Alcoa Begins Project To Further Reduce Carbon Production In Aluminium Smelting Process
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation said this week that it is beginning a project aimed at cutting the carbon emissions...
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Alcoa Planning Conversion To Steam-Generated Power At Australian Alumina Refineries
American aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation said this week that it is preparing a “step change” in the production of alumina that would eliminate 70 percent of the emissions generated in the process by adapting renewable energy as a power source. Alcoa’s Australia...
FYI And Alcoa Australia Begin Negotiations On High-Purity Alumina Joint Venture
Australian high-purity alumina firm FYI Resources Limited announced last week a memorandum of understanding with Alcoa Australia Limited to negotiate...
FYI And Alcoa Of Australia Report Better Than Expected High-Purity Alumina Results
Australian resource firm FYI Resources Ltd. and Alcoa of Australia disclosed results of their ongoing collaboration to produce high-purity alumina...
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Alcoa of Australia and FYI Resources Plan Week-Long Test Of High-Purity Alumina Plant
Australian resource firm FYI Resources Ltd. has entered into a partnership with Alcoa of Australia to run a trial at FYI’s high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Western Australia. FYI said earlier this week that the trial would be a 7-day, 24-hour run of the facility that would test the efficiency of its proprietary refining process. […]
FYI Resources Inks MOU With Alcoa Of Australia Over High-Purity Alumina
Australian resource firm FYI Resources Ltd. announced yesterday a Memorandum of Understanding with Alcoa of Australia to develop high-purity alumina (HPA). According to industry media, variability trials at the pilot plant will determine the viability of such a partnership, which would involve jointly developing FYI’s HPA refining project. FYI is working to develop a process […]
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 […]
Labor And Management At Alcoa’s Western Australia Operations Meet Again To Discuss Contract Offer
Meetings between management and labor at Alcoa’s aluminium operations in Western Australia were scheduled for this week as the two sided continue to attempt to resolve the impasse that has prompted an over six-week-long strike. The meeting, which was to take place yesterday, was to discuss a newly-revised contract offer tendered by Alcoa. Both sides […]
AWAC to Close Suriname’s Suralco Refinery
Aluminium producer Alcoa Corporation announced yesterday that it would be closing the Suralco alumina refinery and bauxite mines in Suriname. The firm said in a press release that the mine had been curtailed for over a year prior to this announcement. Alcoa said also that it would not close the refinery’s power source, the Afobaka […]
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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
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 ...
