operated by its wholly owned subsidiary, Nordural Grundartangi ehf, experienced a temporary power outage.
Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) announced that its Sylmar Operations (Valley-Todeco) was recently honored by Northrop Grumman Corporation with a Platinum Source Preferred Supplier Award.
The international journal for industry, research and application of aluminium is published monthly. It provides information on all topical issues concerning the material, its production, processing, recycling and application. Furthermore, economic topics and ecological consequences of aluminium application are discussed. Thirty percent of all articles in the journal are written in English.
The trade journal is the leading title in the whole German-speaking area. It provides information on material-specific characteristics of aluminium, latest processing technologies and innovative applications in various branches and sectors of industry.
The international trade journal for metallurgy focuses on the non-metal branch with its basic metals copper, zink, aluminium, magnesium, lead, nickel and tin as well as composite materials on metallic basis and special metals. The trade journal provides information on installation engineering and testing technology, introduces latest material developments and reports on user experiences.
