85% recycled aluminium: Recorp raises the bar for sustainable beverage cans
Aluminium cans are under the spotlight among consumers and beverage manufacturers looking for more recyclable packaging, with the material already holding a strong circularity position against plastic and glass. Recorp tunes it further with ReCan85, an aluminium beverage can containing 85 per cent...
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...
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ABx Announces Completion Of Design Phase In ALCORE Aluminium Fluoride Project
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) revealed yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidary ALCORE Limited recently completed the design phase of its Stage 1 project to produce aluminium fluoride (AlF 3 ), putting it ahead of the firm’s original production schedule. Per ABx’s press release, ALCORE is now...
Metro Mining reports record operational performance in September quarter; to achieve yearly production guidance
Metro Mining has published a detail operational report for the September quarter. Total September quarter shipments totalled 822,000 tonnes, more than double the amount shipped in the June quarter (399,000t). The Bauxite Hills mine operated close to budgeted monthly production and shipping levels...
Australian Bauxite’s patented technology to produce high-grade, high-value aluminium products
Australian Bauxite Ltd (ASX:ABX) marketing and investor relations manager Julie Young speaks to Proactive Investors about the bauxite producer’s operations and the development of its patented process technology. The patented technology is held by ABX subsidiary ALCORE Limited and can convert raw...
Australia’s alumina export in 2017 records at 17188 thousand tonnes; 2018 may see a plunge
With the faster growth in aluminium production, the world seems to see a continuous hike in demand for alumina, particularly in China and the Middle East. This in the future is expected to open up new trading opportunities for the alumina producing countries such as Australia, which is already the...
Tomago Aluminium chief executive Matt Howell says NSW power grid in crisis
Tomago Aluminium says the electricity grid is at “crisis point” after power shortages this week led to it shutting off its potlines for an hour at a time to keep the state’s lights on. Its power supplier, AGL, says Tomago voluntarily reduced its electricity load as part of its commercial supply...
Metro Mining Ltd releases quarterly update on Bauxite Hills Project shipments
According to a press update from Metro Mining, in mid-September, Bauxite Hills shipped its one millionth tonne of ore since the commencement of operations in April 2018 representing an excellent operational achievement.By the end of September total shipments stood at 1.22 million wet metric tonnes....
FYI Resources begins bankable feasibility study (BFS) for its Cadoux Kaolin Project
After completing the preliminary feasibility study (PFS) late last month, FYI Resources has now reportedly commenced a bankable feasibility study (BFS) for its 100 per cent-owned Cadoux Kaolin Project in Western Australia. The company recently detailed a US$ 178 million capital cost for the project...
HVG Facades expands product portfolio with two new aluminium products
HVG Facades, a division of HVG (Halifax Vogel Group), has launched two new facade products to their premium façade product lines. HVG has merged Alucobond Architectural and HVG Facade Solutions division as part of its growth strategy and launched demand driven products to bolster its premium...
Rio Tinto’s Gove Operations recognised as a world-class bauxite producer
Rio Tinto’s Gove Operations has reportedly bagged a prestigious recognition for being a world-class bauxite producer in the global aluminium industry at the 2018 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory Export and Industry Awards. Rio’s Gove Operations, located on the Gove Peninsula in North East Arnhem...
Union says meeting with Alcoa again over strike at Australian aluminium project
The union at Alcoa’s aluminium operations in the state of Western Australia said it was meeting with the company again on Wednesday to try to resolve a strike that has lasted more than six weeks, after the firm last week revised an earlier offer. Unionised workers at two alumina refineries and...
FYI Resources to initiate long-life, low-cost high purity alumina project in Western Australia
FYI Resources Ltd. has reportedly completed the preliminary feasibility study (PFS) for its 100 per cent-owned Cadoux Kaolin Project in Western Australia. PFS confirms that the objective of FYI with this project is to become a predominant vertically-integrated, long life producer of high-purity...
Metro ships one million tonnes of bauxite from Bauxite Hills Mine
Metro Mining has shipped one million tonnes of bauxite from its Bauxite Hills Mine north of Weipa since mining operations commenced. The millionth tonne of bauxite was loaded aboard the bulk carrier ISA OLDENDORFF as part of a 60,000 tonne shipment bound for Metro’s foundation customer Xinfa Group....
China’s bauxite import grows 8.4% M-o-M in August on higher demand from Yunnan provinces
China Customs data reveals that increased bauxite exports by Guinea to China after the rainy season has rebounded China’s bauxite imports in August. As per the data, China imported 7.89 million tonnes of bauxite in August, 8.4 per cent up from 7.28 million tonnes in July. China Customs data found...
The US alumina import drops 23% Q-o-Q in Q2 2018 while the export surges 20%
According to the latest USGS report on bauxite and alumina import by the United States in the second Quarter 2018, the volume found dropped from 434, 190 tonnes in the first quarter of the year to 353,000 tonnes. This shows that the alumina import volume by the US stood down 23 per cent...
Alumina 2018 Conference in Gladstone kicks off today with delegates from Australian and international alumina industry
Alumina 2018, the 11th AQW International Conference, which starts today in Gladstone Queensland is organised by the Alumina Quality Workshop (AQW) Inc. and is expected to attract 300 industry players to the city from all over the world. The three-day global mining conference has kicked with more...
Metallica and Melior sign agreement to create diversified Queensland mining company
Metallica Minerals and Melior Resources on Thursday, September 13, announced that they signed an agreement together to create a diversified Queensland mining company with the aim to boost near-term production potential and the future growth opportunities. Metallica Minerals Ltd. is an Australian...
Global alumina prices likely to stay bullish through 2018 on supply disruptions and tight market
The price of alumina could hit another record high before the end of the year as supplies become increasingly tight with one after another happening disrupting the smooth supply of the key raw material. Spot alumina price saw some unprecedented highs in 2018 first half and doubled to about $700 per...
Australian Bauxite Limited announces half yearly report
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) has announced the company’s half yearly report on September 12, noting each of its activities during the period. The most notable one is its incorporation of ALCORE Limited as a wholly owned subsidiary to fund and manage the ALCORE project of developing aluminium...
