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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China’s Beijing, Tianjin and the Hebei region has endured significant rains since July 29 due to typhoon "Dusuri." In this respect, the Prevention and Rescue Headquarters of Minmetals Nonferrous North China Aluminium Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as North China Aluminium) reacted fast, "a game...
The primary sector witnessed a great loss last week when news about Mr Bhavani Shankar Pani came floating. A member of Utkal Chamber of Commerce (UCC), and the former DGM (Technical) of NALCO closed his eyes on Saturday, 11:20 PM, at HCG Oncology Hospital in Bengaluru. Team AL Circle is saddened by...
On Monday, April 24, a fire broke out at the Novelis aluminium rolling factory in Mill Township. According to Dennison Fire Chief David McConnell, the top of the property at 7335 Newport Road SE caught fire due to an exhaust fan. As per the reports, no injuries were reported. A team from the...
On March 29, 2023, a train accident occurred in the district of Tinguilinta in the sub-prefecture of Tanéné in Boké. According to our information, a CBG train loaded with Bauxite in the province from Sangaredi struck a machine in which a young employee of a security company was present. It has been...
Following the disappearance of an employee of Bosai Mineral, Linden, Region 10, residents protested at the company's office, calling for the complete halt of bauxite mining on March 12, 2023. Neptrid Hercules, a company operator for the last 40 years, went missing in the early hours of Saturday. He...
On November 20, 2022, St Ann, Jamaica police reported that two people is found deceased following a bauxite train derailment. On Monday, a thick pall of sadness hung in the air as co-workers of two men killed in a train crash on Sunday night struggled to cope. A police investigation has been...
A fatal incident at the St Gallen factory in Switzerland occurred when a 25-year-old electrician almost lost his life after falling inside a 720 °C tub of molten aluminium. The man not only survived, but remarkably enough, he dragged himself out of his obvious predicament. The man is now undergoing...
According to a recent report, South32 has temporarily stopped its potline at Mozal aluminium smelter in Mozambique after an accident on Monday, November 7, caused two deaths and one injury of a contractor. The news came after South32 reported: “Reduction operations in Potroom A at Mozal have been...
The Dutch aluminium producer Delfzijl Aluminum commonly known as Aldel, filed for bankruptcy with the court on Thursday, October 27. The news was confirmed by Eric Wildschut, director of finance. High energy costs are the primary reason for the financial issues, resulting from which they had...
On Saturday, October 8, Atharva Metalcraft, a scrap processing facility in Ludhiana, witnessed a severe accident which injured seven people working there. According to the police, the machine used for compressing scrap material exploded, resulting in the blast. Two of the seven workers were...
Just one year after the massive fire at the factory that erupted early on April 3, 2021, Aludium resumed operation of its Alicante plant with the L2, its primary rolling mill. Given the difficulty of organising the work and the global circumstances impacting the supply of components, the repair and...
Jamalco experienced one of the worst disasters in its 63-year history on 22nd August 2021 and marked 22nd August 2022 as the first anniversary of the fire incident at its alumina refinery. Jamalco is a joint venture between General Alumina Jamaica Limited and Clarendon Alumina Production Limited...
On Sunday, August 7, a fire broke out at Novelis Italia S.p.A., a metalworking business located in Pieve Emanuele (Milan). As per the reports, the fire was caused due to an accidental release of aluminium casting. The aluminium casting spill was taken care of by 10 fire brigades from Milan’s...
Founded in 1987, Alutrade, one of the well-sought aluminium recycling companies and extrusion specialists in the UK, claims to have invested between £1.2 million and £1.3 million to introduce better health and safety standards at the Midlands after the accidental demise of an employee in 2017. The...
The Central European nation, Slovakia's sole aluminium producer, Slovalco, which Hydro majorly owns, will be laying-off its maximum number of employees due to higher fuel and emissions constraints and lower aluminium prices. As a result, the company's stakeholders are considering shutting down its...
On Tuesday, July 12, a major accident was reported at Weston Aluminium on Mitchell Avenue. The molten aluminium that had spilt at the Kuri Kuri based smelter was, however, brought under control by the firefighters. The firefighters arrived at the spot at around 11.30 pm, where they discovered a...
Granges, the aluminium technology company driving the development of lighter and more sustainable aluminium products and solutions reported a fire incident on 13th May 2022 in the newly built cold rolling mill currently under commissioning in Konin, Poland production facility. The management...
The British businessman, Sanjeev Gupta owned GFG Alliance, which acquired the Locabher aluminium smelter, the last aluminium smelter in Britain and the hydropower plant from the global mining and metal giant Rio Tino in a £330 million deal in 2016, is encountering a bankruptcy battle in a UK court....
