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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Tasmania shipbuilder Incat has reportedly bagged a contract to build the ninth and the world’s largest aluminium ship for its Latin American customer Buquebus. The ship will be 130-metre long and will operate between Argentina and Uruguay. As per the report, the project is worth around US$130...
The world’s largest aluminium shipbuilder Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) has reportedly released its New Zealand investor presentation where it provided updates on operations and full-year revenue guidance. Currently, the Australian shipbuilder is working on new age technologies such as improving fuel...
BRP has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Australia's leading manufacturer of aluminium boats. BRP will acquire 80% of the outstanding shares of Telwater Pty, Ltd for an undisclosed amount. Following the closing of the acquisition, Paul Phelan, Telwater's current...
Australian yacht builder SilverYachts has reportedly unveiled a new line from its aluminium superyachts portfolio at Singapore Yacht Show 2019. Named SpaceCat and designed by long term SilverYachts collaborator Espen Øino, the new vessel is 35.5-metre long power catamaran. The vessel is...
The Australian firm Pure Alumina Limited is planning to buy private Canadian high purity alumina (HPA) producer Polar Sapphire for $C25.7 million ($27.1 million). Polar Sapphire produces some of the lowest cost HPA at its Toronto pilot. Pure Alumina announced its plan to its investors in the...
Salamander Bay Recycling in the past one year collected aluminium hair foils from hairdressers across Port Stephens and the wider Hunter region, and this week it had the first load ready for transportation to Liberty OneSteel Recycling at Hexham. Salamander Bay Recycling general manager Gerard...
Australian Bauxite Limited announced that they would ship about 30,000 tonnes of Tasmanian bauxite from the Bell Bay port around March 1. The cement grade bauxite will be from Australian Bauxite’s Bald Hill mine, near Campbell Town. The negotiations with the customer took three months as Australian...
Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania reportedly launched a new aluminium-hulled catamaran in December, named Saint John Paul II, for Malta-based ship owner Virtu Ferries. The vessel, which is going to be the largest high-speed catamaran in the Mediterranean, is due to begin sea trials in January...
Auckland Council will reportedly provide waste barges in the Hauraki Gulf this summer to help boaties dispose their waste and keep Waitematā Harbour clean and beautiful. Since summer is the time when Hauraki Gulf islands receive a maximum footfall of tourists, the council encourages day visitors to...
According to a report, Queenslanders have collected millions of dollars in just two months by recycling 102 million cans and bottles through the state’s container refund scheme. Queensland’s container refund scheme for most plastic drink containers, beer bottles and aluminium cans started from...
For the first time, the Ministry of Fisheries in the Northern Division in Fiji has acquired a new aluminium boat to handle its surveillance work at the fishing water. A senior technical officer from Ministry of Fisheries spoke about the lightweighting and fuel economy of the aluminium boat in...
Arksen, a soon-to-be-launched technology, and innovation company, has reportedly partnered with high-speed craft and aluminium shipbuilder Wight Shipyard Company based in East Cowes for developing, building, and supporting semi-autonomous, hybrid explorer vessels. According to the report, Arksen...
According to a report, Aurum Exploration (Fiji) Limited is eyeing to resume bauxite shipment in the first half of 2019. It is thus, looking for options in terms of securing buyers for its bauxite resource. In an interview, the Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources Ashneel Sudhakar said...
According to a report, Rio Tinto’s Potline 4 at New Zealand Aluminium Smelter (NZAS), at Tiwai Point on the South Island, officially reopened by the country’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Rio Tinto, along with joint venture partner Sumitomo Chemical Company, invested around US$4.1 million this...
On December 4, 2018, Australian ship-building company Austal Limited confirmed that it bagged a contract of almost half a million TT dollars for designing and constructing a high-speed vehicle and passenger catamaran for Trinidad and Tobago. Contracted by the National Development Company (NIDCO),...
A Hawke’s Bay drinks company Parkers Beverage Company Ltd. reportedly becomes the first in New Zealand to scrap plastic water bottles and adopt recyclable cans instead to hold still water products. Parkers Beverage Company manufactures and distributes brands such as Parkers water, Ō Pure Artesian...
The Christchurch Central Library in New Zealand, which was closed to the public in 2011 after it was destroyed by Christchurch earthquake and demolished later, has been re-constructed with a new design and architecture. The new Central Library, completed in October, titled Turanga, designed by...
Researchers in Victoria University of Wellington under the guidance of Professor Thomas Nann created a new electrolyte for making safer and more environmentally friendly aluminium batteries. They created this the electrolyte as part of its work on aluminium batteries and researchers from Ecole...
