Alcoa Australia Slashes Production At Portland Aluminium By 75 Percent
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced last week that its joint venture Portland Aluminium is scaling back production by 75...
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Australian Bauxite Reports New Testing In Tasmania Triples Estimated REE Resource
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) updated the market this week on the estimated volume of rare earth elements (REE) at its Deep Leads project in Tasmania, noting a 350 percent increase to 13.9 million metric tons. The firm said in a press release...
Metro Mining Secures US$30 MM Loan For Bauxite Hills Mine Expansion
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. announced this week that it has entered into a financing agreement with Nebari Natural Resources Credit...
Alcoa Pulls Out Of High-Purity Alumina Partnership With FYI Resources
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation said this week that its subsidiary Alcoa of Australia Limited has opted to end their...
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Alcoa To Install New Steam Recycling System At Wagerup Alumina Refinery
American aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation will begin installation of a new steam recycling technology at its Wagerup aluminium refinery in Western Australia now that the results of a study show its feasibility. The firm will begin installation of the 4 MW Mechanical Vapour Recompression (MVR) system as part of the next step in its Refinery […]
Australia’s Green Building Council Recognizes Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Performance Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) said last week that its third version of its Performance Standard has been recognized by the Green Building Council of Australia’s Green Star under its Responsible Products Framework. The Green Star rating system was founded a decade ago and is recognized around the world as an important standard for grading […]
Western Australia Authorities Cut Alcoa’s Water License By One-Third
Alcoa’s operations in Western Australia will have to go forward using substantially less water after local authorities reduce its allotment by one-third last week. Local authorities justified the cut by saying that the pressure put on the Cattamarra Coal Measures aquifer was not sustainable. Reduction will begin in 2026 and is expected to reduce Alcoa’s […]
South32’s Aluminium Operations Take Hit in 2022 Due To Shipping Snarls
Australian metals miner South32 noted in a quarterly filing that its production of aluminium and other minerals were on par with expectations, but it saw an impact on working capital thanks to an inventory build-up due to shipping delays. The fourth quarter of 2022 had South32 meeting production forecasts of aluminium, coal, and copper while […]
Australian Bauxite Fast Tracks REE Drilling Campaign In Northern Tasmania
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) said this week that its drilling campaign at Deep Leads and Rubble Mound rare earth elements (REE) discoveries in northern Tasmania due to the high-grade results that the firm has returned in recent test drills. ABx says the mobilization of the RC drill rig site was accomplished a week ago, and […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
