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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CHANDIGARH: On Tuesday morning, residents of the Durga Garden colony, Jagadhari in Yamunangar district, woke up to a powerful blast, which took place in a factory running from a two-room house, leaving one worker dead, his co workers and three members of a family living next door, injured....
An explosion and fire at an Alcoa Inc. plant in northern New York has damaged an aluminum melting furnace but caused no injuries A spokeswoman for Pittsburgh-based Alcoa tells the Watertown Daily Times (http://bit.ly/GWmo2y ) that about 60 people were evacuated after the melter malfunctioned at...
A fire occurred at the seawater cooling tower of Qatalum’s Power Plant at 2am on Saturday, March 17. Qatalum Emergency fire services, the Civil Defense and mutual aid partners extinguished the fire and no one was injured during the incident. Aluminium production was not affected and Qatalum...
Fritz Aluminum Services Inc. has been cited by OSHA with 37 violations for exposing workers to a variety of safety and health hazards, including combustible dust accumulations, at the company's facility in Eustis, Florida. OSHA opened an inspection in September after receiving a complaint, and...
The red sludge spill that hit three West Hungarian towns in October 2010 can be attributed to the negligence of alumina factory Mal whose reservoir burst in the first place, and to the authorities in the second, the head of the parliamentary fact-finding committee told Parliament on Tuesday. The...
A small molten aluminum spill this morning at an auto parts manufacturer in Mascot forced employees out of the building, but no injuries were reported, a Rural/Metro official said. According to Battalion Chief Jonathan Rood the leak occurred about 9:30 a.m. at the EXEDY America Corp. in the...
Far from an expected recovery, the aluminium product producer limped in with headline earnings per share (HEPS ) down from 27c in 2010 to 25c for the financial year to December. That was way off the consensus forecast of 59c by analysts polled by I-Net Bridge. In themselves Hulamin’s HEPS numbers...
Chief Executive Officer of the West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO) Leonid Stavitski is to reappear in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on April 3, to answer to alleged environmental breaches by the company. When he appeared in court today, the Crown said it was yet to receive a...
The imbroglio surrounding extension of red mud pond of Vedanta Aluminium Ltd. (VAL) in Lanjigarh seems to be getting murkier with each passing day. Even as 47 villagers of Rengopali who were arrested for protesting the work have been released, people of the village continue to protest. In the last...
Debt of The Aluminium Plant Podgorica (KAP) in Montenegro might trigger an economic collapse in the region, Montenegro Times reported. The failing aluminium complex is jointly managed by the Montenegrin government and the Central European Aluminium Company (CEAC) controlled by Oleg Deripaska, a...
On Dec. 18, a dozen retirees, men and women in their 60s, 70s, even 80s, began occupying a median strip along Route 33 in front of the closed Century Aluminum smelter in Ravenswood, W.Va. In tents and under tarps, a small group stays overnight, despite hypertension, arthritis and other old age...
The debt of a failing aluminum complex in Montenegro is threatening the tiny Balkan state with economic collapse, reported Radio Television Serbia (RTS) on Saturday. The Aluminum Plant Podgorica (KAP) is jointly managed by the Montenegrin government and the Central European Aluminum Company (CEAC)...
WORK at a major factory ground to a halt for several hours after an electrical cable fire early yesterday. Cables of high-voltage switchgears caught fire at Sitra-based Gulf Aluminium Rolling Company (Garmco), sources told the GDN. "The power went off at around midnight and was back only by 6am,"...
RAVENSWOOD - Hundreds of people lost their jobs when Century Aluminum shut down in Jackson County in 2009. Some retirees eventually lost their health benefits as well. But Monday some of those retirees said they are more hopeful than ever that the Ravenswood plant will eventually open again. They...
Apple has confirmed that explosions last year at Chinese plants of two of its parts suppliers were caused by excessive aluminium dust. In its annual report on its suppliers’ efforts in worker safety, labour rights and environmental impact, Apple said the explosions at facilities operated by Hon Hai...
Although forecasts say global aluminium prices may go up for the first quarter of 2012, prospects are bleak for the aluminium sector in Australia. The Norsk Hydro aluminium smelter plant at Kurri Kurri closed on of its three potlines which would result in the lay off of 150 workers. The Tomago...
Century Aluminum Company CENX +2.17% announced that the Grundartangi smelter, owned and operated by its wholly owned subsidiary, Nordural Grundartangi ehf, experienced a temporary power outage yesterday. The outage resulted from damage sustained, due to abnormal and extreme weather conditions, at...
Because of yesterday’s bad-weather-induced power cuts in Iceland production at both the Elkem ferrosilicon plant and the Norðurál aluminium smelter at Hvalfjörður in the west ground to a halt. It is thought the cuts cost the companies tens-of-millions of krónur. Power cuts are very bad for...
