The U.S. administration just announced the lift of Section 232 tariffs for aluminium against Canada and Mexico. It is time to also exempt Europe from the 10% tariff on [...]
Emirates Global Aluminium has started up a new AED15m pre-treatment and crusher facility for spent potlining (SPL) in a step forward for the recycling of industrial waste. SPL, the used [...]
The German aluminium semis industry can look back on a satisfactory 2018. Although there was an economic slowdown in the second half of the year, the production of semi-finished [...]
At Gifa 2019, KMA Umwelttechnik will present the new, third generation of the Ultravent filtration system for exhaust air purification in the die casting industry. Since first launching the second [...]
Hydro has developed a new aluminium conductor sheet, which can mark a step change material for many electrotechnical applications. This solution, Hydec 6xxx, matches high conductivity with high strength, from [...]
Magma GmbH and HA have joined forces in a long-term cooperation to quantitatively describe the hot distortion of sand cores. Together, Magma as a specialist for the virtual optimization [...]
Chicoutimi, Quebec-based STAS Inc. has acquired Sermas Industrie, which is located in St Quentin Sur Isère, near Grenoble in France. Sermas develops a complete range of equipment for the manufacture [...]
Statkraft and Alcoa Norway have entered into a long-term power supply agreement for the 2020 to 2026 period. The total delivery will be around 3 TWh, with annual deliveries of [...]
Hydro’s aluminium extrusion operations at the sites in Bellenberg, Germany, and Lichtervelde, Belgium, have been certified to the ASI Performance Standard. The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has certified the two [...]
Alupro is concerned about plans by the Scottish Government to introduce a deposit of 20p for all sizes of container and format. 20p is double the level typically used in [...]
