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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King River able to become a significant high-value alumina producer, finds a prefeasibility study
A prefeasibility study (PFS) for high purity alumina (HPA) project in the Kwinana industrial area, West Australia, has found that ASX-listed King River Resources can be a significant producer of high-value purity alumina. The HPA project will use King River’s ARC process to produce the high purity...
Rio Tinto teams up with ARENA to reduce carbon emissions in alumina refineries
Rio Tinto has teamed up with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to study using hydrogen in alumina refineries to cut carbon emissions. The project involves a feasibility study into using clean hydrogen to replace natural gas in the calcination process of refining at the Yarwun alumina...
Australian Securities Exchange grants trading halt to King River Resources ahead release of PFS on Kwinana HPA project
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has granted a trading halt to King River Resources ahead of the release of a pre-feasibility study (PFS) on its Kwinana High Purity Alumina project. As per our information, the trading halt will prevail in place till the commencement of regular trade on 17th...
Weekly Alumina recap: FYI Resources recognize ESG framework for high-purity alumina refining; Brazil’s exports of alumina decline by 7.81% YoY in May
FYI Resources Ltd., the innovative and vertically integrated high quality, high-purity alumina developer, recognises the significance of the ESG platform. The emerging high-purity alumina producer in Australia has revealed its adaptation of an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) framework,...
Ampersand Projects now offers its beverage in recyclable, sleek aluminium bottle
Born in Sydney, Ampersand Projects has once again stirred the Australian beverage market by starting to offer its drinks in a recently released ‘first to market’ range of aluminium bottles, which come with convenient packaging of resealable bottle and the ability to add whatever you want due to its...
FYI Resources recognize ESG framework for high-purity alumina refining
The Australian listed resources company that is focused on developing an innovative and vertically integrated high quality, high-purity alumina for use in various high growth tech applications, FYI Resources Ltd. recognises the significance of the ESG platform. The emerging high-purity alumina...
Aodeli: Fire Safe aluminium panel supplier appoints Lorraine Jedid as National Specification Consultant, Darryl Smith as BDM for QLD
The direct supplier of “Fire Safe” aluminium facade panels to the construction industry Australia wide, Aodeli appointed Lorraine Jedid to the newly created position of National Specification Consultant and Darryl Smith as business development manager in the Queensland team. Since May 2021, Jedid...
Alumina Weekly Recap: world alumina production stood at 11.598 million tonnes in April; US imports of alumina up 102,000 tonnes in Q1
The past week saw Hydro announcing BRL 2.2 million agreement with the University of São Paulo to explore uses for bauxite residue in civil construction. International Aluminium Institute reported world alumina production of 11.598 million tonnes in April Let’s catch up with the following top...
Bauxite weekly recap: United States crude and dried bauxite imports become weaker by 10.55% in Q1 2021; Australian Bauxite raises AUD 3.25-million by fully subscribed share placement
The US import of crude and dried bauxite further decreased on quarter and stood at 695,000 tonnes in Q1 2021 ended on March 31, found the Geological Survey data. The import plunged by 82,000 tonnes or 10.55 per cent from 777,000 tonnes in Q4 2020. On the downward part of the world, Australian...
Alumina Ltd.’s prediction of alumina demand to surplus supply will force Wagerup and Pinjarra refineries expansion back on the agenda
The publicly listed company on the Australian Securities Exchange, Alumina Limited’s forecast toward demand for alumina soon to surplus supply is creating possibilities to bring back the agenda of the expansion of two alumina refineries in Western Australia. The growth signals came when the company...
Australian Bauxite raises AUD 3.25-million by fully subscribed share placement
On 24 th May 2021, Australian Bauxite Limited announced that it had raised AUD 3.25 million from new institutional and sophisticated investors and directors through a fully subscribed share placement with attaching options. Australian Bauxite’s Tasmanian aluminium fluoride production plans and an...
Australian Aluminium Council appoints Alcoa’s Michael Gollschewski as President
The Australian Aluminium Council, which represents Australia’s bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminium smelting and downstream processing industries has appointed Alcoa’s Vice President Operations Australia and President Alcoa Australia Michael Gollschewski as its new President. On his...
Metro Mining: Stephen Everett to step down, Douglas Ritchie to be appointed as new Chairman
The Australian exploration and mining company based in Brisbane, Queensland, Metro Mining Limited with its flagship project, the Bauxite Hills Mine is restructuring its boards, which includes the appointment of Douglas Ritchie and Simon Wensley as non-executive directors. Following the...
Alcoa Corporation gets grant for potential use of renewable energy in alumina refining
Alcoa Corporation has received $8.8 million (A$11.3 million) grant from The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to test the potential use of renewable energy in a process known as Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR). Alcoa of Australia intends to install a three megawatt MVR module with...
Australian Bauxite halts two-day trading, gets ready for capital raise
On 20 th May 2021, the bauxite explorer, producer and mining company, Australian Bauxite (ABX) has called for a two-day trading halt, as it all set to tap investors for some new funding through a capital raising plan. However, ABX is yet to detail the amount it is going to raise or the way to raise...
GMG’s Aluminium-ion batteries could be a game-changer for the EV market
The Brisbane-Australia-based Graphene Manufacturing Group has come up with a cutting-edge technology that has the potential to revolutionize the electric car market, and substantially enrich the usage of renewable sources of energy. GMG, the aluminium-ion battery developer has come up with one that...
Tomago Aluminium Innovation and Excellence Awards: Maintenance strategies and recycling emerged as champions
The Tomago Aluminium’s annual awards show that held at the Newcastle Exhibition Centre in Australia recognised the efforts of individuals and teams employed by the company to enhance the smelter’s operations. While presenting awards to individuals and teams by Stacey Sleeman, CFO of Tomago...
Australia Govt. intends to reprocess northern territory alumina refinery to a fuel storage facility
The federal government of Australia is considering a bold proposal which reflects to see a portion of an alumina refinery in the northern territory be reprocessed into a strategic fuel storage facility, as reported by industry sources. The intents are to see the tanks at the Rio Tinto refinery...
