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 latest data released by the International Aluminium Institute, world alumina production in August 2020 stood flat at 11.366 million tonnes, following a hike of 3.1 per cent from 11.029 million tonnes in June to 11.367 tonnes in July 2020. On a year-on-year basis, the output in...
The world’s second-largest metal and mining corporation, Rio Tinto communicated that it was willing to continue talks with the Government of New Zealand on extending operations at its Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, as offered by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on 28 th September’20. Jacinda Ardern...
Vestdavit, the leading davit supplier has secured an agreement with Austal Australia to supply twelve boat launch-and-recovery systems for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The marine davits will be installed on six new Cape-class patrol boats (CCPBs), under construction for the Navy at Austal’s...
Fun Wine, the Miami-based low alcohol flavoured wine drink firm rolls-out Monk fruit wine collection range in single-serve aluminium bottles bound for Australia. The monk fruit range features six flavours, including Peach Passion Moscato, Cappuccino Chardonnay and espresso Cabernet. Fine Wine uses...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Apple Island’s shores in March’20, many Tasmanian businesses received a financial blow, but a partnership is supporting five businesses in the West Tamar to move ahead towards the future. The West Tamar Council and Rio Tinto's Bell Bay Aluminium smelter united to...
The world is celebrating its first-ever 'World EV Day' on September 9, and to commemorate the occasion, Nissan has announced a major milestone of producing its 500,000 th Nissan LEAF, the world’s first mass-market 100 per cent electric car. With half billion LEAF built globally, customers around...
Norweld, specialising in aluminium ute tray and canopy installation for four-wheel-drives has opened its facility in Sydney, Australia. This company’s speciality leads the market in innovation. Jonathon Warren has been appointed as the branch manager for Norweld’s Sydney workshop and he will be...
The US wing of Australia’s global ship-building firm Austal to deliver USNS Newport, the 12 th Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ship and it brings up the total delivered number to 24 in ten years, including three in the current year to the US Navy by Austal USA. David Singleton,...
Cotton On Foundation, in partnership with Wallaby Water, has announced the launch of Australia’s first 100 percent resealable aluminium bottled water. Aluminium packaging will compete against plastic, cartons and glass packaging as the nation’s most recycled and recyclable packaging alternative for...
Australian Bauxite Limited’s subsidiary ALCORE Limited has executed a Memorandum of Understanding agreement (MoU) with the Japanese global trading company Sojitz Corporation (Sojitz). Both the companies will explore a potential business relationship with respect to the business of Aluminium...
Global alumina production stood at 11.368 million tonnes in July, a slight decrease of 0.5% from 11.425 million tonnes in July 2019, according to the latest data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) on Wednesday, 26 August 2020. On a month-on-month comparison, the output increased...
The Australia-based global shipbuilder Austal has acquired land in Mobile, Alabama to extend its naval shipyard capacity and capabilities. Austal has bought 15 acres of waterside facilities including a dry dock and deep water berthing capabilities on the Mobile River from Modern American recycling...
A further decision on the future of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter will be announced to staff in four to six weeks, as stated by Forsyth Barr, a New Zealand owned investment management services firm. The Tiwai aluminium smelter’s majority stakeholder, Rio Tinto, announced in June’20 that it...
Kia Motors has confirmed that the new Sorento is on planning calendar to land in New Zealand during the last phase of 2020. The freshened mid-size SUV has been furnished with several changes, including a new platform, brand new look and more technical inputs. Primarily, the only engine option will...
The dual enterprising New Zealanders have successfully launched a Kick-starter campaign to fund the widespread release of their functional, stylish, and precision-engineered pens. The campaign was floated on 22 nd July’20 and within the next 24 hours, they were fully funded. However, the campaign...
The closedown of Rio Tinto’s Tiwai Point Aluminium smelter in New Zealand won’t create any deep impact on the prospects of local manufacturers that count on aluminium to manufacture products. This has been reported by the two popular firms in the industry Ullrich Aluminium and Stabicraft Aluminium...
Basil Walker, a Queenstown entrepreneur stated that he is standing as an independent candidate in the Invercargill electorate at the September’20 general election on a platform of trying to save the Tiwai aluminium smelter from closing. Walker said: “The main issue facing the smelter was the high...
The global alumina production in June 2020 decreased on a monthly basis by 2.83 per cent to stand at 10.98 million tonnes versus 11.3 million tonnes in May, found the International Aluminium Institute. On a year-on-year comparison, the production in June stood flat as the world alumina output...
