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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Vedanta decides against aluminium plant in Gujarat
...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...
Kurri smelter stopwork over stalled power deal
...Union officials are warning Hydro Aluminium could walk away from its multi-million dollar expansion plans for Kurri Kurri if a new power deal isn't signed...
Ormet sees favorable conditions for aluminum, alumina restarts
...AUS aluminum producer Ormet, citing strong metal prices and a positive demand outlook heading into 2011, said Monday that conditions are "favorable" for the restart next year of two idled potlines at the company's 260,000 mt/year smelter in Hannibal, Ohio...
Ormet sees favorable conditions for aluminum, alumina restarts
...AUS aluminum producer Ormet, citing strong metal prices and a positive demand outlook heading into 2011, said Monday that conditions are "favorable" for the restart next year of two idled potlines at the company's 260,000 mt/year smelter in Hannibal, Ohio...
China cutting aluminum output in 2010 - Alcoa
...Reuters reported that China will likely curtail another 600,000 tonnes of aluminum smelter production before the end of 2010 to meet energy efficiency targets but whether they restart that shuttered production in 2011 remains to be seen...
Hydro increases pressure over supply of power
...THE Norwegian operator of the Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter in the Hunter Valley is trying to force the state government to sign a new long-term supply contract...
UAE's Emal aluminium capacity boost plan on track
...Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Aluminium (Emal) expects to complete a capacity expansion plan that will help its current output triple to 700,000 tonnes, by the end of this year, a company executive said on Tuesday. The company produces more than 200,000 tonnes from its phase one greenfield smelter....
Nalco zeroes in on 2 coal suppliers for Indonesian project
...National Aluminium Company, or Nalco, has shortlisted MEC Coal and Bumi Murau Coal for supplying coal to its $4-billion Indonesia aluminium smelter project, according to a senior company official...
Sohar Aluminium smelter expansion proposal in pre-feasibility stage
...Oman Daily Observer reported that Oman Oil Company which owns a 40% stake in Sohar Aluminium is hopeful that a long standing proposal to expand the capacity of the USD 2.4 billion smelter will come to fruition...
Century Aluminum of Kentucky Labor Proposal Not Ratified by Steelworkers
...Century Aluminum of Kentucky, a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX), was informed by the United Steelworkers today that the company's contract proposal covering approximately 500 hourly workers at the Hawesville aluminum smelter was not ratified by the membership...
Century Aluminum of Kentucky Labor Proposal Not Ratified by Steelworkers
...Century Aluminum of Kentucky, a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company /quotes/comstock/15*!cenx/quotes/nls/cenx (CENX 13.52, +0.45, +3.44%) , was informed by the United Steelworkers today that the company's contract proposal covering approximately 500 hourly workers at the...
Montenegro partly regains ownership in KAP
...Montenegro's government has regained 29 percent ownership in the nation's biggest aluminum smelter majority owned by Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska...
Ma’aden and Alcoa Pour First Concrete for Middle East’s First Integrated Aluminum Smelter and Can-Sheet Rolling Mill
...Ma’aden, the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, and Alcoa, on Sunday poured first concrete for the Middle East’s first fully integrated aluminum smelter and food grade can sheet rolling mill, at Raz as Zawr in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
Ma’aden and Alcoa Pour First Concrete for Middle East’s First Integrated Aluminum Smelter and Can-Sheet Rolling Mill
...Ma’aden, the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, and Alcoa, on Sunday poured first concrete for the Middle East’s first fully integrated aluminum smelter and food grade can sheet rolling mill, at Raz as Zawr in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
Qatalum participates in Arab International Aluminium Conference in Egypt
...Qatalum, the state-of-the-art aluminium smelter that is being constructed as a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Hydro, has announced its participation in the 14th Arab International Aluminium Conference (Arabal-2010), in the dates between 1-3 November 2010 in the city of Luxor, Egypt...
Qatalum participates in Arab International Aluminium Conference in Egypt
...Qatalum, the state-of-the-art aluminium smelter that is being constructed as a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Hydro, has announced its participation in the 14th Arab International Aluminium Conference (Arabal-2010), in the dates between 1-3 November 2010 in the city of Luxor, Egypt...
Maaden-Alcoa aluminum complex foundation laid
...The Saudi Arabian Mining Company, Maaden and Alcoa Inc., the largest US aluminum producer, poured Sunday the first concrete for the Middle East’s first fully integrated aluminum smelter and a rolling mill to produce food-grade cans, at Ras Al-Zour in the Eastern Province...
Emirates Aluminium to sell $1 billion bonds in 2011
...Emirates Aluminium Co, which aims to build the world’s biggest smelter, said it plans to sell about $1 billion of bonds next year to fund phase two of its plant in the UAE...
