Rio Tinto completes sale of Dunkerque smelter
Rio Tinto has completed the sale of its 285,000-tpy aluminium smelter at Dunkerque, France, to Liberty House for USD500 million....
EGA to supply spent pot lining to Arkan for cement manufacturing
Emirates Global Aluminium has signed an agreement with Arkan, a building materials company, to supply a waste product from aluminium...
Alunorte receives authorization to utilize press filter as first step to resume operations
Hydro’s alumina refinery Alunorte in Brazil was granted authorization on 5 October by the federal environmental agency Ibama to utilize...
Primary aluminium market in deficit in January to July 2018
The calculated market balance for primary aluminium in the year to July was a deficit of 302,000 tonnes, which follows...
Hydro takes final build decision on Husnes line
Hydro has made a final decision to invest NOK1.4 billion at Husnes to upgrade and start-up the plant's second production line,...
Hydro and Rio Tinto end acquisition for Isal
Hydro and Rio Tinto have signed an agreement to end the acquisition process for Rio Tinto’s Icelandic aluminium plant Isal,...
Mecfor unveils automated guided vehicle for aluminium smelters
Mecfor of Saguenay in Quebec, yesterday unveiled one of its most innovative projects to date: the first automated guided vehicle...
SGL CFL CE becomes Cobex
Something is afoot in the international carbon and graphite product business: the previous SGL CFL CE business unit of the SGL Group has...