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ASI Certifies Portland Aluminium Under Performance Standard V2

ASI Certifies Portland Aluminium Under Performance Standard V2

The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) this week certified Alcoa’s smelting and casting operations at Portland, Australia under its Performance Standard V2 (2017) Certification for sustainable production. The site has a nameplate production capacity of 358 thousand metric tons per year. It is...

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Alcoa Australia Slashes Production At Portland Aluminium To 75 Percent

Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced last week that its joint venture Portland Aluminium is scaling back production to 75 percent, citing operational stability as the motive. The site’s nameplate capacity is 358 thousand metric tons per annum, but will be operating at around 268.5 thousand metric tons per annum once the cuts are complete. […]

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 Fund I, LP and Nebari Natural Resources Credit Fund II, LP (“Nebari”) of up to US$30 million. Proceeds from the facility will be used to expand its operations at Bauxite Hills Mine in Queensland, Australia. […]

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 joint development agreement for high-purity alumina with FYI Resources Ltd. The agreement was brokered in 2021 on the pilot project to develop HPA in commercial quantities. The process was initially slated to have three phases, […]

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 […]