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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A total of 93 ex-employees at the Incanite Foundries Ltd Smethwick have been awarded around £2,000 each following the closure of the site in May following cash flow problems. Following major investment at the base, including a £1.4 million new aluminium foundry, it was hit by falling turnover and...
Southlanders are waiting in anticipation to see what affect a multi-million dollar employment dispute will have on the Tiwai Pt smelter, Southern leaders say. The future of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters was put in the spotlight again when workers won a lieu dispute that will cost the company an...
Administrators working at Doncaster manufacturing company considered to be ‘doomed’ have finalized a deal to sell particular divisions of business and create 14 jobs initially. But in the whole process, 98 jobs were lost. As the administrators were fearful that 98 employees would lose jobs at...
Government officials say recent tests turned up contaminates in the water on and near the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company site. Tonight, state and federal officials met with residents to talk about taking steps to declare it a Superfund site. A recent environmental protection agency study turned up...
Unions have described the loss of nearly 100 jobs at a Doncaster company that was supplying aluminium frames to the construction industry as a “bitter blow”. Wilson Field, administrators of Norking Aluminium, says it has failed to find a buyer for the company, and so has been forced to make all 98...
ROCK-bottom aluminium prices have prompted Bell Bay Aluminium to shed 20 jobs from its pot lines in northern Tasmania. General manager Ray Mostogl said a restructure to improve the plant’s viability would reduce the smelter’s workforce from 453 to 433. Mr Mostogl said the aluminium market would...
Press Metal Bhd’s Mukah aluminium smelter will return to full production by April, almost nine months after it suffered catastrophic damage during the six-hour statewide power outage in mid last year. Group chief executive officer Datuk Koon Poh Keong (pic) said the plant was in total shut-down for...
The Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) said the management is taking steps to cut down their losses while they have suspended the production of aluminum at the smelter. The managing director of ALSCon, Stanislav Kruglyashov, has given this statement to Business Day on Monday. He said the...
Montenegro on Saturday launched a tender to sell the partially state-owned KAP aluminium plant, its biggest industrial employer, which has been declared bankrupt, an official said. The country hopes to get at least 28 million euros ($38 million) for the Aluminium Company Podgorica (KAP) and its...
It's been 20 years since Consolidated Aluminum Corp. of Allendale did any business. Now the company wants to officially liquidate, saying that's the best way to deal with claims against it, including asbestos-injury cases and pension debt. The company, also known as Conalco, filed for Chapter 11...
Chiping Xinyuan Aluminum Industry Co., a major Chinese aluminum rod producer, was ordered to halt production for heavy air pollution by municipal government of Shandong province where it is based, local news website dzwww.com reported today. Chiping Xinyuan Aluminum is one of 6 local enterprises...
Dozens of former Ormet Corp. employees picketed in front of American Electric Power headquarters yesterday, hoping to call attention to what they see as inaction by the utility and state regulators that led the southeastern Ohio aluminum smelter to shut down. “All we want to do is go back to work,”...
Aluminum company Aldel in Delfzijl went bankrupt. 300 Dutch employees will lose their jobs. In addition, 250 people with temporary contracts and 300 people with supply companies will be laid off.In the past few weeks the company has been unable to find funders for the current operating deficit of...
The United Steelworkers hosted a media call Friday to provide an update on its efforts to reopen the Ormet Corp. aluminum smelter in Hannibal, Ohio, and clear up any misinformation. On Dec. 19, Ormet held an auction to sell off some of its equipment and raw materials at the facility to pay back...
Workers at an aluminium plant near Caerphilly are waiting to see if their jobs are still at risk as the official consultation on its closure ends. Sapa Aluminium began talks with its 132 employees at Bedwas last month. The firm has blamed the move on "significant changes" in market conditions and...
A central Queensland refinery has been fined more than $100,000 for releasing damaging aerosol spray last year. Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) pleaded guilty in the Gladstone Magistrates Court to allowing the release of caustic aerosol spray from its refinery in November 2012. The spray damaged...
Rio Tinto has revealed that its Gove alumina refinery in the Northern Territory will be closed by July next year, throwing more than 1,000 people out of work. The mining giant today briefed its 1,400 refinery workers on the timeline for the shutdown. In a statement, federal Industry Minister Ian...
The Federal Government is coming under increased pressure from the Northern Territory for offering a rescue package for Holden workers in southern states while doing little to help people hit by the looming closure of the Gove alumina refinery. Territory Labor MP Warren Snowdon says while he...
