Brazil's antitrust authority CADE has approved the joint acquisition of Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA) by Rio Tinto and Aluminum Corporation of China, also known as Chinalco, clearing the final regulatory hurdle on March 11, 2026. For the global aluminium value-chain 2026 outlook, book our...
*** Rio Tinto and Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco) have agreed to jointly acquire a controlling stake in Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA), marking a major strategic move to expand their presence in low-carbon aluminium production. Under a definitive agreement with Votorantim,...
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Brazil’s largest aluminium producer Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA) has committed towards a science-based target (SBT) for emission reduction in line with 1.5° C, making it the foremost Brazilian organization to deliver sustainable-certified aluminium. The Latin American manufacturing giant...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has certified Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) against ASI Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard. CBA has achieved Certification for several of its facilities in Brazil, including the largest integrated plant worldwide. The Certifications...
United Steelworkers officials said that they would recommend their members to ratify a tentative agreement with Alcoa, announced on Friday, a press release from steelworkers said. “The proposed contract builds on decades of collective bargaining progress with hard-fought economic and non-economic...
As showed by Brazil’s national aluminium association Abal’s figures, Brazil produced 48,800 tonnes of primary aluminium in November 2018. It is the lowest aluminium production recorded in 2018. November aluminium output was 26.70% lower Year on Year than the 66,600 tonnes produced in November 2017...
Major aluminium producers in Brazil saw output fall year-on-year in 2013, with only Norsk Hydro’s Albras seeing a slight increase in production, according to figures from Brazilian aluminium association Abal. Albras, located in the city of Barcarena, in Brazil's Pará state, produced 452,300 tonnes...
Brazil‘s primary aluminum output in the first seven months of 2013 reached 776,800t, down 8.4% from 847,700t year-on-year, national aluminum association Abal said. Primary aluminum production in July totaled 110,800t, an 8% decrease from 120,400t produced in the same month of 2012. Companies...
Brazil‘s primary aluminum output in the first half of 2013 reached 666,000t, down 8.4% from 727,300t year-on-year, national aluminum association Abal said. According to the latest data available in Abal’s website, primary aluminum exports in the January-May period of 2013 totaled 207,400t, down...
Noranda Aluminum Inc. and the United Steelworkers of America, the union that represents about 780 employees at the Southeast Missouri aluminum plant, have agreed to a one-week extension of the current collective bargaining agreement. The union and plant have been in contract talks, and the...
Noranda Aluminum’s New Madrid Plant announced this week they are currently in negotiations with the local union for a new collective bargaining agreement. The company and United Steelworkers local 76-86 entered into a five-year contract in August 2007. That deal provided annual wage increases and...
Companhia Brasiliera doe Aluminio (CBA), a unit of Votorantim Metais, pushed aluminium output up 10.4% in August after solving a technical issue that affected operations from the second quarter. Since the opening of its plant in Alumínio, São Paulo state, in 1955, Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio...
Votorantim said that a “technical issue” at its fully-owned aluminium subsidiary Companhia Brasileira doe Alumínio (CBA) hurt both production and sales during the second and third quarters this year
Brazil produced 118,400 metric tons of primary aluminum in April, 6.2% less than in the same month last year, Brazilian aluminum association Abal reported. Output in the first four months of the year fell 6.1% from a year ago to 473, 100 tons, the association said in a statement Monday. The fall in...
...Members of United Steelworkers Local 9423 voted to accept Century Aluminum's most recent collective bargaining agreement at the company's Hawesville smelter...
...Alcan Global Aerospace Transportation and Industry (Alcan Global ATI), part of Alcan Engineered Products - a business unit of Rio Tinto - announced today that employees represented by United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5668 at its aluminum rolling mill in Ravenswood, West Virginia, have ratified a...
...Alcan Global Aerospace Transportation and Industry (Alcan Global ATI), part of Alcan Engineered Products - a business unit of Rio Tinto - announced today that employees represented by United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5668 at its aluminum rolling mill in Ravenswood, West Virginia, have ratified a...
...Alcan Global Aerospace Transportation and Industry (Alcan Global ATI), part of Alcan Engineered Products - a business unit of Rio Tinto - announced today that employees represented by United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5668 at its aluminum rolling mill in Ravenswood, West Virginia, have ratified a...
