Rio Tinto Takes Full Control Of Queensland Alumina Refinery From UC Rusal
Anglo-Australian metals mining giant Rio Tinto Group has taken full control of the Queensland alumina refinery it shares with Russian...
Aughinish
Planning Board Gives OK To Aughinish Alumina For Expansion Of Red Mud Reservoir
A local planning board has given Aughinish Alumina Ltd permission to expand its red mud storage area (“bauxite residue disposal area,” or BRDA), enabling the refinery to continue in operation for nearly two more decades. Last week, the An Bord Pleanála signed...
Rio Tinto Receives Bauxite Shipment From Rusal After Swearing Off Russian Business Ties
Despite assurances last month that it would not do so, an analysis of shipping data indicates that Rio Tinto Group...
Rusal Ships First Ore From Guinea Mines Since Mid-March
Newly-released shipping data shows that Russia’s UC Rusal has shipped the first bauxite ore from its operations in West Africa...
Events
Irish Government In Talks With Aughinish Alumina Over Russian Sanctions And Plant’s Future
The deputy head of the Irish government and its finance minister are currently talking to Aughinish Alumina about sanctions against its owners at Russia’s UC Rusal and what those sanctions may mean for continued operation at the plant. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe are meeting with the plant’s leadership at the […]
Rusal Suspends Shipments From Nikolaev Alumina Refinery In Ukraine
Russian aluminium titan UC Rusal has suspended shipments from Nikolaev alumina refinery in Ukraine this week, presumably in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week. In a research note published by Wood Mackenzie on Monday, the firm said the 1.75 million metric ton per annum alumina refinery near Mykolaiv is likely to tighten the […]
Aughinish Alumina Seeks Storage Modifications That Will Keep Site Running Through 2039
Rusal’s Aughinish Alumina has applied to the local planning commission to begin several new improvements that it says will insure that Europe’s biggest alumina refinery will stay online through 2039. Local media reports that officials from the plant say that without these improvements the plant is likely to cease operating by 2030 at current production […]
Aughinish Contractor Files Suit To Stop Proposed Strike At Plant
A contractor for Aughinish Alumina has filed suit in the Republic of Ireland’s High Court to enjoin a planned work stoppage at the plant on the grounds that the strike is not a valid trade dispute. Murphy International Ltd (MIL) initiated proceedings late last week against trade union Unite and its plans to commence a […]
Rusal Reports 20.8 Percent Rise In Aluminium Sales During Second Quarter
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal released operating results for the second quarter of 2019 on Friday. Production of aluminium and alumina remained essentially level, with sales in the quarter increasing to catch up on a backlog of product trapped in inventory due to last year’s OFAC sanctions. In the first quarter Rusal produced 938 […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
