Site Preparation Begins For Altech’s High-Purity Alumina Plant In Western Malaysia
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. said yesterday that the firm’s Development Order for its high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Malaysia...
Australia
Rio Tinto Promises Carbon-Free Smelting Technology At Tiwai Point
New Zealand’s Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter is in line to possibly become the world’s first carbon-free aluminium smelter after a productive discussion between the heads of Rio Tinto Group and the New Zealand government last week. A Kiwi news source says Rio...
Alumina Production By Rio Tinto Projected To Rise To 8.4 Million Metric Tons In 2019
The new year will see a rise in production of both bauxite and alumina from the world’s largest miner. Such...
Tellus Granted Permits For New Kaolin Mine In Western Australia
An Australian firm announced late last week that it had been given government approval to begin construction of a kaolin...
Events
With Production Guidance Achieved, Metro Mining Transitions To Owner/Operator Of Bauxite Hills
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. shipped 2,037,106 wet metric tons (WMT) in 2018 and, according to the firm, met production guidance for the year as it closes operations at Bauxite Hills for the coming rainy season. Metro advised investors in a press release yesterday that the 33rd and final shipment for the year left the docks […]
Fiji’s Aurum Seeking Next Bauxite Sale By Mid-2019
According to Fiji’s Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources Ashneel Sudhaka, Aurum Exploration (Fiji) Limited is in the process of searching for buyers for its bauxite resources, eyeing the resumption of shipments within the next six months. “There are potential buyers but the catalyst for finalising a bauxite sale agreement is the bauxite quality,” explained […]
ABx Seals Deal For Sale Of 30 Thousand MT Of Custom Bauxite Ore
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) announced yesterday the firm’s latest sale of bauxite ore from its operations at the Bald Hill Bauxite Mine in northern Tasmania. Per the firm’s press release, the sale will have ABx delivering approximately 30 thousand metric tons (with an allowable variance of 10 percent) of cement-grade bauxite to an unspecified buyer. […]
Alcoa Of Australia Inks Trio Of Natural Gas Contracts To Supply Kwinana, Pinjarra, and Wagerup Alumina Refineries
Western Australia’s Alcoa of Australia Limited announced earlier this week an agreement with a trio of energy providers to supply one-quarter of the firm’s requirement for natural gas beginning in 2020. Per a company press release, Alcoa of Australia has contracted with BHP Billiton, Chevron, and Woodside on deals that will supplement agreements with Quadrant […]
NZAS Reopens Upgraded Potline 4 At Tiwai Point Smelter
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was on hand at Tiwai Point last week to reopen Potline 4 after a US$4.1-million upgrade to the facility. New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter (NZAS) officially reopened the line on Thursday, adding another 31 thousand metric tons per annum to the plant’s nameplate capacity. The line, which was shuttered six […]
Zhongwang Fake Semis Prosecution May Slam The Door On Key Routes For U.S. Import Duty Avoidance
The global aluminium market has been watching the trials and travails of Chinese behemoth Zhongwang with intense interest for the past few weeks after the company and its founder Liu Zhongtian were brought up on criminal charges by the United States federal ...
Aluminium Prices Under Double Pressure: Trade Wars and Chinese Exports
Base metals prices tumbled to their lowest in several weeks at the start of August, after U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Dirty Metal – China’s Troublesome Tether Between Coal And Aluminium
The year 2019 has been a red-letter year for the aluminium sector in the People’s Republic of China. Despite trade ...
Is Rio Tinto’s ISAL smelter a bargain or a smart investment?
At least three companies (including Swiss commodity trader Glencore and German Trimet Aluminium) have expressed interest in buying Rio Tinto’s ...
