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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China's bauxite import shrinks 1.8% YoY in August to stand at 4,457,660mt
<p>China's total import of bauxite in the month of August declined marginally by 1.8 per cent year-on-year to stand at 4,457,660 million tonnes, while it grew 3.86 per cent during January-August period from the same period previous year, revealed the General Administration of Customs data released...
China alumina imports to remain low, SMM expects
<p>While Chinese buyers have begun showing interest in imported alumina , imports will remain low in the future, SMM predicts.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/alumina.jpg" alt="News"...
Australia Further Chips Away Malaysia’s Share in China Bauxite Imports, SMM Reports
<p>Australia remains the biggest winner in competing bauxite market share in China, while imports from Malaysia, the once big supplier, was hit badly by local mining ban, SMM learned.</p> <p>Australia, Guinea and Brazil remained the top three bauxite suppliers to China in July. Imports from...
IMO Sub-Committee finalizes draft amendments related to bauxite shipping
<p>The Sub-Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) reviewed the report of a Correspondence Group on Evaluation of Properties of bauxite and coal in light of their potential to liquefy.<br /><br />The Sub-Committee noted that a Global Bauxite Working Group (GBWG) has been...
Cape York bauxite mining benefits local indigenous people
<p>Bauxite mining on Australia’s Cape York is proving to be a boon for many members of the area’s Aboriginal population, much of which is considered economically disadvantaged.<br /><br />Murray Korkatain, a Wik traditional owner interviewed by local media is preparing to enter into a...
Alcoa applies for delisting from the ASX
<p>Global aluminium giant Alcoa has applied for delisting from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), the company said in a statement on Tuesday.<br /><br />Alcoa has been trading on the bourse since 2000. Presently, the number of the company's chess depository interests quoted on the ASX...
Guinea to outdo Australia & Malaysia to become China’s main source of bauxite in 2017
<p>Since the time Indonesia had imposed a ban on ore export two years back creating a sudden lull in the hyperactive export market for China, a number of countries came up to seize the market and provide an alternative source of bauxite for China. Australia took the first plunge and continued to...
Hydro seeking recycling options for Kurri Kurri smelter spent pot-liner
<p>Hydro’s elaborate remediation plan for its Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter drew applause from Australia’s new federal Labor member for Paterson, Meryl Swanson, reported industry sources. Terming the proposed initiative as possibly ‘the world’s best practice’, Swanson...
Asia alumina: Australia, China strengthened by smelting rates
<p>The Australian alumina market firmed marginally Thursday, driven by a new surge in China’s domestic alumina prices and increasing smelting rates. Platts Australian alumina daily assessment rose 50 cents/mt day on day to $230/mt FOB Thursday, and was up $1.50/mt week on week.<br /><br />The...
Australian Bauxite provides half-yearly report for the six months ended June 30
<p>Australian Bauxite Ltd recently provided a review opf operations and accounts for the half-year ended 30 June 2016. ABx had suspended production at its Bald Hill bauxite project in northern Tasmania due to an oversupply of the ore from Malaysia into the China market. It had 40,000 tonnes of high...
Nespresso partners with Australia Post in aluminium coffee capsule recycling programme
<p>Nespresso is on a mission to put an end to the ongoing criticism regarding its coffee pods adding to the environmental waste. In a recent drive to bring in various business entities well within its ambit of aluminium coffee capsule recycling, the company has roped in Australia Post's national...
Bauxite prices CIF China climbed up to US$48.3/dmt, due to high priced Australian bauxite
<p>Bauxite prices CIF China climbed over the week, with CBIX up 2.1% (US$1.0/dmt), closing at US$48.3/dmt, on the back of higher priced bauxite from Australia. The absence of lower ViU-priced cargos from Malaysia continues to have a positive impact on the CBIX price, although we expect CBIX prices...
Metro Mining announces shareholder approval for bauxite mine funding
<p>Metro Mining Ltd announced the receipt of shareholder approval for the issue of their shares to Greenstone Metro Holdings LP which forms a part of the company's funding strategy. With this, Greenstone becomes the largest shareholder of the mining company and will be providing strategic support...
China's bauxite import declines 27% YoY in July 2016
<p>According to China's General Administration of Customs data released on August 24, bauxite import of the country shrunk 27.43 per cent year-on-year to stand at 3,634,184 million tonnes in July 2016. During January-July period, bauxite import rose 4.8 per cent YoY, a minimal rise compared to what...
Australian Bauxite Ltd Fingal Rail Bauxite Resource increase to 6 mt
<p>Australian Bauxite Limited Fingal Rail Bauxite Project in northern Tasmania has proven to be ideal for production of cement-grade bauxite for rail transport and export from Bell Bay Port. <br /><br />Cement-grade bauxite resources for the Fingal Rail Bauxite Project total 6.3 million tonnes 1...
Rio Tinto to reconsider sale process for its Australian aluminium smelter assets
<p>Metal and Mineral giant Rio Tinto is re-considering sale of its aluminium assets at three of its Australian smelters- Tasmania's Bell Bay, Queensland's Boyne and New South Wales' Tomago and is seeking buyers for the same. The dual-listed miner has engaged an investment bank to handle the entire...
CME Group to launch two alumina futures contracts next month
<p>In a move to boost its rivalry in base metals trading against the London Metal ‎Exchange (LME), the oldest and largest market for industrial metals, Chicago-‎based CME Group, one of the world’s paramount exchange ‎operators, today said it will launch two aluminium futures...
Australia to probe anti-dumping allegations on Vietnamese aluminium extrusion exporters
<p>The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s Anti-Dumping Commission has officially launched an investigation into the alleged dumping and subsidisation of aluminium extrusions by Malaysian and Vietnamese exporters.<br /><br />Australian aluminium extrusion manufacturer...
