Alvance to add casting capacity

The Alvance Aluminium business unit of United Kingdom-based GFG Alliance reportedly has been given a regulatory green light to add recycled-content aluminum casting capacity at a site in Scotland.

An online report from the BBC indicates a government body in Scotland has approved plans for the casting plant to be situated next to the primary aluminum Lochaber smelter near Fort William, Scotland. “Alvance Aluminium will use recycled materials, along with metal from the smelter, in a new casting factory,” writes the BBC.

Alvance plans to produce up to 100,000 metric tons of cast aluminum billets at the new plant that will find eventual homes in the construction industry, according to the media organization.

The casting plant was proposed in late 2020 for the site. Previously, GFG indicated it planned to build an aluminum wheel factory there instead, but the company backed away from that plan after ripple effects (possibly tied to Brexit) reduced auto assembly prospects in the U.K.