Public Comment Period Opens On Alcoa’s Bauxite Operations In Western Australia
Public comment on the possibility of Western Australia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carrying out an environmental impact assessment on Alcoa’s...
Alcoa Corporation’s joint partnership Alcoa of Australia (Alcoa) said this week that they have signed a new nine-year agreement with AGL Energy Limited (AGL) to supply Victoria’s Portland Aluminium Smelter with about half its necessary power requirements. The agreement is for a...
Public comment on the possibility of Western Australia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carrying out an environmental impact assessment on Alcoa’s...
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation released its 2022 Sustainability Report this week detailing its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives...
Australia’s Alumina Limited is supporting Pittsburgh’s aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation’s bauxite mining project in Australia against a pushback in Western...
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) this week certified Alcoa’s smelting and casting operations at Portland, Australia under its Performance Standard V2 (2017) Certification for sustainable production. The site has a nameplate production capacity of 358 thousand metric tons per year. It is a joint venture among Alcoa of Australia Limited, CITIC Nominees Pty Ltd., and […]
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced this week a new agreement in which Alcoa will supply alumina to EGA’s aluminium smelters. The agreement will begin next year and will reserve 15.6 million metric tons of alumina from Alcoa’s alumina refineries in Western Australia and will run for a term of […]
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation said this week that its low-carbon alumina brand EcoSource will be expanded to include some types of non-metallurgical alumina (NMA). Per the firm, the line will soon include NMA grades such as hydrates, which are used in water treatment operations, and calcined materials, such as those used in ceramics, glass, […]
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced the full closure of its idled Intalco aluminium smelter in Washington State. The plant, which has been idle since 2020, will be replaced by development from the new rightsholder AltaGas. The 1,600 acre site features transportation and utility infrastructure. Alcoa President and CEO Roy Harvey said in a press […]
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced last week that its joint venture Portland Aluminium is scaling back production to 75 percent, citing operational stability as the motive. The site’s nameplate capacity is 358 thousand metric tons per annum, but will be operating at around 268.5 thousand metric tons per annum once the cuts are complete. […]
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 ...
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...