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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Stormtech launches first-of-its kind aluminium grate drainage solution in Australia
The first-of-its-kind aluminium grate drainage solution launched by Stormtech in Australia ensures high-performing drainage solutions for residential and commercial bathroom applications. This unique aluminium grate drainage solution, dubbed Wave Grate, will revolutionise contemporary drainage by...
GMG to develop stable aluminium ion batteries storing solar energy for future use
Graphene Manufacturing Group from Brisbane was found advocating for its zero-carbon graphene aluminium ion battery that is supposedly 70 times swifter than a lithium-ion battery and can be plugged in and used innumerable times. The company claims this flagship product can alter the course of the...
Capral offers low-carbon aluminium LocAl® to Australian manufacturers for accessing sustainable projects
Australia's leading provider of aluminium products and associated services, Capral, introduced LocAl®, a lower-carbon primary aluminium option available across Capral's locally manufactured extruded aluminium products. The nation's largest extruder provides Australian manufacturers access to...
Australia's Metro Mining extends strategic partnership with Xiangsen Aluminium for bauxite supply until 2026
The Australian mining and exploration company Metro Mining Limited has extended the Strategic Cooperation Agreement with China's Xiamen Xiangsen Aluminium Limited (Xiangsen) for 1.5 million DMT per annum for 2 years until 2026. In addition, binding terms for the 2023 offtake component have been...
Austal adopts AI to optimise hull forms in its aluminium vessels
The renowned aluminium ship builder from Perth, Austal, has been urging its Research and Development (R&D) team to utilise artificial intelligence to upgrade ship operations for a long time. Austal, the earth’s biggest aluminium shipbuilding company, has unveiled that they are making progress in...
Workers at Rio Tinto Gove operations will take industrial action over stalled wages
In protest over stalled pay negotiations, Rio Tinto workers at the Gove bauxite mining operation have planned to take industrial action. According to the union, workers have not been paid a raise in three years as the company has put off talks on a new enterprise agreement. Lloyd Pumpa, the United...
ALCORE selects the initial operating conditions for its pilot plant to recover fluorine from ‘excess bath’
The Australia-based mining and metal technology company ABx Group has confirmed that its 83%-owned subsidiary ALCORE Limited (ALCORE), has selected the initial operating conditions for its planned pilot plant on the New South Wales (NSW) Central Coast. This pilot plant aims to produce hydrogen...
Alcoa lowers its outlook for alumina and bauxite shipments
The Pittsburgh-based industrial production and the world's eighth-largest aluminium producer, Alcoa, is lowering its outlook for alumina and bauxite shipments on the ground of demand contracts and reducing output. According to the Q3 earning report, the company anticipates alumina shipments to...
Powerful human performance tool 'Stop and Seek Help' preventing conveyor belt mishaps carrying bauxite
Lately, intuitiveness and acuteness combined with exhaustive experience in conveyor belt maintenance and repair tasks shaved off prospective mishap proceedings just before the last minute. The Rio Tinto Australia Gove (RTAG) bauxite operations in Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, are bound by only one...
RIMOWA joins EVH’s portfolio to expand its aluminium-based products catalogue
RIMOWA has established itself as a premium luggage provider since 1898, with their flagship aluminium trunk first introduced in 1937. With the perfect amalgamation of German engineering, the Cologne-based company has successfully created backpacks and travel bags in collaboration with the LVMH...
Plans to power the Portland Aluminium Smelter with 100% renewable energy get $1.5 million funding from ARENA
Spinifex Offshore Wind Farm has received $1.5 million in financing from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to supply the Portland Aluminium Smelter with up to 100 per cent renewable energy from a 1,000 MW wind farm off the southwest coast of Victoria. A wind resource evaluation will be...
'Two-tiered' working conditions led to a 48-hour strike by Worsley alumina refinery electricians
The workers at a major West Australian refinery have walked off their jobs over what they call a "two-tiered" workplace. In a significant escalation of ongoing industrial action, workers at South32's Worsley alumina and bauxite facility have downed tools for 48 hours. Previously, the workers staged...
Macquarie Group interlinks its investment routes with Origin to aid ARCC in making aluminium bus chassis
Australian Macquarie Group and Origin Energy have signed a deal to invest in the Aluminium Revolutionary Chassis Company (ARCC), a developer and manufacturer of lightweight bolted aluminium city bus chassis. Aluminium Revolutionary Chassis Company claims to be the first Australian manufacturer who...
Top Newsmakers for September 2022: Hydro's Karmøy facility operations on hold due to low demand for aluminium; Australia's largest aluminium smelter plans to fast-track its decarbonization drives
The global aluminium industry continues to stay in the limelight again in September. Yes, off-course, Aluminium 2022 - Dusseldorf stands to be a key event that the aluminium industry has been waiting for for some time but was postponed due to the Covid pandemic. However, other than this gala event,...
Primary aluminium recap: Falling aluminium demand causes Hydro to partially curtail production at its Karmøy facility; Australia's largest aluminium smelter plans to fast-track its decarbonization drive
The global primary aluminium segment witnessed a lot of events. To begin with, on Thursday, September 29, the global aluminium benchmark price saw a dramatic expansion of US$181 per tonne due to the ban on Russian supplies by the London Metal Exchange. As a result of traders' worries about supply...
SUVO Strategic Minerals intends to acquire a 26% stake in sustainable HPA production company
The Australian hydrous kaolin producer and exploration company Suvo Strategic Minerals has publicized its plan to secure a 26% stake in low-carbon high purity alumina (HPA) production. Through a private placement, the ASX-listed company will acquire a stake in Australian proprietary company Dingo,...
Alba and KCC extend affreightment contract for four years to carry alumina from Australia to Bahrain
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the first aluminium smeleter in the Middle East, and KCC Chartering AS, a subsidiary of Klaveness Ship Holding AS, have jointly announced the signing of a four-year contract of affreightment (COA) for transporting alumina from Australia to Bahrain starting 2022. The...
South32 appoints Noel Pillay as its new COO
Diversified miner South32 announced on Tuesday, September 22, that Chief Operating Officer (COO) Mike Fraser, responsible for the operations in Colombia and Africa, will depart from the business. Along with Jason Economidis, who will continue to serve as COO and be responsible for operations in...
