What happens when the world’s biggest bauxite supplier produces too much of the one commodity it dominates? Guinea’s bauxite market is offering a striking answer. Record exports have strengthened its position in global trade, but the surge in supply has also pushed prices lower. Australia,...
Oceania’s primary aluminium industry is facing a fragmented energy transition. While Australia, the leading aluminium producer of the continent, has abundant renewable resources and a well-established aluminium value chain, its smelters remain significantly more dependent on fossil-fuel-based...
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The Tomago aluminium smelter is planning to shift to renewable electricity, with an expectation of targeting 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2035, while also strengthening the case for government-backed financial support. To know how the Middle East crisis is affecting the...
Many mining companies, including Metro Mining, an Australian mining and exploration company, due to Tropical Cyclone Narelle, which hit Cape York, North Queensland, have stopped their operations. However, on Friday, March 20, the firm released a new update regarding its operations. On March 17, the...
Rio Tinto has temporarily shut its Amrun and Andoom bauxite mines in Queensland after Cyclone Narelle hit northeast Australia. These two mines produce about 30 million tonnes of bauxite each year, which is used to make aluminium. For the global aluminium value-chain 2026 outlook, book our exclusive...
Australia is negotiating a complex support package to keep the Tomago Aluminium smelter active. The push could lock taxpayers for up to a decade into annual subsidies of a minimum of USD 300 million. Owing to rising energy costs and a lack of affordable long-term renewable power, Australia’s...
Peripheral operations have been paused at the South32-owned Worsley Alumina refinery near Collie, in Western Australia, after a contractor sustained injuries at the site around 4 am on March 14. Emergency services and first aid were administered to the injured 47-year-old worker at the refinery....
The aluminium value chain has been shaped by a mix of expanding raw material supply, geopolitical tensions and shifting market signals. While bauxite mining activity has continued to grow across several producing regions, developments further downstream - particularly around the Strait of Hormuz -...
Meanwhile, the value of the country's alumina imports reached USD114.3 million during the year, rising by 7.7 per cent on the year. China, Australia and Indonesia were the three largest suppliers of South Korea's imported alumina last year, accounting for 22 per cent, 21.8 per cent and 16.1 per...
Australia’s transition to a clean industry could unlock a near AUD300 billion economic opportunity if decisive action is taken to deliver a pipeline of 70 projects, according to a new briefing from Mission Possible Partnership (MPP) and the Industrial Transition Accelerator (ITA). For the global...
Metro Mining has resumed work at its Bauxite Hills mine in Cape York, North Queensland, after finishing maintenance carried out during the wet season shutdown. During the break, crews serviced equipment and inspected key facilities across the site. This included the mining fleet as well as the...
The aluminium industry has been driving the Australian economy since 1955. The industry includes six bauxite mines that together produce more than 100 million tonnes annually, making Australia one of the world’s largest producers of bauxite. The country is also the largest exporter of alumina, with...
Rio Tinto, a leading global mining group, holds various projects, aiming to enhance its Amrun bauxite operations in the far north of Queensland. Due to the rising operational improvements at Amrun operations, bauxite production in 2025 saw an increase of 6 per cent, reaching a total of 62.4 million...
A new report by L.E.K. Consulting for the Australian Aluminium Council released today has found that while aluminium recycling offers one of the most effective pathways to lower-emissions manufacturing, significant economic, technical and policy barriers are preventing investment in domestic...
The latest figures from Rystad Energy show Australia's growing collection of large-scale solar and wind projects, producing 5.0 TWh of clean energy last month. Month-on-month, an increase of 11 per cent has been witnessed from the 4,519 GWh recorded in February 2025. David Dixon, the Senior Analyst...
中文翻译附于新闻末尾，敬请继续阅读。 Bauxite is the primary raw material used to produce alumina and, ultimately, aluminium - a metal essential to modern infrastructure, transport, packaging and clean energy systems. From power transmission lines to electric vehicles and beverage cans, aluminium’s widespread use...
The aluminium value chain moved through a week shaped less by routine output numbers and more by structural forces - environmental accountability, resource nationalism, tariff recalibration and fresh capacity ambitions. Across continents, governments and producers alike signalled that aluminium is...
Australia is reassessing its trade position with the United States after President Donald Trump announced plans to impose a new 15 per cent tariff on all imports, a move that could directly affect Australian exporters and test the resilience of a long-standing free trade partnership. The decision...
Conflicts between governments and mining giants over environmental protection and conservation are hardly new, and for Alcoa, it stretches back at least a decade. The latest episode has unfolded in Western Australia, where the US-based miner (Alcoa) has clashed with the Australian Department of the...
Economic Times (ET) Infra recently hosted the 4th edition of Global Metals and Mining Meet, held at Kolkata, India, on February 18, which revealed the Indian mining industry with ample insights and information, including on the current mining relations between India and Australia. The discussion...
