The aluminium industry is entering the second half of 2026 with demand signals moving in different directions. Beverage cans are finding new consumption opportunities in Brazil, extrusion demand remains resilient in key markets, and aluminium producers are benefiting from firmer prices. At the same...
Alurion Resources has started infill drilling and bulk-sample trenching at its Amargosa Bauxite-Gallium Project in Bahia, Brazil, as the newly listed company advances the asset toward a targeted mid-2027 pre-feasibility study. The field programme marks a shift from defining the project’s resource...
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The internal expert task force established to review the Alunorte alumina refinery after the flooding in February has reported preliminary findings. The status report has the following main findings: Discharge of water overflowing from the adjacent waste-water holding pond into the internal open...
Norwegian aluminum maker Norsk Hydro’s Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil made unauthorized spills of waste water last month, the company said on Sunday, more than two weeks after local authorities first began to raise questions. Heavy rain and flooding at the plant in mid-February sparked fears...
Hydro announced that SGW Services will conduct an independent review of the water treatment and effluent management systems at its Alunorte alumina refinery in Barcarena. The independent review by SGW is expected to announce its conclusions during the first week of April. "The objective of the SGW...
Brazilian court has rejected Norsk Hydro’s request to resume operations at its Alunorte alumina refinery. The company had appealed to a higher court after a regional court ordered it to cut production by 50 per cent at its alumina refinery. On Friday, Hydro issued force majeure notice following...
Hydro's CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg has appointed CFO Eivind Kallevik as interim head of Bauxite & Alumina with immediate effect, replacing Silvio Porto, in response to the challenging situation at the Alunorte alumina refinery that is currently operating at 50 percent capacity. Kallevik will at...
Hydro announced Alunorte has issued a force majeure notice following orders from federal, state and local authorities to cut alumina production by 50 per cent. Alunorte has also declared force majeure due to lack of clarity into what measures it would take to return Alunorte to normal operations....
In another update from Pará, Brazil, after the instruction of Secretariat of Environment and Sustainability in the Brazilian state of Pará (SEMAS) to Hydro to cut 50% production at its Alunorte alumina refinery, a regional court issued a ruling on Wednesday, February 28, demanding Hydro to cut...
Due to ongoing winter-heating season and resultant aluminium smelting cuts, bauxite demand in China domestic market has declined marginally. As a result, bauxite imports dropped in January to 7,037,633 tonnes from 7,163,056 tonnes in December last year. China’s total bauxite import for the...
Hydro has been told by the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainability in the Brazilian state of Pará (SEMAS) to cut production by 50 per cent at its Alunorte alumina refinery due to non-compliance relating to bauxite residue deposit. SEMAS also said it would introduce daily fines of around BRL 1...
Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro has confirmed that there has been no leakage or rupture of the bauxite residue deposits from its alumina refinery following reports of leakage and water contamination affecting communities in Barcarena. The plant, the world’s largest alumina refinery, is...
Mexico’s exports of aluminium scrap, a significant resource to be used as raw material to produce secondary aluminium, represent 1.4% of the total exports. Following an increase in 2016, exports of aluminium scrap from Mexico decreased in 2017. The country is estimated to witness a decrease in...
Brazil’s exports of commodities increased 13.8 per cent year-on-year to USD 16.968 billion last month. The country’s exports of alumina grew in January from a year earlier. According to Brazil’s Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC), Brazil shipped 861,336 tonnes of alumina in...
Brazil, the third largest bauxite producer after Australia and China, shipped 433,797 tonnes of bauxite in January, down 48.7% year on year, according to Brazil’s Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC). For the twelve months of 2017, Brazil’s exports of bauxite decreased 14.2% year...
Triple-listed diversified miner South32 on Wednesday reported that, the company had achieved its guidance for all its operations during the December quarter. Its manganese and aluminium operations, in particular, exceeded expectations, owing to strong market demand. South32 also managed to deliver...
Crown Embalagens Metálicas da Amazônia S.A. (Crown Brazil), one of the biggest manufacturers of two-piece aluminium cans for soft drinks, juices and teas in Brazil and a subsidiary of Crown Holdings, has partnered with Eklo Water to bring the first flavoured water to be packed in aluminium beverage...
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the Second Quarter 2017 , imports of alumina by the U.S. in the third quarter of 2017 were 364,000 tonnes, 19% more than the amount of 307,000 tonnes imported in the second quarter of 2017 and 17% more than the amount of 315,000 tonnes...
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the Third Quarter 2017 , imports of crude and dried bauxite by the U.S. in Q3 2017 were 914,000 tonnes, 13% more than the revised total of 812,000 tonnes in the second quarter of 2017. However, on a YoY basis, import of bauxite drops...
Hydro Extruded Solutions AS has agreed with Arconic to acquire its two extrusion plants in Brazil. The agreement will strengthen Hydro's downstream position in Brazil and create a solid platform for further growth. "We believe in the integrated business model and Brazil is the country where Hydro's...
