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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NALCO bags energy conservation award
...State-owned National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) bagged a top prize for efficient utilisation and conservation of energy, the company said Tuesday...
NALCO bags energy conservation award
...State-owned National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) bagged a top prize for efficient utilisation and conservation of energy, the company said Tuesday...
Qingtongxia Energy Aluminum General Manager Accepted Ningxia TV Interview
...December 7, general manager Huanghe was interviewed by Ningxia TV about energy development situation and development plan of Ningxia Qingtongxia Energy Aluminum Group Co.,Ltd...
VALCO's reactivation to provide 8,000 jobs
...The re-activation of the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) which received Cabinet approval last month, would provide a unique opportunity to create 8,000 direct jobs, says Dr Joe Oteng-Adjei, Minister of Energy...
UPDATE 1-Novelis to close smelter in Brazil
...Novelis Inc, a unit of Indian aluminium maker Hindalco Industries Ltd (HALC.BO: Quote), said it will shut a 60,000 tonnes-a-year smelter in Brazil due to high operating costs and energy prices, affecting about 300 employees...
RUSAL and RusHydro to borrow RUB50bn from VEB
...Russia’s Boguchanskaya hydropower plant and Boguchansky Aluminum Smelter have signed agreements for two loans totaling RUB50bn (US$1.59bn) from state-owned Vnesheconombank (VEB), VEB said...
Uncertain future for AE & E workers
...UP TO 100 AE & E workers building a $500 million power station at the Worsley alumina expansion project, have been told they will get their entitlements. Angry about their uncertain future now the company is in administration, they met administrator Martin Green of Sydney’s B.R.I. Ferrier this...
Aluminium smelter on the rocks
...Doubts over the future of the Hydro aluminium smelter at Kurri Kurri have stirred memories of the closure of Coalfields’ mines in the 1960s. Kurri Kurri District Business Chamber is urging the community to rally at Rotary Park, Lang Street at 10am this morning in a bid to sway the state...
Ghana to restart Valco aluminium smelter next year
...Ghana plans to restart its Valco aluminium smelter next year as a prelude to building an integrated aluminium industry as world metal prices and its own energy resources improve, the government said on Wednesday...
Aluminium demand takes its toll
...The world has an insatiable appetite for aluminium - but producing one tonne of aluminium creates 13 tonnes of waste, consisting of 10 tonnes of rock and 3 tonnes of toxic sludge...
Kurri smelter stopwork over stalled power deal
...Union officials are warning Hydro Aluminium could walk away from its multi-million dollar expansion plans for Kurri Kurri if a new power deal isn't signed...
After aluminium, Nalco wants to make waves in power
...State-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has chalked out plans to enter the power business through the special purpose vehicle (SPV) route. The company plans to produce over 2,000 Mw by 2016...
TAQA aluminum move pays off for Q3
...The National reported that Abu Dhabi National Energy Company move into aluminum has helped boost revenues for the Q3...
China cutting aluminum output in 2010 - Alcoa
...Reuters reported that China will likely curtail another 600,000 tonnes of aluminum smelter production before the end of 2010 to meet energy efficiency targets but whether they restart that shuttered production in 2011 remains to be seen...
Tomago signs NSW largest energy contract
...AAP reported that Tomago Aluminum has secured the company's power supply until 2028 after signing the state's largest ever energy agreement with Macquarie Generation...
Hydro increases pressure over supply of power
...THE Norwegian operator of the Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter in the Hunter Valley is trying to force the state government to sign a new long-term supply contract...
Sterlite Energy seeks rule relaxation for SEZ
...Vedanta Group firm Sterlite Energy has sought relaxation in special economic zone (SEZ) rules to benefit its power plant in Orissa which needs to transport coal through Vedanta Aluminum's SEZ, a commerce ministry official has said...
One-Third of China's Aluminum Output `Affected' by Curbs, Sanmenxia Says
...One-third of China’s aluminum output has been “affected” by energy-saving power curbs and production this year may not be able to reach 17 million metric tons, Xiao Chongxin, executive general manager of Sanmenxia Tianyuan Aluminum Co, said in an interview in Shanghai today...
