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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Thwaites Aluminium Limited observes 30 years of operations after opening its doors in September 1989, and many of the staff had been working for more than 10 years. Managing director Alvin Thwaites said: “He had been lucky enough to pick up good staff.” The Invercargill businessman proudly stated...
According to the United States Geological Survey data, the US aluminium crude and alloy imports from Australia saw a downfall in February by 51.75 per cent month-on-month to stand at 9,650 tonnes. Year-on-year, the imports were down by 49.74 per cent. In February 2019, the US aluminium crude and...
According to a recent report, Australian shipbuilder Richardson Devine Marine (RDM) has delivered the Incat Crowther designed unique, all-aluminium ferry named Nairana to ferry owner and operator Sealink Tasmania. Nairana, equipped with state-of-the-art propulsion solutions from SCHOTTEL, is built...
New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) said: “The Electricity Authority’s proposal to reform its transmission pricing methodology might be too little and coming too late.” Stew Hamilton, General Manager, said: “The NZAS executive team had argued for years the firm was paying too much for...
On Friday morning, May 8, Tiwai Aluminium Smelter donated some groceries and grocery vouchers to the Southland Foodbank and the Salvation Army to lay support during this test of time due to COVID19. Workers of the smelter visited the food bank on Friday to deliver the donations. According to...
Stewart Hamilton, CEO, Tiwai Point: “Aluminium manufacturer Rio Tinto does not own a hazardous substance being stored in Southland warehouses, but the company remains committed to its removal despite not being in a position to store the product at Tiwai Point, New Zealand Aluminium Smelter” Stewart...
Seventh Heaven Fiji is a floating platform featuring a restaurant and bar along with leisure facilities on board. The floating day club will be located near Malolo Island in the Mamanuca group, when it is launched as Fiji’s latest floating pontoon with a current target of July’20. Sanjay Kumar Deo,...
In addition to the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter (NZAS) at Tiwai Point, Rio Tinto’s other aluminium laboratories such as its Tasmania’s Bell Bay site, the Yarwun refinery in Gladstone have all become the temporary hand sanitiser development hotspots. The mining giant aims to ease the demand for...
The American import of aluminium crude, metals and alloys from Australia shows stability as the total import was recorded at 45,300 tonnes during Nov'19 - Jan'20. The total import of aluminium crude, metals and alloys of the US from Australia during Jan’19 – Dec’19 stood at 268,000 tonnes....
Rio Tinto’s Tiwai Point aluminium smelter near Bluff in Southland of New Zealand is one of the largest manufacturing facilities kept active amid COVID-19 epidemic lockdown. The major reason for keeping it active as it takes weeks for proper shutdown and again re-starting takes months. Tiwai point...
Following World Health Organisation guidelines, New Zealand Aluminium Smelter Limited is making 103 litres of own hand sanitiser from its onsite laboratory. Smelter asset optimisation superintendent Roget Hackett said they collected the ingredients like ethanol, hydrogen peroxide, and glycerol...
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) has reportedly appointed Clough for the design and construction of its first Alcore production plant in New South Wales. After six months of test work, Alcore has now decided to construct the first commercial plant where byproducts from aluminium smelters will be...
The world’s second-largest metal and mining corporation Rio Tinto will close one of its aluminium production lines at Tiwai smelter, New Zealand, in line with the government directives to curb the spread of coronavirus. Such was the announcement made by Rio Tinto’s New Zealand's Aluminium Smelters...
Australia-based aluminium extruded product manufacturing company Capral said this week that its production and distribution facilities continued to operate amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to safeguard the health of the workforce and communities, the company has put in several measures that...
The Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter, employing about 1000 Southlanders, has been exempted from the countrywide four-week lockdown in New Zealand. The aluminium smelter was launched in 1971 and has been running continuously. As decided the smelter has been kept out of the lockdown process, as it will...
Altech Chemicals announced this week announced the probability of getting mezzanine debt worth US$ 90 million from Macquarie Group for its Malaysian High Purity Alumina Plant project. Altech said the positive response from Macquarie came on the back of the recent increased profile of planned...
Rio Tinto, which developed a reservoir to power the aluminium smelter in Kitimat, B.C., has signed a New Day agreement with the Cheslatta Nation, promoting the social and economic well-being of the Cheslatta. Rio Tinto’s Kitimat aluminium smelter relies on electricity generated at its...
Pacific Aluminium the subsidiary of Rio Tinto has announced a net loss of $46 million with its interest in the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter for the year 2019. Pacific Aluminium holds 79% shareholding in New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter, and say: “the loss is a result of consistently lower and...
