Coal-heavy Australian aluminium vs renewables-led New Zealand: How Oceania is balancing decarbonisation
Oceania’s primary aluminium industry is facing a fragmented energy transition. While Australia, the leading aluminium producer of the continent, has abundant renewable resources and a well-established aluminium value chain, its smelters remain significantly more dependent on fossil-fuel-based...
Can the US afford to cut Canada off? 75% aluminium and $100b energy tell the story
The US aluminium industry’s dependence on Canada extends far beyond primary aluminium imports. While Canada supplies around 75 per cent of US imported primary aluminium, covering roughly 60 per cent of the country’s annual aluminium usage, it is also a major supplier of crude oil, natural gas and...
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Jiangnan Group wins tenders for UHV power cables
China’s leading power cable producer Jiangnan Group Ltd. has won tenders for ultra high voltage (UHV) power cables in a total contract sum of 91 million yuan ($15 million). Jiangnan Group has been awarded with contracts from the subsidiaries of the State Grid Corp. of China in Nanjing, Xuzhou,...
Sebree Smelter jobs safe
It appears the 480 jobs at Century Aluminum's Sebree Smelter will not be going anywhere in the near future. Century, Big Rivers and Kenergy have reached a new power agreement for the plant. The deal is similar to the agreement the companies have concerning Century's Hawesville plant. Under that...
Horizon’s aluminium rollers offer a strong option at half the weight of steel
Innovative aluminium conveyor rollers designed and built by Horizon Conveyor Equipment are offering light relief to site operators in their efforts to tackle health and safety risks and cut maintenance downtime. Horizon has constructed its heavy duty aluminium rollers to offer robust strength but...
Bauxite industry undergoing longest crisis - Jamalco
An executive of one of Jamaica’s major bauxite and alumina companies, Jamalco, says the industry is undergoing its longest crisis in recent memory with not much signs of an immediate reverse. Acting manager of Jamalco Leo Lambert says the crisis is now entering its sixth year. He says the situation...
NSW's stance on smelter contract may stall Macquarie Generation sale
Mike Baird is dreaming if he expects a trouble-free, $2.1 billion sale of Macquarie Generation when 23 per cent of its revenue could go up in smoke. In opposing a renegotiation of the steep rise in MacGen's long-term power contract with its biggest customer, the Rio Tinto-controlled Tomago...
US aluminium companies hit by power outages after storm
Aluminium companies from the US Midwest to the East Coast were hit by power outages resulting from powerful storms that hit the country earlier in the week. Netherlands-based aluminium products manufacturer Constellium experienced three power outages at its plants in Novi and Van Buren during the...
Century, Big Rivers and Kenergy file definitive energy agreements for Sebree smelter
Century Aluminum Sebree LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company, Kenergy Corp. and Big Rivers Electric Corporation today announced that they have finalized and filed with the Kentucky Public Service Commission definitive agreements among the parties for a new power arrangement...
Alba boosts efficiency with new technology at Lines 1-3
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) boosted efficiency levels at the plant with a recent upgrade to the new resistor preheating method for Pot Lines 1 - 3. Using principles of lean management and operational efficiency, this new technique is cost and energy efficient as compared to the earlier method....
DUBAL first customer for GE's new high performance platforms
Dubai Aluminium Company (DUBAL), which powers one of the world's largest aluminium smelters with a 2,350 MW power station, has placed the first order in the Middle East for innovative, high-performance platforms by GE that enhance the flexibility, performance and value of its existing gas turbine...
America Recycles Day spotlights industry critical to environment and economy
In honor of America Recycles Day, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), applauded all individuals who make a strong effort to recycle as part of daily life, and encouraged all to learn more about recycling and the industry. ISRI, which serves as the voice of the recycling industryTM,...
Ormet shutdown affects AEP 2014 sales projections
The impending shutdown of an aluminum smelting operation in Ohio will have an impact on American Electric Power's electricity sales next year. AEP President and CEO Nick Akin is scheduled to speak Nov. 12 at the 48th Annual Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference in Orlando, Fla. In...
ALSCON executes water projects in Akwa Ibom
The Management of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) says the company has executed N23.25 million water projects in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. The company’s Director of Public/Government Relations, Mrs Tatyana Smirnova, disclosed this in an interview with the News...
Gulf's aluminium market worth $30bn, says analyst
A slew of investments in the Gulf’s aluminium industry are currently worth around $30bn but are likely to grow to $55bn by 2020, according to Frost & Sullivan. Venkatesan Subramanian, vice-president and leader of the research firm’s metals and minerals practice, said the Gulf is “poised to become a...
Rio Tinto yet to decide on Gove Alumina Refinery
The future of Rio Tinto Limited's (Melbourne, Australia) Gove alumina refinery is still far from certain, as all concerned parties continue negotiations to secure a supply of natural gas for the facility. The refinery and bauxite mine on the Gove Peninsula, 650 kilometres (400 miles) east of...
Aluminium industry fundamentally hit by EU regulatory costs: EC
Cost pressure of EU policies and regulations has put the European aluminium industry at a competitive disadvantage to its global rivals. This is the key finding of a study undertaken for the European Commission in the framework of its Fitness Check on the aluminium sector that is published today....
Greece's PPC threatens to ditch top client Aluminium SA in price row
Greece's dominant electricity producer PPC threatened on Thursday to ditch its biggest customer, Aluminium SA, upping the ante in a five-year row between the two firms over power supply prices. The dispute, which threatens to disrupt production at Aluminium, southeast Europe's biggest aluminum...
DUBAL honoured by Emirates energy award programme
Having again lent its support to the 2013 Emirates Energy Award ("EEA") programme, Dubai Aluminium (" DUBAL ") was honoured to receive a Gold Sponsor's Trophy during the awards-presentation ceremony, hosted by the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy ("DSCE") on 28 October 2013. Abdulla Kalban...
Jamaican Prime Minister meets Noble Group over CAP Alumina project
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller meets Mr. Mark Hansen, head of Noble Group Metals Division and Mr Richard Elman, Chairman of Noble Group with Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining. Noble Resources Ltd which has entered into an agreement with Clarendon...
