Industrial News

  • Century Aluminum Sets Date for Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Announcement ( 7/29/2010 )

    Century Aluminum Company will report second quarter 2010 earnings on Tuesday, July 27th after the close of market trading. The news release will be issued through Marketwire. The company will hold a follow-up conference call on Tuesday, July 27th at ..

  • Australian Stock Market Report ( 7/18/2010 )

    US jobless claims fell to two-year lows in the latest week, falling by 29,000 to 429,000. But industrial production growth slowed in the latest month, up just 0.1pct in June, just short of the 0.2pct growth forecast. US producer prices fell by 0.5pct..

  • Sasol to Build Aluminium Unit in Germany by 2012 ( 7/14/2010 )

    South Africa's petrochemicals group Sasol Ltd said on Friday it plans to build a purified aluminium production unit at its plant in Germany and that the facility should come on stream by 2012. Sasol said the facility -- to be constructed at its Olefi..

  • Aluminium Packaging Becomes Material of Choice - Mr Erwin Mayr ( 7/6/2010 )

    Financial Express cited Mr Erwin Mayr SVP and CSO of Novelis as saying that aluminium is becoming a material of choice the world over in consumer packaging, transportation light weighting and sustainable design applications. Novelis Inc is positionin..

  • India Forms New Panel to Study Proposed Vedanta Mine ( 7/1/2010 )

    June 30 （Bloomberg） -- India’s government formed a new panel to investigate the potential impact of mining on local tribes and wildlife in the eastern state of Orissa, where Vedanta Resources Plc hopes to develop bauxite reserves. The four-..

  • S.Korea Says Buys Total of 6,000 T Aluminium Ingot ( 6/27/2010 )

    South Korea bought a total of 6,000 tonnes of primary aluminium ingot with a minimum 99.7 percent purity for shipping between July and August via tenders closed on Thursday, the state-run Public Procurement Service said.

  • Material Matters: Aluminium, Coal And Basic Materials ( 6/17/2010 )

    Base metal prices continue to experience volatile trading but Barclays Capital sees one reason why further downside in aluminium prices could be limited. On the group's numbers, as much as 40% of global aluminium production is now operating at a loss..

  • Vedanta Aluminium Recognized as Green Leader in Mining and Metal Industry ( 6/9/2010 )

    Vedanta Aluminium Limited, Lanjigarh has been awarded The Financial Express – Emergent Venture India (FE_EVI) Green Business Leadership Award in Mining and Metal Industry for its commitments and continuous improvements towards environment p..

  • Midwest Aluminum Plans to Sell ( 5/31/2010 )

    Midwest Aluminum in Withee notified the Department of Workforce Development that it would close its facility on July 26th. Newsline 9 and other media outlets across Wisconsin received that notice from the state. After hearing that report, the company..

  • Japan Aluminum Stockpiles Decline for Second Month on Demand ( 5/19/2010 )

    Aluminum stockpiles in Japan dropped 1.2 percent in April from March, the second straight month of decline, according to Marubeni Corp., Japan's largest importer of the metal. Inventories in Yokohama, Nagoya and Osaka ports decreased to 190,500 metri..

  • Vedanta Aluminium Organizes Free Health Camp for Tribals at Phuldumer in Orissa ( 5/3/2010 )

    More than 72 tribals were benefited from a free health check-up camp organised at Phuldumer village on April 29, 2010 by Vedanta Aluminium Limited, in collaboration with Government health Department. Patients with different ailments were treated by d..

  • S.Korea Says Seeks 3,000 T Western Aluminium Ingot ( 4/18/2010 )

    South Korea has issued a tender to buy 3,000 tonnes of western-origin primary aluminium ingot for shipping by the end of June, the state-run Public Procurement Service said on its web site late Thursday. The tender will close at 2 p.m (0500 GMT) on A..