Production Cut By 30% At Kwinana Alumina Refinery Due To Natural Gas Shortage
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation said this week that it plans to cut production at its joint venture alumina refinery...
Western Australia
Alumina Limited Comes To Alcoa’s Bauxite Operations Defense In Western Australia
Australia’s Alumina Limited is supporting Pittsburgh’s aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation’s bauxite mining project in Australia against a pushback in Western Australia centered on its waste disposal practices. Peter Day, Alumina Limited’s chairman, said at a gathering in Melbourne earlier this week that...
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...
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...
Events
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 alumina refineries in Western Australia against ASI’s Performance Standard. This week’s certification includes Alcoa’s bauxite mines at Huntly and Willowdale as well as its alumina refineries at Kwinana, Pinjarra, and Wagerup. Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive […]
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 plant intended to capitalize upon increasing demand for the substance by manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries. FYI Resources has previously announced plans for the construction of a A$238-million HPA plant that will utilize the firm’s kaolin […]
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 […]
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 ...
