Eskom and South32 have moved forward with a long-term renewable energy plan for the Hillside Aluminium smelter in KwaZulu-Natal, to keep it running past 2031. The proposed solution, currently under discussion, is expected to begin when the smelter’s existing electricity contract expires in 2031,...
South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium smelter continues to hold a key role in developing and running the country’s manufacturing base. Operating since 1996, the smelter at Richards Bay has become one of the largest aluminium producers in the southern hemisphere. It is processing imported alumina into...
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South32 Limited announced long-term energy supply agreement has been finalized for its Hillside Aluminium smelter. South Africa’s National Energy Regulator has approved a deal between Eskom Holdings SOC Limited (Eskom) and Hillside. The smelter will receive energy until 2031, under a tariff that is...
South32 Ltd announced a 3% quarter-on-quarter rise in aluminium production in the June quarter. Aluminium production stood at 246,000 tonnes in 4Q21. The aluminium output came in at 982,000 tonnes in FY21, from 986,000 tonnes in FY20. Hillside Aluminium saleable production decreased by 1,000 tonnes...
South Africa’s National Energy Regular, NERSA has invited stakeholder remarks on a proposed 10-year negotiated pricing agreement (NPA) between Eskom, the South African electricity public utility and Hillside Aluminium smelter, in KwaZulu-Natal, owned by South32 and is the largest single customer of...
South32 reported aluminium production of 240,000 tonnes in 3Q21. That was down 3% quarter-on-quarter. Output stood at 736,000 tonnes in the nine months ended March 2021, down 1% year-on-year from 741,000 tonnes in the nine months ended March 2020. Hillside Aluminium saleable production decreased by...
Africa is one of the largest producers of aluminium ore BAUXITE. African nation Guinea stands as the world’s highest exporter of bauxite and ranks at number two in bauxite production. The other African countries producing bauxite are Ghana, Cameroon, Mozambique, Ivory Coast, etc. Although having a...
South32 Ltd reported a 1% quarter-on-quarter rise in aluminium production in the September quarter. Aluminium production stood at 248,000 tonnes in 1Q21, from 245,000 tonnes in 4Q20. The output remained unchanged year-on-year. Hillside Aluminium saleable production increased by 1%...
South32 is in talks with Eskom on a new pricing arrangement for Hillside Aluminium smelter. The company has entered into an interim arrangement with Eskom for power supply to the smelter for a 10 year period. “The smelter sources alumina from our Worsley Alumina refinery with prices linked to the...
South32 reported revenue of US$6,075 million for the year ended 30 June 2020 (FY20), down 16% from US$7,274 million for the year ended 30 June 2019 (FY19). Underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) fell 46% to US$1,185 million for the year ended 30 June 2020...
South32 Ltd’s aluminium output stood at 986,000 tonnes in FY20, unchanged from last year. In June quarter, production was unchanged at 245,000 tonnes. Hillside Aluminium saleable production increased by 3,000 to a record 718,000 tonnes in FY20 as the smelter continued to test its maximum technical...
South32 Ltd reported a 1% quarter-on-quarter rise in aluminium production in the March quarter. Aluminium production came in at 245,000 tonnes in 3Q20. Output stood at 741,000 tonnes in the nine months ended March 2020, from 737,000 tonnes in the nine months ended March 2019. That was up 1%...
The Hillside Aluminium smelter, situated at the quaint, coastal town of Richards Bay, along KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast in South Africa. Hillside aluminium smelter is the leading producer of aluminium in South Africa, which is used in the daily life of peoples, is equipped with world-class...
South32, on Thursday, January 15, announced a quarter-on-quarter rise of 1 per cent in its alumina production for the second quarter ended on December 31, 2019. From 1.30 million tonnes in the first quarter, the company’s alumina output rose to 1.32 million tonnes in the second quarter. But during...
South32 Ltd reported a 1% quarter-on-quarter rise in aluminium production in the September quarter. Aluminium production increased from 245,000 tonnes to 248,000 tonnes. Hillside Aluminium saleable production increased by 1% in the September 2019 quarter as the smelter continued to test its maximum...
South32 Ltd reported a 1% quarter-on-quarter rise in aluminium production in the fourth quarter of FY19. Aluminium production increased from 242,000 tonnes in Q3 FY19 to 245,000 tonnes in Q4 FY19. Production stood at 982,000 tonnes for the full year. Hillside Aluminium production increased by 3,000...
South32 reported two per cent quarter-on-quarter decline in its third quarter FY19 aluminium production. Total aluminium production dropped from 247,000 tonnes in Q2 FY19 to 242,000 tonnes in Q3 FY19. Production remains unchanged at 737,000 in in the nine months ended March 2019. Hillside Aluminium...
South Africa's aluminium exports logged a growth over the last three years. South Africa’s exports of aluminium in 2017 grew 14 per cent from the previous year. South32’s Hillside aluminium smelter in Richards Bay, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, has been single-handedly producing the primary...
Hillside Aluminium Smelter in South Africa uses alumina imported from Worsley Alumina operation in Australia to produce high-quality, primary aluminium. For more than 20 years Hillside aluminium has played a key role in South Africa’s aluminium industry. It produces 720 kilo tonnes a year, which...
The National Union of Metal workers of South Africa (Numsa) called off a strike at South32's aluminium smelter in KwaZulu-Natal province after accepting the new wage offer from the latter. South32 confirmed in a statement on Friday that it has reached an agreement with Numsa which supports the long...
