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Hydro Wins Safety Award from European Aluminium Association

The European Aluminium Association has named its "best performers" in the area of occupational safety, based on 2006 statistics. Four are Hydro plants. Each year, the European Aluminium Association (EAA) com...

14 May 2007

Elektron 21 from Magnesium Elektron to be Included in Metallic Material Properties Development and Standardization Handbook

Magnesium Elektron announced today the inclusion of their latest high performance magnesium sand casting alloy, Elektron 21, into the Metallic Material Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS) Handbook. The...

14 May 2007

New GPX Grinder Polisher from LECO

Leco Instruments adds new Automatic GPX metallographic sample grinder polisher to its range of metallographic instruments The new instrument is available with a choice of 8”, 10” or 12” diameter arrangements and has a...

9 May 2007

Alcoa make US$33 Billion Offer to Acquire Alcan and Create Aluminum Giant

Alcoa Inc. announced today that it will be making an offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Alcan Inc. (TSX: AL; NYSE: AL) for US$58.60 in cash and 0.4108 of a share of Alcoa common stock for each outst...

8 May 2007

Materials World Tackles New Materials Developments Around the World

Materials World is the monthly publication of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) presenting the latest findings in research from around the world. This month’s issue focuses on light metals,...

4 May 2007

Stimir and Alcan to Develop and Install Automatic Stem Index Marking System

Stímir has entered into a contract with Alcan Iceland to develop and install an automatic Stem Index Marking System (“SIMS”) for Rodded Anodes. The SIMS will be installed at the rodded anode storage a...

4 May 2007

Alcan and Ma'aden to Build US$7b Integrated Aluminum Project in Saudi Arabia

Alcan announced that it has signed a Heads of Agreement with Saudi Arabian mining company Ma'aden to develop a proposed US$7-billion integrated aluminum "mine-to-metal" project including bauxite mining, alu...

1 May 2007

New Range of Cabinet Hardware Featuring Recycled Aluminium and Environmentally Friendly Inlays

SpectraDécor's new FUSION2 collection features recycled aluminum and environmentally friendly inlays. The contemporary cabinet hardware and appliance pull line combines former window frames and hubcaps with cork...

30 Apr 2007

Alcoa to Explore Sale of Packaging and Consumer Businesses

Alcoa today announced it will explore strategic alternatives for the disposition of its Packaging and Consumer segment which generated approximately $3.2 billion in revenues and $95 million in after-tax operating income ...

30 Apr 2007

BHP Billiton Secure Bauxite Supply from Guinea

BHP Billiton today announced the acquisition of a 33.3 per cent interest in Global Alumina’s Sangaredi Refinery Project in Guinea, West Africa, for a consideration of US$140 million. The project comprises the d...

27 Apr 2007

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