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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Singapore-headquartered global multipurpose shipping operator, AAL, has reportedly delivered an 85.3-metre all-aluminium yacht hull, after completing the manufacture on time and within budget, following the specifications of cargo stakeholders. The hull is en route from Humen in South China to...
Australasia’s largest aluminium smelter and has been operating 24 hours a day since 1983, Tomago Aluminium’s employees and contractors have again came up to show their social responsibility in regards to charitable causes, especially those affecting their communities. Though it came as little...
Mining giant Rio Tinto has reportedly started dismantling its inoperative Gove refinery in East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. The refinery was mothballed in 2014, causing job loss to 1,000 workers. Smokestacks of the refinery have been already scaffolded and stripped down,...
Dennis Barnes, CEO, Contact Energy NZ is optimistic that Rio Tinto, the major-owner of Tiwai Point Aluminium smelter can keep it open, but with an upgrade of the power grid - for when the facility does eventually close - will happen sooner rather than later. Rio Tinto's review of the ageing smelter...
The Australian engineering company Clough Ltd based at Perth has been commissioned by Australian Bauxite Company’s subsidiary Alcore for their design and construction of aluminium fluoride plant in New South Wales. The contract which is secured by Clough, states that it will be building a recycling...
The Group General Manager Des Benson of Wight Aluminium communicated that Whanganui plant embarked its production as on 13th January’20. The building comprises a huge floor size of 8000 square metres and it is erected in a new industrial area of Castlecliff. It took two long years to develop the...
Alcoa’s mining and refining facilities in Western Australia have been certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Performance Standard. This brings the company’s total number of certified facilities to nine. The certifications include Huntly Mine, Willowdale Mine, Kwinana Refinery,...
The Australian Bauxite Ltd. is delighted to make public that Dr Mark Cooksey has been appointed as the General Manager of ALCORE Ltd. The appointment commences from 1 st February’20 for a 6-month engagement. Mark Cooksey appointed General Manager of Australian Bauxite Limited's 90%-owned...
The Mission Estate in New Zealand is getting back to old school and environment-friendly in a way to support the clean-up efforts coming up Micheal Buble and Elton John concerts. In 2018 following the Phil Collins’ concert, citizens of New Zealand took to Facebook complaining about rubbish and...
A New Zealand firm promises its Potline technology could rescue Rio Tinto to keep Tiwai Point open, support the Government to cut carbon emissions and help Meridian's bottom line. The distressed aluminium smelter uses about 12% of New Zealand's electricity every year, pays tens of millions of...
McKechnie Aluminium, the leading global trusted brand to manufacture and deliver high-quality aluminium components that create successful products, have been seen with sparks, flames and plume of thick black smoke rising above, in Bell Block, on Friday night 10 th January’20 and it was visible from...
Glass has been the king in the beer market, but Bruce Turner, Director, Urbanaut Brewing Co. and innumerable others have discarded it for aluminium cans. It is not limited to beer only which made the switch but also included kombucha, cider, wine and iced coffee moving to cans at a high rate. Bruce...
FYI Resources Limited has reportedly received R&D tax incentive rebate payment of $250,000, which is meant for the expenditure on the development of innovative process design to refine high purity alumina (HPA) from aluminous clay known as kaolin. Kaolin for the proposed high purity alumina (HPA)...
Liberty House Chairman Sanjeev Gupta is reportedly considering buying the Portland aluminium smelter in Victoria, in an attempt to save the Australian facility from likely closure. The fate of one of Alcoa’s worst-performing smelters has been under a cloud for months, as the high cost of...
Rio Tinto has reportedly expanded the ASI Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard Certifications to its Amrun and Weipa bauxite mines, Yarwun alumina refinery, and the Bell Bay and NZAS aluminium smelters in Australia and New Zealand. So, the company is now committed to offering more...
McKechnie Aluminium, a pioneer in manufacturing and delivering high-quality aluminium components in New Zealand, has reportedly invested in new machinery worth $18 million for better production in the future. Already known for having the lowest carbon footprint in Australia, McKechnie Aluminium now...
Darley Aluminium, an Australian business involved in the manufacture and distribution of aluminium extruded products, has opened a new showroom in Keysborough, Victoria. The new showroom will showcase the latest trends in residential and commercial window and door systems, including ClimateGuard...
According to a recent report, Southland leaders will start a campaign to save the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter from being closed. Campaign leader Carla Forbes said the campaign would be about getting a fair operating environment in the smelter besides highlighting on the fact that the smelter was...
