The aluminium industry is entering the second half of 2026 with demand signals moving in different directions. Beverage cans are finding new consumption opportunities in Brazil, extrusion demand remains resilient in key markets, and aluminium producers are benefiting from firmer prices. At the same...
Alurion Resources has started infill drilling and bulk-sample trenching at its Amargosa Bauxite-Gallium Project in Bahia, Brazil, as the newly listed company advances the asset toward a targeted mid-2027 pre-feasibility study. The field programme marks a shift from defining the project’s resource...
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Ardagh Group has selected AFRY as their engineering and consultation partner to run operations at the latest Ardagh Metal Packaging factory and the Ardagh Glass Packaging factory in Brazil. Ardagh Group is an international supplier of sustainable and recyclable aluminium and glass packaging...
On Tuesday, August 23, Novelis Inc., an American industrial aluminium company specialised in rolling and recycling, announced that it achieved Performance Standard Certifications from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative for its 14 aluminium scrap collection centres across Brazil. This...
Information & eGovernment Authority reported that in July 2022, Bahrain's exports of goods and services of domestic production surged by 29 per cent to BD421 million ($1.17 billion) from BD327 million recorded same month a year ago. Unwrought aluminium alloy, worth BD162 million, was the most...
As per the latest reports, on July 29, line 2 at Hydro's partially-owned aluminium facility in Brazil, Albras, was resumed fully. The production line was closed on February 19, 2022, due to an internal power distribution failure. A full closure of line 2 caused by the power outage resulted in a 25...
On Monday, July 11, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced the joining of Cervejaria Masterpiece as its new Industrial Users member. To maximise aluminium's contribution to a sustainable society, producers, users, and stakeholders in the value chain are brought together by ASI, a non-profit...
As a corporate affairs executive, Janaina Donas acquired a broad experience in government relations, communications, sustainability, community relations and business development. She graduated in International Relations, with an MBA in Business Administration. Before taking on the role as Executive...
In the first quarter of 2022, the United States imported 445,000 tonnes of alumina, recording a quarter-on-quarter hike of 8.27 per cent or 34,000 tonne from 411,000 tonnes. On a year-on-year basis, the imports during the said quarter grew by 6.97 per cent from 416,000 tonnes, showed the US Census...
On 24 th June 2022, the Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro was accused in a Dutch court, imputing the world’s biggest alumina refinery polluting a Brazilian river for years, engendering critical health issues for inhabitants. An association and nine victims together representing around 11,000...
Sustainability lies at the heart of the Brazilian aluminium sector, serving as a motivator for decision-making and project implementation. From mining to recycling, ABAL promotes enterprises along the value chain. Companies in the Brazilian aluminium value chain have now obtained ASI certification...
The renewable energy solutions provider, Hydro Rein and Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group (GIG), a specialist green investor, agreed to form a joint venture named Feijão, which will operate after constructing a combined wind and solar power project, with a 586-megawatt capacity,...
Hydro Rein, a renewable energy solutions provider, and Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group (GIG), a specialist green investor, have signed an agreement to form a joint venture company Feijão. The company will build and operate a combined wind and solar power project, with a capacity...
The Atlanta, Georgia headquartered American industrial aluminium company Novelis Inc. on 16th May 2022 released its first Green Bond report. Novelis Inc., the leading sustainable aluminium solutions provider and world leader in rolled aluminium products issued a 500 million EUR (approximately $588...
On 2 nd May 2022, the largest producer of primary aluminium in Brazil, Albras Alumínio Brasileiro S.A. (ALBRAS), which has been catering for the domestic and external markets with high purity ingots since 1985 will be procuring power from a new 438-MW solar power plant to supply its smelter in the...
The Perth, Western Australia headquartered mining and metal company, South32 Limited has unveiled the accomplishment of acquisition of an additional 18.2% stake in the Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN) bauxite mine in the northern part of Brazil from Alcoa Corporation (Alcoa). However, the acquisition...
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has certified each of Hydro's three extrusion operations in Brazil, based on ASI's Performance Standard. The ASI-certified extrusion factories in Brazil are Itu (SP), Tubaro (SC), and Utinga (SP). The factories employ roughly 900 workers in total. ASI...
On February 19 2022, due to an internal power distribution breakdown, one of the four production lines of Hydro's part-owned main aluminium facility in Brazil, Albras, was shutdown. However, as of April 8 2022, the aluminium facility will be restarted. As a result of the breakdown, one potline, the...
On Friday, April 8, Crown Holdings, Inc.'s Crown Beverage Can Brazil Division subsidiary has received ASI Chain of Custody Standard Certification for the fabrication of aluminium can bodies and ends. The other six plants certified by ASI in October 2021 are Cabreva, S. Paulo; Estancia, Sergipe;...
On Sunday, April 2, Brazilian aluminium manufacturer Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) announced that its controlling shareholder, conglomerate Votorantim SA, will sell 34 million shares in the firm in a follow-on offering. Votorantim SA has a 75.9% interest in CBA, says data from Refinitiv...
