Im Gesamtjahr 2018 expandierte die globale Primäraluminiumproduktion um 1,5 Prozent auf den neuen Produktionsrekord von insgesamt 64,3 Mio. Tonnen. Das berichtet die Düsseldorfer IKB-Bank in ihrer Rohstoff-Preisinformation für Februar 2019. Für 2019 erwartet die Bank eine Tonnage von 64,8 Mio.
Alcoa Corporation on Wednesday announced that it would immediately begin to curtail half of the one operating potline at the Aluminerie de Bécancour Inc. (ABI) smelter in Québec, Canada.
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Mubadala and Dubal Holding are to sign an agreement to develop a power block and water desalination plant at EGA’s Jebel Ali smelter in Dubai. The new facilities will improve the efficiency of power for aluminium smelting as well as reduce environmental emissions and natural gas consumption.
Rio Tinto has completed the sale of its 285,000-tpy aluminium smelter at Dunkerque, France, to Liberty House for USD500 million. Liberty House, which is part of the GFG Alliance (Gupta Family Group), has committed to continuing operations at the smelter and has announced plans for the development of additional activity around the site. As previously announced, the proceeds will be returned to shareholders, with the precise timing and form to be announced with Rio Tinto’s 2018 full year results. Rio Tinto estimates that there will be no material tax payable on this transaction.
On 6 December Rio Tinto officially re-opened Potline 4 at New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter (NZAS), at Tiwai Point on the South Island. Rio Tinto and its joint venture partner Sumitomo Chemical Co. have invested USD4.1m this year to upgrade and restart the potline, adding 31,000 tonnes of production capacity. Rio Tinto owns 79.36% of NZAS with 20.64% owned by Sumitomo Chemical. NZAS produced nearly 337,000 tonnes of saleable aluminium in 2017 and provides work for around 900 employees and contractors.
Die Trimet Aluminium SE zieht ein positives Fazit der Fachmesse ALUMINIUM 2018. Der Werkstoffspezialist präsentierte sich mit einem umfangreichen Produkt- und Serviceangebot.
Eon, Trimet und die Hafenkooperation Deltaport planen Abwärme aus der Produktion von Aluminium zu einer ressourcenschonenden Energiequelle umzuwandeln. Im Projekt „EcoPort 813“ sollen so Logistikimmobilien am Rheinhafen Voerde-Emmelsum mit Energie in Form von Wärme oder Kälte versorgt werden und Anreize für die Ansiedlung weiterer Unternehmen geschaffen werden.
Hydro’s alumina refinery Alunorte in Brazil was granted authorization on 5 October by the federal environmental agency Ibama to utilize its state-of-the-art press filter technology in the processing of bauxite residues, which will extend the life of Alunorte’s DRS1 bauxite residue disposal area and allow the company to continue operations on safe conditions. The authorization follows an announcement by Hydro on 3 October that Alunorte was preparing for full curtailment of its operation due to an embargo on its press filter and the newly developed bauxite residue deposit area (DRS2).
The calculated market balance for primary aluminium in the year to July was a deficit of 302,000 tonnes, which follows a deficit of 1.146 million tonnes recorded for the whole of 2017, reports the World Bureau of Metal Statistics.
Hydro and Rio Tinto have signed an agreement to end the acquisition process for Rio Tinto’s Icelandic aluminium plant Isal, including its interests in Dutch anode facility Aluchemie and Swedish aluminium fluoride plant Alufluor. In February 2018, Hydro made a binding offer to acquire Isal, its 53% share in Aluchemie and 50% of the shares in Alufluor for an enterprise value of USD345m. A sale and purchase agreement was signed on 8 June 2018.
Mecfor of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada, yesterday unveiled one of its most innovative projects to date: the first automated guided vehicle (AGV) designed and made in North America and destined specifically for the worldwide primary aluminium industry. The vehicle can manoeuvre completely autonomously within complex and harsh environments, such as strong magnetic fields, dust, wide temperature variations and constant interactions with workers and other equipment.
Im internationalen Kohlenstoff- und Graphitprodukte-Geschäft tut sich was: Aus dem bisherigen Geschäftsbereich SGL CFL CE der SGL Group ist ein neues und eigenständiges Unternehmen hervorgegangen. Nach einem Eigentümerwechsel steht das Unternehmen nun bereit, sich unter dem Namen