WA Kaolin Listing On ASX This Week After Successful IPO To Fund Ramp Up At Mine
The Australian Stock Exchange will see the first listing of WA Kaolin Limited, which joins the ASX after an initial...
Western Australia
Alcoa of Australia and FYI Resources Plan Week-Long Test Of High-Purity Alumina Plant
Australian resource firm FYI Resources Ltd. has entered into a partnership with Alcoa of Australia to run a trial at FYI’s high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Western Australia. FYI said earlier this week that the trial would be a 7-day, 24-hour run...
Alcoa’s Bauxite And Alumina Operations In Western Australia Earn ASI Certification
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced earlier this week the certification of Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation’s bauxite mines and...
FYI Resources Nears Completion Of Feasibility Study Of High-Purity Alumina Plant
Australian resource firm FYI Resources Ltd. is nearing completion of a definitive feasibility study regarding construction of a high-purity alumina...
Events
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 one-quarter of the firm’s requirement for natural gas beginning in 2020. Per a company press release, Alcoa of Australia has contracted with BHP Billiton, Chevron, and Woodside on deals that will supplement agreements with Quadrant […]
Striking Workers At Alcoa’s Western Australia Bauxite And Alumina Operations Reject Contract Proposal
A proposal to end the strike at Alcoa Corporation’s bauxite and alumina operations in Western Australia was rejected by the plant’s trade union on Friday, allowing the month-long work stoppage to continue. The strike, which began on August 8, is the result of workers’ complaints regarding a new agreement that they say provides insufficient job […]
Altech Boosts Planned High-Purity Alumina Plant Capacity to 4,500 Metric Tons Per Annum
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced last week that it has finalized an upgrade to the design for the planned high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Malaysia, boosting the plant’s capacity by 12.5 percent. The capacity boost, which increases the plant’s output from 4,000 metric tons per annum to 4,500 metric tons per annum, is part […]
Altech Exercises Option to Purchases Kaolin Mining Land in Western Australia
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced yesterday that it has exercised its option to purchase approximately 230 acres surrounding its kaolin mining lease at Meckering, Western Australia. No financial terms for the purchase were released by the firm. According to the firm, mining lease M70/1334 encompasses around 12.7 million metric tons of Al2O3, with an […]
Altech Secures State Approval to Operate Kaolinite Mine At Meckering
Perth’s Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced yesterday that Western Australia’s Department of Mines and Petroleum has approved the mining proposal and mine closure plan for the firm’s planned mining of a kaolinite deposit near Meckering. According to the firm, this approval represents the clearance of a major hurdle along the path to opening the mine that […]
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 ...
