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Speira is investing €40 million in additional recycling capacity at its Rheinwerk facility in Neuss, Germany. The project includes the installation of a new melting furnace exclusively for scrap, which is currently being installed. The furnace will primarily focus on recycling scrap for the beverage can market. At the same time, the third of four […]
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Hydro first launched its Hydro CIRCAL brand with a minimum of 75% post-consumer scrap content in 2019. Since then, CIRCAL in the form of extrusion billet has been used in the production of profiles for a variety of industries, in particular architectural applications. Hydro is now expanding its CIRCAL line to include foundry alloys for critical […]
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Canadian Industry Minister Mélanie Joly spoke at a press conference today, confirming that Quebec’s aluminum sector is set to receive “hundreds of millions of dollars” from a $5-billion federal fund aimed at supporting industries hit by U.S. tariffs. Joly said that the federal government has not yet finalized how the money will be allocated. Still, […]
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Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) collaborated with Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC) to deliver the UAE’s first batch of low-carbon aluminum using electricity generated at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi. EGA is marketing this type of low-carbon aluminum under the product brand MinimAL. “Global demand for low carbon […]
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Hydro and GreenCap Solutions, a Norwegian environmental technology provider, are collaborating to launch a demonstration project to test GreenCap’s carbon capture technology in primary aluminum production. The initiative targets the challenge of capturing CO₂ from low-concentration point sources — one of the most significant hurdles in the aluminum industry. “We need a cost-efficient solution to […]
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By Dr. Anne Deacon Juhl, AluConsult and AnodizingSchool. Recycled aluminum, when properly processed, can deliver anodized finishes indistinguishable from primary aluminum. While higher levels of trace elements, like zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), and iron (Fe), can increase sensitivity to corrosion or surface defects, these challenges are often smaller than variations caused by production methods and […]
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Golden Aluminum Inc. (GAI) successfully achieved commercial start-up of a new aluminum strip caster at its Fort Lupton facility in Colorado. Supplied by SMS group, the nexcast® machine is a next-generation strip caster jointly developed by GAI and SMS. “Bringing nexcast online marks a major step forward for Golden Aluminum and demonstrates the strength of […]
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Novelis Inc. successfully completed the U.K.’s first full-scale hydrogen fuel switching demonstration in the aluminum industry at its Latchford plant — marking a major step toward industrial decarbonization. “This trial has been a major achievement for our team,” said Allan Sweeny, plant manager at Novelis Latchford. “It demonstrated that we can adapt our existing infrastructure […]
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Extruded Aluminum Company (EAC), Profile Custom Extrusions, and Metra Canada — three premier U.S. and Canadian aluminum extrusion companies — are combining their businesses to launch Metra North America. United, the company will be able to redefine aluminum extrusion quality, reliability and worth. “Simply put, we’re raising the bar to make our customers’ jobs more rewarding […]