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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Because of yesterday’s bad-weather-induced power cuts in Iceland production at both the Elkem ferrosilicon plant and the Norðurál aluminium smelter at Hvalfjörður in the west ground to a halt. It is thought the cuts cost the companies tens-of-millions of krónur. Power cuts are very bad for...
Chinese aluminum smelters plan to idle roughly one-third of their capacity - the most since 2009 - as energy costs rise and aluminum prices slump, Bloomberg reported. The country is expected to produce nearly 20 million metric tons of aluminum and reach a production capacity of 30 million tons by...
New Zealand Aluminium Smelters is reassessing the way it ships dangerous goods after 21 of its containers are believed to have sunk with the container ship Rena. Pacific Aluminium spokesman Anthony Havers yesterday said the company was reviewing its shipping processes following the Rena grounding...
Locked-out workers at Rio Tinto Alcan's smelter in Quebec will have to continue to limit their numbers on the picket line until at least early April. Rio Tinto Alcan was able to renew its injunction in Quebec Superior Court on Tuesday limiting the number of picketing workers allowed near the...
Two aluminium smelters in the Hunter Valley are set to axe 250 jobs. Norwegian aluminium giant Norsk Hydro is blaming the high Australian dollar for plans to cut production at its Kurri Kurri smelter, with the loss of about 150 jobs. The company says the strength of Australia's currency relative to...
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) announced today that the Company intends to curtail operations at three European aluminum smelters as part of a previously announced restructuring in its Global Primary Products business. The restructuring will reduce the Company's global smelting capacity by 12 percent or 531,000...
Aluminum giant Alcoa announced Monday that it will cut production at three European plants, sparing the 30-year-old Berkeley County plant that's locked in power-cost negotiations with state-owned utility Santee Cooper. The three affected smelting operations are in Italy and Spain. Last week, Alcoa...
A PROTRACTED union battle and soft aluminium prices could pose a tough year for Rio Tinto's Bell Bay operation. The company wouldn't say whether the aluminium smelter was profitable but said there were no plans to downsize the 550-person workforce or cut production. Plans to offload the ageing...
Alcoa Inc (AA.N) said on Monday it plans to close its Portovesme, Italy, smelter and slash output at two Spanish smelters as the U.S. aluminum producer takes aim at its high-cost European operations. The measures will throw doubt on the long-term future of the U.S. producer's embattled European...
HUNDREDS of jobs at Alcoa's aluminium operation in Geelong could be at risk after the multinational announced cuts to its worldwide smelting capacity by slowing production or shutting down plants. The State Government contacted Alcoa's local management after its New York headquarters said it would...
Aluminum stock Alcoa announced this week that it will be taking a significant one-time charge from moves to cut smelting capacity. In the short term, this might seem like trouble — but buy-and-hold investors might want to buy in on this dip if they have a long-term horizon for their investments....
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the world's largest aluminium smelters, said it has achieved the highest metal production in its 40-year history in 2011 with 881,310 metric tonnes, a substantial leap from 850,700 mtpa achieved the previous year. Announcing the historic feat, Alba chief executive,...
In mid-2009, the future looked promising for two of the biggest industries in northwestern Kentucky — the Rio Tinto Alcan and Century Aluminum smelters. They had secured a new long-term contract for the enormous amounts of electricity they need at prices the companies thought could keep them...
Rio Tinto Alcan's Lynemouth aluminium smelter in Northumberland is still running at a reduced rate following a power cut in December which knocked out more than half its capacity, a spokesman said on Thursday. "One production line (potline) is completely down and 25 percent of the other is also...
Kazakh emergency situations ministry said that fire took place at the aluminum smelter in Pavlodar as a result of short circuit in electric furnace. As a result of the incident, a worker of the plant injured. As per report ten meters of conveyor belt caught fire as a result of short circuit in...
Most smelters add cold aluminium metal to the charge of molten aluminium in the casthouse furnaces. This metal may be in the form of sows, pure offcuts, or other scrap arisings. Such metal is frequently stored outdoors and can be wet. Charging of damp aluminium to hot furnaces results in the...
A RUTHLESS review of its global smelting operations will place Alcoa's ageing Point Henry smelter near Geelong in the gun for closure -- threatening the state's biggest export industry. Analysts singled out the almost 50-year-old Point Henry plant as the most vulnerable local asset as the company...
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) plans to close 12% of its global aluminium smelting capacity to improve the company’s cost position and competitiveness, with low aluminium prices to blame. Aluminum prices have fallen more than 27% from their peak in 2011. The company will close or “curtail” about 531,000 tonnes...
