March 27, 2023 US Supreme Court turns away challenge to Trump’s tariffs on steel imports The top court declined to hear a challenge to the steel import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump in 2018.
March 23, 2023 Rusal plans further lawsuit against Potanin over Nornickel pact Rusal wishes to "bring certain further claims" against Potanin and his affiliate Whiteleave Holdings.
March 17, 2023 Rusal reports 2022 profit slump as aluminum costs soar Rusal's net profit fell by around 44%.
March 17, 2023 Hydrogen-based thermal power produced using aluminum scrap Found Energy produced 20 kW of continuous, hydrogen-based thermal power using 1 kilogram of hard-to-recycle aluminum scrap.
March 16, 2023 Glencore won’t renew Rusal aluminum deal as things stand Glencore Plc is willing to walk away from a $16 billion deal to buy aluminum from Russia’s No. 1 producer.
March 15, 2023 Alcoa Australia to cut Portland aluminum smelter output to 75% capacity The company cited instability and production challenges.
March 15, 2023 China Jan-Feb aluminum output up 7.5% as demand hopes rise That marked the highest output for the two months since at least 2015.
March 13, 2023 Nornickel board rejects Rusal proposal to replace chairman Rusal had proposed replacing current chairman Andrei Bugrov with independent director.
March 9, 2023 Europe loses another smelter as energy crisis leaves deep scars Speira Gmbh will shut its Rheinwork plant in Germany this year due to challenges in the energy market.
February 28, 2023 Visualizing the opportunity cost of unrecycled metals in the US Exploring the quantity and dollar value of recycled metals in the U.S. by visualizing metal recycling ratios.
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