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...
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Alcoa To Permanently Close Shuttered Alumina Refinery At Port Comfort
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced plans on Monday to permanently close its alumina refinery at Port Comfort, Texas. Alcoa says the decision comes as the result of a company-wide review of about a quarter of its production capacity with an eye...
Alumina Ltd. Boss Sees Opportunity in Possible U.S. Aluminium Tariffs
Though many stakeholders in the global aluminium sector fear the consequences tariffs levied upon them by the United States government...
Half of Damaged Aluminium Production Back Online at Alcoa’s Portland Smelter
Another step in the recovery of Alcoa’s Portland plant was taken this week, as the firm announced that half the...
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Alumina Ltd’s Pizzey Eviscerates Australian Government for Perceived Poor Power Policies
Alumina Limited’s chairman John Pizzey leveled withering criticism at Australia’s national energy policy earlier today, declaring that ten years of the country’s power policy consigned the aluminium industry to paying double the price for power compared to the rest of the western world. Pizzey went on to say that such failures are all but certain […]
Ferraro Replaces Wasow as Alumina Ltd.’s CEO
Melbourne’s Alumina Limited announced the retirement of CEO Peter Wasow from the company earlier today. Wasow’s successor in the role will be now-former director Mike Ferraro. The firm gave no reason for Wasow’s departure in the announcement. Ferraro, who will be replacing him upon his retirement on May 31, operates a commercial and resource law […]
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 […]
AWAC Inks First Major Bauxite Supply Agreement with Third-Party Buyer
Alcoa Corporation announced yesterday that its joint venture Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC) has obtained its first significant supply contract with a third party. AWAC has agreed to supply 400 thousand bone dry metric tons (400 million kilograms with zero percent moisture content) from its Huntly mine in Western Australia. Alcoa did not identify […]
Australian Federal, State Governments Team Up With Union to Restart Alcoa’s Portland Smelter
Alcoa’s plant in Portland, Victoria, Australia is assessing the damage left after a five-and-one-half-hour power outage last week. Although the damage to the smelter may be significant, the Australian federal government has taken the surprising step of pledging to help the plant get back on its feet. The plant, whose ownership is split among Alcoa […]
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 ...
