
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world's largest aluminium smelter on one site, is pleased to announce the recent promotions of S. Abbas S. Baqer to Manager Calciner & Marine and Ali Aseeri to Manager Engineering & Projects. Since joining Alba in 1989 as a Vocational Trainee, S. Abbas S. Baqer...
Vedanta Aluminium veteran Rajiv Kumar has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Jindal Steel after completing a successful stint as Chief Executive Officer of Vedanta Aluminium. Kumar, who brings more than three decades of experience in the metals and mining industry, will now oversee the...
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During the AMAG Austria AG Metall Annual General Meeting 2019 three new members were elected to the Supervisory Board, a comapny press release says. Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, Peter Edelmann and Thomas Zimpfer were elected to the Supervisory Board. At the constitutive meeting of the Supervisory Board...

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), on the go to become the world’s largest smelter, has announced the appointment of a new Manager for its Carbon Operations on Tuesday 02 April 2019. Ahmed Shehabi has been promoted to the position of Manager. Alba’s Chief Executive Officer, Tim Murray, said: “Alba...

Aludium, a leading manufacturer of flat rolled aluminium products and a part of the Atlas Holding Group, has announced organisational restructure in the company effective from Monday, April 1. Markus Plakolm has been appointed as Vice President of Manufacturing reporting directly to the CEO of...

Dada Holdings LLC, an investment and management company based in Florida and the new owner of Noranda Bauxite and Noranda Alumina has recently announced the appointment of Dan Byrne as its Director of Strategy and Investor Relations. Mr. Byrne will be based at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the company...

Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s biggest aluminium producers, announced on Tuesday that the company is “shifting over to manual operations where possible” in the wake of cyber-attack during the night, affecting aluminium operations in a number of business areas. “Hydro is working to contain and...

Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA has appointed Hilde Merete Aasheim as new President and CEO of Hydro. Aasheim succeeds Svein Richard Brandtzæg, who has decided to step down after 10 years. Aasheim's new role is effective May 8, 2019. Dag Mejdell, chairperson of Hydro’s Board of...

ALUMINUM USA is the leading exhibition and technical conference for aluminum products, technologies and investments in the United States is taking place on September 12-13, 2019 at Nashville, TN USA. The mega event brings together the global aluminium industry every two years. ALUMINUM USA...

Metro Mining has reportedly appointed MBA and honours degree graduate Fiona Murdoch to its board. Murdoch is delighted to be joining the board and looking forward to contributing skills to ensure that Metro maximises all available opportunities, said herself according to the report. Giving her...

Fusion Windows and Doors has announced the appointment of Stuart Judge as a new Managing Director. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the construction products market. A Birmingham-based manufacturer of aluminium windows and doors Fusion was recently acquired in a deal by Key Land Capital’s...

On Tuesday, March 5, the mining giant Vedanta announced the appointment of Ajay Kapur as the chief executive officer of its aluminium and power business. Kapur brings with him an experience of over 30 years across various business verticals. He worked at Ambuja Cements as the managing director and...

After the lifting of sanctions on Rusal, the leading global aluminium producer has announced change in Board of Directors. Sergei Popov has resigned as an executive director with effect from 14 February 2019 due to the election to the legislature of one of Russian regions. The Company has announced...

U.S. aluminium products manufacturer Arconic has appointed John C. Plant as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The company also said Elmer Doty, a current director, will serve as chief operating officer, and Arthur D. Collins, Jr., a current Director, will serve as Lead Director. John C. Plant...

According to a recent report, New Day Aluminium Holdings LLC, the parent company of Noranda Bauxite & Alumina, has rebranded its specialty products business as NICHE, a ready acronym for Noranda Industrial Chemicals. NICHE will include Noranda’s Gramercy-based chemical grade alumina (CGA) business...

Alcoa Corporation has appointed John Slaven as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. Slaven will be responsible for supporting Alcoa’s overall strategy and will oversee the corporate and business development functions, global supply chain, and energy development. Harvey said: “John...

Russian aluminium company Rusal said on Friday that Mr. Jean-Pierre Thomas, an independent non-executive director of the Company, has been appointed as the chairman of the Company with effect from 1 January 2019. The previous chairman, Matthias Warnig, resigned from his post earlier this week after...

Following the board restructuring agreement for receiving release from US sanctions, Russian aluminium giant Rusal’s board chairman Mattias Warnig resigned from his post, as per the report from Reuters. The news came after Rusal officially announced on Wednesday, December 26. The US Treasury said...

Dubai Investments has appointed Abdulaziz Bin Yagub Al Serkal as the CEO for its Building Materials Platform, covering a portfolio of subsidiaries which offer a comprehensive range of products and services in the construction sector. The company said the Building Materials subsidiaries bring...

European Aluminium has appointed Emilio Braghi as the association’s Chairman. Braghi has been appointed for a two-year term starting on 1 January 2019. Emilio Braghi is Senior Vice President and President at Novelis Europe, overseeing ten European facilities for recycling aluminium and...