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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Shares of Noranda Aluminum Under Pressure, Down 3.2%
One of today's stocks on the move is Noranda Aluminum (NYSE:NOR), down 3.2% to $10.63. The Dow is down 0.8% to 12,565 and the S&P is currently down 0.9% to 1,305. Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp is an integrated producer of aluminum products, as well as rolled aluminum coils. The Company produces...
Century Aluminum Makes a Move: Down 2.8%
Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX), a company whose shares are moving quickly, is trading 2.8% lower to $10.60. The S&P is trading lower by 0.7% to 1,307 and the Dow is trading 0.7% lower to 12,578. In the past 52 weeks, Century Aluminum share prices have been bracketed by a low of $7.25 and a high of...
Retirees Occupy Century Aluminum
On Dec. 18, a dozen retirees, men and women in their 60s, 70s, even 80s, began occupying a median strip along Route 33 in front of the closed Century Aluminum smelter in Ravenswood, W.Va. In tents and under tarps, a small group stays overnight, despite hypertension, arthritis and other old age...
Sapa expands aluminium extrusion operations
Sapa Extrusions is expanding operations in the Port of Vancouver, Washington, bringing nearly 100 new jobs to the region. The new facility, a 142,800-square-foot-building, will house equipment transferred from Sapa’s Portland plant and other facilities, as well as new equipment and facility...
Sapa Extrusions Brings Aluminology to Light
Sapa Extrusions North America today announced the launch of a new marketing campaign to showcase the advanced technical expertise, unprecedented resources, and customer-focused solutions that have made Sapa the world's largest aluminum extruder. Coining the term Aluminology(SM), which is the...
Novelis builds on its footprint
After you finish that can of beer or soda, if you toss it in the recycling bin, odds are good that it’ll end up as one bit of Atlanta-based Novelis’ campaign to turn itself into one of the world’s greenest — and most profitable — aluminum processors. Only a few years ago, after it was acquired in...
Secondary alloys continue upward trek
Free-market secondary aluminum alloy tags rose for a second time this past week, sparked by a four-day run in the London Metal Exchange’s North American special aluminum alloy contract (Nasaac), market sources said. Producers were quoting A380.1 at $1.12 to $1.13 per pound by early Friday. However,...
Ravenswood aluminum plant commissions $46M stretcher
A new $46 million aluminum stretcher is up and running at Constellium Rolled Products' plant in Ravenswood. Media outlets report that Constellium commissioned the stretcher Wednesday. The Ravenswood plant produces aluminum plate for aerospace and defense markets, and coil products for...
Accuride Increasing North American Capacity and Capabilities With Major Investments in 2011-2012
Accuride's 2012 North American investments support its position as the leading supplier of steel and aluminum wheels to the commercial vehicle aftermarket and build upon the company's $35 million investment in 2011 to increase its aluminum wheel production capacity. "Accuride is committed to being...
Accuride Increasing North American Capacity and Capabilities With Major Investments in 2011-2012
Accuride's 2012 North American investments support its position as the leading supplier of steel and aluminum wheels to the commercial vehicle aftermarket and build upon the company's $35 million investment in 2011 to increase its aluminum wheel production capacity. "Accuride is committed to being...
Alcoa to expand production of alloy for aircraft
Alcoa will build a new plant in Indiana and expand two other facilities to increase production of aluminum-lithium alloys to meet rising demand from the aerospace industry. The aluminum company, which operates out of Pittsburgh, has begun work on a 115,000-square-foot plant near its current...
Trademark Metals Acquires Gulf Coast Metals
Trademark Metals Recycling (TMR), a wholly owned subsidiary of The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ), a Cincinnati-based subsidiary of Nucor Corp., has purchased the assets and business of Gulf Coast Metals, headquartered in Tampa, Fla. Gulf Coast Metals, established in 1981, operates four facilities...
Alcoa and Waste Management Recycle America Join Coalition for American Electronics Recycling
The Coalition for American Electronics Recycling (CAER) announced today that Alcoa, the world’s leading aluminum producer, and Waste Management Recycle America, North America’s leading provider of integrated environmental solutions, have joined the alliance. CAER represents U.S. companies that...
Lockout at Quebec Rio Tinto Aluminum Smelter Drags On
About 780 workers at an aluminum smelter run by the mining giant Rio Tinto in Quebec are heading into the fourth week of a lockout, with many still braving the frigid weather to picket though an injunction—in place until April—that bars them from blocking the smelter entrance. Their contract had...
Chadwick Engineering Ltd Joins the Aluminum Association
The Aluminum Association is pleased to announce the addition of our newest member, Chadwick Engineering Ltd. Chadwick Engineering joins the Association as an Associate member; Associate members are a critical part of the North American aluminum industry providing direct services to firms that...
Teamsters remain on Nichols picket line
Members of Teamsters Local 371 remained on the picket line today after walking off their jobs Friday at Nichols Aluminum when negotiations on a new contract reached an impasse. The union went on strike at 4:30 p.m. Friday, said Thomas Brackmann, president of the west Davenport manufacturer. The two...
Teamsters strike at Nichols Aluminum
Members of Teamsters Local 371 walked off their jobs at Nichols Aluminum and onto the picket line Friday as negotiations on a new contract reached an impasse. "The union indicated they were going to go on strike at 4:30 p.m. today and they did so," Thomas Brackmann, president of the west Davenport...
Alcoa unveils new wide base aluminum wheels for trucks
Alcoa Wheels, an Ohio-based business of aluminum producer Alcoa, has unveiled a new line of wide base aluminum wheels for trucks designed to deliver high performance through the company’s proprietary LvL ONE wheel manufacturing process of light weighting. The 14 inch, 58 lbs wide base wheels, being...
