Dr Sanja Miskovic joins American Rare Earths to advance Halleck Creek processing
American Rare Earths has appointed Dr Sanja Miskovic as Chief Technical Advisor, with her work focused on process optimisation and recovery as the company advances the feasibility study for its Halleck Creek Rare Earths Project in Wyoming, USA. Miskovic will work on flowsheet development, mineral...
AL Circle Analysis: Import rise meets demand growth on aluminium extrusion chessboard
Aluminium’s downstream trade network is getting more fragmented as import dependence, changing end-use demand and trade-policy interventions reshape regional markets. From North America and Europe to Asia-Pacific, the aluminium industry is navigating a market where access to supply, competitive...
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DEGERenergie establishes MLD solar parks in Tennessee in collaboration with Hydro Aluminum
Horb am Neckar, Germany, May 08th, 2012. DEGERenergie has shipped 112 DEGERtraker with MLD technology to Apex Construction Services, LLC, in the USA and installed them together with Apex construction team. The systems have been installed in four solar fields that began operation on April 14, 2012....
Aluminum Industry promotes Environmental Protection And Business Growth in Ohio
As testimony continues on Ohio Senate Bill 294, the aluminum industry is working with Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and key legislative offices to promote environmental protection, good governance and business. In a recent statement before the Ohio House Agriculture and Natural Resources...
Buyers Accumulate Shares of Noranda Aluminum, Up 2.0%
Noranda Aluminum (NYSE:NOR) is one of today's biggest movers, up 2.0% to $9.21. The Dow is trading fractionally lower to 13,024 and the S&P is currently trading fractionally higher to 1,371. Noranda Aluminum has overhead space with shares priced $9.21, or 31.8% below the average consensus analyst...
Alcoa promotes extended producer responsibility (EPR), or product stewardship
By holding manufacturers responsible for products at the end of their lifecycle, extended producer responsibility (EPR), or product stewardship, has long helped European countries with their waste diversion efforts. The concept has also caught on in Canada, Latin America and Asia, but until...
U.S. auto sales to drive aluminum demand -Novelis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Novelis Inc. , the world's largest maker of aluminum sheet, said strong U.S. automotive sales this year would help drive U.S. demand for products using aluminum at a pace consistent with an expected 2 percent growth in U.S. gross domestic product. "We look at the U.S. economy,...
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp to trade ex-dividend
Looking at the universe of stocks at Dividend Channel, on 5/3/12, Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp (NYSE: NOR) will trade ex-dividend, for its annual dividend of $0.04, payable on 5/30/12. As a percentage of NOR’s recent stock price of $10.59, this dividend works out to approximately 0.38%. In...
Utility deal's approval key to reopening Century aluminum plant
Reopening the Century Aluminum plant in Ravenswood will depend on whether the West Virginia Public Service Commission approves a deal with electricity suppliers to give the plant lower rates, company president and chief executive officer Michael A. Bless said Tuesday. That process is expected to...
Century Aluminum posts narrower-than-expected 1st-quarter loss
Century Aluminum posted a narrower-than-expected first-quarter loss, helped by an 11 percent increase in shipments. January-March net loss was $3.9 million, or 4 cents per share, compared with a profit of $25 million, or 25 cents per share, a year ago. Sales fell marginally to $326.2 million....
Aluminium- Production shutdowns will limit further downslide
Aluminium prices have suffered disproportionately over the past month, falling by close to 10% since the beginning of March. A modest increase in LME open interest levels since mid-March supports the view that CTA shorting has been a key factor behind the downward move. From a fundamental...
DJ UPDATE: Rio Tinto Wants Reasonable Talks On Alma Smelter Work Pact
Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) said Thursday it is willing to enter talks with labor unions regarding a collective work agreement at its Canadian Alma aluminum smelter if the talks are "reasonable." "We have come to solutions all the time before [regarding collective work agreement], it's just about being...
Sapa Extrusions launches a line of rod and bar product
Sapa Extrusions North America has launched a line of rod and bar products available to its distribution partners in North America. Acc-u-Line features dimensional tolerances and grain structure consistency, delivering the industry’s best performance in machinability. Patrick Lawlor, president of...
Rio Tinto's first quarter aluminum production falls nine per cent due to Quebec lockout
Rio Tinto increased production of several key commodities in the first quarter, but global aluminum output slipped by nine per cent, largely as a result of its decision to lock out employees at a smelter in Quebec. The London-based mining giant's share of aluminum production at its own and jointly...
Novelis Declares Closure of Aluminum Coil Manufacturing Plant in Quebec, Canada
Novelis has declared the closure of its Jonquire, Quebec, Canada-based Saguenay Works facility. Once the transition is completed, production will be stopped in August 2012. According to the President and CEO at Novelis, Philip Martens, the company still has a significantly strong long-term...
Alcoa provides Aluminum Amah tips to Austal USA
Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) has announced that it has delivered a set of two “ready for installation” aluminum Amah tips to Austal USA for use on the future Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson (LCS 6). An Amah tip is the leading edge of the all-aluminum, trimaran-type vessel’s outrigger, or amah, and is more...
Century Aluminum Moves Forward First Quarter 2012 Earnings Announcement
Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) has moved forward the date it will report first quarter 2012 earnings to Tuesday, April 24th due to a scheduling conflict. The news release will be issued through Marketwire after the close of market trading. The company will hold a follow-up conference call...
Kaiser Aluminum Announces Quarterly Dividend Payment
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation KALU -0.17% today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.25 per share on the Company's outstanding common stock. The dividend will be payable on May 15, 2012 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on...
Can-Eng Furnaces adds second manufacturing site
Can-Eng Furnaces International Limited has added a second plant facility for the manufacture and assembly of industrial furnaces. The new site, located in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada is close to its main engineering and production shops. The need for additional floor space has been necessitated...
Nichols Aluminum Workers Return To Their Jobs
Striking workers are back on the job at Nichols Aluminum in Davenport. The company president says around 80 workers have been brought back, after the union ended its strike last week. The walk-out began in January in a contract dispute. During that time, Nichols hired more than 100 full-time...
