News
William F. Oplinger was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of Alcoa Corporation and also a member of the Board of Directors.
Primary aluminium
Trimet Aluminium SE in Germany has developed a new process control system for controlling the electrolysis furnaces in its aluminium smelters.
Primary Production
In South Africa, South32 is engaged in an ambitious project to limit hydrogen fluoride (HF) emissions at 0,5 mg/Nm³ by April 2025.
Rio Tinto will invest USD1.1bn to expand its state-of-the-art AP60 aluminium smelter equipped with low-carbon technology at Complexe Jonquière in Canada.
Hydro has reached an agreement with Glencore to acquire Hydro's shares in the Brazilian bauxite and alumina business.
Emirates Global Aluminium in the UAE has joined Hilt CRC to progress research into the decarbonisation of alumina refining.
Processes / Technology
Hydro Alunorte and Wave Aluminium have signed a contract to build a plant in Brazil to process bauxite residue, aiming to recover commercially valuable materials.
Alcoa will restart its aluminium smelter in San Ciprián, Spain, in 2024.
During a virtual meeting early this week, Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has awarded International Bechtel Co. Ltd to conduct Line 7 project’s feasibility study.
Company
In response to reduced market demand for aluminium billets in Europe, Hydro has decided to partially curtail aluminium production at Hydro Karmøy and Hydro Husnes in Norway.
Alcoa is curtailing one third of its production capacity at its Lista smelter in Norway to mitigate high energy costs for the site.
Hydro’s majority owned Slovalco aluminium facility in Slovakia has decided to close the primary aluminium production at the plant. The closure will be completed by the end of September 2022.
Associations
European Parliament vote on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) enshrines net increase in global carbon emissions, says European Aluminium.
A new report for the European aluminium industry by the independent commodity analyst CRU highlights the negative impacts of a wrongly designed Carbon Border Adjustment Measure (CBAM).
Alcoa has entered into a supply agreement to provide low-carbon Ecolum aluminium to rolling and recycling company Speira in Grevenbroich, Germany.
EGA starts up second phase of Al Taweelah smelter expansion ahead of schedule.
Electrolysis
A 2-year internal testing programme has successfully verified Hydro Karmøy’s technology pilot plant with its HAL4e primary aluminium production technology.
Rusal has completed the conversion of its aluminium smelter in Krasnoyarsk to Eco Soderberg technology.
Anodes
Trimet Aluminium SE has commissioned a new anode baking furnace at its aluminium smelter in Hamburg, Germany.
Alumina
This summer Aumund Fördertechnik GmbH will be supplying an arched plate conveyor to Mytilineos S.A. in Agios Nikolaos on the Gulf of Corinth in Greece. This is the location at which the metallurgy and technology group operates a plant which produces aluminium in a two-step process.
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