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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About 50 retirees from Century Aluminum's Ravenswood plant hit the picket lines Thursday morning to tell the company they will not back down in their fight to have their health care benefits reinstated. The picket was supposed to mark the last day of health care benefits for the company's early...
Japanese shipments of aluminium products fell 7.6 percent in April from a year earlier to 163,805 tonnes, industry data showed on Wednesday. That was down 4.3 percent from 170,878 tonnes in March, data provided by the Japan Aluminium Association showed. It was the first full month of data since the...
A federal court will consider an appeal Friday filed by retirees at a Ravenswood aluminum plant who say the company is not providing health benefits it promised. Plaintiffs say Century Aluminum promised early retirees continued health benefits even after it shut down in February 2009. But those...
Severe flooding along two major Midwest waterways has ground shipments of barged alumina to a halt, forcing five of the country’s largest smelters to consider shipping alternatives and jeopardizing nearly 1.3 million tonnes of annual domestic aluminum capacity. According to market sources, five...
...BS reported that another Chinese engineer accused in the Vedanta controlled Balco chimney collapse in Korba district of Chhattisgarh can visit his home country but only for a few months. Following the petition of Korba police, the Supreme Court had asked the three Chinese Engineers working with...
...BS reported that another Chinese engineer accused in the Vedanta controlled Balco chimney collapse in Korba district of Chhattisgarh can visit his home country but only for a few months. Following the petition of Korba police, the Supreme Court had asked the three Chinese Engineers working with...
...Reuters reported that Japanese shipments of aluminum products fell 8.5% in March from a year earlier logging the first YoY decline in 16 months as last month's devastating earthquake took a toll on demand from industries across the board..
...Reuters reported that Japanese shipments of aluminum products fell 8.5% in March from a year earlier logging the first YoY decline in 16 months as last month's devastating earthquake took a toll on demand from industries across the board..
...Venezuela's government-run aluminum smelter Alcasa is in a "state of emergency" operationally and financially, an official newspaper said on Friday...
...Rio Tinto has reported a drop in production in the last quarter, as a result of recent weather conditions affecting mines and ports...
...Rio Tinto has reported a drop in production in the last quarter, as a result of recent weather conditions affecting mines and ports...
...Executives at giant Japanese manufacturer Kobe Steel have asked the Bluff aluminum smelter to increase supply after the earthquake and tsunami...
...Unable to put up with severe dust pollution caused by an under-construction alumina factory, over 3,000 people of Gajjiraju Venkatapuram and Subhadrayyapalem villages in Makavarapalem mandal have urged the government to relocate them immediately.
...According to the Gladstone Observer, the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) is taking action after a reported spill of 25 000 litres of sulphuric acid from the refinery on Sunday...
...It is reported that the Environment Protection Authority's investigation into a spill at Rio Tinto Alcan's refinery has found the Northern Territory is exposed to risks of environmental damage because of inadequate site inspections...
...Fed up, frustrated and now fired up, retired Century Aluminum Employees rallied at the West Virginia State Capitol saying the company is taking away health care benefits and breaking promises...
...A record fine amounting to over HUF 10 billion will be imposed on alumina producer MAL Zrt for the red sludge disaster the company caused in October, 2010, state secretary of environmental protection Zoltán Illés told wire agency MTI...
...The Hungarian metals plant responsible for a massive spill of toxic red sludge which killed 10 people last year has switched to a safer technology to process its caustic waste, officials said Monday...
