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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High purity alumina producer receives approval for kaolin screening and loading facility
Altech Chemicals Limited, aiming to become one of the world's leading suppliers of 99.99% (4N) high purity alumina (HPA), has announced that the Western Australia (WA) Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) has granted works approval on 25 August 2017 for the construction of kaolin...
Indian mining sector’s quest to modernise technology grabs Australia’s attention
In a landmark move to strengthen Australia’s trade and commerce relations with India, a 20-member delegation representing Australian Mining Equipment Technologies and Solutions (METS) recently visited India to explore opportunities to offer their technologies and services for the country's mining...
Metro Mining provides further construction update for Bauxite Hills Mine
Metro Mining Limited yesterday provides a construction update for the Bauxite Hills Mine. The construction work at the site is currently on schedule, and will be completed by the end of 2017. Barge Loading Facility (BLF) fabrication commences in Cairns by CSF Steel Fabricators. The shipment to site...
Lindian Resources to receive assay results from Tanzanian Lushoto bauxite project
The Australian Securities Exchange listed mining and resource company Lindian Resources Ltd, has been granted a trading halt today, August 31, pending assay results from Tanzanian Lushoto bauxite project. The Perth-based explorer recently signed an agreement to acquire a 75 per cent farm in...
Queensland Government grants three mining leases for Bauxite Hills Mine
Metro Mining Ltd today announced that the Minister for State Development, Natural Resources and Mines Hon Dr Anthony Lynham has signed the three mining leases for the Bauxite Hills Mine. The company has already started the construction at the mine site. Dr Anthony Lynham said the granted leases...
China alumina imports up while exports were down in July 2017
China, being a net importer of alumina, witnessed an increase in alumina import in July 2017, according to the latest import-export data published by China General Customs. China’s import of alumina totalled 284,504 tonnes in July 2017, up 29.36 per cent year-on year. January-July imports were down...
Malaysia giving Guinea, Australia a tough competition as China’s emerging bauxite supplier
<p>Bauxite supplies from Malaysia to China grew at the highest rate in July 2017 though it dropped during the period from January to July. Other top bauxite exporting countries to China struggled to catch up with Malaysia’s export growth rate, revealed export-import data released by General...
Fairview launches new aluminium cladding product- Vitradual
<p>Fairview Architectural has officially launched Vitradual, a BCA compliant non-combustible aluminium cassette cladding system as an alternative to ACM panels. A 3mm non-combustible aluminium cladding system has been developed by Fairview in consultation with industry experts.</p> <p...
Alcoa JV shines on Alumina’s H1 FY2017-18 profit
<p>Alumina Limited, the leading Australian resource company with focus on alumina refining, recently announced an impressive profit growth for the first half of 2017, thanks to higher commodity prices realized by its joint venture with Alcoa. </p> <p>Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC)...
AG&C’s teams up with Cladding Systems to develop complete façade system
<p>Architectural Glass & Cladding, a provider of high quality bespoke architectural high performance glass products and metal cladding products including Reynodual non-combustible double-skin aluminium, has joined hands with the Cladding Systems to manufacture fire rated...
Federal Government approves Metallica Minerals ’ Urquhart bauxite project
<p>Metallica Minerals has set the first step towards the development of its Urquhart bauxite project in Queensland as it has received l environmental approval for the project from the federal government. </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
ATDC launches aluminium extruded lockable security shutters
<p>The Australian Trellis Door Company (ATDC), manufacturer of steel security doors and window grilles, key lockable removable window bars, driveway gates and aluminium roller shutters and folding closures, has extended its product portfolio with the launch of new lockable security rated...
Global bauxite mining market to remain lucrative through 2021
<p>As aluminium increasingly becomes the metal of choice for OEMs across industries bauxite mining stands to grow at a commendable per annum rate through 2021. According to the latest study by Persistence Market Research, the global bauxite market will grow significantly during 2016-2021.</p> <p...
Urbanline expands product portfolio with new aluminium exterior cladding products
<p>Urbanline Architectural, supplier of composite, hardwood, thermally modified, aluminium and softwood building products in Australia, has expanded its product range by adding an innovative exterior cladding product called Alu Selekta. The product is made from solid extruded...
Glencore and Century stand as prospective buyers for Rio Tinto’s Pacific Aluminium business
<p>According to a report from The Australian, US-based Century Aluminium and Glencore are eying Rio Tinto’s Pacific Aluminium business, which is up for sale through Deutsche Bank at an estimated cost of $US1 billion ($1.3bn).</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align:...
Australian Bauxite and Rawmin apply for grant to fund Binjour Bauxite Project
<p>Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) has announced through a press release that it has partnered with marketing partner Rawmin to apply for a grant from the Australian government for funds to develop its Binjour Bauxite Project in the Wide Bay Burnett region of central Queensland.</p> <p>The...
Indigenous-owned bauxite mining operation & training centre open in Northern Territory
<p>An Indigenous owned mine training centre and bauxite mining operation developed by Gumatj Corporation in Northeast Arnhem Land with support from Rio Tinto was opened at the 19th annual Garma Festival.</p> <p>The Gulkula Regional Training Centre and Gulkula bauxite mining operation are owned...
Top five bauxite mining companies in Australia
<p>The global economic growth is estimated to underpin solid demand for aluminium, and hence the significance of bauxite as the ore for the white metal. Australia is geared to serve world demand for bauxite especially from China.</p> <p>Australia, the world's largest producer of bauxite, accounts...
