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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Operating costs at bauxite mines driven down by falling fuel prices and strong US dollar
The world average bauxite mine site cost fell for the third consecutive year in 2015, decreasing by 8.0 per cent. The strong US dollar and weak energy prices have been the key drivers of cost deflation in the bauxite mining industry. As most of the revenues for third party bauxite mining companies...
Alcoa's feud with Australia's Alumina Ltd intensifies as US giant confirms split
Australia's Alumina Ltd says its opposition to a break-up of US giant Alcoa has been validated by new details of the split. Nine months after it first flagged plans to break itself into two companies, Alcoa officially confirmed on Thursday morning that it would go ahead with the plan to separate...
US imports of alumina declines 48% YoY in Q1 2016
According to the latest Mineral Industry Surveys data published by the USGS, imports of alumina during the first quarter of 2016 were 262,000 metric tons (t), 6 per cent less than those in the fourth quarter of 2015 and 48 per cent less than those in the first quarter of 2015. The leading sources...
Wintec Aluminium simplifies specification of energy efficiency for Australian households
Wintec Aluminium Windows and Doors Australia has developed a wide range of functional and stylish WERS rated windows designed to meet the high demands for energy efficiency and weather performance. Utilising modern design, quality seals and hardware componentry, Wintec aluminium framed window and...
Asia alumina: Australia, China dragged by longs, sluggish demand
The Australian alumina daily assessment slipped $1/mt day on day to $239/mt FOB Wednesday, weakened by lackluster demand. Falling Chinese domestic alumina prices, and rising freight rates in Asia have also put downward pressure on the FOB alumina price. In the last two days, smelters have put the...
Australian Bauxite Ltd: Large sale concluded and new opportunities initiated
Australian Bauxite Limited is selling bauxite into fertiliser and cement markets at prices higher than the currently over-supplied metallurgical bauxite market. ABx's maiden shipment of 5,557 tonnes occurred on 28 April and a second sale of 5,000 tonnes was announced on 31 May. ABx is pleased to...
Cleanaway's sustainable aluminium recycling is making a real difference
Sustainable waste management leader Cleanaway is putting metal and plastic, especially recyclable aluminium, steel and tin wastes, back where they belong - in new generations of recycled products. Cleanaway Executive General Manager Sales and Marketing Dave Aardsma says recycling in Australia has...
Alcoa in maiden bauxite shipment
Alcoa has loaded its first shipment of WA bauxite destined for a Chinese alumina refinery, describing the event at Kwinana today as a milestone moment. The 47,000 tonne parcel of bauxite, from the Alcoa of Australia joint venture’s Darling Range mines, is the start of an export trial approved by...
Alumina Ltd firm on seeking relief from Alcoa's 'confidentiality clauses'
The legal war between Alcoa Inc and Alumina Limited centred on the former’s strategic decision to subdivide itself has reportedly intensified. In a recent development, Alumina has sought relief from the confidentiality clauses attached to information provided by Alcoa in the wake of the aluminium...
Aurukun bauxite hits hurdle over the granting of preferred developer status to Glencore
Aurukun bauxite deposit has been hit with a legal challenge over the granting of preferred developer status to mining giant Glencore. This has put the future of hundreds of potential jobs at stake. Aurukun Bauxite Developments has lodged a claim for a judicial review to the decision made under the...
Recycling of solar panels consisting aluminium is a multi-billion dollar money-spinner, IRENA
More than 23 million solar panels are installed in Australia and 222 gigawatts+ of PV modules are in place globally. This will present a significant business opportunity in recycling says the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). By weight, a solar panel mainly consist of aluminium, glass...
Schueco SmartActive aluminium window systems help ward off microbial infections
Schueco Australia has taken innovation to a whole new level with the availability of a new surface finish that can be specified for their aluminium window systems to kill harmful bacteria, including multi-resistant bacteria such as MRSA and MRSAE. A product first in the Australian market, the new...
Bauxite prices seeking direction
CBIX eased marginally over the week, down 0.7 per cent (US$0.3) to US$45.1/dmt, with ViU-adjusted prices showing some convergence. Malaysian cargos are beginning to re-enter the market, with prices unchanged at US$25-26/dmt FOB for unwashed material (US$29.4/dmt on a ViU-adjusted basis) and...
Reverse vending machines to be installed to encourage aluminium can recycling in Wyndham
Reverse vending machines will be installed across the municipality to help people go green, Wyndham Council, in Victoria, Australia says. The council said it will be first council to install the machines. The unusual approach will let Wyndham residents deposit plastic bottles and aluminium cans in...
Strong project pipeline to lead growth in global bauxite ore production
Global bauxite ore production is set to experience solid growth driven by a robust project pipeline and reach 321.3 million tonnes (Mt) in 2020, according to a recent industry report. The report states that the production will witness a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.1 per cent from 2016...
EDGE Architectural Ecosystem allows Australian manufacturer to extrude aluminium profiles of choice
Leading Australian provider of aluminium window and door framing suites, EDGE Architectural has expanded its framing suites with the EDGE Ecosystem, a community of people, organizations, suppliers, processes and elements interacting to create a network of support. This ecosystem includes EDGE...
Australian company buys 50% stake in “game-changing” aluminium-graphene battery storage technology
Australian energy technology company LWP Technologies has bought a 50 per cent share in a new, graphene-based battery storage technology that the ASX-listed company believes could “change energy markets and the way the world commutes.” The $1.6 million deal, described by LWP on Wednesday as a...
Australian alumina stable overnight but down $6/mt on week
The Platts Australian alumina daily assessment at $244/mt FOB on Thursday, June 9, was unchanged from a day ago, but has fallen $6/mt in the last week. The market has been under downward pressure from unplaced cargoes in Australia, China, India and the Americas. On Thursday a smelter reported being...
