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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Anglesea station powers down
Last night Alcoa powered down the Anglesea Power Station for the final time, after 46 years of operation. At 8:48pm, long term employees joined Power Station supervisor Bryce Hutton to shut down the station’s boiler, which produces steam to drive the turbine and produce power. “We were planning to...
Need for new power source felt as uncertainty hovers over Tiwai aluminium smelter closure
Meridian Energy Ltd, New Zealand's leading electricity generator and retailer, said in a briefing for its annual report, it thinks New Zealand needs a new source of energy by 2019. Earlier the corporation held that the country had adequate power sources and will not require additional power...
PARC receives award for its scrap aluminum sorting technology
PARC, a Xerox company, announced its "plus up" award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). PARC received this new award, after completing its original $1 million contract, as part of ARPA-E's Modern Electro/Thermochemical Advancements for...
Aluminum demand to grow on booming new energy vehicle sector in China
Aluminum alloy has become a top-of-choice material for new energy vehicle manufacturers in China due to its lightness. New energy vehicles are typically heavier than traditional vehicles because of heavy batteries. Fortunately, auto body made of aluminum alloy could satisfy new energy vehicles’...
UC Rusal to consider Jamaican energy options for its alumina refineries
Phillip Paulwell, Jamaica's Mining Minister, has disclosed that UC Rusal, the Russian aluminium conglomerate, will soon be meeting with the Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET) to give a report on energy projects it is contemplating for its alumina refineries in Jamaica. UC Rusal is...
Reynaers introduces energy efficient aluminium glazing products
Reynaers Aluminium, the UK’s leading aluminium glazing systems maker has introduced all new aluminium curtain walling products as a part of its "At Home" range of glazing systems. Working in conjunction with CF 77 bi-folding doors and CS 68 aluminium doors and windows, Reynaers’ curtain walling...
Mining giant Rio Tinto eyes future for New Zealand aluminum
Global mining giant Rio Tinto's New Zealand subsidiary indicates that it plans to keep the country 's only aluminum smelter operating with a deal to purchase electricity beyond 2017. Meridian Energy, a state-controled power generator, announced Monday that it had signed an electricity agreement...
Agreement should keep Tiwai Point aluminium smelter open
The future of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter looks assured after South Island power generator and retailer Meridian Energy signed a variation to its existing deal with the Rio Tinto-controlled with New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd (NZAS). NZAS had the right to terminate the existing contract...
Falling power costs cut China aluminum smelting costs in July
The average cost at Chinese aluminum smelters dropped 3.57% month-on-month in July, driven by lower power costs, SMM survey showed. Power costs fell 7.8% compared with June. Some aluminum smelters have received preferential power tariffs due to China’s power reform. Smelters with captive power...
Jinjiang Group to build 2 Mln-tpy aluminum project in Guizhou
Jinjiang Group has reached a consensus with the government of Qianxinan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, to build a coal-electricity- aluminum project in Xingren County. The vertical project consists of 2 million-tpy aluminum liquid, 4 million KW power generating units and supporting aluminum...
S.Africa's Hulamin H1 profit drops 34 pct
South African aluminium products maker and marketer Hulamin Ltd on Monday reported a 34 percent drop in first-half operating profit due to electricity shortages and planned maintenance. Africa's most advanced economy is the midst of its worst power crisis and is struggling to keep the lights on as...
Fiji miners to hunt their own power sources and refine locally
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Fiji says future large scale mining operations may have to provide their own power sources and conduct refining processes locally. Committee chairman Joeli Cawaki said this was one of the recommendations being considered after hearing...
Technal provides aluminium curtain walling systems for Codeworks
Technal-brand aluminium curtain walling systems have contributed to an “A” rating for energy efficiency for The Codeworks – a striking new office and data center which forms the first phase of the Strata Campus in Stockport, UK. The 30,000-square-foot development for the insurance software...
China's SEPCO hands over first unit of Balco's INR 5,000-Cr plant
China's Shandong Electric Power Corporation or SEPCO on Tuesday handed over the first unit of Balco's INR 5,000-crore 1,200 MW power plant to the aluminium producer. Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco), a part of the billionaire Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group, said work will start on the remaining...
Vertical aluminum processing industry booming in Henan
Coal-electricity- aluminum -processing industry chain is developing in full swing in Yichuan Industrial Park, Henan Province, local media reported. The park is now home to 2.22 million Kw installed power generating capacity, 840,000 tonne aluminum capacity and 650,000 tonne aluminum processing...
Constellium makes new progress on its sustainability agenda
Constellium has detailed its progress on sustainability in its recently published “Business and sustainability Performance Report 2014”. The company’s long-standing commitment to sustainability began in 2012 with the definition of an ambitious roadmap made of commitments and targets on four main...
Hydro enters into new long-term power contract for Neuss aluminium plant in Germany
Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA’s fully owned subsidiary, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH , has secured a power contract with Axpo Trading AG, a Switzerland-based energy company with captive power production and international trading activity, totaling 0,9 TWh (100 MW) annually in...
Hulamin shares tumble after company flags drop in interim earnings
HULAMIN, the maker of aluminium products, saw its share price drop by over 9% on Tuesday afternoon after the company said it expected interim earnings to drop substantially, as load shedding impacted production. Hulamin said manufacturing output in the first quarter fell sharply due to electricity...
