Century Aluminum Company is expanding its worldwide capacity. The company restarted production at two of its aluminum smelting facilities in the U.S. and Iceland. Expanded U.S. Capacity Century produced the first hot metal at its plant in Mt. Holly, S.C., following its recent expansion project. This major expansion will increase total U.S. primary aluminum production […]
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) both reported damage to their primary aluminum facilities due to Iranian attacks on March 28. EGA noted that its Al Taweelah site, which produced 1.6 million tonnes of primary aluminum in 2025, sustained significant damage during the Iranian missile and drone attacks at Khalifa Economic Zone […]
Aluminium Dunkerque, Trimet, Rio Tinto, and Fives Group, all part of the C4Capture consortium, achieved a key milestone in their collaboration in their joint development of a CO₂ capture solution for the aluminum industry. The companies started up pilot tests in real industrial conditions at the Aluminium Dunkerque smelter in Dunkerque and Trimet’s smelter in […]
The International Committee for Study of Bauxite, Alumina, and Aluminium (ICSOBA) hosted its 43rd International Conference and Exhibition on October 26–31, 2025, at the Howard Johnson CAEXPO Plaza in Nanning, Guangxi, China (Figure 1). The conference reflected the organization‘s ongoing commitment to engage with the fast-growing aluminum sector in the Asia-Pacific region, demonstrating both technological […]
In the wake of Israel and the U.S. launching coordinated joint attacks on Iran, CRU released a webinar exploring how conflict in the Middle East will affect the metals industries. Hosted by Alex Tuckett, head of Economics, with Alex Christopher, senior analyst – Aluminium, presenting the aluminum perspective, delved into both the short term and long term […]
By Alton Tabereaux, Contributing Editor. The Venezuelan aluminum industry was once a regional leader with advanced technology and skilled labor. However, it has seen steep declines over the past decade, with production at its two aluminum smelters being largely curtailed thanks to dramatic power shortages. As a whole, the country has faced a national power […]
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world’s largest aluminum smelters, entered into an exclusive agreement with AIP VII Europe S.a.r.l., a wholly-owned subsidiary of AIP Fund VII, managed by American Industrial Partners (AIP), under which Alba will acquire 100% of Aluminium Dunkerque, the European Union’s largest primary aluminum smelter. “Building on Alba’s position as […]
Century Aluminum and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the companies behind the planned primary aluminum production plant in Inola, Oklahoma, signed an agreement with U.S. Aluminum Company, a new venture, to explore the development of an aluminum manufacturing plant near the new smelter. “The development of America’s largest and most advanced primary aluminum production plant right […]
Editor’s Note: This issue focuses on patents related to the upstream aluminum industry that were granted during the most recent months in the U.S. and China. It is important to include China, because the country has been the world’s largest patent filer (and producer) for years in the area of metals, by a significant margin. […]
