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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U.S. alumina imports to grow in 2017 as producers seek to benefit from rising prices
<p>Global alumina market witnessed a steady demand growth in 2016, driven by the China factor. New smelter starts and old capacity restarts in China coupled with supply difficulties buoyed prices up both in China and ex-China market. In the U.S. too, integrated producers like erstwhile Alcoa Corp.,...
Metro promotes Finnis to MD & appoints a GM to prepare for mining
<p>Simon Finnis has been promoted from CEO to Managing Director of Metro Mining Ltd.<br /><br />Metro Chairman Stephen Everett said Finnis had made a significant contribution as CEO and would add increased value as the company transitions from explorer to producer.<br /><br /> “Simon has...
USA alumina export drops 38% YOY during third quarter 2016
<p>According to USGS’ recently published bauxite and alumina industry survey for the Third Quarter 2016, imports of alumina during the third quarter of 2016 were 315,000 tons. This records a 3% increase from those in the second quarter but 20% drop from the third quarter of 2015. The general...
Australian Bauxite Ltd: bauxite sales strategy avoids market glut problems
<p>Australian Bauxite Ltd (ABx) currently sells bauxite into cement and fertiliser markets at prices higher than could be achieved in the over-supplied metallurgical bauxite market.</p> <p>There have been developments in the metallurgical bauxite market in the last few days which indicate that the...
Australia-based firm expands marquee line fitted with lightweight aluminium frame
<p>Custom flags and Car flags manufacturer Australian Flag Makers and Ben Beazley announced that their custom printed marquee line is available in customised colours and designs to suit the needs of the customer. The back side walls and roof of the canopy are constructed of high quality and durable...
CBIX steady, Malaysian ban extended for a fourth time
<p>CBIX gained US$0.6/dmt (1%) to US$50.8/dmt with higher ViU-priced cargos from Australia more prominent. As we foreshadowed, Malaysia again extended its mining ban, for another three months (to end-March 2017), with reports of nearly three million tonnes of stocks still needing to be cleared...
Metallica Minerals completes a PFS on a bauxite project in Queensland’s Cape York
<p>Metallica Minerals Ltd. Australia has successfully completed an independent pre-feasibility study (PFS) towards the development of the Urquhart Bauxite project in Queensland’s Cape York.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
Alcoa says Australia aluminium smelter running at 30% capacity
<p>Australia's 300,000-tonnes-per-year Portland aluminium smelter is operating at below a third of its capacity after power to the plant was temporarily knocked out three weeks ago, operator Alcoa Corp said on Wednesday.</p> <p>The smelter was hit when a power interconnector between the states of...
Alcoa secures first major export contract to supply bauxite from Western Australia mine
<p>Alcoa Corporation, the world’s largest bauxite miner, today announced that Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC) has secured its first major third-party contract to supply approximately 400,000 bone dry metric tons (bdmt) of bauxite from its Huntly mine in Western Australia (WA),...
Metro Mining to combine bauxite projects after Gulf Alumina final takeover
<p>Metro Mining Ltd has taken control of 99.7% of Gulf Alumina Ltd and will compulsory acquire the remaining shares.</p> <p>Metro today announced it will immediately combine Gulf’s neighbouring Skardon River Bauxite Project within its flagship Bauxite Hills Project creating one of the largest...
Guinea witnesses a surge in bauxite exports value in 2016, followed by Australia and Brazil
<p>The year 2016 has been a year of transition for the global bauxite industry. While the sector fared slightly better than the alumina and aluminium industries- both of which faced severe pricing woes since 2016 beginning, numerous changes in the rankings, rather fluctuations, were noted as far as...
Bhagwan Marine to support construction on Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project
<p>Bhagwan Marine, which owns and operates marine vessel servicing oil and gas, resources, port services, towage, and construction industries in Australia, has won a contract to supply marine vessels and crew to support construction at Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project in north Queensland.<br...
New report provides details on the global bauxite mining market
<p>A new Research report by Orbis Research delivers detail insight into the bauxite mining market covering a global industry A new Research report by Orbis Research delivers detail insight into the bauxite mining market covering a global industry overview, trends, growth and size. The report also...
Rio Tinto awards $160 mln worth Amrun bauxite contracts to Civmec
<p>Developmental work at Rio Tinto's Amrun bauxite project is gathering pace. The global metals and mining giant has awarded a $160 million worth works contract for the $2.6 billion worth bauxite project in North Queensland's Weipa to Civmec. The construction firm will build a bauxite processing...
General Cable confirms closure of its New Zealand plant causing a loss of 170 jobs
<p>General Cable Corporation has confirmed that it will shut its New Zealand manufacturing and support operations in 2017, while axing the jobs of 170 employees. The company had announced a proposal to wind down the local unit in November and eventually converted it into a shut down.</p> <p><img...
CBIX flat, alumina up, freight mixed
<p>CBIX remained flat over the week, closing at US$50.7/dmt with higher Value-in-Use (ViU)-priced material from Australia and Brazil balanced by some lower ViU-priced ore from Malaysia and India making a re-appearance. Malaysian material trickled into China at US$27.5/dmt FOB un-washed and...
Bates Smart chooses Vitrabond FR aluminium composite panels for cladding design
<p>Award-winning Australian architects, Bates Smart used Fairview Vitrabond FR aluminium composite panels to develop a standing seam cladding on the facade of Sydney's Monarch project in Mosman suburb.<br /><br />Bates Smart chose Vitrabond FR aluminium composite panels instead aluminium sheets or...
Australia exported 19.6 million tons of alumina out of 20.3 million tons of production in 2015
<p>Australia is the top bauxite producer in the world with about 81million tons of bauxite production and that has induced some of the top aluminium companies invest on alumina refineries in Australia, especially Western Australia.</p> <p>{newsStudioGallery}</p> <p> </p> <p>According to the...
