
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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Bauxite Resources Limited advises that Yankuang Group Corporation (Yankuang), the representative from substantial shareholder of the company, Qingwei Zhan, has appointed Fengyong Sun as the alternate director. Mr Fengyong Sun holds an engineering degree as well as a MBA degree. Mr Sun has served...

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) announced today the hiring of Brady Mills as Director of Law Enforcement Outreach. In this new role created by ISRI, Mr. Mills will be responsible for working with the recently formed Law Enforcement Advisory Council to develop and implement a law...

First Bauxite Corporation announces that it has filed its annual financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013. Also, on January 21, 2014, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Larry Washow as a Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, Mr....

Alcoa today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Carol L. Roberts a director of the Company and member of the Audit Committee of the Board. Ms. Roberts, 54, is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of International Paper Company (IP), a global leader in packaging and paper...

The death has been announced of Larry Sax, a familiar presence in international recycling circles over many decades. He was 80. He began his scrap processing and trading career with family business J. Sax & Co. of Chelsea in Massachusetts, USA, and went on to work for several other companies,...

K.C. Samal has assumed the office of Director (Finance) at National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) on 3rd January 2014. Prior to this assignment, he was working as the Executive Director (Finance) of the company. A fellow member of Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Shri Samal has...

Glencore's former No. 2 aluminum trader Matt Lucke has opened a physical metals trading firm, becoming the first high-profile alumni of the commodity trading giant's powerful metals business to return to the market since its takeover of Xstrata in May. The 40-year old American told Reuters last...

Rio Tinto has appointed Greg Lilleyman as the new group executive, Technology & Innovation (T&I) following the retirement of Preston Chiaro at the end of March 2014. Greg’s appointment is effective from 1 January 2014. Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh said “Under Preston’s leadership, our...

The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) announces that Jeff Henderson will be joining its executive team effective January 1, 2014 as Director of Member Services. Henderson brings with him 20 years of executive-level experience at major companies within the aluminum industry. Over the last ten years,...

Showa Denko decided at its board meeting today on changes in corporate management. Shinji Sakai, currently President of Shoko Co., Ltd., will be elected Representative Director, Executive Vice President, and Corporate Officer of SDK at the next shareholders' meeting in late March 2014 as well as...

Alumina Limited boss John Bevan will step down at the end of December after more than five years with the company. Mr Bevan, who'll retire on December 31, will be replaced by Peter Wasow, who is currently a member of Alumina's board of directors and has held senior roles with Santos and BHP. The...

A small number of top employees from Bonnell Aluminum were let go last week, according to officials with the Newnan industry's parent company, Tredegar Corporation in Richmond, Virginia. 'Unfortunately, from time to time, market conditions require us to make staffing reductions, despite our efforts...

C.R. Laurence Co. named Gerald Hendrick president of its U.S. Aluminum Division. Hendrick will be based out of CRL-U.S. Aluminum's central Waxahachie, Texas, service center and will help bolster operational growth initiatives, as well as oversee the division’s sales and estimating teams, according...

Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, announced today that Karen Renner, Novelis Vice President and Chief Information Officer, was named Georgia CIO of the Year® by the Georgia CIO Leadership Association. Renner was presented with the award for top technology executive in...

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)'s Chief Executive Tim Murray announced the appointment of Gopichand Talreja as the new Manager of Workshop & Maintenance Services. Mr. Talreja has been with Alba since 1992 when he joined the planning section of the Carbon Maintenance Department during the Line 4...

The council members will share their insights and views on the challenges facing today's corporations and the business community. The CFOs, who collectively manage more than $2.9 trillion in market capitalization, will also take part in quarterly sentiment surveys which will provide insight into...

Doug Richman, Vice President of Engineering and Technology at Kaiser Aluminum, was named this year's Marlan Boultinghouse Award winner at the Aluminum Association's 80th annual meeting. The Boultinghouse Award is the highest award given by the North American aluminum industry. "This award...

One of Century Aluminum's key senior management members has resigned. Steve Schneider was senior vice president, controller and chief accounting officer for Century. He joined the company in April 2001 and had been vice president and corporate controller. He was named chief accounting officer in...