The recent Diamond League sports meeting in London gave a vibrant reminder of the fascinating Olympics in 2012. Their infrastructure is bound to last, and serve, for decades to come – with a lot of aluminium from Hydro in use.
Pupils from Barcarena in Brazil had to let go of their dream of gold in this year's Norway Cup as they were eliminated in the first round of the finals this week. Nevertheless, they showed great skills on the football field and impressed with excellent goals and cooperation.
Hydro's rolled products plant in Grevenbroich, Germany, is committed to making work and private life for its 2,000 employees more compatible – and now has received a “Job and Family” certificate from the German government.
In early October, the sun will stop shining into the deep, narrow valley of Rjukan, and inhabitants will awaken to the start of their gray Norwegian winter. But thanks to the realization of an idea first hatched in the early 1900s by one of Hydro's founders, there will be light this winter – at least in the town square.
In connection with the Q2 results presentation, Hydro's chief executive officer and chief financial officer were interviewed in London by three major business TV channels.
Hydro's part-owned aluminium smelter in Slovakia, Slovalco, has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for power supply with Slovenské Elektrárne.
Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax was NOK 518 million in the second quarter, down from NOK 1,077 million in the first quarter of 2013, as lower aluminium and alumina prices and seasonally lower power production weighed on results. Bauxite and alumina production was affected by power outages.
Hydro has just taken another important position in the mining sector in Brazil as one of four new members of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Mining Institute (Ibram).
Norsk Hydro ASA and Serenity Capital Pte. Ltd have signed an agreement that could lead to Serenity’s Norwegian subsidiary SilMag International AS restarting magnesium production at Herøya, Norway.
Thanks to a novel laser-cutting facility at the site in Dormagen, Germany, the aluminium company Hydro can now offer its automotive customers body sheet of unmatched precision, taking yet another step forward in the growing market for automotive light-weighting with aluminium.
Hydro has signed an agreement with Rio Tinto Alcan to acquire its 50 percent ownership share in the Vigeland Metal Refinery AS and 100 percent ownership share in the AS Vigelands Brug hydropower station, located in southern Norway.
Hydro issued a notice of force majeure to its alumina customers on Wednesday as power outages and lowered production at Alunorte alumina refinery may affect alumina deliveries to customers. It is currently not possible to determine or estimate whether and how deliveries to customers will be affected.
Hydro's aluminium building façade specialist Wicona has launched an iPad app for its Wicona Finder architectural database – an invaluable source of innovative design ideas for curtain walling, window and door solutions.
Hydro has entered into a cooperation with the Japanese metals group Kobe Steel to exchange technical information on aluminium coils and sheet for automobiles, expanding their business options in a more globalized procurement policy of carmakers.
Hydro will host a special investor briefing about environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues on June 5.
A partnership aims to attract more investments and strengthen the productive sector of the Pará state in the north of Brazil, where Hydro's Bauxite & Alumina business area has operations in Paragominas and Barcarena.
The EU Commission has approved today the transaction between Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA and branded consumer goods group Orkla ASA to form a 50/50 joint venture within aluminium solutions, to be named Sapa. Pending necessary approval from Chinese competition authorities, the parties expect the transaction to be completed in third quarter 2013, at the latest.
Students traded places with their teachers in a technology class and taught their mothers about the digital world.
The Annual General Meeting of Norsk Hydro ASA today adopted all the items as proposed on the agenda, including the proposal to distribute a dividend of NOK 0.75 per share.
Hydro has entered a gross bidding agreement with Nordic power exchange Nord Pool Spot, allowing the company to nominate all its sales and buy volumes separately to increase liquidity and transparency in the deregulated, hydropower-rich market.
Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax rose to NOK 1,077 million in the first quarter, from NOK 172 million in the fourth quarter 2012. Higher alumina, aluminium and power prices, increased sales volumes and improved margins contributed to underlying results.
Following the agreement between Norsk Hydro ASA and Orkla ASA to combine their respective aluminium extrusion businesses, the European Commission has expressed preliminary concerns regarding the possible competitive effects of the intended merger in certain markets.
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Norsk Hydro ASA will be held at the company's head office at Vækerø, Drammensveien 260, 0283 Oslo, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 1 p.m.
A new survey indicates that Norwegians have become better at recycling used tea light cups and other products made of aluminium as a result of the Tea Light Hunt campaign.
Norsk Hydro ASA's employees have agreed to purchase shares under a general arrangement offered to the employees of Norsk Hydro ASA each year.
Following approval by Norsk Hydro ASA's Annual General Meeting in 2010, the Board of Directors established a Long Term Incentive (LTI) in the form of a remuneration of 30 percent and 25 percent of annual base salary for the President and CEO and the other members of the Corporate Management Board.
Hydro and Qatalum have signed a new cooperation agreement with the Qatar University and its Center for Advanced Materials.
Hydro opened its new test center for tailor-made energy-efficient façade solutions for warm climates in Qatar on Monday.
"Our goal is to create a winner in the aluminium industry" is an important message in Hydro's annual reporting for 2012, released today.
Hydro has decided to nearly double capacity of a continuous annealing line at its aluminium rolled products plant in Grevenbroich, Germany, to serve growing demand in the automotive industry.
Developing new and energy-efficient aluminium production technology is the foundation for Hydro’s long-term efforts. Hydro is therefore studying the potential for testing next-generation electrolysis technology at a pilot plant with annual production capacity of about 70,000 metric tons at Karmøy in Norway.
A 38-year-old man working as an external contractor at Hydro’s extrusion plant in Lucé, France, died on Friday of work-related injuries incurred while moving a punch press from the premises.
Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax improved to NOK 138 million in the fourth quarter 2012 from an underlying loss of NOK 19 million in the previous quarter. Lower energy costs in Bauxite & Alumina, lower variable costs in Primary Metal and improved results for the Qatalum aluminum plant contributed to underlying results.
During the last three months, over 29,000 Norwegian schoolchildren have collected more than 7.5 million used aluminium tea light cups for recycling. It was an exciting time for 11 first- and second-graders at the Lid school in Sveio in the county of Hordaland, when they learned that they had won this year's Tea Light Hunt.
A partnership among Hydro, the union of employees in Norway and the city authorities in Paragominas, Brazil, is offering new educational opportunities for local youngsters – with iPads.
Norsk Hydro ASA is reporting reclassified historical financial information (unaudited) due to the announced extruded products joint venture with Orkla ASA. The reclassified financials are released to provide further details on the effects of reclassifying Extruded Products as discontinued operations ahead of Hydro's forth quarter results 2012 to be released on February 12, 2013.
Hydro has signed a contract to supply spent pot linings from the production of primary aluminium to Rockwool International, a producer of fire safe insulation. The agreement ensures that pot linings will be reused to benefit both the environment and Hydro's bottom line.
Aluminium helps Hydro customer PCC deliver its new wheelchair-friendly “Comfort Zone” sanitary solution for UK trains.
Subject to closing of the planned Sapa joint venture between Hydro and Orkla, Executive Vice President of Extruded Products, Hans-Joachim Kock, has been appointed Head of Finance in Hydro's Bauxite & Alumina business area after Eivind Kallevik, who has recently been appointed CFO in Hydro.
A newly developed computer system for managing shipping could help cut logistics costs at Hydro’s Norwegian aluminium smelters by several million kroner per year.
Eivind Kallevik has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA. The appointment of Kallevik, currently head of Finance in Hydro's Bauxite & Alumina business area, will become effective from February 15, 2013.
A new energy-efficient building research test center in Qatar will investigate how Hydro's aluminium building solutions will perform in the climate extremes of the Middle East..
A new cooperation strengthens research on aluminium in Qatar and establishes ties across borders.
Hydro focused its Capital Markets Day 2012 on the improvement efforts being made throughout the company, aiming to create a global leader in aluminium. Hydro is expecting world aluminium demand outside China of 2-4% in 2013 and solid global long-term growth of 4-6% annually over the next 10 years.
Hydro's aluminium plant at Karmøy, Norway, has won this year's "Lean Company of the Year" award, given annually by the organization Lean Forum Norway.
Hydro has doubled the size of its aluminium tubing plant and opened the doors of its new same-site extrusion facility in China. The extension is aimed toward meeting local demand for industry-leading products and solutions in the largest downstream aluminium market in the world.
Aluminium for zero-emission cars and ships was on display at the international ZERO Conference in Oslo this week, co-sponsored by Hydro.
Hydro will have a strong presence at ARABAL 2012, the most important gathering for the Middle East aluminium industry, set for November 20-22 in Doha, Qatar.
Costs for the fabrication of rolled aluminium products have been rising continuously in recent months. Hydro will raise the price for strip and sheet in the General Engineering product area with effect for all deliveries from January 1, 2013.
Sør-Norge Aluminium (Søral) primary aluminium plant in Norway has signed electricity contracts with Agder Energi, Lyse, Statkraft and Hydro for the long-term annual supply of up to 2.6 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity in Norway over an eight-year period, starting in 2013.
Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax fell to NOK 8 million in the third quarter from NOK 549 million in the previous quarter. Low realized alumina and aluminium prices weighed heavily on underlying results for Hydro's upstream operations for the quarter while cost improvement programs proceeded with full force to meet the challenging market situation.
Hydro received the "ÖKO-GLOBE Award 2012" sustainability prize in a ceremony Wednesday in Cologne, Germany.
Hydro is supporting Amnesty International Norway by contributing NOK 1 million and encouraging employees to help out in an upcoming television and door-to-door fundraising campaign in Norway.
Norsk Hydro ASA and Orkla ASA have agreed to combine their respective profiles, building systems and tubing business, creating the world's leading aluminium solutions provider. The new combined company, to be named Sapa, will be a 50/50 joint venture owned by Hydro and Orkla.
Hydro and Orkla have agreed to combine their extruded aluminium business, creating the world’s leading aluminium solutions provider.
Hydro's many aluminium applications and capabilities are on display at "Aluminium 2012" in Düsseldorf on October 9-11.
Hydro and the University of Oslo plan to create a research program connected to Hydro's mining operations in Brazil. The aim is to generate knowledge that can strengthen Hydro's ability to preserve the natural biodiversity of the areas where the company mines bauxite.
Amnesty International Norway representatives and Hydro's President and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg led a human rights workshop for Hydro employees in Oslo this week.
Hydro's Profiler unit has signed a long-term agreement with Alloc, one of the leading manufacturers of laminate flooring in Europe. The five-year deal is for the supply of more than 75 million extruded aluminium locking clips that enable the flooring to be connected without the use of glue.
Hydro has entered into a binding agreement to sell its aluminium remelt plant in Taiwan to Ting Sin Metal Co. Ltd. The transaction is expected to close during October.
The Corporate Assembly in Norsk Hydro ASA today approved Pedro José Rodrigues as a new member of the company's Board of Directors.
Hydro has again been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.
Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA has decided to increase in-house primary metal sourcing, replacing less cost-efficient remelting of cold metal as a source for its Neuss-Grevenbroich rolling mills.
Three months ago, an earthquake shook the lives of thousands in the Italian region of Emilia. Hydro employees at the extrusion plant in Ornago – some 150 kilometers away – have responded by donating food, clothes and money to the victims.
The State of Pará in Brazil has decided that, effective from September 10, 2012, ICMS tax will again be collected from the fuel oil distributors, exempting Hydro's alumina refinery Alunorte from the ICMS tax.
Hydro’s summer internship has been a very rewarding experience, say Kristin Langeland Ervik, Endre Kure and Kai Espramer, who participated in the program with 13 other students from Norwegian universities. The students were posted to Årdal, Porsgrunn and Vækerø.
Hydro is stopping the use of cold metal as the base for aluminum products at its plant in Årdal, Norway, while continuing with finished products based on primary production. One of the two casthouses in Årdal will be closed.
Tito Bothelo Martins Junior, who recently left Vale S.A to pursue a position outside the Vale-group, has resigned from the Board of Directors of Norsk Hydro ASA with immediate effect.
Hydro is making adjustments to the structure of its aluminum extrusion network in the United States. The company has today announced that it will cease extrusion operations at its facility in Missouri, and that it will bring new fabrication activities to its plant in Arizona.
Hydro has entered into a binding agreement to sell its extrusion plant in Portugal to Bavaria Industriekapital AG. The transaction is expected to close on August 31.
Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax amounted to NOK 549 million in the second quarter, compared with NOK 557 million in the previous quarter. The weak quarterly results reflect low aluminium prices and a challenging macro-economic environment, while ambitious improvement programs helped reducing operating costs, contributing positively in the quarter.
Hydro arranged a job market Thursday to help the 300-plus employees at the Kurri Kurri metal plant with life after closure.
The RAF Bomber Command Association Memorial in London was inaugurated recently in London, featuring interior roof panels of aluminium recovered from a World War II bomber. Hydro donated remelting and fabrication services to the historic project.
Hydro Aluminum North America, Inc. has resolved claims by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of alleged noncompliance with certain regulatory and permit-based requirements at the company’s extrusion and remelt facility in St. Augustine, Florida.
Aluminium in energy-efficient buildings and Hydro’s Powerhouse project were on the agenda when world leaders gathered in Rio de Janeiro this week to discuss how social and economic development and the environment.
As part of Brazil’s “Green Municipalities” program, Hydro is joining a project that will monitor deforestation throughout the Amazon region.
Reference is made to the notification sent June 14, 2012 regarding a potential new bond issue by Norsk Hydro ASA.
Norsk Hydro ASA is considering issuing a bond in the Norwegian bond market with maturity July 2019.
Hydro's President and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg will drive a hydrogen-powered car on Friday in the ZERO Rally – a race for vehicles with low or no emissions. Board member and union leader Billy Fredagsvik will have the role of navigator when the head of Hydro puts the pedal to the metal on the Lånkebanen race track outside Trondheim in Norway.
A spill at Hydro’s majority-owned Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil in 2009 has resulted in a series of new claims in a local small-claims court. The spill, where water with red mud and bauxite residue overflowed the drainage channels around a deposit, occurred two years before Hydro acquired a majority stake in the world’s largest alumina refinery.
Norsk Hydro ASA will change the structure and composition of its Corporate Management Board, effective August 15, to reflect the company's strategic agenda.
At Intersolar Europe, Hydro is going to unveil its complete aluminium tubing solution for the solar thermal industry, in addition to all-aluminium solar absorbers produced by several of its customers.
Norsk Hydro ASA has decided to close its Kurri Kurri aluminium plant in Australia. The decision follows a consultation process with the local employees.
The CAP alumina project, the Albras aluminium smelter and the Alunorte alumina refinery were recognized for their support and use of local suppliers at the "Prêmio Redes de Desenvolvimento 2011" awards ceremony in Belém in Pará, Brazil, last week.
The Corporate Assembly in Norsk Hydro ASA on Friday approved two new members of the company's Board of Directors, Dag Mejdell and Victoire de Margerie.
After curtailing one of three pot lines at its Kurri Kurri aluminium plant in January, Norsk Hydro ASA is initiating consultation with the plant's workforce with a view to curtailing the remaining operations.
The winners of the environmental competition Tea Light Hunt were greeted on Friday by local school musicians, three managers on a field trip and a magician who turned tea lights into frying pans, when they visited Hydro's recycling facility in Holmestrand. It was a magical experience for young and old.
Hydro wants to raise the bar in customer service and local support in order to become the preferred supplier of aluminium tubing and fin stock for heat transfer applications in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry.
President and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg has on May 9, 2012 purchased 4,000 shares in Hydro at NOK 24.80.
Norsk Hydro ASA`s employees have purchased shares under a general arrangement offered to the employees of Norsk Hydro ASA each year.
Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax amounted to NOK 557 million in the first quarter, down from NOK 1,133 million in the previous quarter. Lower realized aluminium prices and continued weak markets, in particular for European extrusion operations, weighed down underlying results. Hydro's Energy business posted solid results along with power production at record levels.
Hydro, carmakers and leading scientists are cooperating in finding new, safer and light weight solutions for the cars of tomorrow. In Trondheim, Norway, new profiles are put to the ultimate test. View a video of what happens to an aluminium profile when hit with 1,500 kg at 30 km/h!
At a conference in Trondheim, Norway, Hydro President and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg challenged the traditional thinking that aluminium production is negative for the environment.
Two leading researchers at SINTEF and NTNU were given the inaugural “Hydro Green Aluminium Award” for their groundbreaking work in energy-efficiency in the heating of aluminium billet in the production of profiles in extrusion plants.
Three pupils from Søroya in Finnmark, Norway have been named national champions in the environmental campaign Tea Light Hunt. Over the last six months, schoolchildren across the country have competed to see who could collect the most used aluminium tea lights for recycling.
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Norsk Hydro ASA will be held at the company's head office at Vækerø, Drammensveien 260, 0283 Oslo, on Tuesday May 8, 2012 at 4 p.m.
Matt Aboud, vice president and managing director of Hydro's Metal Markets business in the U.S., will join the Board of Directors of the Aluminum Association, an organization that works globally to promote aluminium as a sustainable and recyclable material.
