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...
Australia
ABx Prepares Next Custom Bauxite Ore Shipment At Bald Hill
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) reported to investors yesterday that operations at the Bald Hill Bauxite Project have ramped up in order to produce the bauxite ore necessary to fill the next contracted sale. Though not identified by the firm, ABx says it...
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...
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...
Events
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 mining operation in the southwestern portion of the country. Sydney’s Tellus Holdings advised investors that it now has in hand the environmental approvals necessary to conduct mining operations at Coolgardie, 350 miles east of Perth. […]
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 […]
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 and industry experts from all over the world to hear and exchange information on latest developments related to base metals and their ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
