Alcoa Revamps Operating Model
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced the implementation of a radical new operating model on Monday that the firm believes...
Business
Equispheres Partners With McGill University On Aluminium Powder For Binder Jet 3D Printing
Canadian materials science company Equispheres teamed up with Montreal’s McGill University to develop an aluminium alloy powder capable of producing sinterable aluminium parts via binder jet additive manufacturing. Per Equispheres, the limiting factor in producing sinterable aluminium parts with 3D printing was...
Pahang Government To Administer Bauxite Licensing Under New SOP
According to the new rules governing bauxite mining in the state, those who wish to engage in the practice must...
Expected Tepid Response Delays Odisha’s Auction Of Bauxite Blocks
Despite residing above over half the country’s total known bauxite reserves, the Odisha government has yet to place a single...
Events
Small-Scale Test Of Bauxite Mining SOP Critical To Safe Resumption: Kuantan MP Fuziah
Though standard operating procedures (SOP) for bauxite mining have been finalized by regulators from the Malaysian government, a member of Parliament in Pahang is counseling slow going before fully ramping up mining operations in her area. Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh told local media on Friday that a small-scale trial run at a few mines should […]
Rusal Places This Year’s Third Set Of Ruble Bonds
Russian aluminium titan U.C. Rusal closed the book-building process on its third placement of 10-year ruble-dominated bonds earlier this week. With a three-year put option on the Moscow Exchange and a nominal value of ₽15 billion, the bond has a record-low coupon rate of 8.25 percent. Per the firm, the placement generated interest from a […]
Malaysian Government Implements New SOP For Bauxite Mining in Pahang
The Malaysian government released standard operating procedures (SOP) for bauxite mining and export in Pahang yesterday, which the government will begin enforcing with immediate effect. Commenting to domestic media, Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr. A. Xavier Jayakumar said the guidelines are the product of consultation with a wide range of stakeholders, including academics, […]
Novelis Strikes Back At Anti-Competition Claims Raised By DOJ In Lawsuit Over Aleris Purchase
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. yesterday took to the court of public opinion its defense of a lawsuit against it filed by the United States Department of Justice challenging its attempted purchase of Cleveland rolled aluminium firm Aleris International, Inc. Novelis said in a press release that the DOJ’s suit to block […]
Metro Mining Reports 7 Percent Bump In Bauxite Production In August
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. released production totals for the month of August yesterday. Though shipping totals fell slightly, the firm reported a 7 percent increase of bauxite mined in the month. Last month saw Metro mine 476 thousand wet metric tons (WMT) of bauxite, up from July’s total of 443 thousand WMT, averaging a per-day […]
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an old tradition, a one-day field trip for conference delegates was organized to the Aluminium of Greece (AoG) plant, some 180 km from ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
Electric Vehicles (EVs): outlook for sales and aluminium demand
After last year’s electric vehicles (EVs) sales increase of 72% year/year, to 2.02 million, this year’s growth is expected to ...
Are Things Finally Looking Up For The Aluminium Market?
Base metals prices recovered sharply in the first half of September, after a seasonal slump in August, as investors and ...
