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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Rio Tinto Alcan's Lynemouth aluminium smelter in Northumberland is still running at a reduced rate following a power cut in December which knocked out more than half its capacity, a spokesman said on Thursday. "One production line (potline) is completely down and 25 percent of the other is also...
Kazakh emergency situations ministry said that fire took place at the aluminum smelter in Pavlodar as a result of short circuit in electric furnace. As a result of the incident, a worker of the plant injured. As per report ten meters of conveyor belt caught fire as a result of short circuit in...
MORE than four months after being blamed for the fish kill at the Rio Cobre in July, the West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco) has refused to reveal the status of their internal investigations into the incident. "We are aware of the concerns surrounding the Rio Cobre Watershed and its aquatic...
A group of Century Aluminum retirees is camping outside the company's shuttered plant in Ravenswood to protest their loss of health care benefits. The protesters also include retirees' family members and supporters. Karen Gorrell tells the Parkersburg News and Sentinel (http://bit.ly/s0LroC ) that...
Production at part of an aluminium plant in Northumberland has been halted after a large power cut. The Rio Tinto Alcan plant at Lynemouth lost power in the early hours. Management launched full emergency procedures but say no-one was hurt. The firm says it is too early to tell what caused the...
A SUBSIDIARY of mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd has been fined $160,000 after admitting to a large fuel spill in the Northern Territory last year. Alcan Gove Pty Ltd pleaded guilty in the Darwin Magistrates Court today to causing serious environmental harm and was fined $160,000 by magistrate Michael...
National Aluminium Company which has come under attack from the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) for recurring incidents of ash pond slippage has proposed to dump its fly ash in abandoned stone quarries. As a long-term measure for efficient management of fly ash disposal, the aluminium major is...
Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has warned National Aluminum Company (Nalco) over the frequent leakage polluted water from the ash pond of the company’s captive power plant at Angul. The pollution watchdog cautioned that it would stern action against the company if it fails to manage...
Argentina's biggest aluminum producer, Aluar (ALU.BA), will not meet its expected output of 475,000 tonnes this year as recent heavy rains flooded its smelter, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday. Aluar's primary aluminum production plant in the southern city of Puerto Madryn, will be...
The maintenance manager of Jupiter Aluminum Corporation in Hammond has been sentenced to six months of home detention after pleading guilty in federal court to conspiring to violate a U.S. Clean Air Act permit and to making false statements in reports to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,...
Argentine aluminium producer Aluar (BUE:ALUA) yesterday said that its production capacity in the Puerto Madryn city had been reduced by between 20% and 25% due to strong rains on Sunday. The rains flooded electricity installations and affected the power supply from the Futaleufu hydroelectric plant...
Aluar Aluminio Argentina SA (ALUA.BA) said Monday that its production capacity has been reduced by 20% to 25% after a landslide damaged electric equipment that feeds power to its aluminum smelter. In a statement to the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, Aluar said it's working to restore power to its...
There was a fatal accident in which one person died and another was critically injured after a bauxite mining pit at Aroaima caved in.The site belongs to Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI), the local subsidiary of UC Rusal. Prime Minister Samuel Hinds said a team of investigators would...
VietNamNet Bridge – About 200 hectares of coffee, tea and fish pools in Bao Lam District, Lam Dong Province have been polluted by the wastewater released by the Tan Rai bauxite plant that contains sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Tran Duong Le, deputy director of the Management Board of the Lam Dong...
Hungary's MAL will appeal a HUF 135 billion fine for environmental damages resulting from a burst sludge reservoir at its alumina plant in Ajka (NW Hungary), the company told MTI on Thursday. MAL will dispute the legal basis of the fine as well as its scale in the appeal, MAL lawyer György Ruttner...
The Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has placed order to import two lakh tonnes of coal to tide over the short supply of coal due to heavy rain and floods in Orissa. The imported coal would start arriving after a week, sources said. Nalco is sourcing coal from Mahanadi...
The recent causality by Dengue outbreak in Orissa is frowning upon with several deaths being reported from various places of the state. Though not as grim as in the most affected areas like Anugul and Jharsuguda, the situation in Kalahandi–one of the backward areas of the country–does not speak a...
A Wisconsin man has been charged with tampering with environmental monitors, then covering it up at a southern Kentucky secondary aluminum production plant. A federal grand jury in Bowling Green on Wednesday charged 59-year-old Daniel Evanoff of Plymouth, Wis., with conspiracy to defraud the United...
