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Primary aluminum: the top 10 sustainability drivers in the industry in 2022
Sustainability in the primary aluminum industry took the spotlight this year. Both producers and consumers are increasingly striving to achieve a sustainable future. As the former adopt innovative technologies and develop skills to reduce carbon emissions for metal...
Nickel: turbulence continues to haunt LME months after market disaster
With the memory of the nickel market crash in March still fresh, the industry did not need a reminder of how dysfunctional the London Metal Exchange (LME) nickel contract has become; but last month it got it again. Months after the turmoil exposed weaknesses in the...
Copper: price drops on strengthening dollar and poor global demand outlook
Copper is down today from six-month highs recorded Friday, Dec. 9, at $8,592/mt, due to the strengthening U.S. dollar ahead of interest rate decisions by central banks later in the week, while fears of a global recession and poor demand for metals further weighed on...
Aluminum: Hydro acquires German extrusion company Hueck
Norway's Norsk Hydro ASA has agreed to acquire Lüdenscheid, Germany-based Hueck, a manufacturer of recycled-content aluminum window, door and facade systems and extruded aluminum profiles. Hueck, which has 500 employees, two extrusion presses and an integrated casting...