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Hydro Rein and partners sign PPA and start construction activities at the Mendubim solar project in Brazil
Hydro Rein, Equinor and Scatec are starting construction activities for the Mendubim solar project in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil, one ...
July 8, 2022
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Hydro’s aluminium recycling plant in Rackwitz to serve automotive customers with more post-consumer aluminum
Hydro marks construction start to expand its aluminium recycling plant in Rackwitz, Germany, enabling the plant to produce 25,000 tonnes of HyForge pe ...
July 7, 2022
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Hydro investing in new automotive extrusion press in Denmark
Employees Andree Kittelmann and Dina Tychsen at the extrusion plant in Tønder, Denmark. Photo: Bård Gudim/Hydro Hydro continues investing for the automotive industry with a NOK 300 million (EUR 29 million) investment in a new state-of-the-art extrusion press at ...
July 7, 2022
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Qatalum receives dual ASI certification
Qatalum, jointly owned by Hydro and Qatar Aluminium Manufacturing Company (QAMCO), achieves dual Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI) certification.
July 6, 2022
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Short-haul low-carbon aluminium from Hydro in Vestre's new furniture factory
Vestre's The Plus provides an open and efficient workflow, while allowing all four wings of the factory to be in direct contact with the forest. At the centre of the building lies the experience centre, which provides 360-degree views of the whole production process. (Photo: Einar Aslaksen/Vestre) Hydro delivers aluminium both indoors and to the exterior façade when The Plus, the world's most environmentally friendly furniture factory, opens its ...
June 3, 2022
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Hydro Rein and Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group to develop hybrid wind and solar project in Brazil
Hydro Rein and Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group (GIG) have entered into agreements to form a joint venture to build and operate Fei ...
June 1, 2022
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Hydro Commerce first plant in the US certified by DNV to produce Hydro CIRCAL
The first batch of certified Hydro CIRCAL produced at Hydro's Commerce plant in Texas, US. The aluminium plant in Commerce, Texas is Hydro’s first plant in the US certified to produce Hydro CIRCAL, a low-carbon recycled aluminium product con ...
May 24, 2022
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Hydro to invest NOK 320 million in Karmøy aluminium smelter
The investment includes modernizing and upgrading the power supply system and the anode rodding plant at Hydro Karmøy. This will strengthen the plant’ ...
May 19, 2022
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Europe’s largest electric vehicle battery recycling plant begins operations
From its plant in Fredrikstad, Norway, Hydrovolt will recycle car batteries reaching end-of-life. The plant has the capacity to process 12,000 tonnes of battery packs on annual basis, corresponding to around 25,000 EV batteries. Hydrovolt, a battery recycling joint venture between Northvolt and Hydro, has started commercial recycling operations at its plant in Fredrikstad, Nor ...
May 16, 2022
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Hydro invests NOK 63 million in recycling in Årdal
Hydro has decided to upgrade and restart the primary foundry alloy (PFA) casthouse at the aluminium plant in Årdal. “We invest to meet increased deman ...
May 13, 2022
