Ghana puts bauxite, lithium and iron ore in the spotlight to woo Australian capital
Ghana has stepped up efforts to attract Australian investment into its growing critical minerals sector, pitching the country as a stable and reform-driven destination for mining and value-added mineral development at the 2026 Africa Down Under (ADU) Summit in Perth. The Ghanaian delegation was led...
Alcoa prices $2.6b senior notes for South32 bauxite, alumina and aluminium deal
Alcoa Corporation has set the price for a USD 2.6 billion senior notes offering to help finance the cash consideration for its proposed acquisition of South32’s bauxite, alumina, and aluminium assets . Along with the cash on hand, this debt is expected to provide permanent funding for the...
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Ad campaign targets Tasmania Bell Bay conditions
...The Australian reported that the Australian Workers Union has launched a 3 month advertising campaign designed to pressure Rio Tinto Alcan into increasing pay and condition at its Bell Bay aluminum smelter near Launceston...
Sulphuric acid spill at Rio Tinto Yarwun refinery
...According to the Gladstone Observer, the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) is taking action after a reported spill of 25 000 litres of sulphuric acid from the refinery on Sunday...
Axion International to supply Recycled Structural Composite railroad ties to Alcoa in Western Australia
...Axion International (OTCBB:AXIH.ob), a producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100% recycled plastic, reported on Friday the receipt of its first order for railroad ties with aluminium producer Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA)...
Alcoa mine could take heritage heathland
...ALUMINIUM giant Alcoa will be able to extend its Anglesea coal mine about 600 hectares further into heritage-listed parkland, under a confidential arrangement with the Victorian government to renew its mining licence for 50 years...
Alcoa Gets Bauxite Plan Deadline
...The Western Australian government has given mining giants Rio Tinto Group and Alcoa Inc. (AA - Analyst Report) a deadline of two years to come up with a development plan for their Mitchell Plateau bauxite project. The deadline extends till December 31, 2012...
Rio, Alcoa get more time on Mitchell Plateau
...The WA Government has quietly given mining giants Rio Tinto and Alcoa a further two years to come up with a development plan for their Mitchell Plateau bauxite project in the Kimberley...
Rio, Alcoa Win Deadline Extension on Bauxite Plan, West Says
...Rio Tinto Group and Alcoa Inc. (AA) have been given a two year extension to a deadline to submit a development plan to the Western Australian government for the Mitchell Plateau bauxite project, the West Australian newspaper reported...
Cape Alumina unearths Bauxite potential in Queensland project
...In a disclosure to the stock exchange, Cape Alumina's Chairman, Mr George Lloyd, said the concept study provided the Company with the confidence to continue with the next stages of the project's development...
Queensland Bauxite Granted Eight New Bauxite Tenements In Queensland
...Sydney, Mar 2, 2011 (ABN Newswire) - Queensland Bauxite Limited announced that Queensland Department of Mines and Energy has accepted the Company's applications for an additional eight exploration licenses within the East Australian Bauxite Province...
Australian updates on aluminum operations
...Alreco Private Limited, MHM Metals’ wholly owned operating subsidiary for the Australian aluminum operations has been granted planning approval to commence construction of salt evaporation ponds in Moolap of Victoria...
Australian updates on aluminum operations
...Alreco Private Limited, MHM Metals’ wholly owned operating subsidiary for the Australian aluminum operations has been granted planning approval to commence construction of salt evaporation ponds in Moolap of Victoria...
Alumina industry says time right for carbon tax, but formula must keep industry here
...Australia's alumina and aluminium refining companies say the Federal Government has to get the carbon tax formula right or the industry here will shut down...
600 northern mining jobs on the way
...Details of the development have been outlined at a meeting of more than 80 people at Weipa. The South of Embley Project will extend the life of the mine by 40 years and employ between 500 and 1200 people, depending on production...
Bauxite gains 13 new exploration permits
...Bauxite Resources has been granted 13 additional exploration licenses in Western Australia's Darling Range, which the company says will strengthen its joint venture with China's Yankuang Group...
Rio Tinto paying below the rate, union leader claims
...The assault by the Australian Workers Union on Rio Tinto is confined to the mining giant's aluminium operations, and is not a broad strategy to unionise the iron ore sector. The union's national secretary, Paul Howes, said Rio Tinto's iron ore operations were "not a priority", and the AWU was...
Workers' Union urges Rio Tinto Alcan to treat workers better
...The Australian Trade Union Movement has thrown its support behind a campaign to improve wages, conditions and workplace rights at Rio Tinto's aluminium operations in the country...
Alcoa seeks 5 year relief for Wagerup
... West Australian reported that Alcoa is asking the WA Government for a 5 year approvals relief as the aluminum giant tries to resurrect the USD 2.2 billion expansion of its world class Wagerup alumina refinery south of Perth. The much hyped project was shelved indefinitely just over 2 years ago...
Jobs to go at Kurri Kurri's aluminium smelter
...The Australian Workers Union is urging the owners of the Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter to look at voluntary rather than forced redundancies as part of an efficiency drive...
