The ongoing geopolitical tensions, especially with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, are deemed to be creating an adverse impact on Jamaica's bauxite and alumina sector. As warned by the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), the country is now grappling with increased production costs and a feeding...
The global aluminium price is on a rising trend, reaching a four-year high, especially because of the ongoing tensions in the Middle East. In March 2026, the aluminium price rose to USD 3,492 per tonne. In the upcoming African Mining Week (AMW) 2026, which is being scheduled for October 14-16 in...
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<p>A fault on the Victorian transmission network on November 30 cut power to the potlines of Alcoa’s Portland smelter for more than five hours. Alcoa as a result has curtailed production at one of the potlines at its smelter to ensure safety of the workers.<br /><br />"Efforts are focused on...
<p>The United Steelworkers (USW) union announces that it has reached an agreement with the Sherwin Alumina management regarding preseravtion of pension plan and gains severance pay and other benefits for the USW members after the comapny's alumina refinery in Gregory shuts down officially on...
<p>Press Metal Bhd is on its way to making a comeback as it has received full claims from its insurer to pay off for losses incurred from last year’s fire incident at its Samalaju aluminium smelter, reported industry sources. <br /><br />All the smelting pots at Samalaju facility have been...
<p>Jiaozuo Wanfang Aluminum Co., one of the subsidiaries of Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco), announced yesterday that production at its aluminum smelting plant has been severely affected by flood. <br /><br />All the facilities were flooded, resulting in a prolonged power outage....
Aluminium supply in south and east China will tighten further as transport has been several affected by days of torrential rains, SMM expects. SMM learned that aluminium ingot shipments from smelters in northwest China, including Qingtongxia Aluminum and Gansu Aluminum, will be delayed by 4-5 days.
A gamut of measures have been taken to systematize bauxite mining and transport in Pahang Malaysia, ever since the moratorium ended last month. As per the new rules, safer pakamatic lorries will be transporting bauxite on newly designed routes to new safer storage sites for stockpiles. The routes...
Gov. Jay Nixon announced on Tuesday, March 8 that $1.7 million in resources will be allocated to assist the nearly 850 workers impacted by layoffs at the Noranda Aluminum in New Madrid. These resources, made available through the Missouri Department of Economic Development and other partner...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces its operating results for the fourth quarter 2015 (“4Q15”) and full year 2015 (“12M15”). During the fourth quarter of 2015, bauxite and nepheline ores production totalled 2,850 thousand tonnes (-13.4% QoQ) and 952 thousand tonnes (-9.6% QoQ),...
Following an electric supply circuit failure which occurred Thursday last week, Noranda Aluminum idled two of three aluminium smelting potlines at its New Madrid smelter. No serious injuries were reported. Noranda, the largest buyer of Ameren Missouri electricity, had bought around 10 percent of...
Century Aluminum’s Mount Holly smelter was due to shut down, probably for good; but just a couple days before the inevitable closure, president and CEO Michael Bless stepped in to try one last time to save several jobs from being lost. The aluminium smelter and its workers saw Bless working till...
Century Aluminum began closing its Goose Creek plant Monday, a move expected to put 600 people out of work eventually. The company started to shut down one of the two lines that make aluminum at the plant, Century spokeswoman Samantha Dubay said. The first layoffs will come next week, with about...
Metal manufacturing firms in Ghana, which include small to medium sized aluminium smelters, continue to record losses in their operations due to a host of factors including the hostile exchange rate market and the poor power situation in the country. According to the industry sources, the rolling...
Balco, part of Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd, has started the procedure to shut down its rolling business in Chhattisgarh - a move that will see 1,000 people losing jobs. Last month, the aluminium manufacturer had announced its decision to shut down the rolling mill in Korba (Chhattisgarh) on...
Success Aluminium, a manufacturer and supplier of aluminium products and systems with an estimated annual turnover of $39.4 million has collapsed into voluntary administration. The company has been operating for more than 30 years and employs 34 staff across its operations in New South Wales,...
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation announced today that molten aluminum production at its New Madrid, Missouri aluminum plant is continuing at the same level as before an explosion yesterday in that facility's casthouse. Although the incident affected the company's production of extrusion billet,...
A massive explosion rocked a southeast Missouri aluminum plant Tuesday, injuring some workers and creating a plume of smoke that could be seen for miles. The explosion and fire occurred around 12:30 p.m. at the Noranda Aluminum plant near the town of Marston in New Madrid County, about 170 miles...
Aluminium Powder Company (Alpoco), Holyhead has been reported to be making around 10 redundancies. This led to fears of more than a quarter of workforce reduction in its Anglesey aluminium plant. The GMB union said it was dealing with a redundancy issue at the company. Holyhead mayor JV Owen said...
A three-week production halt last month at Press Metal Bhd’s smelting plant due to a fire may have cost the company up to RM160 million in lost revenue. “It would not be an entire loss, it’s a production loss. But certainly, the aluminium price is a big impact to revenue,” group chief executive...
