Venezuela Launches State Aluminum Company
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has announced the formation of the Venezuelan Aluminum Corporation, which is intended to unite producers and allow them to overcome domestic and global adversities (Steel Guru, March 11, 2009).

EPA Pushes to Have Companies Track Greenhouse Gases
Starting next year, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed requiring major U.S industries, including the aluminum industry, to measure and report their greenhouse gas emissions (USA Today, March 10, 2009).

Canned Diet Coke Offers Smaller Carbon Footprint
Producing and disposing of an aluminum can of Diet Coke in the U.K. generates about 170 grams of greenhouse gas emissions--roughly half that of a glass bottle (GreenBiz.com, March 10, 2009).

Blakeney Joins Charleston Aluminum
Dean Blakeney, a former director of The Aluminum Association, has joined master distributor Charleston Aluminum as their Chief Operating Officer (Charleston Aluminum, March 9, 2009).

Aluminum Man
Dubai Aluminum's Ahmed Al Mulla explains how his firm uses Smelter Analytics, which applies business intelligence to the task of analyzing data to discern production trends and possible operational inefficiencies (Itp.net, March 8, 2009).

Regulators Approve Big Rivers Unwind Project
Kentucky regulators have unwound the lease under which E.ON U.S. has operated electric plants owned by Big Rivers Electric Corp., saying it should allow aluminum smelters served by the plants to "continue operating in Kentucky for the long term"   (Tristatehomepage.com, March 6, 2009).

Tesco Debuts Automated Recycling Facility
Tesco Supermarket has introduced its first automated recycling machine, which accepts aluminum, plastic, and glass in the same bin, crushing and compacting onsite to reduce the number of haulings, thus reducing carbon emissions (The Grocer, March 6, 2009).

AirPod: Tiny Air-Powered Commuter Costs Half a Euro per 100km
Compressed-air cars, such as the lightweight, aluminum-bodied AirPod (which also sports an aluminum compressed-air engine) are making their mark as a viable alternative-car concept (Gizmag.com, March 6, 2009).

The Aluminum Association Announces New Building and Construction Committee
Eddie Bugg, Director of Sustainable Solutions at Kawneer Company, Alcoa, has been elected chairman of The Aluminum Association's newly established Building and Construction Committee.

Sean M. Stack Appointed CFO at Aleris
Aleris International, Inc. has named Sean M. Stack Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

$6.5 Billion in Stimulus Bill for Electric Lines a Boon to Aluminum Industry
$6.5 billion of the stimulus package will be used to build more aluminum transmission lines that will help enable new renewable sources of clean, green energy, such as solar and wind, to be connected to the electric grid.

Kaiser Aluminum’s Trentwood Mill Earns Large Manufacturer of the Year Award
Kaiser Aluminum's Trentwood rolling mill facility, located in Spokane, Wash., has been awarded the Association of Washington Business’s 2009 Large Manufacturer of the Year Award.

Aluminum Association Releases 2009 Buyer's Guide
The Aluminum Association has released its 2009 Buyer’s Guide - featuring over 1,200 listings, including up-to-date sales and contact information on aluminum ingot and mill product manufacturers, foundries, distributors, and suppliers to the industry.

The Aluminum Association Announces New Member of the Board of Directors
Fernando Simoes Henriques, president of Hydro’s Extrusion Americas unit, has been elected to the Aluminum Association's Board of Directors.

Aluminum Association Announces New Executive Committee Chairman
The Aluminum Association has appointed Thomas Brackmann - president of Nichols Aluminum - as the new chairman of its Executive Committee.

Aluminum Association's Index of Net New Orders Increases 4.5 Percent in January
The Aluminum Association's 'Index of Net New Orders of Aluminum Mill Products' has registered an increase of 4.5 percent in January after declining for eight consecutive months.

Aluminum Association to Hold Spring Meeting April 20-21 in Arlington, Va.
The Aluminum Association will hold its spring meeting, ‘First look at the Obama Era,’ at the Hotel Palomar in Arlington, Virginia, April 20-21.