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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Rio Tinto sustains strong performance in bauxite
Rio Tinto releases strong third quarter production results despite the bearish situation in the commodity market. Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh said “We continue to deliver efficient production, rigorous cost control and sound allocation of capital. This approach is ensuring that our tier one...
OTC Markets Group welcomes Alumina Limited to OTCQX
OTC Markets Group Inc., operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial markets, today announced Alumina Limited, a worldwide investor in bauxite mining and alumina refining through Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market in the U.S. Alumina begins...
Garmco revamps international operations
Bahrain-based Garmco, an international aluminium rolling mill and one of the largest downstream aluminium facilities in the Middle East, has completed a major restructuring of its international operations. This is in line with the company's three-year strategy, which involves closing unprofitable...
Alcoa gets government approval for bauxite export
Alcoa could begin shipping bauxite to potential customers in Asia early next year after the State Government approved the trial export of up to 500,000 tonnes of raw ore. Alcoa has for some time been exploring the possibility of joining Rio Tinto in exporting raw bauxite ore from Australia, sending...
Rio Tinto doubles capacity at its Yarwun alumina refinery
Rio Tinto Alcan, one of the world's leading mineral and metal conglomerates, is in the process of doubling the capacity of the alumina refinery at Yarwun. The construction work is almost near completion. The official opening ceremony of the upgarded section took place recently. Campbell Newman, the...
Chinese consortium's initiative to source Guinea bauxite will sideline India
The US$ 200 million worth bauxite mining project that Singapore-based Winning International Group has planned to start in the Boke region of western Guinea of Africa, through its formed consortium will sideline traditional suppliers like India, Australia, and Indonesia. Winning plans to export 30...
Alcoa to scale up production at its Pinjarra alumina refinery
Alcoa has flagged a move to expand production at its Pinjarra refinery by up to 20 per cent, winning environmental approval to push the facility’s total alumina output to five million tonnes a year. The Environmental Protection Authority last month ticked off on an Alcoa application to amend...
Glencore - Queensland Govt's preferred developer for Aurukun bauxite mine
A consortium seeking to mine rich bauxite deposits in Aurukun, in far north Queensland, is urging the State Government to reconsider its bid, amid growing uncertainty about Glencore's future. Glencore is the Government's preferred developer but the multinational's share price plunged 30 per cent...
Glencore share plunge casts doubt over future of Aurukun bauxite mine
The shock collapse of Glencore's share price this week has cast doubt over the future of a bauxite mining project in remote Far North Queensland. Shares in the Swiss-based commodities giant plunged 30 per cent on Monday, September 28 after an investment bank warned its stock could become...
Rio Tinto-ARENA's new Solar Plant for Weipa mine starts operation
Rio Tinto and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have announced the Weipa Solar Plant will generate electricity for the mining conglomerate’s bauxite mine, processing facilities and the township. At peak output, the 1.7 megawatt plant can generate sufficient electricity to support up to...
Hindalco Industries trades higher on the bourses
Hindalco Industries is currently trading at INR 73.35, up by 0.20 points or 0.27% from its previous closing of INR 73.15 on the BSE. The scrip opened at INR 72.50 and has touched a high and low of INR 73.65 and Rs. 71.70 respectively. So far 365860 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group...
Metro Mining to seize benefits of upgraded mining approvals
Metro Mining says a decision by the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protections (DEHP) requiring a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for its Bauxite Hills Project is a setback but will provide considerable side benefits. Metro Mining had submitted a detailed application...
Synergy to sell surplus coal to Worsley alumina refinery
West Australian Government-owned electricity generator Synergy has reached an agreement to sell surplus coal to the operators of a South West alumina refinery plagued by supply issues. The deal between Synergy and the operators of the Worsley alumina refinery, owned by South 32, was dubbed a...
2016 Hyundai Sonata update unveiled at Frankfurt show
Hyundai has officially unveiled the mildly updated 2016 Sonata sedan at the Frankfurt Motor Show, featuring a revised exterior design and more standard equipment. The 2016 Sonata continues to showcase Hyundai’s latest styling language, but at the front is a more aggressive bumper bar layout for the...
Altech Chemicals makes key appointment for HPA Project
Altech Chemicals is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Jingyuan Liu as General Manager Operations for its high purity alumina (HPA) project. This key executive appointment marks an important step as the Company progresses its HPA project to detailed plant design and subject to funding...
Metro Mining updates on Bauxite Hills environmental approval process
Metro Mining may be required to submit a full Environment Impact Statement for its Bauxite Hills project at Cape York, Queensland. On 10th August, the company lodged its Site Specific Environment Authority Application for the project with the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage...
Indian govt. delegation visits Huntley’s bauxite mines, seeks Australian collaboration
Union Minister of Steel and Mines, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar met Western Australian Premier, Mr Colin Barnet in latter's office in West Perth, Australia, last week Friday. Tomar is leading a delegation of the Indian mining industry to Sydney for Asia Pacific Mining Exhibition (AIMEX) 2015, one of...
Boyne Smelters manager stands potential contender for AIMEA 2015 title
Boyne Smelters Ltd general manager Joe Rea has reached the regional finals of the Manager of the Year category for the Australian Institute of Management Excellence Awards 2015. During the past three years, he and his workforce have delivered operational cost reductions nearing $100 million,...
