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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The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today announced that Chief Economist and Director of Commodities Joe Pickard was selected to serve on the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Building Materials, Construction, and Nonferrous Metals (ITAC-9). Joe will serve as the representative of...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces the appointment of Bob Katsiouleris as Director of European Sales. Bob Katsiouleris will join RUSAL on 1st August 2015 following a successful period as Senior Vice President for Marketing, Sourcing and Sales at Nyrstar, where he was...
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited director (Commercial) TK Chand is all set to take charge as the new chairman-cum-managing director of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) on July 27. The Department of Personnel in the Union government issued the appointment order to this effect Tuesday evening....
Aleris announced today that its board of directors has appointed Sean Stack to the position of chief executive officer. Stack most recently served as executive vice president and CEO, Aleris North America. With his appointment, Stack was also elected to the Aleris Board of Directors. Scott Graves,...
Greco Aluminum Railings, manufacturer of fully welded aluminum and glass railings, is pleased to announce a new member to its architectural team, naming Spohn Associates Inc. to represent its full product line of architectural railings in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Greco is rapidly expanding in...
Alan Cransberg, President of Alcoa Refining and Chairman and Managing Director of Alcoa of Australia, has been named by Engineers Australia for the eighth time in Australia’s Top 100 Most Influential Engineers. Mr Cransberg manages the company’s global alumina refining assets, based in Australia,...
South32 Limited has appointed Dr Xolani Mkhwanazi to seve as the Company’s new Non-Executive Director with effect from 02 July 2015. Dr Mkhwanazi has been serving as Chairman of BHP Billiton Limited’s South Africa operations since October 2008. He serves also, as the President and Chief Operations...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces the appointment of Christophe (Chris) Hoet as Director of Asian Sales. Chris Hoet joins RUSAL following a similar role within Vale, where he was Regional Director Sales & Marketing Base Metals, Asia Pacific. At RUSAL, he will be responsible...
Oman-based National Aluminium Products Company (Napco), one of the leading extruders of aluminium profiles in the GCC, announced that its CEO has been recognised for an award from Alam al-Iktisaad Wal A’mal (Aiwa), the sultanate’s leading Arabic business magazine published by United Media Services....
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation announced today the hiring of Julio Costa as President of the Company's Bauxite and Alumina business. Noranda also announced that Mike Griffin, the Company's Vice President of Manufacturing, has been named President of the Primary Aluminum business. Costa and...
Alcoa today announced that Michael Parker will become President Alcoa Refining and Australia Region effective 25 September. He succeeds Alan Cransberg who will retire from Alcoa after 35 years of distinguished service. Parker will be responsible for Alcoa's refineries across the globe, including...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the leading employers in Bahrain, announced the appointment of S. Hussain S. Fadhel as the Manager of Reduction Lines 1-3 and Mustafa A. Rahman as the Manager for Carbon 3. Mustafa A. Rahman joined Alba in 2001 as a Laboratory Analyst and consequently worked...
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation announced today that it has engaged Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC ("Morgan Stanley") to serve as financial advisor for the Company as it evaluates a variety of strategic alternatives. The Company also announced that its Board of Directors has decided to suspend the...
Gina Steventon, who has been with the business since leaving school, has taken the helm at Aluminium Products (ALPRO) and is already setting her sights on increasing sales to £2 million over the next 18 months. She is looking to take advantage of the firm's unique capability in sand and gravity die...
Constellium N.V. today announced the appointment of Ingrid Joerg as President of its Aerospace and Transportation business unit effective June 1, 2015. Ms. Joerg will report to Pierre Vareille, Chief Executive Officer of Constellium. Ms. Joerg, who previously served as Chief Executive Officer of...
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Richard B. Evans to serve as the Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Evans has more than 40 years in the aluminum industry, having served in senior management positions at Rio Tinto, Alcan...
Collie's Worsley Alumina has legally separated from BHP Billiton to join a new global resources company, South32. Worsley is a key asset for South32, which has operations across five countries and 11 commodities and more than 27,000 employees and contractors. The changes coincide with new...
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...
