Metro Mining Ends Operating Season Early At Bauxite Hills, Still Sets Production Record
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. announced this week that it has chosen to end the mining season early at its Bauxite...
Australia
Production Cut By 30% At Kwinana Alumina Refinery Due To Natural Gas Shortage
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation said this week that it plans to cut production at its joint venture alumina refinery in Kwinana, Western Australia, by about 30 percent due to a natural gas shortage. Alcoa said in a statement that one of...
Australian Bauxite Estimates Almost 4 MM Tonnes Of Rare Earth Elements At Deep Leads – Rubble Mound
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) released the initial rare earth elements (REE) Mineral Resource Estimate for its Deep Leads – Rubble...
Industrial Action “Imminent” At Rio Tinto’s Gove Bauxite Mine After Labor Negotiations Stall
Workers at Rio Tinto’s Gove bauxite mining operations in Australia are warning that industrial action is imminent after negotiations on...
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Australian Bauxite Takes Next Step In Building Fluorine Recovery Reactor
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) announced this week that the next step in its ALCORE pilot plant has been achieved as it determined the initial operating conditions at the site. ABx said that it has completed thorough assessments of its specialized laboratory reactor, which will allow it to determine the operating conditions under which it will […]
Australian Bauxite Begins Promising Third Drilling Tests In Northern Tasmania
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) announced this week the beginning of its third drilling campaign between its Deep Leads and Rubble Mound Rare Earth (REE) plays in an effort at understanding the mineralized areas present there. The firm said that the current drilling operation is likely to increase the northwest to southeast REE mineralization channel, which […]
Australian Government Grants A1.5 MM To Offshore Wind Farm For Portland Aluminium Smelter
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) said last week that it has dedicated A$1.5 million toward a wind resource assessment by Spinifex Offshore Wind Farm Pty Ltd aimed at developing a 1,000 MW offshore wind farm to support the Portland aluminium smelter. Per ARENA, the new wind farm would be connected to the National Electricity […]
Tomago Aluminium Raises Pace Of Transition To Sustainable Power Production
Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter said last week it is ramping up its push to phase out carbon-emitting production by transitioning to the use of renewable energy. According to local media, the drive to renewable power production and storage will be a priority by the end of the decade. Additionally, Tomago Aluminium will increase the pace […]
Meridian Continues To Seek Long-Term Electrical Contract With Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter Despite New Regulation
New Zealand’s aluminium smelter and the region’s main power provider continue to speak in favor of striking a new deal that would keep the smelter going beyond its planned shut-down in two years despite a new administrative rule change that would allow the power company to scuttle any power agreement that it found to be […]
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 ...
