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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Despite Press Metal Bhd’s (Press Metal) Mukah smelting plant being out of commission due to the blackout last week, analysts believe this will not leave much impact for the group in the long term period, partly mitigated by the ramping up of its Samalaju smelter. On Monday, Press Metal announced on...
The aluminum smelter Oetinger, one of the largest buyers of aluminum scrap, has filed for insolvency at the district court in Neu-Ulm on Tuesday. Frank Kebekus of the Düsseldorf law firm Kebekus et Zimmermann has been appointed as the preliminary insolvency administrator. The company ran into...
Sludge has been leaking from an aluminum plant in Baise City, southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, since mid-June, government authorities confirmed Monday. On June 17, leakage containing ore waste was found at a sludge tank at a plant of the Guangxi Branch of the Aluminum Corporation...
Penn Aluminum International LLC has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for nine serious safety violations carrying proposed fines of $45,000. OSHA initiated an inspection of the aluminum product manufacturer in January under the national...
The Montenegrin government filed a court motion on Friday to consider bankruptcy for the country’s single biggest industrial employer, indebted aluminium plant KAP, which faces having its electricity cut off over unpaid bills. Kombinat Aluminijuma Podgorica employs 1,200 people and accounted for...
Hydro issued a notice of force majeure to its alumina customers on Wednesday as power outages and lowered production at Alunorte alumina refinery may affect alumina deliveries to customers. It is currently not possible to determine or estimate whether and how deliveries to customers will be...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Century Aluminum of West Virginia to develop an updated cleanup plan for a former industrial facility in Ravenswood, W.Va., that was used for the storage and disposal of hazardous materials that were byproducts of aluminum production. EPA...
Anheuser-Busch is providing 51,744 cans of emergency drinking water for use by relief workers and residents affected by the tornado in Oklahoma City and its surrounding suburbs. Anheuser-Busch is working with the American Red Cross to get the water where it's most needed. Additionally, the company...
Repairs from one fire may have led to another at a Chesterfield plant. For the second time in little over a week, fire crews spent hours at the Aleris Aluminum Recycling Plant just south of Willis road near I-95. Nearly 30 people inside got out safely Friday morning. A worker called in the fire...
Rio Tinto Alcan has suspended anode production at its 424,000-tonne-per-year Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec while it investigates the cause of a fatal accident overnight. The anode operations at the site will remain shut until further notice after an employee died following an accident at...
Despite occasional glimpses of hope that the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. plant would resume operations, the shuttered facility’s future is more uncertain than ever as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency begins investigating the site for hazardous pollutants and scepticism over the prospect of...
A fire broke out in the cooling tower at Alcoa's Kwinana alumina refinery today causing up to $1 million damage. There were reports of an explosion and a plume of black smoke flowed from the refinery. Department of Fire and Emergency Services spokesman Allen Gale confirmed the blaze started a short...
Bosnia's Serb Republic government ordered the tax authority on Saturday to launch bankruptcy procedures at the region's indebted alumina plant, majority-owned by troubled Lithuanian lender Ukio Bankas . The decision follows a police investigation earlier this week into alleged tax evasion and...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester says he is skeptical the shuttered Columbia Falls Aluminum Company plant will reopen after more than three years of trying to broker a power deal between owner Glencore and the Bonneville Power Administration. Tester held a listening session Tuesday for Columbia Falls residents...
Having smoothed over differences with two key creditors, aluminum smelter Ormet Corp. on Thursday submitted final versions of its Chapter 11 bidding procedures and $90 million debtor-in-possession financing package, which enshrines private equity firm Wayzata Investment Partners LLC as the stalking...
MAL Hungarian Aluminium Ltd is to be dismantled by state-owned liquidator Nemzeti Reorganizációs Nonprofit by court order, the National Development Ministry said on Wednesday. The firm behind the lethal “red mud” toxic waste spill of October 2010 has been in an impossible financial position since...
The adverse weather conditions in Vanua Levu have affected bauxite mining operations at Nawailevu in Bua. Bauxite mine manager Basilio Vanuaca said operations had come to a standstill as a result of the bad weather experienced in the Northern Division. "We will resume normal operations during fine...
A policeman and two Russian nationals were among ten people injured yesterday after several boxes of fuel-soaked dynamite exploded at the RUSAL Bauxite Inc. at Kwakwani, Berbice River. Three of the victims were treated at the Kwakwani Hospital before being air-lifted to the city and admitted to the...
