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...
New Zealand’s aluminium extrusion industry is calling for urgent government action as it faces growing pressure from low-priced imports. The Aluminium Extruders Association of NZ (ALENZ) says a rise in imported aluminium extrusions, particularly from China, is affecting local manufacturers, with...
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According to the International Aluminium Institute data, world primary aluminium production in July 2022 rose by 176,000 tonnes or 3.10 per cent month-on-month. From 5.672 million tonnes in June 2022, the world output escalated to 5.848 million tonnes in July. The average daily output in June 2022...
New Zealand is about to gain its circular economy where plastic, steel or aluminium waste would be returned and converted into raw material. The Gore District Council has a set series of kerbside recycling programmes for waste minimisation. This week the Council agreed on various solutions to...
After a surprise evaluation of the New Zealand power market, the Electricity Authority has decided to restrict power companies from signing large power deals with customers unless certain conditions are met. This is applicable to energy supply contracts of more than 150 megawatts, meaning power...
Lavazza, the Italian coffee brand, has incorporated aluminium as its coffee pod material to offer the Australian customer base a sustainable experience. The company’s first carbon neutral capsules are the very first types to be introduced in the Australian retail market and, moreover, are...
Mike Fuge, the CEO of Contact Energy, New Zealand's largest electricity provider, predicts that Rio Tinto's Tiwai Point aluminium smelter might remain open beyond 2024 with investments in wind farms on the lower South Island. The wind energy resource at the country's South Island is presently...
HVG Facades has officially anointed Décortech Limited, a New Zealand’s Big River Group subsidiary, as their trusted distributor of the premium aluminium cladding product, MondoClad. The partnership will strengthen HVG Facades’ position in the industrial sector of New Zealand, establishing the...
Some of the important events spotted under the global primary aluminium segment are the news of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter in talks with power companies to continue operations beyond 2024. The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, which Rio Tinto and the Sumitomo Group control through the joint...
According to a report on July 28, The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, owned by Rio Tinto and the Sumitomo Group via joint venture New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited (NZAS), has begun corresponding with power companies to be able to continue operations beyond 2024. "There is lots of work to do,...
The world alumina production in the June quarter (Q2) of 2022 totalled 35.034 million tonnes, seeing an increase of 5.79 per cent from 33.118 million tonnes during 1Q2022, found the International Aluminium Institute. But on a year-on-year basis, the world alumina output in Q2 stood 1.17 per cent...
The downstream sector is the most productive sector of all as its profiles travel down to the retail market for the manufacturers to make products for consumers to utilise. This week has been quite exciting for the downstream zone as many important names made a headline with their noble...
Vulcan Steel has signed a conditional sale and purchase agreement to acquire Ullrich Aluminium for NZ$165 million (A$148.63 million) to diversify into a metal that weighs just one-third as much as stainless steel. Vulcan gained 100 per cent of the aluminium distributor. Net debt of NZ$34 million...
According to a report on Wednesday, July 20, the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter will launch a recruitment campaign next week. The news came after New Zealand Aluminium Smelter’s chief executive and general manager Chris Blenkiron announced it, adding that attracting new staff or retaining old ones...
According to the Department of Industry and Trade, the Australia Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) completed its final review of the anti-dumping tax period for aluminium profiles from Vietnam and Malaysia. The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has decided not to continue charging antidumping...
The Australian-headquartered AvA Yachts has finally floated its 35-metre Infinity Nine for the first time since the beginning of its erection in 2018. This yacht is the second hull in the AvA Kando110 series and has been constructed in a shipyard in Antalya, Turkey. The ship’s composition consists...
The Alcoa-owned Portland Aluminium smelter, Australia's second-largest aluminium producer, is in talks with Aloft Holdings, a Dutch company run by an Australian investment banker. According to our report, people familiar with the situation stated, that Aloft Holdings which was floated in November...
According to the International Aluminium Institute (IAI), world alumina production in May 2022 recorded a month-on-month rise of 3.09 per cent to 11.728 million tonnes (including 10.983 million tonnes of metallurgical-grade alumina), following almost a restraint in the previous month. In April, the...
ChemX Materials, one of the world’s most innovative developers of High Purity Alumina (HPA), is passing through the final stage of integrated process commissioning of its HiPurA high purity alumina (HPA) micro plant in Western Australia. The HiPurA process developed by ChemX is supposed to produce...
Loop Energy, a designer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell solutions, has reported that it will supply fuel cell modules to Aluminium Revolutionary Chassis Company (ARCC), the developer and manufacturer of Australia's first lightweight bolted aluminium city bus chassis, in the promising...
