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 documents revealed under the Official Information Act, New Zealand, Rio Tinto and ministers’ discussion varied the global metal giant’s proposal to shut down the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter in 2024. In January 2021, Rio Tinto majority-owned aluminium smelter declared that it...
The global mining and metal giant Rio Tinto anticipates restarting full operations for production at its Kitimat aluminium smelter and the Kemano hydropower facility, in British Columbia, Canada's westernmost province following the attainment of a new labour agreement with workers. Anglo-Australian...
The mining and metals company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, South32 Ltd. worked out its right to acquire an additional 25% stake in Mozambique-based Mozal Aluminium, a drive that will increase its annual output by 15% from the smelter. South32 acquired the additional stake in the...
Rio Tinto’s Tiwai Point aluminium smelter in New Zealand has appointed Chris Blenkiron, as the new chief executive officer and general manager nearly three years before the smelter is due for shut down. On 21st September 2021, the company announced that the newly appointed CEO will begin his role...
Australia’s largest aluminium smelter Tomago Aluminium was due for a stable and trustworthy infrastructure with high visibility into IT performance to support their 24*7 availability for their systems. The aluminium company is independently managed, while it is a joint venture owned by Rio Tinto...
The economic recovery of New Zealand is likely pursued in Q2, though at a minimised pace. The robust expansion in electronic card transactions, combined with a considerable fall in the unemployment rate and higher consumer confidence, indicates resilient household spending. The economy is set to...
World alumina production in July 2021 amounted to 12.234 million tonnes, reflecting a month-on-month growth of 3.18 per cent from 11.857 million tonnes, found the International Aluminium Institute. On a year-on-year basis, the production stood 7.95 per cent higher than 11.333 million tonnes. In the...
The Tomago aluminium smelter in the Hunter Valley region of Australia, which is considered as the biggest energy user of the nation has declared that it plans to shift towards 100% renewable energy by 2030, anticipating an early conclusion with AGL’s Bayswater coal-burning power station that cast...
The fourth-largest iron ore producer globally with its headquarter in Australia, Fortescue Metals has inked a partnership agreement with a tribal group in New Zealand to evaluate the possibilities of developing a hydrogen project fuelled by renewable energy with the first production as early as...
According to the recent data released by the International Aluminium Institute, world alumina production in June 2021 stood at 11.695 million tonnes. That was a month-on-month decline of 4.26 per cent from 12.216 million tonnes but a year-on-year increase of 6.14 per cent from 10.990 million...
Australian recyclers, iQ Renew and CurbCycle, will reportedly partner with Mosman and Willoughby councils to facilitate a trial for aluminium coffee capsules recycling, which will help inform the development of a national coffee capsule recycling scheme, led by Planet Ark. Specially designed orange...
The entire 10,000 tonnes of aluminium dross, a by-product of the aluminium smelting process, which stored in Mataura old paper mill site next to the Mataura River has been removed. David Parker, Environment Minister of New Zealand has welcomed the decision that on 30th July, the last bags of dross...
Altech Chemicals Limited, the Australian Securities Exchange-listed company has notified that is it has established its own research and development laboratory in Perth, Western Australia. The establishment was smoothly transformed to Altech’s R&D laboratory, as it was previously occupied by an...
The week remained quite less hyper for the end-user segment, although small economies have shown better results than larger economies, as Sri Lanka’s largest cable manufacturer ‘Sierra Cables Group’ escalates all-time financial result in FY21 and on the other hand French Polynesia’s import of...
The French Polynesian economy has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, due to its reliance on international tourism. It was able to rebound strongly after being previously impacted by the Global Financial Crisis and had experienced a long period of continuous growth. The French overseas...
According to the International Aluminium Institute, world alumina production in May 2021 stood at 12.166 million tonnes. That was up by 3.86 per cent from 11.714 million tonnes in April 2021. However, the output in April was down by 1.82 per cent from 11.931 million tonnes in the previous month. On...
The world’s third-largest economy, Japan revealed shrink in the economy more than expected in Q1 due to low paced vaccine rollout and new COVID-19 infections stroke hard on spending on items such as dining out and clothes, raising bars the country will straggle behind others emerging from the...
The New Zealand Government countered choking up more than $10 million to dispose of 10,000 tonnes of perilous waste from the banks of the Mataura River in Southland. However, the Rio Tinto owned Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter Company said it will never demand money. The freshly released documents...
