Australia

Production Cut By 30% At Kwinana Alumina Refinery Due To Natural Gas Shortage

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...

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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 […]

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 […]