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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Rio getting back on track after flood disruption
...The domestic and international supply of aluminium from Rio's Boyne Island smelter was disrupted in early January, with the company declaring a force majeure as the result of the floods which devastated Queensland and parts of northern NSW...
Russia's RUSAL restarts work on Boguchany smelter
...The world's top aluminium producer, UC RUSAL (0486.HK: Quote), said on Wednesday it had resumed building Boguchany Aluminium Smelter, after receiving a loan from the state-run lender VEB...
Russia’s Rusal to Earn UN Emissions Credits at Aluminum Smelter
... United Co. Rusal, billionaire Oleg Deripaska’s aluminum company, said it may earn as much as $15 million from selling United Nations emissions credits generated by reducing emissions at a smelter in Russia. ...
Boyne aluminium smelter up and running after floods
... The Boyne aluminium smelter near Gladstone in Queensland has restarted operations. The Rio Tinto Alcan smelter had stopped production after the company declared force majeur when roads to and from it was flooded. ...
Vedanta will not reapply for Orissa aluminium smelter expansion
... London based Vedanta Group today said it was not going to apply afresh for green clearance to expand its aluminium refinery project in Orissa Kalahandi district, even after being advised by the Union environment and forests ministry to do so. ...
Bosnia aluminium plant eyes record output in 2011
... Bosnia sole aluminium smelter Aluminij Mostar expects to produce a record 128,500 tonnes of primary aluminium this year, helped by better demand and a return to full capacity in late 2010. ....
New Zealand Smelter celebrates safety
... The Southland Times reported that for the first time in its 40 year history, the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has had a year free of lost time injuries. ... Mr Ryan Cavanagh GM of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters said that the smelter had previously come close to achieving one year LTI free but...
EMAL Hits the Smelter's Full Production on First Workday of 2011
... Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) rang in 2011 by hitting their most momentous milestone to date - smelter's full production. On the last working day of 2010, EMAL energized the last of the 756 pots that make up the smelter ...
Alcoa Smelter restarts show impact of aluminum price rise
... Alcoa said on Friday that it plans to restart idled capacity at three of its aluminum smelters resulting in 137000 tons of extra production in 2011 and 200,000 tons in 2012 Barclays says. Alcoa also stated that it will still have 674000 tons annually of smelter capacity idled after these...
Alcoa intends to restart three idled aluminium smelters in the US
... Aluminium company Alcoa (NYSE: AA | PowerRating) said on Friday that the company proposes to restart idled potlines at three aluminium smelters in the US, ... This is expected to increase Alcoa's aluminium production by 137,000 metric tons over the course of 2011 and by 200,000 metric tons on...
Advance SCT restarts Malaysian aluminium smelting plant
...Advance SCT Ltd, one of Singapore largest traders of aluminium, copper and stainless steel scraps, has restarted its aluminium smelting plant in Malaysia last month through wholly owned subsidiary Advance SCT Sdn Bhd...
Vedanta gives Gujarat aluminium plant offer a miss
...It is reported that Vedanta Resources does not seem interested in setting up an alumina refinery and an aluminium smelter in Gujarat. It has decided against an expression of interest as invited by the state-owned Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation...
Vedanta gives Gujarat aluminium plant offer a miss?
... It is reported that Vedanta Resources does not seem interested in setting up an alumina refinery and an aluminium smelter in Gujarat. .... GMDC had invited EoIs for a 1 million tonne per year alumina refinery and a half a million tonne aluminium smelter project in the Kutch region. The bauxite...
Tiwai smelter to cut production by 5pct
... the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter is cutting production by 5% due to soaring electricity prices. Mr Ryan Cavanagh General manager of Tiwai Aluminium said it will result in a reduction of 30MW of power demand and a decrease in aluminium production of about 1500 tonnes per month. ...
Rio Tinto announces modernisation and expansion of Canadian aluminium smelters
... Rio Tinto is to invest in its Canadian aluminium smelters to improve production efficiency through modernisation and expansion. The bulk of this new investment - US$758 million - will be spent on completing the first phase of the AP60 plant in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Rio Tinto will...
Chalco to invest RMB 17.5 bln in Guizhou
... Aluminum Corp of China Ltd , the nation's largest aluminum producer and the world's third-largest alumina producer, on Saturday signed an agreement with the government of Guizhou Province to invest up to RMB 17.5 billion in the province, foreign media reported. ... Chalco will build an alumina...
Chalco to invest RMB 17.5 bln in Guizhou
... Aluminum Corp of China Ltd , the nation's largest aluminum producer and the world's third-largest alumina producer, on Saturday signed an agreement with the government of Guizhou Province to invest up to RMB 17.5 billion in the province, foreign media reported. ... Chalco will build an alumina...
Chalco to invest RMB 17.5 bln in Guizhou
... Aluminum Corp of China Ltd , the nation's largest aluminum producer and the world's third-largest alumina producer, on Saturday signed an agreement with the government of Guizhou Province to invest up to RMB 17.5 billion in the province, foreign media reported. ... Chalco will build an alumina...
