Hydro Energi and Statkraft have signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) securing an annual electricity supply of 876 GWh from 2031 to 2040. The agreement will provide Hydro with around 8.8 TWh of power during the contract period, with deliveries planned in Norway’s electricity price area...
The future of Bell Bay Aluminium smelter in Tasmania remains dependent on the outcome of negotiations over its electricity supply agreement. Federal Industry Minister of Australia Tim Ayres has stopped short of committing federal funding similar to the support extended to the Tomago aluminium...
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Hydro’s aluminium extrusion plant in Slovakia has been against the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s Performance Standard. This recognizes the responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. The certification includes all the site’s operations, including its extensive fabrication...
Hydro has announced the termination of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Golar Power and CELBA. The MoU, which was signed in July 2020, between Hydro’s alumina refinery Alunorte, Golar Power Brasil Participações and Centrais Elétricas Barcarena (CELBA) for the project to bring liquified...
Hydro announced that it has resumed operation of the pipeline transporting bauxite from Hydro Paragominas bauxite mine to Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil. Paragominas bauxite mine production has started, and output is now being ramped up at Hydro’s Alunorte alumina refinery. The company in...
Paul Warton, President of Automotive Structures and Industry Business Unit at global aluminium company Constellium, has been appointed as Executive Vice President for Hydro’s Extruded Solutions business area. The 59 years old aluminium industry professional, Paul Warton will report to President and...
Hydro has collaborated with Norway to develop the world’s first fully electrical passenger ferry. The project would include extrusions, panels, friction-stir welding, robotic welding, bending larger panels, optimizing CAD (computer-aided design) services and modular design. One ferry can contain...
Hydro’s seven aluminium metal plants have been certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Chain of Custody. The sites include Husnes, Norway; Rackwitz, Germany; Deeside, UK; Lucé, France; Azuqueca, Spain; and Henderson, Kentucky, and Commerce, Texas, in the U.S. The Primary Metal...
Hydro announced that it will supply the complete charging system housing to Vita superPower’s new dockside superchargers. “The world’s first network of dockside superchargers designed for high-performance electric boats is using Hydro CIRCAL aluminium,” Hydro said. The company will supply all the...
Hydro’s aluminium manufacturing plant in Hungary has been certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Performance Standard and Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard. The certification covers all the site’s operations, including its extensive automotive-related activities. “This is a great...
Hydro will resume aluminium production at line B at the Husnes primary plant in Norway by the end of November. The decision to restart was delayed earlier this year due to the market collapse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Husnes had nearly completed an NOK 1.5 billion upgrade project to restart...
Hydro has received certification for the supply of Hydro REDUXA aluminium as rolled products, extending the low-carbon portfolio. DNV GL, an independent classification society, has certified the company’s entire process chain, down to finished strip and sheet from the rolling mill in Karmøy,...
Cameroon projects to build the Grand Eweng dam with a capacity of 810 MW by 2028 in alliance with the American company Hydromine. The power plant’s output will supply the aluminium sector, part of the Cameroonian population and the rest will be exported to Chad. The Central African nation has just...
Hycast AS, a fully owned subsidiary of Hydro, has entered into an agreement with Alu Iberica to provide casthouse technology for two aluminium plants in northern Spain. The contract worth €9.7 million includes design and supply of equipment for casting extrusion ingots based on recycled aluminium....
Hydro announced Ellen Merete Olstad as a new employee-elected member of the Board of Directors of Norsk Hydro ASA, with effect from September 10, 2020 until next election of employee representatives in 2022. “Olstad replaces Svein Kåre Sund as one of the board's three employee representatives. Sten...
The COVID-19 pandemic has not fickle the plans of Hydro Extrusion Poland Sp. Z.O.O. in Łódź, which employs 580 staffs and is looking for more 100 people. Hydro’s extrusion plant in Łódź has been operating for 21 years and has been manufacturing aluminium accessories for the automotive industry,...
Emmaljunga Barnvagnsfabrik AB, based in Sweden, a child mobility manufacturer with a clear green vision and focus on quality and sustainability, has selected Hydro as the supplier of low-carbon aluminium for their NXT product line in model year 2020/21. Hydro REDUXA has a maximum carbon footprint...
Hydro has paused operation of 244 kilometer long pipeline transporting bauxite from Hydro’s Paragominas bauxite mine to the Alunorte alumina refinery for extended maintenance, temporarily suspending production at the mine. Hydro had scheduled the replacement of two sections of the pipeline in Q3...
Hydro has allocated BRL 25 million for construction of technical school in Brazil, where Hydro’s Alunorte alumina refinery and Albras aluminium plant are located. The school, which will include an auditorium, libraries, laboratories, living areas, a theater for cultural activities, a multi-sport...
Hydro announced that Rupert Fertinger GmbH will to acquire Hydro Extruded Solutions operations in Remscheid, Germany. Hydro and Rupert Fertinger GmbH (Fertinger) have signed a Term Sheet for Fertinger to acquire the company’s welded tube business in Remscheid, Germany. The Remscheid operations,...
