Hydro locks in renewable power supply through 2040 with Statkraft to drive low-carbon aluminium growth in Norway
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...
Bell Bay Aluminium conundrum: Can Tasmania close the $60m power gap?
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 Studies Acquisitions AMAG after Buying $4.9 billion of assets from Vale
...Norsk Hydro ASA, the Norwegian aluminum company buying $4.9 billion of assets from Vale SA, is studying other acquisitions and has Austria Metall GmbH on its “radar,” according to its chief executive officer...
Kurri smelter in talks about new power contract
...Management at the Hydro Aluminium smelter at Kurri Kurri, in the Hunter, have begun talks with Macquarie Generation on a new power contract, amid concern for the plant'...
Hydro workers to front power inquiry
...Kurri Kurri Aluminium workers are expected testify before an Upper House inquiry today about how the scrapping of a power contract has jeopardised the smelter's future...
Norwegian group Hydro to invest in aluminium foundry in Angola
...Luanda, Angola, 8 Feb - Angola will soon have an aluminium foundry, the director of Hydro Aluminium Angola, Gustav Saatad said Monday in Luanda during the 1st National Conference on Clean Energy...
Melting ice 'ideal for smelters'
...Alcoa wants to build smelters around the Arctic, many of them powered by hydroelectric dams that capture the melted water. "The Arctic north is an attractive area for the development of the aluminium industry," said Ronny Vatland, Alcoa's European environment director...
Hydro Adding Aluminum Extrusion Presses at China Facilities
...The Norwegian aluminum producer Hydro is investing close to $52 million to extend its Suzhou, China aluminum plant with two new aluminum extrusion presses. The aluminum company says that the extension will increase its ability to meet local demand for products and components in China...
Hydro invest in aluminium extrusion presses for Chinese operations
...Hydro is investing to extend its Suzhou plant with two new aluminium extrusion presses. The extension will increase the ability of the company to meet local demand for products and components in the largest downstream aluminium market in the world...
Norsk Hydro aiming to be a resource rich fully integrated aluminium company
...After an eventful 2010 and the announcement of the biggest transaction in the company's history, Norsk Hydro ASA is preparing for a new era as a resource rich and fully integrated aluminium company...
Hydro Invest in New Aluminium Extrusion Presses for Chinese Operation
... Hydro is investing to extend its Suzhou plant with two new aluminium extrusion presses. The extension will increase the ability of the company to meet local demand for products and components in the largest downstream aluminium market in the world. ...
Hydro and MIT working together to improve aluminium recycling
... Hydro has entered into an agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop modeling and analyses to optimize the recycling of aluminium. ...
Norsk Hydro Spends 315 Million Kroner on Suzhou Plant
... Norsk Hydro ASA, Europe’s third- largest aluminum producer, will invest 315 million kroner ($54 million) to extend its Suzhou plant near Shanghai as it boosts sales to China’s construction and auto industries. ...
Hydro Team Up with MIT to Optimize Recycling of Aluminium?
... Hydro has 19 plants that remelt aluminium in Asia, the Americas and Europe. At a growing number of these plants, Hydro is focusing on recycling in addition to the remelting of process scrap. ...
Hydro accelerates cost savings and delays Qatalum
...Reuters reported that Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro had ramped up its cost saving programme and saw increased global demand this year while warning of technical delays at its new smeltng plant in Qatar...
Recycling signals a new era at Hydro Aluminium Kurri
... A new facility to recycle waste materials generated by the aluminium smelting process into products used by other industries has signaled a new era in environmental sustainability. Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Mr Tony Burke was on site at Hydro...
Kerosene tank explodes at Hydro aluminium factory in Norway
...It is reported that a fuel tank for kerosene at a Hydro aluminium factory exploded early Friday morning near Oslo, causing no injuries as the factory had been closed for the Christmas holidays...
Norsk Hydro's guiding hand
... The company, which is 51% owned by the Norwegian government, has activities in over 60 countries, comprising oil and gas, energy, fertilisers, magnesium, aluminium, petrochemicals, industrial chemicals and fish farming. Slightly more than half the 35,000 employees are outside Norway. ...
Norsk Hydro's guiding hand
... The company, which is 51% owned by the Norwegian government, has activities in over 60 countries, comprising oil and gas, energy, fertilisers, magnesium, aluminium, petrochemicals, industrial chemicals and fish farming. Slightly more than half the 35,000 employees are outside Norway. ...
Alcoa moves to gain support for NC dam operation
...RALEIGH, N.C. — Executives with one of the world’s largest producers of aluminum are going on the road in an effort to gain support for the company to continue operating hydroelectric dams along North Carolina’s Yadkin River...
