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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Press Metal Bhd said it will restart operations at its Samalaju smelting plant within a month, following a decision to cease operations after a fire incident that occurred last Sunday. The group halted trading in its shares for one hour yesterday, between 2.30pm and 3.30pm in view of the...
A smelting plant of Malaysia's biggest aluminium maker, Press Metal Bhd, in Borneo caught fire last Sunday, the company said late on Tuesday. The company said it was unable to ascertain the cause of the fire or estimate its full impact, and that the incident did not cause any harm to any persons or...
More than 550 United Steel Workers union members are still picketing outside a Century Aluminum plant in Hawesville. The two sides, we're learning, are no closer to a resolution. A vending machine supplier is fighting rumors that it crossed picket lines to service Century Aluminum's snack machines....
While noting that it was not possible to forecast the extent of electricity curtailment over the remainder of the year, aluminium manufacturer Hulamin says it is “already clear” that its earnings per share (EPS) and headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the six months to June 30 will be more than...
Venezuela's production of aluminum and steel in 2014 fell to their lowest levels in three decades due to limited investment, aging machinery and chronic labor conflict, according to the industry ministry's annual report. Output at Venezuelan steelmaker Sidor, nationalized in 2008 by late socialist...
Xinfa Aurum Exploration Limited in Bua is facing bauxite stockpiling issues as a result of heavy rain showers in the region. Managing Director, Isirelli Dagaga highlighted the issue in an interview where he also says that they even refrain from mining in wet weathers as it results the production....
The long shuttered Columbia Falls Aluminium Co. is in the running to be on the Superfund National Priorities List with support from Gov. Steve Bullock. Superfund is the federal environment program that is especially reserved for the cleanup of abandoned, hazardous waste site. The Environment...
A bushfire is hampering mining operations for BHP Billiton and Newmont Mining at two sites south of Perth. The mining giants are closely monitoring an out of control bushfire which has burned more than 30,000 hectares in the south west of Western Australia. A house has been destroyed and about 50...
Brazil, which was once the sixth largest aluminium producer in the world has now slipped two spots down to the eighth position primarily due to their severe bout of drought which has made electricity a scarce commodity. While the world primary aluminium production has increased by 3% from 2012 to...
A Fire which gutted a $54 million Australian Navy patrol boat has been blamed for the demise of a Brisbane-based boat manufacturing and servicing company. Aluminium Boats Australia today announced it had been placed into voluntary administration after the HMAS Bundaberg was destroyed while...
A West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco) train has derailed in the vicinity of Capture land and Tawes Meadows in St Catherine a short while ago. Information is sketchy at this point but OBSERVER ONLINE can report that no one was injured. The train is reported to have been heading to May Pen,...
BILLIONS of naira worth of property was, at the weekend, destroyed, as fire ravaged Tower Aluminum Company, at the Industrial Estate in Onipanu area of Ota, Ogun State. The inferno reportedly affected up to 15 companies, which relied on Tower Aluminum’s mill, which was completely burnt. The fire...
WESTPAC chief economist Bill Evans says he doesn't hold any great hopes for the alumina industry, with low commodity prices set to continue. Speaking at the GEA Major Industry Conference in Gladstone on Thursday, Mr Evans said the future for the industry appeared grim. More than 3000 people work in...
Alro Slatina, a Romanian group and among the largest aluminium producers in Eastern and Central Europe recently announced that none of their Romanian workers are working in the company owned mine in Sierra Leone which falls in the region of high infestation of the Ebola virus. Alro’s...
Noranda Aluminum Inc. announced Tuesday that it is laying off up to 200 employees and suspending an expansion project at its southeast Missouri smelter because state regulators refused to lower its electricity rates. The cutbacks by Noranda come less than two weeks after the Missouri Public Service...
Producing aluminum in Brazil got so expensive as electricity prices surged to records this year that Alcoa Inc. (AA) idled its Pocos de Caldas smelter and now sells the facility’s power instead of metal. The worst drought in decades drained reservoirs used to run hydroelectric generators that...
The Niagara World-Wide company announced July 31 the final and permanent closing of the former Ormet Primary Aluminum Corporation's plant near here. Along with the closing, Niagara fired the last twenty workers still employed at the former Ormet facility. Ormet, including its property and assets,...
After more than 50 years as one of Geelong's major employers Alcoa will close its aluminium smelter this week. One by one the pot lines are being switched off, with the Point Henry plant's final line being shutdown on Thursday. The shutdown was announced in February after the company decided the...
