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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Mytilineos's profit surges on aluminium, METKA
...Mytilineos (MYTr.AT: Quote), operator of the Balkan region's biggest aluminium smelter, said its profit soared last year, helped by the global commodities boom and its power station construction affiliate METKA (MTKr.AT: Quote)...
Alba planning Europe push
...MANAMA: Alba, the world's fourth-largest aluminium smelter, plans to increase exports of higher-margin products to Europe and says its production is not affected by strikes in Bahrain...
Alba says no loss in production
...Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the world's largest aluminium smelters, said it was operating at full capacity, and did not lose any production during last week...
EMAL looking to recruit the next generation of engineers, technicians and craftsmen
...The Taweelah-based aluminium smelter is participating at Careers UAE and encourages engineers, technician and craftsmen to join the UAE's biggest industrial project There is a direct call to action from the CEO for emiratis to develop technical careers and support both emiratisation and the...
Federal opposition meets with aluminum smelter staff
...Liberal Paterson MP, Mr Bob Baldwin will meet with management and workers at Kurri Kurri's aluminum smelter to discuss the Federal Government's controversial carbon tax. Nationals Leader, Mr Warren Truss will join Mr Baldwin at the Hydro smelter to hear from the industry about the impact of the...
Federal Opposition meets with aluminium smelter staff?
... Liberal Paterson MP, Bob Baldwin will meet with management and workers at Kurri Kurri's aluminium smelter to discuss the Federal Government's controversial carbon tax. Nationals Leader, Warren Truss will today join Mr Baldwin at the Hydro smelter to hear from the industry about the impact of...
MENA unrest - Aluminum Bahrain operating normally despite unrest
... Aluminum Bahrain ALBH.BH which owns the world's fourth biggest smelter is in full operation despite weeks of protests and the government's declaration of martial law. ...
Indonesia's Antam to Build US$4Bn Smelters
... He claimed that the schemes for three other smelter projects are ready. In Tayan, West Kalimantan, a bauxite smelter worth US$400 million having 300 thousand tonnes of capacity is now prepared by Showa Denko and Marubeni Corporation of Japan. ...
Aluminium Bahrain operating normally despite unrest
...Aluminium Bahrain ALBH.BH, which owns the world's fourth-biggest smelter, is in full operation, it said on Tuesday, despite weeks of protests and the government's declaration of martial law...
Qatalum participates in opening keynote panel on day 1 of 5th Middle East Aluminium Conference
...Qatalum, the state-of-the-art aluminium smelter being built as a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Hydro in line with Qatar's long-term economic diversification strategy, took part in the 5th Middle East Aluminium conference, which ran from 14 to 16 March 2011 at The Westin Hotel in...
Qatalum participates in opening keynote panel on day 1 of 5th Middle East Aluminium Conference
...Qatalum, the state-of-the-art aluminium smelter being built as a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Hydro in line with Qatar's long-term economic diversification strategy, took part in the 5th Middle East Aluminium conference, which ran from 14 to 16 March 2011 at The Westin Hotel in...
DJ Xinren Aluminum To Buy Two Smelting Firms For S$85.5 Mln
...China-based Xinren Aluminum Holdings Ltd. (MN5.SG) said Thursday it intends to acquire two Chinese smelting companies for S$85.5 million...
Emal honours contractors
...Emirates Aluminium (Emal), a leading Taweelah-based aluminium smelter, has honoured its leading contractors for their standards of environmental, health and safety (EHS) during construction of the phase one of its mega project...
Buy Parekh Aluminex; target of Rs 350: Sunidhi Securities
...Rio Tinto Alcan (RIO.L) said on Wednesday that its Laterriere aluminum smelter in Quebec was operating at half capacity following a power failure. The smelter suffered a significant outage on Tuesday after two electrical transformers failed, leaving the plant without adequate energy to continue...
Quebec aluminum smelter hit by power failure
...Rio Tinto Alcan (RIO.L) said on Wednesday that its Laterriere aluminum smelter in Quebec was operating at half capacity following a power failure. The smelter suffered a significant outage on Tuesday after two electrical transformers failed, leaving the plant without adequate energy to continue...
Alcoa smelter carbon tax concern
...WANNON MP Dan Tehan took on Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday in a war of words over how Portland Aluminium smelter would fare under her new carbon tax. ..
Qatalum ramp up on track - Norsk Hydro
...Reuters reported that productivity at aluminum producer Norsk Hydro's Qatar JV Qatalum's smelter plant exceeds previous estimates...
Wenatchee aluminum smelter restarting 3rd potline
...Alcoa plans to fire up the third potline at the Wenatchee Works smelter on Tuesday. About 80 new employees have been working since last month to restart the line that was shut down in 2001. Plant manager Nik Winjum told The Wenatchee World it will take about three weeks to get the line fully...
