Arconic Deals Two Brazilian Extrusion Plants to Norsk Hydro for US$10 Million
Norwegian aluminium firm Norsk Hydro A.S.A. announced yesterday that its subsidiary Hydro Extruded Solutions AS has come to an agreement...
Latin America
Aleris Lands Aluminium Supply Deal with Embraer
Cleveland rolled aluminium firm Aleris International, Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has come to terms with Brazilian aerospace conglomerate Embraer S.A. on a multi-year deal to supply aluminium flat-rolled products for use across the entire spectrum of Embraer’s winged offerings. Few...
Jamaican Bauxite Firms to Issue 355 Land Titles to Relocated Owners by Year’s End: Mines Ministry
Jamaica’s Transport and Mining Minister Mike Henry said earlier this week that bauxite and alumina companies operating on the island...
Norsk Hydro Alerts Bauxite Customers of Supply Problems from Brazilian Mine
Norsk Hydro ASA yesterday issued a notice of force majeure to buyers of its bauxite, as a lack of water...
Events
First Bauxite Corporation Updates Guyana Government on US$50 MM Mining Project
Canadian mining firm First Bauxite Corporation (FBX) updated Guyana’s president on a US$50 million bauxite project set to begin construction next year. According to a press release from the Ministry of the Presidency, FBX’s president and chief executive officer Alan Roughead contacted Guyana’s Minister of State Joseph Harmon on Thursday and provided an update to […]
Jamaica’s Bauxite Levy Continues to Fund Capital Development: Finance Minister
In response to an opposition leader’s declaration that the country’s bauxite levy is “dead Act just waiting for burial,” Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw assured representatives on Tuesday that the levy is still in place and will continue to fund the Capital Development Fund (CDF) that it has replenished for […]
Jamaican Businessman Touts Revival of Alpart’s Bauxite Operations as Blueprint for Local Investment
Jamaica’s government should consider tax incentives for locals seeking to invest in domestic enterprises. Such was the advice offered by prominent St. Elizabeth businessman Dr. Lynden Rose when speaking at a recent forum. “We need to look at investments, and when I say investment, I mean big investment,” he opined. Rose was addressing the Gleaner […]
Jamaican Pols Voice Their Optimism Over Alpart’s Restart Next Month
Telling onlookers of his satisfaction with the prospect of the Alumina Partners of Jamaica plant’s resumption of full production at its bauxite and alumina operations in a matter of weeks, Jamaica’s opposition leader Dr. Peter Phillips toured the facility at St. Elizabeth on Friday. The president of the People’s National Party was joined by fellow […]
Alpart Plans New Alumina Refinery for Jamaica
Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) is preparing to build another alumina refinery on the island according to Jamaican Finance Minister Audley Shaw. In remarks made at a town hall in St. Ann, Shaw revealed that the firm is planning to construct its second plant, which is expected to turn out two thousand metric tons of […]
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 old tradition, a one-day field trip for conference delegates was organized to the Aluminium of Greece (AoG) plant, some 180 km from ...
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 ...
Electric Vehicles (EVs): outlook for sales and aluminium demand
After last year’s electric vehicles (EVs) sales increase of 72% year/year, to 2.02 million, this year’s growth is expected to ...
Are Things Finally Looking Up For The Aluminium Market?
Base metals prices recovered sharply in the first half of September, after a seasonal slump in August, as investors and ...
