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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Aluminium building products manufacturer DECO Australia opens a brand new display centre in New South Wales
DECO Australia, a leading producer of aluminium building products and finishes, has reportedly opened a brand new display centre to offer an informative, interactive, and inspirational space for architects, builders, and homeowners. The DECO Innovation Centre in Minto, New South Wales, allows...
King River opt Kwinana Industrial area for HPA production project
King River Resources selected the Kwinana Industrial Area as the preferred site for its planned production project of High Purity Alumina (HPA) following the discussion with the Western Australian Government. The exploration mining company in November’20 decided to modify its planned production of...
Australia Govt. step in to support Alcoa's struggling Portland aluminium smelter
The Government of Australia will step in as shield for Alcoa’s struggling Portland Aluminium smelter in Victoria to relieve pressure on the power grid, as reported by two ministers on December 14. The government has decided to underwrite up to A$76.8 million ($57.94 million) in revenue earned by...
Singapore’s export of Aluminium Structures during 2018-20 proclaims rapid growth
The economy of Singapore ranks as the most open in the world, 3rd least corrupt, most pro-business, with low tax rates and has the third-highest per-capita GDP in the world in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). However, the trade and industry ministry revised its full-year forecast for...
Australia, Brazil stands as the top two Alumina supplier for Argentina in 2019-20
The economic situation of Argentina remained frightful in Q3 after GDP collapsed in Q2. While the pace of the decline in economic activity softened in July-August from Q2, it remained considerable. Similarly, consumer confidence remained downbeat in Q3, pointing to constrained household spending....
Shadow Minister for Defence visits DECO Australia to survey defence capabilities, including non-combustible aluminium products
Shadow Minister for Defence Richard Marles has reportedly paid a visit to DECO Australia’s manufacturing facility in Minto, New South Wales to observe the company’s defence capabilities, including surface finishing, protective coatings, and non-combustible aluminium building products. Deco founder...
Guinea ranks as the world's second-largest producer of Bauxite, keeping China behind: World Bank report
Guinea, the West African nation is now the world's second-largest producer of bauxite, as per the latest World Bank ranking, Guinea is ahead of China and is now behind Australia. The bauxite production in Guinea increased from 59.6 million tonnes in 2018 to 70.2 million tonnes in 2019. According to...
Tomago Aluminium supports Federal Government’s threat to build 1000MW gas plant for fuel energy supply
Tomago Aluminium’s chief executive officer Matt Howell has reportedly supported the federal government for its warning to intervene in the National Electricity Market and build a gas plant on a condition of ‘like-for-like’ power when AGL’s Liddell coal-fired power plant shuts. Mr Howell has also...
Monadelphous Group Limited secures new construction and maintenance contracts from Rio Tinto and BHP
Monadelphous Group Limited, a leading Australian engineering group providing construction, maintenance and industrial services, has been awarded new construction and maintenance contracts by both Rio Tinto and BHP in the resources sector. The contract has a combined value of approximately $60...
Alcoa’s desire to invest brings a ray of light for struggling Portland Aluminium smelter
The struggling Portland Aluminium smelter in Victoria should have its future revealed within months, as its largest stakeholder Alcoa articulated a desire towards investment, only if affordable power could be secured. Since 2019, the chances for the Portland smelter have looked gloomy, as during...
ASI to expand its team with two new positions for more efficient & effective Certification workflows
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative is seeking to expand its team for offering better service and thus, looking for employees for two new positions – 1) Certifications Manager and 2) Database Development and Support – Knack. ASI has already started accepting applications for the new positions, and the...
Alcore to achieve the lowest production cost of aluminium fluoride, estimates ABx in recent economic assessment
Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABX) has reported the economic assessment of its 89 per cent owned subsidiary Alcore Limited and work being undertaken by Alcore to process aluminium fluoride (AlF3). Aluminium fluoride is a mineral used for smelting aluminium. It is also being investigated for...
Labor leader Anthony Albanese assures job safety to Tomago Aluminium plant workers
On Tuesday, November 17, Labor leader Anthony Albanese, accompanied by MP Meryl Swanson, toured Tomago Aluminium, Australia’s largest aluminium smelter. The Tomago tour was part of Labor’s plan to support more manufacturing jobs in the wider Hunter area. "Our plan is about the security of workers,"...
Nespresso and UNSW discover ways to use polymer-laminated aluminium packaging PLAP
Nespresso and the UNSW Smart Centre have found new ways to use polymer-laminated aluminium packaging (PLAP) materials. They have discovered a new way to use PLAP materials in steel making. The new idea comes with more widespread applications impacting Australia’s aluminum recycling and smelting...
King River Resources successfully trials its HPA process route using alternative feedstocks
King River Resources Ltd, an Australian mining company has successfully trialled its new high purity alumina (HPA) process route using alternative aluminium chemical feedstocks. Metallurgical test work is currently underway on both this new precursor and the Speewah precursor to delivering a 4N HPA...
SMaRT Centre in Sydney discovers a new sustainable recycling technology to advance ‘green aluminium’ manufacturing
Research by the UNSW Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) Centre in Sydney has discovered a new sustainable way of recycling that could initiate a new ‘green aluminium manufacturing revolution’ and help the government and aluminium industry to advance Australian manufacturing,...
Lindian Resources’ CEO Danny Keating quits within three months of joining
Danny Keating, the Chief Executive Officer of Lindian Resources quits just within three months of his appointment as the leader of the company. On 9 th November’20, the company announced it had mutually terminated CEO Danny Keating's contract with immediate effect. Lindian Resources said: "The hard...
Australia: Aluminium fabrication firm “Air Fab Pty” secures contract of $1.3 million from Boeing to build safety stands for RAAF jets
Air Fab Pty, specialises in Aluminium fabrication, that employs just 8 peoples and based in Victoria has secured a $1.3 million contract from Boeing Defence Australia to design safety stands used to maintain the RAAF’s F/A-18F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers. Air Fab mostly produces light,...
