Alcoa strikes $3.1b cash-and-stock deal for South32’s key aluminium assets
Alcoa Corporation is acquiring South32’s key aluminium assets in a USD 3.1 billion deal in cash plus 17,008,960 Alcoa shares, expanding its upstream aluminium portfolio across Australia, Brazil and South Africa. The transaction will also give South32 and its shareholders an equity interest in the...
China’s 45Mt aluminium cap pushes producers overseas as global dominance grows
China’s aluminium industry is running close to its limits in 2026. As Shanghai aluminium prices near a three-month high, historically low raw material costs and strong smelter margins encourage producers to operate at maximum capacity. National aluminium output remains above Beijing’s...
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MPs fight to save hundreds of jobs at smelter
FEARS over potential job losses at one of south east Northumberland’s biggest employers have been raised in two parliaments., North east MPs have taken up the fight to save hundreds of jobs after it was revealed that Lynemouth’s Rio Tinto Alcan aluminium smelter and power station could be closed,...
Energy supply for aluminum Smelter Expansion Project
The Canadian aluminium smelter Alouette, 20 per cent owned by Hydro, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Québec government to acquire energy for a potential aluminum smelter expansion project. Alouette has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for long-term energy supplies,...
Grade issue halts ingot production at Alcoa smelter
Alcoa Inc has temporarily stopped producing certain ingots at its Becancour smelter in Quebec because of a quality problem, the aluminum producer said on Wednesday. A spokesman said the company suspended production of its P1020 aluminum billet in late October as a result of high iron content and...
Mubadala JV to help Al smelters
Abu Dhabi's Mubadala plans to build a petroleum coke facility in Zhenjiang, China, in a joint venture with the Jiangsu Surun High Carbon Company (Surun) that could start production late next year, the investment fund said. The joint venture, called Suyadi, will help supply aluminium smelters in the...
Alcoa’s ABI smelter halts P1020 ingot output
Alcoa Inc.’s Aluminerie de Bécancour Inc. (ABI) smelter has stopped producing P1020 ingot as off-grade production problems continue at the Bécancour, Quebec-based plant. "We have temporarily stopped production of P1020 and are working to resume production as quickly as possible," an Alcoa spokesman...
NALCO institutes water study for proposed smelter
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), has engaged Lahmeyer International for conducting water availability study for its proposed greenfield smelter in Orissa's Sundargarh district, official sources said. The Navratna PSU's move came following the state government's suggestion to look for new...
Rio Tinto ready to sell UK plant Alcan
Global mining giant Rio Tinto is readying to sell its aluminium smelting plant Alcan in Lynemouth, Northumberland, and is prepared to close it down if it is not sold. John McCabe from Alcan explained the reasons for the move, “Rio Tinto is streamlining its global aluminium business in order to...
Mubadala China JV to help UAE smelters
Abu Dhabi's Mubadala plans to build a petroleum coke facility in Zhenjiang, China, in a joint venture with the Jiangsu Surun High Carbon Company (Surun) that could start production late next year, the investment fund said on Monday. The joint venture, called Suyadi, will help supply aluminum...
Quebec power deal for Alouette smelter
Quebec’s government is authorizing its provincially owned electric utility to provide Rio Tinto PLC’s Alouette aluminum smelter with a 500-megawatt block of power, a key step for a $2-billion modernization of the facility. The agreement was announced Monday by Quebec Premier Jean Charest at...
Replacement of damaged anode stubs is a routine process in all prebake aluminium smelters.
"VHE Bandsaw Provides and Clean and Efficient Method for Replacement of Damaged Anode Stubs.Replacement of damaged anode stubs is a routine process in all prebake aluminium smelters. In the past, many smelters have used gas torches to cut off damaged stubs, an environmentally unsound process with...
Goyen Controls Co installs air monitoring station at Comalco aluminium smelter
A major aluminium smelter near Gladstone on the central Queensland coast recently commissioned Goyen Controls Co to install a system of weather sensors to allow for the monitoring of ambient weather conditions. Due to strict environmental controls and plant operating rules, the Comalco smelter,...
Alcoa seeks cheaper electric rates
Alcoa Inc. continues to negotiate with the Tennessee Valley Authority for a new power contract that could help the aluminum maker reactivate its shuttered smelting operations in Blount County. But Alcoa Vice President Michael Padgett said Thursday that aluminum prices will have to improve along...
Alcoa signs MoU with Angola to explore 750,000 mt/y aluminium smelter
Alcoa, the largest U.S. aluminium producer, said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Angola to explore development of a 750,000-metric-ton-per-year smelter. The aluminium smelter could use power from hydroelectric facilities under consideration by the government, and...
Ormet's Tanchuk says Burnside alumina refinery to resume output 'within weeks'
Ormet Corp.'s long-idled alumina refinery in Burnside, Louisiana, will resume production "within the next few weeks," Michael Tanchuk, the Ohio-based aluminum producer's CEO, said Wednesday. The company had said the refinery was expected to start producing alumina before the end of October. While...
Alcoa Gets 50-Year Extension for Australia Coal Mining License
Alcoa Inc. (AA), the largest U.S. aluminum producer, received a 50-year extension to its coal mining license in Australia’s Victoria state, ensuring fuel to power its Point Henry aluminum smelter. Alcoa will be allowed to expand the size of its mine by 59 percent over the period to 665 hectares...
Century Aluminum focus on power agreement
Century Aluminum Co.’s main priority is to secure a new power agreement for its Mount Holly, S.C., smelter in coming months. This is because the facility cannot continue to operate profitably under the existing contract, the company’s top executive said. "This is a major problem at this plant. We...
Bosnia Aluminij foundry upgrade to boost output
Bosnia's sole aluminium smelter, Aluminij Mostar, said on Wednesday it would purchase a new melting and casting furnace in January to upgrade its foundry and boost annual output by an additional 50,000 tonnes. Aluminij will turn to lenders to buy the furnace from the Austrian company Hertwich...
Update-Few firms big enough to consider Tiwai
The future sale of Tiwai Point aluminium smelter near Bluff - one of seven separate assets being bundled into a new company by mining giant Rio Tinto - could become the focus of Chinese investment or stock-exchange listing. The Tiwai smelter is one of the country's largest single exporters by value...
