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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Australian aluminium windows & doors supplier to expand operations in H12018
<p>Dowell Windows and Door, a leading supplier of aluminium windows and doors to the Australian housing market, is expecting to expand its operations in the old Bunnings warehouse site in the first half of 2018. The new facility will offer a range of products that includes a complete series of...
HMD Global to launch three aluminium crafted android phones in Australia
<p>HMD Global, Finnish company that secured Nokia branding rights in late 2016, has announced that they will launch new Nokia android phones in late July in Australia. Nokia released its latest android smartphones: the Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3 at MWC 2017 in Barcelona.</p> <p>The Nokia...
China alumina import in May drops due to weak domestic demand; export up by 22% YoY
<p>Alumina import in China dropped significantly in May this year as demand slowed down among domestic smelters post environmental protection checks conducted by the regional governments over the last two months. Total alumina import in May stood at 139,571 tonnes, down 20.4 per cent from the...
Bauxite Hills Mine receives final environment approval
<p>According to a recent press update, Metro Mining has received final environment approval from the Commonwealth Government for the Bauxite Hills Mine at north of Weipa. It was the Bauxite Hills Project component of the Bauxite Hills Mine, which is so renamed after the incorporation of the...
World Expo 88 sculptures recast with aluminium unveiled in King George Square
<p>Sculptures of tumblers in gravity-defying top hats from World Expo ‘88 — have been recast with aluminium for permanent display King George Square.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/world%20expo88.jpg"...
Ezi-Duct installs dust collection system for aluminium wastes
<p>Ezi-Duct, the leading company in the field of dust collection and fume extraction equipment in Australia, recently installed a dust collection system for a multinational company located in the South Eastern Melbourne suburb of Dandenong.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
Metro Mining receives environmental approval for its Bauxite Hills Project
<p>Metro Mining Ltd said that they have received environmental approvals from the State Government for its Bauxite Hills Project. The final approvals from the Federal Government are expected in the near future, it said.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left:...
Metro secures A$40 million in debt financing for Bauxite Hills Mine
<p>Australian exploration and mining company Metro Mining Limited today announced that the company has secured debt finance facilities of approximately A$40 million for the development of the Bauxite Hills Mine.</p> <p>The company has selected Sprott Private Resource Lending (Sprott) and...
Rio Tinto reconfirms Yancoal as the preferred buyer of its thermal coal assets in Australia
<p>The Rio Tinto board has reconfirmed its recommendation that shareholders vote in favour of the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Coal & Allied Industries Limited (“C&A”) to Yancoal Australia Limited (“Yancoal”). The recommendation follows consideration by the...
Rio Tinto awards power station contract to Aggreko AusPac at Amrun bauxite project
<p>Metals and mining giant Rio Tinto has given a $100 million contract to Aggreko AusPac for the installation of 20MW power station at the Amrun bauxite project in North Queensland.</p> <p>Aggreko AusPac‘s team will install a high-efficiency diesel power system, including engine efficiency...
Altech Chemicals announces Share Purchase Plan and placement; raises US$1.39 million
<p>Australia's Altech Chemicals Limited, engaged in the development of high purity alumina (HPA), announced Monday, June 12, that it has been able to raise A$1.85 million (US$1.39 million) through its recent Share Purchase Plan (SPP) and placement. The decision has landed the company's shares in...
Alcoa restores half its Australian aluminium output in wake of blackout
<p>Global aluminium maker Alcoa has restarted half the capacity at its aluminium smelter in Australia's Victoria that was crippled by a state-wide blackout six months ago.</p> <p>The Portland smelter has been running at a third of its 300 000 t/y capacity since a freak storm prompted the...
Civmec secures contract for Alcoa’s Pinjarra alumina refinery
<p>Australia-based Civmec Limited announced that the company secured Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract as well as other new construction and maintenance contracts, totalling approximately AUD $90 million.</p> <p>Apart from a civil concrete contract by Altura Mining Lithium...
Quantum Resources intends to enter high purity alumina business
<p>Quantum Resources is planning to acquire Australian private minerals exploration company Halcyon Resources as it intends to enter the high purity alumina (HPA) market. The company is planning a bid for all of Halcyon’s shares.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
India imported about 1.3 million tons of alumina in 2016; Australia tops the exporter list
<p>India has an installed alumina capacity of 6.5.million tons and the reported production of alumina stands at 4 million tons in 2014-15 which increased by about 6% YOY. NALCO continues to be the leading producer of alumina in India accounting for about 45% of the total production. A very small...
Week in Review: Australian bauxite sector makes top headlines
<p>Australia emerged as a top newsmaker in the bauxite sector in the last week. Australian bauxite sector has seen major developments from business growth opportunity and a number of companies won contracts for the ongoing bauxite projects. Guinea was also one of the newsmakers from the week. Here...
Global bauxite trade data shows top five bauxite exporters of Jan-March 2017
<p>World bauxite export trade is growing. With demand for both crude and dried bauxite set on a steady growth trajectory and supply tightened due to various socio-economic reasons, the prices of the commodity are expected to remain stable or on a moderate uptrend in the medium-term. The market...
Australian Bauxite Ltd receives letter of intent for next shipment of Tasmanian bauxite
<p>Australian Bauxite Limited today announced that the company has received a letter of intent for a significant shipment of cement grade bauxite from its Bald Hill Bauxite mine, in Tasmania. The company’s marketing and logistics officers are in talks with the customer about delivery...
