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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Alcoa Australia, a subsidiary of the US-based multinational Alcoa, announced on February 8 that it would complete a review by June of the “future viability” of its Point Henry aluminium smelter in the regional Victorian city of Geelong. Working in conjunction with the federal Labor government of...
The global aluminum market was in a 1.9 million metric tons a year surplus by the end of 2011, Norwegian producer Norsk Hydro ASA (NHY.OS) said Thursday, with demand affected by weak markets in the latter part of the year. Consumption in the fourth quarter on an annualized basis amounted to 24.7...
BHP Billiton has shelved plans to build an aluminium smelter that would have underpinned a hydropower plant known as Inga III in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “Following a review of the project’s economics, BHP Billiton has decided not to continue with its smelter project in the DRC, which was...
ALCOA'S partner in the troubled Point Henry aluminium smelter at Geelong, Melbourne-based Alumina, has warned that short-term government support alone will not save the operation and its 600 jobs. The warning highlights the structural pressures of a strong dollar and the rise of a low-cost...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), which owns the world's fourth-largest aluminium smelter, saw its full year 2011 net income jump 53 percent to $564 million, the company said on Thursday However, Alba also said production only increased by 3.6 percent while sales were up 4.5 percent.
Russia: Russian aluminium giant UC RUSAL is aiming to launch a Euro 15 million alumina production waste recycling facility at its Urals Aluminium Smelter in October 2014. With only 10% of this waste currently recycled and the remainder stored in special disposal areas, this represents a major...
U.K. prosecutors charged Bruce Allan Hall with corruption and money laundering tied to his time as an executive at Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C., a smelting company in Bahrain. An Australian national, Hall was released on conditional bail and must appear at a London criminal court next month, the...
Global miner BHP Billiton has decided not to go ahead with an aluminum smelter project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after a review, a spokesman for the company said on Wednesday. Ruban Yogarajah told Reuters from London that BHP Billiton has studied the construction of the aluminum...
BUSINESSES including embattled aluminium giant Alcoa are pushing Ted Baillieu to scrap Victoria's pollution reduction target, saying it could undermine the federal carbon scheme and lead to higher costs. Less than two years after the former Brumby government introduced a statewide target to cut...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s employees expressed their gratitude to the Kingdom of Bahrain’s leadership with celebrations held on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 to mark the 11th Anniversary of the National Action Charter. The National Action Charter - introduced under the guidance of His Majesty...
More than anything else, it is the cost of power that defines operational viability of an aluminium smelter. Depending on energy source and whether a smelter is backed by a captive power complex, electricity accounts for 30-50 per cent of aluminium making cost. Power is a relatively small cost...
Manama, Feb. 12. (BNA) -- Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s role in supporting strong commercial ties between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Republic of France was discussed during a visit of His Excellency the French Ambassador to Bahrain, Christian Testot on Thursday, February 9, 2012. Alba’s...
In the mid-1800s, French emperor Napoleon III was known to provide gold or silver dinnerware for most guests at state banquets, but the emperor and his really important guests used the good stuff — aluminum dinnerware. Aluminum was a rare commodity then — more valuable than gold — and something...
The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) has appealed to the federal government to help support Alcoa's struggling aluminium plant in Victoria until the Australian dollar returns to more normal levels of exchange. The aluminium giant is reviewing the viability of the Point Henry smelter in Geelong in...
Workers of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State have started a strike action demanding for the implementation of a 25 percent salary increase. The workers have been on strike for about a week but wont return to work until the 25 percent "collective agreement...
Excess capacity in aluminium smelting will drag on for years to come, even while losses weigh on producers, as political pressures in China and Russia to keep jobs and push self-sufficiency prevent or delay plant closures. Rio Tinto (RIO.L) (RIO.AX) acknowledged a gloomy outlook for the sector this...
TREASURER Wayne Swan says the Gillard government won't be writing a "blank cheque" to bail out the aluminium industry. With Alcoa to review the future of its Geelong aluminium smelter, Mr Swan said the government was talking to the aluminium industry about the challenges it faced. “We're talking to...
DIVERSIFIED miner BHP Billiton expects the volatility in the commodity markets to continue as sovereign debt problems in Europe weigh on customer behaviour, it said yesterday in its report for the six months ended December last year. The company reported a 5,5% fall in profit to $9,9bn. Revenue was...
