Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that Saint Jean Industries S.A.S has been certified against the ASI Performance Standard V3.1 (2023). The facility produces aluminium automotive chassis components, using melting, foundry, forging, machining and assembly processes, with annual...
Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), a subsidiary of Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited, has issued a public advisory urging citizens, employees, business partners and other stakeholders to remain alert to cyber fraud involving the unauthorised use of the company's identity. The company warned...
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The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) joins the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in their protest against Congressional attempts to impose a federal solution to combat metal theft. In a letter sent earlier this month to all U.S. Senators, NCSL wrote that a federal...
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association has updated and released two documents specific to aluminum finishes: AAMA 612-15, Voluntary Specification, Performance Requirements, and Test Procedures for Combined Coatings of Anodic Oxide and Transparent Organic Coatings on Architectural...
The Aluminum Association announced that it will move its headquarters to 1400 Crystal Drive in Arlington, VA effective June 22, 2015. The new building is aluminum-clad and is certified Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) standards. The...
The nature of collaboration in the global alumina sector must be broadened to take the industry to the next level, according to a paper released by AMIRA International. The paper was authored by AMIRA program manager Gray Bailey and managing director Joe Cuzzuca and presented to the recent Alumina...
Chinese exports of aluminium products to Europe have increased by almost 30% since the beginning of 2015, posing an unprecedented threat to the European aluminium industry. The latest trade data shows rapid growth in Chinese exports to Europe in the first four months of 2015 compared to the same...
European Aluminium has honored Sapa’s extrusion plant in Sweden for coming up with one of the best and most innovative safety solutions of the year. One of the highlights of European Aluminium’s Safety Workshop, held this year on June 2 in Brussels, is the naming of the most innovative solutions...
At European Aluminium's Safety Workshop, held today in Brussels, the aluminium industry honoured the most innovative solutions for safe manufacturing. The use of a LED spot to warn employees when a crane is in operation was elected the best-in-class safety solution. Gerd Götz, Director General of...
Estimated shipments of Aluminum Drawing Stock, Bare Wire and Rod & Bar by U.S. and Canadian producers totaled 105.0 million pounds during April 2015, unchanged from April 2014. Compared to the previous month, shipments declined 2.6 percent from the March 2015 revised total of 107.8 million pounds....
The new ALUMINUM USA trade show has gained a strong partner by bringing on board the Aluminum Association, the leading voice of the North American aluminum industry, as the event’s exclusive partner. The Aluminum Association will contribute concepts and ideas to the November 11-12, 2015 show in...
The Aluminum Association, Arlington, Virginia, has expressed disappointment in China’s Ministry of Finance’s decision to eliminate the 15 percent export duty imposed on aluminum rods and bars, both alloy and nonalloyed, as well as certain primary alloys. In a statement, the association, which...
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Hirsch, Senior Scientist at Hydro’s Rolled Products R&D center in Bonn, will become President of the German Society for Material Science DGM for 2015 and 2016. Jürgen Hirsch has been elected by the board and will enter office upon approval from the Member Assembly on September...
Tadeu Nardocci, Senior Vice President, Novelis Inc. and President, Novelis South America, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award today at the Platts 2015 Global Metals Awards ceremony in London. "Tadeu has played an important role in leading the aluminum industry and Novelis over the...
On Thursday May 14, 2015 Federal Judge Francisco Besosa in Puerto Rico handed down an 18-month prison sentence to Armando Garcia Vazquez, who pleaded guilty to participating in a fraud scheme to transship aluminum extrusions through Malaysia from China into Puerto Rico in order to avoid paying two...
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), Washington, D.C., has recognized two individuals who took over their family businesses and “ushered in an era of innovation and success for the entire recycling industry,” according to the association. During ISRI’s 2015 annual convention,...
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) released the following statement on China’s decision to remove export duties on several downstream aluminum products. Jeff Henderson, AEC Director of Operations, and director of the Council’s Fair Trade Committee remarked: “The decision by the Chinese Government...
Metal recycling organisation Alupro has called for an “overhaul” of how PRNs are issued, following a shortfall in the amount of aluminium packaging recovered in the first quarter of 2015. Alupro, which represents aluminium packaging producers, claims that delays in the accreditation process means...
The Mumbai-based Metal Recycling Association of India (MRAI) is conducting meetings in an effort to stave off a regulation that requires overseas scrap shippers to record videos of their container loading process. MRAI Secretary General Amar Singh, in an April 7, 2015, memo to member companies,...
Alexandria Industries’ CEO, Tom Schabel received the Distinguished Service Award from the Aluminium Extruders Council (AEC) considered to be their highest honour recognizing exceptional dedication and service to the industry. Schabel has been a member of the Council since 2005, serving as the...
