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 fourth quarter results 2014 will be released at 07:00 CET (01:00 AM EST, 06:00 UK time), on Wednesday February 11, 2015. The quarterly report and presentation slides will be available on Hydro website at the same time. Presentation in Oslo Hydro will host a combined analyst and press...
Supporters of the Global Aluminium Foil Roller Initiative (GLAFRI) have decided to establish a legal trade association. Manfred Mertens, head of Hydro's Packaging & Building unit in the Rolled Products business area, was elected president of this first-ever global foil association. GLAFRI is now...
Hydro’s fully owned casthouse technology provider, Hycast, celebrates 25 years this week. “After some challenging years, the outlook now is promising,” says the managing director of Hycast, Helge Jansen. Over the years, Hycast has developed several game-changing casting technologies for Hydro,...
Broekman Distriport is to handle and store around 600,000 tonnes of aluminium a year from Norway for logistics service provider Pacorini Metals. In this connection, Pacorini has signed a long-term contract with the Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro, the Port of Rotterdam said in its press release....
Hydro, the leading European aluminium company, started construction Monday, January 5, of a new, modern automotive production line for lightweight car body sheet at its plant in Grevenbroich, Germany. The EUR 130 million investment will boost Hydro’s annual capacity for aluminium car body sheet...
Rio Tinto Alcan Iceland and Landsvirkjun have today agreed on a modified power supply agreement to better reflect the power requirements of ISAL, Rio Tinto Alcan’s aluminium plant at Straumsvik. In 2010 Landsvirkjun and Rio Tinto Alcan Iceland signed a power contract, for power delivery extending...
Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA will implement several changes in its Corporate Management Board, effective January 1, 2015. Kjetil Ebbesberg will become the new executive vice president (EVP) for the Rolled Products business area, Hanne Simensen the new EVP for People & HSE (health,...
Tight global aluminium markets are expected to continue, translating into higher all-in metal prices and stronger earnings for aluminium producers. Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA is focusing its Capital Markets Day 2014 on creating value in a tightening aluminium market through its...
Alunorf, the world's largest aluminium rolling plant and a 50-percent Hydro joint venture, has won yet another energy award in Germany. DENA (the German Energy Agency) has conferred an Energy Efficiency Award 2014 to Alunorf, one of three energy-efficiency projects in the private sector to receive...
“Not one gram of used aluminium should be lost” – that is the philosophy of Hydro, one of the leading manufacturer of rolled products made from this unique material of the future. At Aluminium 2014 in Düsseldorf, Hydro has announced that the plans for a new integrated recycling line for used...
Aluminium company Hydro and Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) have closed the deal for Hydro to take over RTA's shares in the aluminium smelter Sør-Norge Aluminium AS (Søral) in Norway. Hydro and RTA announced the plans for Hydro to take over Søral in July. Following approval from competition authorities in...
Aluminium company Hydro and Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) have closed the deal for Hydro to take over RTA's shares in the aluminium smelter Sør-Norge Aluminium AS (Søral) in Norway. Hydro and RTA announced the plans for Hydro to take over Søral in July. Following approval from competition authorities in...
Alunorf, the world's largest aluminium rolling plant and a 50-percent Hydro joint venture, has won an Energy Award 2014 from the German Energy Academy. The Energy Awards 2014 were recently presented at a ceremony in Berlin, with more than 300 guests from politics, economy and science present. The...
Alunorf, the world's largest aluminium rolling plant and a 50-percent Hydro joint venture, has won an Energy Award 2014 from the German Energy Academy. The Energy Awards 2014 were recently presented at a ceremony in Berlin, with more than 300 guests from politics, economy and science present. The...
Alunorf, the world's largest aluminium rolling plant and a 50-percent Hydro joint venture, has won an Energy Award 2014 from the German Energy Academy. The Energy Awards 2014 were recently presented at a ceremony in Berlin, with more than 300 guests from politics, economy and science present. The...
Some major customers of Norwegian aluminium maker Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL) want it to certify metal made with clean hydro power to help a shift from high-polluting fossil fuels and combat climate change, chief executive Svein Richard Brandtzaeg said. He also said the company, the world's number nine...
More than 950 exhibitors from 50 nations are taking part in this week's Aluminium 2014 World Trade Fair & Conference, which is expected to attract around 25,000 visitors. “Lightweight, corrosion-resistant and infinitely recyclable, aluminium is becoming an increasingly important building block of...
Hydro's third quarter results 2014 will be released at 07:00 CET (01:00 AM EST, 06:00 UK time), on Wednesday October 22, 2014. The quarterly report and presentation slides will be available on Hydro website at the same time. Presentation in Oslo Hydro will host a combined analyst and press...
