Storvik and Charl-Pol have launched Alumotion to bring proven robotic solutions, local engineering and lifecycle support closer to Canada's aluminium smelters. Canadian aluminium smelters are set to gain a new source of automation expertise as Storvik and Canadian technology company Charl-Pol...
The US Department of Justice has urged a court to dismiss Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s lawsuit filed on the proposed USD 4 billion Oklahoma aluminium smelter, arguing that the project would strengthen national and economic security. The move comes as the joint venture of Emirates...
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Rio Tinto's Alcan division said on Wednesday it will shut down its aluminum smelter in Shawinigan, Quebec, by the end of November. The company said it will immediately shut down 50,000 tonnes of production and take the remaining 50,000 tonnes of capacity offline by the end of November. Some 425...
Thirty more jobs are in the firing line at the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter. New Zealand Aluminium Smelters yesterday proposed to axe more than 30 maintenance jobs at the smelter. The cuts are part of the company's plan to streamline its operations to help return the smelter to viability in the face...
The closure of Holcim's Westport cement plant will lead to increased costs for the cash-strapped Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter, its acting general manager says. This week, Holcim announced it would close its Westport cement plant in about two years and will instead import cement to New Zealand. In...
The profitability of aluminium smelter Slovalco is highly dependent on its energy-related costs, and so as its 20-year discounted energy price contract is set to terminate in late 2013, the company is warning a rise to market energy rates will make the firm uncompetitive on the international...
The big story in regional aluminium production is the commencement of operations of the joint venture between Saudi Arabian Mining Company and US market leader Aluminium Company of America (Alcoa) in December 2012. This is the sixth smelter to come into operation in the GCC region. Ma’aden...
Workers of the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) have accused its Russian managers, UC RUSAL, of plotting to cripple operations in the factory by dismantling equipment in the production lines and “siphoning of raw materials”. The workers, who were represented by their trade union...
Volta Aluminum Company (VALCO) has begun moves to get a dedicated power plant, energy Minister Emmanuel Buah has revealed. The Tema-based alumina smelter, now wholly owned by the Government of Ghana, largely relies on power from the Akosombo Dam for its operations. Its humongous power needs has...
Indonesia announced that it has bought Nippon Asahan Aluminium’s majority shareholding in Indonesia Asahan Aluminium. The deal will be finalised later in the year. The plan is to take over Nippon’s 58.88% stake in the business when the contract ends in October 2013. Currently, the Indonesian...
The project monitoring group of the Cabinet secretariat will scrutinize the progress of 22 large projects in Odisha across sectors like coal, mining, steel, petrochemicals, Railways and power on Friday. A 10-member team led by Anil Swaroop, additional secretary, Cabinet secretariat, will negotiate...
Ohio's state utility regulator on Wednesday rejected Ormet Corp's appeal for an expedited decision on the aluminum producer's request for lower electricity rates, which it said are crucial to operating its aluminum smelter and alumina refinery. The ruling by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio...
Bosnia's aluminium smelter, Aluminij Mostar, which has struggled to keep going due to high electricity costs, said it has secured an advantageous 100 megawatt (MW) power supply deal for the rest of 2013 with Slovenian electricity trader GEN-I. "The price agreed with GENI-I, including the...
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation, an aluminum producer, will invest $45 million to significantly expand the footprint of its smelter in New Madrid, Missouri, creating 29 new jobs. "The aluminum smelter here in New Madrid accounts for approximately 13 percent of total U.S. primary aluminum...
After three decades of business contracts, Indonesia has finally taken a bold stance to fully take over the operation of Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum), which operates the only aluminum smelter in Southeast Asia from Japanese consortium Nippon Asahan Aluminium (NAA) later this year. The move...
Aluminium Bahrain, a Gulf Arab aluminum smelter, said second-quarter net profit fell 42 per cent on year as metal prices and sales declined. Aluminium Bahrain, or Alba, made a 20.7 million Bahraini dinar ($55 million) net profit in the second quarter compared to 35.6 million dinars in last year’s...
According to the Government's privatisation timetable, the sale of 49 per cent of Meridian Energy will occur some time in the next 10 weeks. However, for that to happen, there must first be a resolution of Meridian's big problem with its biggest customer, the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, owned by...
China will raise production requirements and controls to rein in further expansion in its bloated aluminium sector, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Wednesday, as the government gets serious about tackling a string of industries that are facing overcapacity problems. The...
State-owned power company Meridian Energy says talks are "ongoing" on renegotiating a power contract with the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. Media reports today suggested that a new deal was all but signed. That would help clear the way for the Government's partial privatisation of Meridian this...
If Century Aluminum's pending application with Kentucky regulators to access cheaper wholesale power is not approved by August 20, the company's 244,000 mt/year Hawesville smelter will close and probably never reopen, the company said in a new filing Friday with the Kentucky Public Service...
