Canada's retaliatory tariffs on US goods, including aluminium and steel products, take effect as Washington intensifies pressure on Canadian industry. Canada is escalating its trade confrontation with the United States, imposing tariffs of up to 50 per cent on US imports worth CAD 27.6 billion (USD...
The aluminium industry stands at a juncture material quality, recycling capacity, cross-border cooperation, carbon compliance and energy security are falling into a network of interconnectivity. The aluminium supply chain is evolving from simply securing enough metal to securing the right quality,...
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Modernisation of Rio Tinto Alcan’s Kitimat aluminium smelter in British Columbia, Canada, is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2014. The slow-moving US$3Bn project, which was started in 2011, received a capital injection of US$2.7Bn last Christmas. Work so far has included the...
Unionized workers at Rio Tinto Alcan's Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec have approved a new contract ending an extended lockout, the union and the company confirmed late on Thursday. The approval comes more than six months after Rio Tinto Alcan locked out its unionized workers after...
Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) said Monday that it has reached an agreement in principle with labor union representatives from its Canadian Alma aluminum smelter following a seven-month lockout. Rio Tinto Alcan, the aluminum arm of Rio, locked out 780 unionized workers at its 438,000-ton-a-year...
A ship with 12,000 tons of bauxite sets course toward Canada from Cabo Rojo Port today, which marks the resumption of the mineral’s extraction and export, to benefit nearly all sectors in the impoverished community on the border with Haiti. The cargo ship which brought the wind turbines for the...
The Montreal company said its technology will ultimately revolutionized the way that alumina is produced, be it high-purity or smelter grade. Orbite Aluminae Inc. said it has begun construction of a high purity alumina plant in the Gaspe region of Quebec. The company said in a press release that...
Growth in May shipments of aluminum accelerated in both the US and Canada, an improvement from the smaller growth levels shown in April. Inventory positions improved slightly in both countries. US Service Center Activity: 136,100 tonnes of aluminum products were shipped by US Service Centers in...
Orbite Aluminae of Montreal has begun construction of its high purity alumina (HPA) production plant in Cap-Chat. The company has successfully run a pilot plant at the site, and now it will spend between $26 million and $30 million to bring the plant up to commercial capacity. The original...
Preliminary estimates of total aluminium demand in the USA and Canada for Q1 2012 totaled 5.8 million pounds, a 7.5% increase over Q1 2011. Compared to April 2011, net new orders of mill products reported by domestic producers increased 3.7%. A significant increase was seen in demand for...
Rio Tinto Alcan has awarded two contracts to Fives Solios for its Kitimat brownfield smelter, in British Columbia, Canada. The first contract for the Green Anode Plant consists of the supply of a complete mixing line including the preheating screw, the IMC (Intensive Mixing Cascade), two Xelios,...
Orbite Aluminae Inc is pleased to announce the start of its exploratory drilling campaign aimed at upgrading its resources and developing new exploitation zones. It also announces that it has filed a new patent application in the U.S. In addition, Richard Boudreault, President and CEO of Orbite,...
Rio Tinto Alcan has selected Konecranes to provide two 225-ton SMARTON(R) powerhouse cranes with tandem lift capability for its aluminium smelter in northern British Columbia. The turnkey contract also includes installation, remote diagnostics and an operator training package from The Konecranes...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. CA:ORT -6.04% (the "Company") is proud to announce that it is developing a program to train prospective employees for its projected facilities, i.e. its high-purity alumina (HPA) production plant in Cap-Chat, scheduled for commissioning at the end of 2012, and its larger-scale...
Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) said Thursday it is willing to enter talks with labor unions regarding a collective work agreement at its Canadian Alma aluminum smelter if the talks are "reasonable." "We have come to solutions all the time before [regarding collective work agreement], it's just about being...
Rio Tinto increased production of several key commodities in the first quarter, but global aluminum output slipped by nine per cent, largely as a result of its decision to lock out employees at a smelter in Quebec. The London-based mining giant's share of aluminum production at its own and jointly...
Novelis has declared the closure of its Jonquire, Quebec, Canada-based Saguenay Works facility. Once the transition is completed, production will be stopped in August 2012. According to the President and CEO at Novelis, Philip Martens, the company still has a significantly strong long-term...
Aluminum products maker Novelis Inc, which has cut its fiscal 2012 earnings estimate because of lower shipments and soft demand, will close its Saguenay Works in Jonquiere, Quebec. The plant has 157 staff and production employees and makes aluminum coils to supply other Novelis facilities. It will...
Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska is renewing his interest in Canadian business, striking a deal with a junior Quebec miner that could represent a small taste of a larger appetite by the soft-spoken industrialist for assets in the province. Mr. Deripaska’s United Co. Rusal, the world’s largest...
Building and engineering products group Alumasc has won a 10 million pound contract to supply roofing to a large aluminium smelter in Canada. The firm said the majority of the revenue and profit from the new contract was expected to come in its financial years ending 30 June 2013 and 30 June 2014....
