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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UPDATE 2-Hydro triples aluminium cost-cutting goals
... Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL) tripled its cost-cutting goal on Wednesday, saying it now intends to reduce its smelter costs around the world by $300 per tonne of metal produced....
Hydro may shift German aluminium plant to recycling
...Reuters reported that Norwegian group Norsk Hydro may convert its troubled German aluminium plant from a producer of primary metal to a recycling unit...
Hydro may shift German aluminium plant to recycling
...Norwegian group Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL: Quote) may convert its troubled German aluminium plant from a producer of primary metal to a recycling unit, CEO Svein Richard Brandtzaeg said in comments published on Wednesday...
Qatalum aluminium plant to restart mid-September
...Qatar's Qatalum aluminium smelter will resume production in a few days and now aims to hit full capacity by the end of the first quarter of 2011, co-owner Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL: Quote) said on Wednesday...
Alcoa commences USD110m modernisation project at hydroelectric dam
...Aluminium company Alcoa Inc (NYSE: AA | PowerRating) has started a USD110m modernisation project at Cheoah Dam, one of Alcoa Power Generating Inc's four hydroelectric dams at the Tapoco Project, the company said on Friday..
Alcoa Kicks-Off Cheoah Dam Modernization Project
...Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today kicked off a $110 million modernization project at Cheoah Dam, one of four hydroelectric dams that make up Alcoa Power Generating Inc.'s Tapoco Project...
Norsk Hydro force majeure for Qatalum deliveries
...Reuters reported that Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro had declared force majeure for aluminium deliveries from its Qatalum smelter in Qatar after a power failure delayed the plant's ramp up schedule...
Norsk Hydro's Qatar smelter hit by power outage
...said on Tuesday the Qatalum smelter, a 50/50 joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and the Norwegian aluminium company, had suffered a power failure that would delay its ramp-up schedule...
UPDATE 1-N.Hydro mulls supply contracts for <em>aluminium</em> products <b>...</b>
... U.S. demand for aluminium improving, lags Europe. ... stuck to its forecast for 12 percent growth in its upstream and downstream markets. ...
UPDATE 1-N.Hydro mulls supply contracts for <em>aluminium</em> products <b>...</b>
... global daily average primary aluminum output rose to 66600 tonnes in June from a ... U.S. demand for aluminium improving, lags Europe. ...
DJ <em>Aluminum</em> Market Outside China In 1M-Ton Surplus In 2Q-Hydro <b>...</b>
... Chinese demand for primary aluminum meanwhile rose to 17.6 million tons on an annualized basis with output relatively stable at around the ...
Hydro Aluminum health fair gets assist from FCTC
...In an effort to promote good health awareness and encourage employees to assume responsibility for their own health, First Coast Technical College's medical assisting students recently supported Hydro Aluminum's Health Fair...
Norsk Expects Strong Aluminium Sales to Automakers
... Sales of aluminium to the auto sector should rise faster than the rate at which cars are produced, as auto makers increasingly look to the light metal to improve fuel efficiency, Norsk Hydro said on Tuesday.
Norsk Hydro Will Boost Brazil <em>Alumina</em> Output by 200000 Tons <b>...</b>
... The company will also acquire 51 percent of the Albras aluminum plant and 81 percent of the CAP alumina project , it said. ...
Norsk Hydro Will Boost Brazil <em>Alumina</em> Output by 200000 Tons <b>...</b>
... Norsk Hydro ASA, Europe's third- largest aluminum maker, will boost Brazilian alumina production by over 200000 tons a year to supply ...
Hydro Gets 100 Years of Bauxite in $4.9 Billion Deal (Update3 <b>...</b>
... Bauxite is an ore that's refined into alumina , a white powder ... as slowing economic growth curbed demand from builders and carmakers. ...
AMM Hydro may support indexed <em>alumina</em> - Metal Bulletin
... Norsk Hydro ASA might support an indexed alumina pricing system once ... scrap metals prices - plus access to archive news and prices data. ...
AMM Hydro to pay 49B for Vale aluminum assets - Metal Bulletin
... Norsk Hydro ASA will buy Vales aluminum, alumina and bauxite assets ... scrap metals prices - plus access to archive news and prices data. ...
