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...
Australia
Australia Passes on Imposing Countervailing Duty on Aluminium Extrusions from Vietnam
The Australian government has chosen not to impose a countervailing duty on aluminium extrusions shipped from Vietnam according to an announcement made by the Viet Nam Competition Authority (VCA) on Tuesday. According to the VCA, the Australia Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) made the...
Tomago Smelter May Be Prime Customer for Potential Clean-Coal Plant in NSW
Citing rising prices and unreliable supplies of power to the plant, New South Wales’ Tomago Aluminium Company advised the federal...
Alumina Ltd’s First-Half Numbers Lower Due to Rough Commodities Market
Australian firm Alumina Ltd. published its half-year results yesterday. Though still in the black, their first-half numbers reflect the continued...
Events
Australian Gov’t to Begin Investigation Into Possible Aluminium Dumping from Vietnam, Malaysia
Australia’s government has begun a probe into aluminium imports from certain Asian countries to determine if they are engaging in unfair trade practices. According to the state-run news outlet Vietnam News Agency, and reported by Platts, the Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s Anti-Dumping Commission is investigating aluminium imports from Vietnam and Malaysia. The […]
Indigenous-owned Mining Company to Open Mine in Northern Australia
Australia’s Northern Land Council has agreed to permitting an Aboriginal-owned mining company to commence a small-scale bauxite operation in northeast Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory. This is believed to be the first time an Aboriginal clan has operated a mine on land it traditionally owned. Gulkula Mining Ltd is operated by the Gumatj clan, […]
Australian Bauxite Says Firm Soon to Reopen Bald Hill Mine
After months of delays, Australian Bauxite says that market conditions are finally returning to a level that will make it possible to reopen operations at its Bald Hill mine. The firm has been attempting to sell the 120,000 metric tons of bauxite they extracted from their mine in Campbell Town, Tasmania, last year. AB had […]
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 ...
