Alcoa’s 16kg aluminium wheel could change fleet efficiency equation
A truck’s overall weight comes from dozens of components, including the engine, chassis, tyres, etc. Wheels are one area where fleets can explore lightweighting. Traditional steel wheels, widely used across the transport industry, are known for their robustness. Forged Alcoa aluminium wheels offer...
Alcoa files SEC registration for $5.6b South32 alumina, aluminium and bauxite asset deal
Alcoa has moved its proposed acquisition of South32's bauxite, alumina and aluminium interests forward with a US SEC filing, with the transaction carrying an implied enterprise value of up to USD 5.6 billion. Alcoa Corporation has filed a Form S-4 registration statement with the US Securities and...
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Alcoa Ratings May Be Cut down after aluminium price cut
Alcoa Inc. (AA), the largest U.S. aluminum producer, may have its credit rating cut to junk by Moody’s Investors Service Inc. after the price of the metal slumped. Moody’s placed Alcoa’s Baa3 senior unsecured rating, the lowest investment-grade level, under review for downgrade, the ratings company...
Alcoa Opens Wheel Plant in China
Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. announced that its business unit, Alcoa Wheel and Transportation, has opened a wheel manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China. The new opening is consistent with Alcoa's expansion strategy in China. The company currently has a full wheel manufacturing, distribution, sales...
Alcoa CEO Klaus Kleinfeld Applauds Bipartisan Effort to Establish PNTR with Russia
Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld praised the bipartisan leadership that led to today's signing of the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012 in the Oval Office at the White House. President Obama's signature paves the way for Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia through...
Saudi Arabia a step closer to regional aluminum hub status
The joint venture smelter project in Ras Al-Khair will help establish the Kingdom as the regional leader in the global aluminum industry, says Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld. His remarks came as the Saudi Arabian Mining Company ( Maaden ) and Alcoa celebrated the achievement of the First...
Alcoa Opens State of the Art Aluminum Wheel Facility in Suzhou, China
Alcoa today announced that its Alcoa Wheel and Transportation business is opening a production facility in Suzhou, China, marking an expansion that creates a full wheel manufacturing, distribution, sales and service network in China. This facility brings to China Alcoa's industry-leading forged...
Saudi Arabia Begins Aluminum Production at Ma'aden Alcoa smelter
Through a joint venture between the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) and Alcoa, Saudi Arabia on Thursday began aluminum production at its first smelter. "Today we see the first aluminum produced in Saudi Arabia, and the launch of a new industry," Ma'aden President and CEO Khalid al-Mudaifer...
Alcoa and Ma'aden Break Ground for Middle East's First Automotive Products Aluminum Rolling Mill
Alcoa and The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) today broke ground for construction of expanded rolling mill capabilities at their combined aluminum complex in Ras Al Khair, Saudi Arabia. The expanded capabilities will enable the facility to supply aluminum automotive, building and...
AMEC Australia calls for Kimberley mine review
WA's mining industry has called for full review of resource development in the Kimberley, after Premier Colin Barnett appeared to rule out the development of a massive bauxite resource in the region owned by Rio Tinto and Alcoa. Association of Mining and Exploration Companies chief executive Simon...
Sulphur impregnated activated carbons scrub mercury in alumina refining
Elemental mercury—emitted as vapour from some aluminium refineries operating the Bayer process—is recognised by many international governments as a health risk and research worldwide is focused on solutions for mercury adsorption and safe disposal. Research published in Chemical Engineering,...
Kimberley bauxite plan looks a stretch
Premier Colin Barnett has told Rio Tinto and Alcoa that "they're dreaming" about developing a massive bauxite deposit in the remote Kimberley, and flagged the possible return of the resource to taxpayers. The global giants want a two to three-year extension and an associated State Agreement over...
BPA signs power supply contract with Intalco saving 600 jobs
A new 10-year electric power supply contract signed Friday, Dec. 7, ends years of job uncertainty for 625 Alcoa Intalco Works employees. More than 100 workers gathered at the aluminum smelter's Totem Terrace assembly hall west of Ferndale to watch Bonneville Power Administration boss Steve Wright...
Alcoa to shut Auburn plant
Alcoa Inc. on Tuesday confirmed plans to close its Auburn plant, putting 43 out of work. The news is the final chapter in a long, sad saga that has seen the factory’s employment dwindle in the past decade. Almost 400 worked at the auto and defense parts plant in 2005. Alcoa’s global footprint has...
Janne Sigurdsson, MD of Alcoa Iceland, Wins Gold Stevie Award for Women in Business
Alcoa announced today that Janne Sigurdsson, Managing Director of Alcoa Iceland, has been named the gold Stevie Award winner for Female Executive of the Year in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the 9th annual awards ceremony held recently in New York. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business...
Maaden, Alcoa smelter hit by power plant delays
Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Maaden) has announced the kingdom's first aluminium smelter is to reach full production later than planned, due to long delays to a power plant it needs to run flat out, Reuters has reported. Maaden said operations at the $10.8bn aluminium smelter it shares with US-based...
MOU to Identify Energy Solution for JAMALCO
Cabinet has approved the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at providing a suitable energy solution for the Jamalco plant in Clarendon. The MoU is to be executed by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, and involve the Government, Alcoa Minerals of Jamaica, and...
Alcoa to consider buying BHP and Rio Tinto Aluminum assets
Alcoa Inc. (AA), the largest U.S. aluminum producer, may buy some assets used to make the metal from BHP (BHP) Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group as it expects demand to grow about 6.5 percent a year for the next decade. “We’re having a look if they’ve got assets that they want to divest,” Alcoa of...
Alcoa, Novelis say aluminum recycling joint venture split is good for both
In late August, Alcoa Inc. took full control of Evermore Recycling LLC, a company formed nearly three years ago in a joint venture between Alcoa and fellow aluminum recycler Novelis Inc. The split, initiated by Novelis, came as a surprise to Alcoa. "We didn't know that this was going to take place,...
Alcoa calls for domestic gas reservation
Australia should set aside enough gas for use by local industries because it would benefit the economy more than by just exporting it, says the local head of Alcoa. Australia should have a thriving aluminium smelting industry providing jobs and income, but was instead missing out by selling bauxite...
