Tag: Production

Southwire is expanding the footprint of its Heflin, Alabama cable plant and intends to outfit the additional space with new aluminum-capable drawing and medium-voltage cable production equipment.

Elysis announced the start-up of its new technology at a Rio Tinto smelter, which it said is the next step in the transition toward large-scale, low-carbon aluminum production

Current leadership is sticking to a conservative approach that optimizes its existing portfolio, while steadily improving the balance sheet.

The latest International Aluminium Institute data for September show global production

Higher aluminum prices and delivery premiums lifted Novelis' revenue, but shipment softness and elevated conversion costs left North American earnings sharply lower.

The results show Hydro holding its operational footing even as profitability becomes harder to predict as margins swing sharply year over year, and even quarter to quarter.

Ford executives said the automaker expects aluminum supplier Novelis to restart its fire-damaged Oswego, NY hot mill by late November or early December.

MetalX's proposed $250 million aluminum recycling and slab-rolling plant in Ohio has been shelved, with the site now listed for sale confirming the project will not proceed.

“We will see how things go over the next six to eight months or so, but there is definitely growth opportunity there," CEO says.

EGA-Spectro Alloys has begun the second phase of its Rosemount, Minnesota expansion, adding a second wave of billet-casting capacity to the facility that began producing billets earlier this year.