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Fisher previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer and recently Interim President and CEO. He will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer until a successor is named.  

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Tapan Kumar Chand, National Aluminium Company (Nalco)'s new chairman and managing director, will meet Iran's ambassador to India Gholamreza Ansari in New Delhi, India, to further discuss the matter.

Nalco's idea to set up the 1-million-tonne capacity facility in Iran is driven by power shortages in India given that electricity accounts for 40% of smelting costs, it said.

Chand said that Nalco would prefer a local partner who could supply cheap electricity to fire the smelter. For feedstock in the plant, the company will ship alumina from the Indian state of...

Commenting, Mr Jean-Baptiste Lucas, Chief Executive Officer of GARMCO, said, “We are pleased to welcome Khushroo Patel to the company. His extensive experience and depth of knowledge will bring further strength to our executive team and enable us to continue to enhance our financial reporting and management capabilities. This is an important time of growth for GARMCO, as we seek to expand our...

Tapan Kumar Chand, National Aluminium Company (Nalco)'s new chairman and managing director, will meet Iran's ambassador to India Gholamreza Ansari in New Delhi, India, to further discuss the matter.

Nalco's idea to set up the 1-million-tonne capacity facility in Iran is driven by power shortages in India given that electricity accounts for 40% of smelting costs, it said.

Chand said that Nalco would prefer a local partner who could supply cheap electricity to fire the smelter. For feedstock in the plant, the company will ship alumina from the Indian state of...

The Campaign’s objective is to create awareness on the importance of employees working safely with the aim to return home to their loved ones.
 
The ‘Go to Work and Come Back Home Safe’ Campaign kick-started with a presentation by Alba’s Chief Operations Officer, Isa Al Ansari only for the ladies in Alba, during which he focussed on home safety using real life examples.
 
A key...

Two to three times stronger than any automotive aluminium used in high volumes today, Novelis Advanz 7000-series products can be used to manufacture components such as bumper systems, crash ring components and door intrusion beams. The new alloy series will offer a significant weight reduction when compared to current high strength steels in the marketplace, enabling automakers to further reduce the...

The Ravenswood smelter has been idled since February 2009. The decision to permanently close the Ravenswood plant is based on the inability to secure a competitive power contract for the smelter, compounded by challenging aluminium market conditions largely driven by increased exports of aluminium from China. As a result, the economics of restarting and operating the facility are unfavourable.

"We have worked diligently with local, state and federal officials, along with the power company, to reopen the smelter but we have been unable to secure a long-term, competitive power...

It improved by 0.3% compared with the same period in 2014. This means that the shortfall on total deliveries has narrowed to just 0.7%, down markedly from the 2.5% seen in the first three months of 2015, according to new figures released by EAFA, the European Aluminium Foil Association.

From January to June deliveries in the EAFA region* were 439,300 tonnes (compared with 442,200t for the first...

Effective 1 July, 2015, Tenova has also been organised into two divisions - Metals and Mining - managed by Andrea Rocca (Metals CEO) and Frank Hubrich (Mining CEO). The division leaders will be responsible for the business strategy and results in their respective areas.

“With this new leadership structure a generational change has begun,” commented Gianfelice Rocca Chairman of...

This reflects an increase from the 30% target originally proposed in the draft regulation released last June.

Aluminum Association President & CEO Heidi Brock commented: “The aluminium industry remains committed to the continued availability of reasonably and predictably-priced power as a cornerstone of American manufacturing. While we recognise the importance of minimising greenhouse gas emissions as a policy goal, it is critical that these decisions are made in a global context. Through voluntary efforts, the carbon impact of producing primary aluminium in North...