ALCORE Commissions Trio Of New Lab Reactors For Production Of Aluminium Fluoride
Australian Bauxite Limited’s (ABx) subsidiary ALCORE Limited announced this week the commissioning of a trio of laboratory reactors at its...
New South Wales
Tomago Aluminium Raises Pace Of Transition To Sustainable Power Production
Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter said last week it is ramping up its push to phase out carbon-emitting production by transitioning to the use of renewable energy. According to local media, the drive to renewable power production and storage will be a priority...
Tomago CEO Blames Shaky Electrical Grid for Power Cuts at NSW Smelter
Management at Austraila’s Tomago Smelter warned last week that the country’s power grid is at a “crisis point” after his...
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...
Events
ABx Identifies Refractory-Grade Bauxite Deposit in NSW
Australian Bauxite Limited announced yesterday that it has discovered a layer of refractory-grade bauxite ore in the Penrose state forest, fifty-six miles from Port Kembla. Although ABx has been selling more cement-grade and fertilizer-grade bauxite in recent months, the market for refractory-grade bauxite is lucrative indeed. Such bauxite is used for abrasives and heat-containment applications […]
Power Blackouts in NSW Threaten Tomago Aluminium
New South Wales’ Tomago aluminium smelter is hoping to avoid a “catastrophe” after being forced to shut down production on its three potlines due to severe power shortages in the area. The state’s power grid has been pushed to the max and beyond in recent days as temperatures have risen above the century mark over […]
Queensland Bauxite Negotiating with Rail Company for Development of NSW Reserves
Australian mining company Queensland Bauxite has opened negotiations with Australian Infrastructure Developments (AID) to explore options for the transport of the former’s bauxite production in New South Wales. AID, a freight project developer, is proposing to build a national freight infrastructure connecting the country’s western inland corridor at Moree to Glen Innes, where it would […]
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 ...
