The Brazilian Aluminum Can Association (Abralatas) has named Thais Fagury as its new CEO. With extensive experience in the metal packaging industry and a career focused on sustainability, the circular economy, reverse logistics and institutional affairs, Fagury takes the helm as the industry navigates a period of transformation and growing debate over competitiveness, circularity and the transition to a low-carbon economy. Over nearly two decades, Fagury has built a career closely tied to the metal packaging industry and the environmental agenda. She served as president of the Brazilian Steel Packaging Association (Abeaço) from 2007 to 2026 and led Prolata Reciclagem from 2012 to 2026. Her experience also includes working with companies, industry associations, government officials and...
LME aluminium prices weakened across key contracts on October 7 compared with the previous trading day, while exchange stocks also declined. The cash and three-month prices fell by around 1 per cent, with the December 2027 contract recording a similar decline. On October 7, the LME aluminium cash bid price stood at USD 3,102 per tonne, down 1.02 per cent from USD 3,134 per tonne on October 6. The cash offer price declined to USD 3,102.5 per tonne, down 1.02 per cent from USD 3,134.5 per tonne. The LME aluminium three-month bid price fell to USD 3,112 per tonne on October 7 from USD 3,148 per tonne on October 6, marking a 1.14 per cent decline. The three-month offer price decreased to USD 3,114 per tonne from USD 3,148.5 per tonne, down 1.10 per cent. Explore- Most comprehensive and...
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Malta, a small Mediterranean island between Sicily and the North African coast, has recently seen an environmental drive where the specific emphasis was laid to increase the collection of single-use glass, plastic or aluminium beverage cans and containers. On Monday, November 14, the Beverage Container Refund Scheme (BCRS) first began its operations, and on that very day, almost 50,000 containers were accumulated. The rules pertaining to the Beverage Container Refund Scheme were first introduced in 2020 but initially restricted to plastic packaging as the European Union directive notified. The proper implementation of this noble programme took more than two years, after which a conglomeration of Malta's largest beverage distributors and exporters, officially known as BCRS, began...
India's largest aluminium producer, Vedanta Aluminium, implemented Internet of Things (IoT)-based technology for cooling water analysis and total water usage reduction at its power facilities in Jharsuguda, Odisha. These power plants employ a network of cooling towers with natural draughts and a water-based recirculating cooling system. The IoT technology uses current operating data and suggests the best water quality parameters, which eventually result in water conservation by raising CoC (or cycle of concentration, i.e., reuse of the same water multiple times for cooling the condenser). Reduced water use, better water quality, less scaling and corrosion, and improved other operational factors brought about by this technology have resulted in an overall increase in station heat rate (a...
In South America, alumina production during September 2022 stood at 981,000 tonnes, bringing the total output for the third quarter of the year to 2.951 million tonnes, found the International Aluminium Institute (IAI). The monthly production in September edged 15,000 tonnes or 1.51 per cent lower than 996,000 tonnes in August, following an increase in the previous month by 2.26 per cent from 974,000 tonnes. Overall, the alumina production in South America during the third quarter of 2022 stood at 5.85 per cent higher sequentially from 2.788 million tonnes. On a year-on-year basis, South America’s alumina output also recorded an escalation of 4.28 per cent from 2.830 million tonnes. From January to September 2022, South America produced 8.584 million tonnes of alumina in total, down by...
The manufacturer of premium quality aluminium profiles, Global Aluminium Pvt. Ltd., has emerged as one of the leading champions in the aluminium extrusion manufacturing sector under the leadership of Chairman and Managing Director Anil Kumar Agarwal, Global. Global Aluminium Pvt. Ltd (GAPL) is a comprehensive solution provider for aluminium extruded products, which has been operational for three decades and relentlessly delivering all kinds of value additions, including anodizing, powder coating, machining & fabrication of aluminium profiles under a single roof, as a one-stop solution for clients. As a result of its two highly advanced and cutting-edge automated aluminium manufacturing facilities in Kallakal, Telangana, GAPL has been supplying premium quality aluminium extrusion profiles...
The average alumina price in China has lost RMB 11 per tonne, closing at RMB 2,765 per tonne, followed by RMB 35 per tonne slump in alumina prices around Lianyungang, where the price closed at RMB 2,875 per tonne. The price of alumina in Bayuquan dropped by RMB 25 per tonne, resting at RMB 2,900 per tonne, while there has been RMB 20 per tonne slump in Guizhou, where alumina price came in at RMB 2,710 per tonne. The alumina price in Shandong has de-escalated by RMB 15 per tonne, arriving at RMB 2,695 per tonne, and the price of alumina in Guangxi has shed RMB 10 per tonne, settling at RMB 2,670 per tonne. A00 aluminium ingot price has escalated by RMB 70 per tonne, closing at RMB 18,850 per tonne, as the Shanghai Metals Market recorded on Wednesday, November 16. The average prices are...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,438 per tonne on Tuesday, with its high and low at US$2,478 per tonne and US$2,422 per tonne, respectively, before closing at US$2,435 per tonne, a drop of US$17.5 per tonne or 0.71 per cent. On Tuesday, November 15, both LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium official settlement price hiked by US$17.5 per tonne or 0.73 per cent and US$18 per tonne or 0.75 per cent to settle at US$2,409 per tonne and US$2,410 per tonne. 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price expanded by US$27 per tonne or 1.11 per cent to halt at US$2,443 per tonne and US$2,445 per tonne. December 23 bid price and December 23 offer price gained US$36 per tonne to rest at US$2,518 per tonne and US$2,523 per tonne. LME aluminium opening stock came in at 538825 tonnes. Live warrants...
A community initiative to gather aluminium cans in the West Newton-Yukon-Collinsburg region can be regarded as the most helpful programme since the conductors will arrange a free Thanksgiving dinner in Jeannette this week. The dinner will be presented in exchange for all the aluminium cans collected and sold. A non-profit organisation, Operation Pick-Up Cans, would utilise the accumulations after selling the aluminium cans to provide a hearty meal for the community. Operation Pick-Up Cans also acts as a patron in other goodwill projects around the globe. An ex-employee of Elliott Co. worker who is now president of Operation Pick-Up Cans, Joseph Muscenti, stated: “I look at it as a way of helping people in need.” Joseph Muscenti more famously known as ‘Jo-Can’ also claims that the...
Fairview has declared that its leading Ecoloop recycling facility has bagged the Product Stewardship Award for Best Stewardship Outcomes after being selected by an SME business. This current Stewardship title further establishes Ecoloop’s identity as a successful recycling and reinstating unit for combustible aluminium cladding extracted from risky facade systems. This award also emphasises Fairview’s position as a propagator of recycling building materials and other auxiliary safety practices. The Product Stewardship Excellence Awards is conducted by the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence with support from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. The award felicitates industry-related stewardship achievements, mainly in the emissions and sustainability...
Doncaster-based Senior Architectural Systems has announced the expansion of its manufacturing ability with the opening of its latest facility in Rotherham. The company is the biggest privately owned aluminium fenestration solutions provider in the United Kingdom. The company's turnover was over £40 million in 2021, and the rising demand for aluminium fenestration solutions under updated building regulations has instigated the company to open a new manufacturing unit. Senior Architectural Systems offers integrated powder coating solutions along with a humungous range of aluminium architectural façade systems. This new facility on Mangham Road will provide the company with an additional 90,000 sq ft of usable storage and production space. This expansion is the beginning of Senior...
On November 11, the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) achieved fulfillment with their “Can Collection Drive” having the tagline “Cancel the Linear, Enable the Circular”. EEG was, fortunately, able to collect a glorious 11,987 kg of aluminium cans with the sole purpose of recycling them. Since the origin of this environmental drive, EEG has successfully collected 375,862 kg of aluminium cans discarding almost 5,642 MTCO2e generated, safeguarding 9,124 m3 of landfill space and conserving 85,541 million BTU of energy. The Co-Founder and Chairperson of Emirates Environmental Group, Mrs Habiba Al Mar’ashi, exemplified: “Protecting and preserving natural resources in the UAE is vital, and EEG has designed a cluster of community-based action programmes and campaigns, such as the Can Collection...
Aluminium Bahrain, one of the world's largest aluminium smelters ex-China, reached the financial close on its Power Station 5 Block 4 project. The virtual signing ceremony with Sinosure was held on Monday, November 14. The $225 million facility is supported by the China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (SINOSURE), has a 15-year tenor, competitive interest rates, and the principal will be repaid over that time, plus a three-year grace period. "Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world's largest aluminium smelters, has reached the financial close for its Block 4 of Power Station 5 (PS5) that will add 680.9 megawatts (MW), which once completed will increase the nameplate capacity of PS5from 1.8GW to more than 2.4 GW", said by the Chairman of Alba's Board of Directors, Shaikh...
A leading Bulgarian manufacturer of aluminium rolled and extruded products, Alcomet AD, said it would invest in a rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) installation with a capacity of 2 megawatts. The news came after Alcomet said in a bourse filing on Friday, specifying that PV installation would be placed at existing buildings that are part of the company’s production facilities. Besides this, the company provided no further information, nothing related to the cost of the investment proposal or the expected commissioning time. Based in Shumen, northeastern Bulgaria, Alcomet manufactures household, technical and container foils, sheets and strips, as well as standard and customized aluminium profiles. In October, the company reported an increase in its standalone profit to 34 million levs...
Novelis has been appointed as a FIRST Strategic Partner by the global robotics community, FIRST, which coaches young scientific minds for the upcoming technological era. While Novelis is a world-leading sustainable aluminium solutions supplier and the maker of aluminium rolled items or recycled products, FIRST initiates capable minds to explore pathways of innovation. Though completely different in their initial stages of the commercial approach, both brands have a knack for sustainability and a better-educated future generation. Novelis has supported FIRST through many of its essential initiatives or programmes, lending financial support and providing aluminium donations of all kinds for the last ten years. But now the aluminium giant is ready to extend its hands as a strategic partner...
Ross Aluminum, a Sidney-based provider of high-quality aluminium casting to various sectors, including transportation, trucking, power generation, aerospace, etc., will invest $5.4 million and plan to add 175 employees. Assets from USAC Ross, including real estate, machinery, and property, were bought by P&THE Manufacturing, LLC. “As far as being able to produce high quality, complex castings on the floor, you’ll find something very special,” said Pancho Hall, CEO & chairperson of P&THE Manufacturing, and Ross Aluminum head. P&THE Manufacturing is an MBE holding company that offers high-performing manufacturing solutions through business acquisitions and joint ventures. Ross Aluminum announced in January this year the permanent closure of its casting division at 402 Kuther Road in Sidney...
The National Bureau of Statistics revealed China’s primary aluminium production in October 2022 increased by 9.5 per cent year-on-year, bolstered by the ease of power consumption curb than the previous year and growing exports. NBS data showed the country produced 3.45 million tonnes of the metal, marking a rise for the eighth straight month compared to 2021 numbers. The daily average output in the said month was pegged at 111,290 tonnes, supported by higher consumption of primary aluminium to produce and meet overseas demand for Chinese aluminium products. From January to October 2022, China exported 5.68 million tonnes of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products. That was up by 25 per cent year-on-year, cushioning domestic primary aluminium output. In the first ten months of the year,...
With the shared feeling of Nationalism, Rimowa and Adidas have come together to introduce Rimowa's first-ever aluminium backpack and the Adidas NMD_S1 sneaker. Both the German brands have vouched to embark on a journey of sustainable mobility, and the use of Rimowa's grooved aluminium is just the beginning of the gesture. This limited edition capsule collection by Rimowa and Adidas has been created with the modern ideologies of travellers, where backpacking is the most desirable option. Assembled exclusively in Germany, the cross-category collection displays the two most trending options. The first in the series is Rimowa's first-ever aluminium backpack which has the sleekest yet contemporary design and can be carried on the back. This collection is a successful attempt to satisfy the...
On November 14, 2022, ALRO S.A., one of Europe's largest vertically integrated aluminium producers, measured by production capacity, reported its consolidated financial results for the nine months that ended September 30 2022. In 3Q 2022, the Group's turnover increased by 19% (1-3Q 2022: RON 2.9 billion vs RON 2.5 billion) with a decreasing trend, as aluminium quotations fell and demand slowed. In a challenging economic environment, the Group has scaled back certain production activities (primary aluminium and alumina) due to lower aluminium quotations and demand. Marian NĂSTASE, Chairman of the Board of Directors, ALRO, said, “2022 brought the challenges faced by our industry to a new stress level, with the war closer to our borders than ever, with soaring power prices and scarcity of...
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, social inventories of primary aluminium across China’s eight major consumption areas, including SHFE warrants, totalled 553,000 tonnes, losing further 23,000 tonnes over the weekend ended November 14. On a week-on-week basis, primary aluminium inventories decreased by 18,000 tonnes from 571,000 tonnes, showed SMM. The figure is also 59,000 tonnes lower than a month ago and 469,000 tonnes during the same period last year. To know the current status of the inventories in more details, refer the chart below: The decline in primary aluminium inventories on Monday was primarily led by Wuxi, registering a plunge of 24,000 tonnes over the weekend to 146,000 tonnes. In Gongyi, inventories dropped by 9,000 tonnes to peg at 66,000 tonnes as of Monday,...
