Constellium SE (NYSE: CSTM) announced today that its Aheadd® CP1 aluminium additive manufacturing powder was approved for use in Formula 1 cars beginning in the 2024 season. Constellium has partnered with Velo3D and PWR Advanced Cooling Technology to start providing highly efficient, compact, and lightweight heat exchangers for Formula 1 vehicles along with a variety of components for high-performance customers....
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Century Aluminum Company to Acquire 55% Interest in Jamalco Alumina Refinery
Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Noble Group Holdings Limited (“Noble”) to acquire Noble’s 55% ownership interest in Jamalco, a bauxite mining and alumina production joint venture in Jamaica. Jamalco has annual alumina production capacity of approximately 1.4 million tonnes and employs over 900 people. Pursuant to the terms of the...
Axing aluminium from the Critical Raw Materials list was a mistake
The European Commission’s exclusion of aluminium from the EU’s list of strategic raw materials is unacceptable because of the metal’s importance to key industries of the future, writes Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou. Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou is vice-chair of the European Parliament’s committee on international trade. She is affiliated with Greece’s New Democracy party and the European People’s Party (EPP). Since 2010, the Commission...
Norsk Hydro to supply Porsche with low-carbon aluminium
Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL) will supply Porsche AG (P911_p.DE) with low-carbon aluminium and eventually recycle its battery materials as the luxury carmaker moves to decarbonise its supply chain, the companies said on Wednesday. Makers of electric cars are looking to replace steel with aluminium to make car bodies and batteries lighter to increase mileage. Hydro signed a similar deal late last...
Global aluminium output rises 0.5% y/y to 5.77 mln T in March – IAI
Global primary aluminium output rose 0.5% year on year in March to 5.772 million tonnes, data from the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) showed on Thursday. Estimated Chinese production was 3.387 million tonnes in March, the IAI said. Learn more: Nasdaq
Rio Tinto Q1 Bauxite Production Down 11%, Aluminium Production Up 7%
Rio Tinto plc (RTPPF.PK, RIO.L, RIO, RTNTF.PK), on Thursday, reported Q1 Bauxite production of 12.1 million tonnes was 11% lower than the first quarter of 2022 as the company’s Weipa operations were affected by higher-than-average rainfall during the annual wet season. First-quarter Aluminium production was 0.8 million tonnes, 7% higher than the first quarter of 2022, driven by the continued...
Drought in China’s Yunnan set to cap province’s aluminium output
Severe power shortages in China’s southwestern Yunnan province are likely to cut aluminium production in the country’s fourth-largest producing province, analysts and producers said, but weak demand will cap price rises. Yunnan, which accounts for about 12% of China’s aluminium capacity, has forced electrolytic aluminium producers to reduce their power usage since September last year after unusually low rainfall reduced...
Rio Tinto begins construction of its new billet casting centre in Quebec
Rio Tinto has begun construction to increase its capacity to cast low-carbon, high-value aluminium billets by 202 000 t at its Alma, Quebec smelter. The existing casting centre will be expanded to include new state-of-the-art equipment such as furnaces, a casting pit, coolers, handling, inspection, sawing and packaging systems. Commissioning is scheduled for the 1H25. The CAN$240 million investment will...
Alcoa Expands its EcoSource™ Low-Carbon Alumina Brand to Include Non-metallurgical Grade Alumina
Alcoa has announced the expansion of the Company’s EcoSource™ low-carbon alumina brand to now include certain grades of non-metallurgical alumina. First launched in 2020 for smelter-grade applications (SGA), EcoSource is the world’s first and only low-carbon alumina brand. Now, it is also being offered in non-metallurgical (NMA) grades, including hydrates and calcined materials. Hydrates are primarily used in municipal water...
Global aluminium producers offer Q2 premiums of $125-$145/T
Global aluminium producers have offered Japanese buyers premiums of $125-$145 per tonne for April-June primary metal shipments, up 45%-71% from this quarter, five sources directly involved in quarterly pricing talks said. The offers, if agreed by buyers, would mark the first increase in six quarters and the highest level since the October-December quarter in 2022, reflecting a view from producers...