Rio Tinto Teams With Australian Government On Hydrogen Conversion Project For Alumina Refineries
Anglo-Australian metals miner Rio Tinto Group has joined with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) in a A$1.2-million study to...
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Rio Tinto Begins Scandium Oxide Production At Quebec Plant
Anglo-Australian metals mining giant Rio Tinto Group said last week it is beginning to produce high-quality scandium oxide for use in aluminium alloys at its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) plant in Quebec. Rio Tinto said the US$6-million project came in...
Rio Tinto Partners With Comptech On Aluminium Giga-Casting Technology
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group and research and development provider Comptech Group are partnering to market a new aluminium...
NZAS Turned Down NZ$35 Million In Clean-Up Assistance From National Government
The Tiwai aluminium smelter in New Zealand recently affirmed its commitment to clean up hazardous waste at the plant, but...
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ELYSIS To Install Commercial-Sized Inert Anode Prototype Cells At Rio Tinto’s Alma Aluminium Smelter
Low-carbon aluminium smelting joint venture ELYSIS will be installing its revolutionary new technology in Rio Tinto’s aluminium smelter at Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, according to an announcement made yesterday by the firm. ELYSIS said in a press release that it plans to install and demonstrate its inert anode technology at the plant, which will be of a […]
Rio Tinto Shipped 13.6 MMT Of Bauxite Ore In 2021’s Opening Quarter
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group released production results for the first quarter on Tuesday. Though generally down compared to the fourth quarter, the aluminium business’s production generally rose over the first quarter of 2020. For the year’s first quarter the firm mined 13.6 thousand metric tons of bauxite ore, which was less by 2 […]
Rio Tinto Inks Agreement To Provide Amaero With Specialty Aluminium-Scandium Alloy For 3D Printing
Anglo-Australian metals titan Rio Tinto Group has agreed to provide additive metal manufacturer Amaero with its first batch of specialty aluminium-scandium alloy, which it will source from its operations in Canada. Rio Tinto said on Wednesday that it will supply billets of the high-performance aluminium-scandium alloy from its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) metals […]
Rio Tinto To Close Dutch Anode Plant Aluchemie
Anglo-Australian metals mining giant Rio Tinto Group announced last week its decision to cease operations at Aluchemie, its stand-alone anode production plant in the Netherlands. Rio Tinto said in a press release that the plant is a victim of a strategic review it conducted of the plant, citing a weak competitive position and difficult market […]
Rio Tinto Introduces START Sustainable Aluminium Labeling Program
Anglo-Australian metal mining giant Rio Tinto Group announced this week the launch of the START initiative, which it characterizes as a “nutrition label for responsible aluminium.” Rio Tinto says START will aid customers in understanding the origins of their aluminium products, which is of increasing desirability in the manufacturing industry of late. The firm hopes […]
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 ...
