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...
Rio Tinto adds Aurukun's 8 tpa bauxite opportunity to growing Cape York pipeline
The acquisition gives Rio Tinto control of a major undeveloped Cape York resource as it expands its existing Weipa operations and advances new mining areas. Rio Tinto is expanding its Cape York bauxite portfolio by acquiring the Aurukun bauxite project from Glencore and Mitsubishi, adding a...
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EGA collaborates with HILT CRC to decarbonise alumina refining at Al Taweelah
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest aluminium producer in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has reportedly collaborated with HILT CRC (Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre) to conduct advanced research on decarbonising alumina refining. HILT CRC is an...
Australian-made aluminium coach will transport King Charles to the coronation
Australian coach maker Mr Frecklington has been ushered with the responsibility of delivering the carriage that will ferry King Charles from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey for the crowning ceremony. There is just one month left for the Royal Coronation, and the Australian carriage will have...
SPEE3D deploys latest AM machine to upgrade British Army’s repairing capacity
Melbourne-based innovator SPEE3D has publicised the British Army's purchase decision of the company's latest XSPEE3D metal Additive Manufacturing machine to enhance its repairing abilities. The machine is suitable for the use of metals like aluminium bronze, aluminium 6061 and copper. Alongside the...
Stacer Australia’s newly launched fishing boats include two aluminium bench seats
Stacer Australia announced the launch of Stacer 359 Proline SE and Stacer Proline 379 SE, two of Stacer's newest offerings that are ideal for inland fishing aficionados. Additional standard equipment includes two aluminium bench seats, one with a glove box, a transducer bracket, and safety rails....
Alcoa decides to bring in sustainable transformation to its future mining in Peel region
Alcoa Australia is determined to transform its 60-year-old operation in the Peel region to make it more environment-friendly. So, the company has decided to conduct a full environmental review of one of its alumina refineries and ecotourism upgrades. Alcoa vice-president operations Australia, Rob...
Capral Aluminium doors and windows complete Anthony Karlovic’s Melbourne home
Anthony Karlovic, the founder of First Avenue Homes, has used Capral Aluminium doors and windows to complete their home. Located in Melbourne's Brighton East area, the house has won many accolades, including the HIA Custom Home of the Year ($750,000- $1 million) and the HIA Victorian Kitchen of the...
Alpha HPA receives grant worth up to $2.17 million for Stage 2 of its first high-purity alumina facility in Gladstone
Queensland Government has reportedly offered a grant of up to $2.17 million to Alpha HPA, the Australia-based and globally focused high-purity aluminium products manufacturer. The funding will be used to support Stage 2 of Alpha’s first high-purity alumina facility in Gladstone. In a statement to...
Australian food packager increases smoothwall foil tray production in Melbourne unit
Confoil, a food packaging maker hailing from Australia, has amplified the manufacture of smoothwall trays at its regional plant in Melbourne due to a massive investment in brand-new presses. Confoil is a privately owned Australian firm that can trace back its origin to half a century. The lineage...
Ere Perez Natural Cosmetics unveils 100% aluminium eco-refillable compact
Ere Perez Natural Cosmetics, the Australian beauty brand, has unveiled the first 100 per cent aluminium eco-refillable compact, free from all materials that are difficult to recycle, such as glues, magnets, mirrors, paint, labels, closures, and plastics. Customers receive the Eco-Makeup Wheel , a...
Tax and royalties paid by Rio Tinto in 2022 totalled $10.8 billion
The global mining and metal giant Rio Tinto has released its 2022 Taxes and Royalties Paid Report, showing that $10.8 billion was paid as taxes and royalties. This is the third-highest annual global taxes and royalties paid by Rio Tinto since it published its first Annual Taxes Paid report for...
Global alumina market witnessed significant developments in 2022
The Chinese alumina production capacity was approximately 76.6 million tonnes as of November 2022. AlCircle’s latest report ‘Global Aluminium Industry Outlook 2023’ states that the nation's alumina refineries used about 79 per cent of their capacity in November 2022 compared to 81 per cent in...
Australia adopts emissions caps for big polluters including aluminium, driving sustainable development
On March 30, 2023, the Australian parliament passed the progressive climate laws eyeing the countries' worst polluters, impelling aluminium smelters and alumina refineries, coal mines, and oil refineries, among others, to restrain emissions by about five per cent annually. The legislation,...
Global alumina demand will remain strong in 2023
Alumina supply from China, the Middle East and Brazil witnessed growth in 2022. China ranked as the largest alumina producer, while Australia was the world's second-largest alumina producer in 2022. The commissioning of new capacities in China and the supply from Brazil remained key sector drivers....
Global bauxite production expected to grow by 2.6% in 2023
Global bauxite production is estimated to reach 393 million tonnes in 2023, a growth trajectory expected to continue in the following years, according to AlCircle's latest industry-focused report, ' Global Aluminium Industry Outlook 2023 '. As a result, there will be a 2.6 per cent increase over...
Primary aluminium weekly recap: Rio Tinto spent A$15.3 billion towards community growth in 2022; Africa’s primary aluminium production records a monthly decline of 9% in Feb’23
To assist the communities where it works, Rio Tinto upped its budget for spending on Australian suppliers to more than A$15.3 billion in 2022. Over 6,200 firms, comprising Australian-owned and run companies and locally owned and controlled offices of foreign corporations, shared an increase in the...
Surefire Resources hires Lava Blue to explore aluminium oxide from Victory Bore as a potential HPA source
Surefire Resources has hired materials science firm Lava Blue to investigate the value-added potential of high-purity aluminium oxide production from its flagship Victory Bore vanadium project in Western Australia. Victory Bore has waste rock surrounding the primary resource with significantly...
DAS Solar launches anodised aluminium solar panels for Australian energy market
In partnership with Brisbane’s wholesaler and distributor Achievers Energy Group, China-based DAS Solar has launched its patented bifacial solar panel toned in black for application on residential rooftops. The collaboration wishes to try its luck out in the Australian renewable energy sector,...
Rio Tinto spent A$15.3 billion towards community growth in 2022
Rio Tinto increased its expenditure budget on Australian suppliers to more than A$15.3 billion in 2022 to support communities where it operates. Rio raised its budget by almost 9 per cent than the previous year and equally distributed among more than 6,200 businesses, including Australian-owned and...
