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Items for year 1998
Brief work stoppage at Alcan Quebec plant
Dec 31, 1998
Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products (HARP) acquires 40 per cent of ALKU-metalle GmbH
Dec 28, 1998
Century To Acquire Alcoa's California Cast Aluminum Plate Business
Dec 24, 1998
Comalco short lists five power plant bids
Dec 24, 1998
Honda to mass-produce hybrid aluminium car
Dec 22, 1998
Alcoa to Purchase Reynolds' Extrusion Plant in Irurzun Spain
Dec 22, 1998
Aluminum Company of America becomes officially Alcoa
Dec 21, 1998
LME 3-month primary aluminium even lower
Dec 16, 1998
Kaiser’s three potlines of Valco on line in 1999
Dec 16, 1998
Hydro to built aluminium plant at Trinidad
Dec 14, 1998
Aluminium consumption growth in India
Dec 11, 1998
More investment in line for Mozambique
Dec 10, 1998
Huaneng Power to buy out Zhejiang Aluminium
Dec 10, 1998
Asian traders see decline in aluminium prices in 1999
Dec 8, 1998
Smelters at a loss
Dec 4, 1998
Primary aluminium prices to decline in 1999- analysts
Dec 2, 1998
Australia’s Kaal faces production problems
Dec 1, 1998
Akzo Nobel to sell Aluminium manufacturing plant
Nov 30, 1998
Alusuise Lonza and Viag AG merge to create a giant
Nov 27, 1998
Market stability needed by industrial consumers
Nov 25, 1998
Brazil’s exports expected to fall in 1998
Nov 25, 1998
Hellas Can buys out aluminium can producer
Nov 24, 1998
ELVAL S.A. investments in foil tested-ready
Nov 23, 1998
Hydro's new investment in rolling
Nov 20, 1998
Kaiser subsidiary to increase production following power allocation
Nov 18, 1998
Chinese smelters cut production
Nov 16, 1998
GM & ALCAN strike deal for long term aluminium use
Nov 13, 1998
New president for Alcoa
Nov 11, 1998
IPAI announces Sept. stocks
Nov 10, 1998
Russia Krasnoyarsk to increase production
Nov 9, 1998
Alcoa Makes Adjustments in Primary Aluminum Production
Nov 5, 1998
Russia to increase domestic raw materials production
Nov 5, 1998
Space Shuttle loses aluminium panel
Nov 3, 1998
Russia aluminium production up by 3.2 pct
Oct 30, 1998
Aluminium federation sees difficult times ahead
Oct 30, 1998
Alcan Global Automotive Products Unit Established - press release
Oct 30, 1998
Russian govn’t to extent VAT tax rebate for aluminium
Oct 28, 1998
Can industry receives warning
Oct 26, 1998
Easing of US aluminium plate imports
Oct 23, 1998
India’s Nalco to double capacity
Oct 22, 1998
Low stocks- low demand in Japan
Oct 20, 1998
Alcan reports third quarter earnings (Lead of press release)
Oct 19, 1998
Kaiser AL dismisses workers’ union allegations
Oct 19, 1998
Brazilian production of primary to rise
Oct 16, 1998
Nippon Light Metal, Toyo Aluminium merger
Oct 16, 1998
Alcoa Announces Environment, Health and Safety Achievement Awards
Oct 16, 1998
German Extrusion Market Results
Oct 14, 1998
Foil demand on the rise in Europe
Oct 14, 1998
Sayansk Aluminium to increase output
Oct 13, 1998
Aluminium stocks rose in August - IPAI
Oct 12, 1998
Alcoa Signs Memorandum of Understanding with China State Nonferrous Metals Industry Administration
Oct 12, 1998
Aluminium demand at same levels in 99 -Commonwealth Ind
Oct 8, 1998
Alcoa Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Pechiney's Bright Products Business
Oct 6, 1998
Kobe, Toyota form joint venture
Oct 6, 1998
Korea to recover by year’s end
Oct 6, 1998
Russia plans to extend aluminium tolling tax rebate
Oct 5, 1998
Alcoa planning China aluminium investment
Oct 4, 1998
Aluminium output rose in August - IPAI
Sep 25, 1998
Pechiney marks record profits for the first half
Sep 24, 1998
China’s alumina output rises
Sep 18, 1998
ELVAL-Aluminium de Grece to produce electricity
Sep 18, 1998
Outlook of final quarter
Sep 18, 1998
Russia-Sayansk will increase production
Sep 9, 1998
Aluminium of Korea to export 30,000T to US firm
Sep 9, 1998
Increased output in July IPAI says
Aug 31, 1998
Australian Aluvic Aluminium Smelter to Marubeni-Citic for 500 mln
Aug 31, 1998
Aluminium stocks declined
Aug 11, 1998
Sayansk output at 161,300 tons
Aug 11, 1998
WMC H1 profit seen tarnished by weak metals
Aug 5, 1998
Morgan Stanley forecasts
Aug 5, 1998
Norsk Hydro - Second quarter 1998
Aug 5, 1998
Alcoa Completes Merger with Alumax
Aug 5, 1998
Alcan earnings hurt by losses in Japan
Jul 21, 1998
Aluminium stocks declined in May
Jul 16, 1998
Mozambique-South Africa launch new aluminium smelter
Jul 15, 1998
Aluminium surplus expected
Jul 15, 1998
Hydro acquires extrusion plant in Brazil
Jul 12, 1998
Alcoa Announces 2001 Cost-Cutting Goal of $1.1 Billion
Jul 10, 1998
Hydro strengthens its activities in aluminium engineering
Jul 10, 1998
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