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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Darley Aluminium reportedly introduces a new trickle ventilation system to its range. The new product, named the Darley Ventient trickle ventilation system, is designed in a way to allow fresh air into a space without the need for operable windows. It can ventilate a space even when doors and...
The United Kingdom-based ferry company SeaLink said that it would build the first new vessel at Richardson Devine Marine (RDM) in Goodwood, Hobart, adding that the service of the new vessel would expectedly start in December 2019. The service of the second new vessel is expected to launch in 2021....
Increasing Australian aluminum imports to the US have created ample ingot supply, which market sources believe is causing wider discounts on P1020. "There is some Australian product coming in, I wouldn't say it's a massive volume, but we've definitely seen some uptick in that market," a port source...
HVG Facades, a division of HVG (Halifax Vogel Group), has launched two new facade products to their premium façade product lines. HVG has merged Alucobond Architectural and HVG Facade Solutions division as part of its growth strategy and launched demand driven products to bolster its premium...
Metminco Limited has announced it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of shares of Sunshine Metals Ltd. Sunshine Metals holds 80% of the Jejevo Nickel Project on Santa Isabel Island and an 80% interest in an early stage bauxite prospect — the Tausere bauxite Project, on the...
According to the international export-import statistics, bauxite export from Solomon Islands is estimated to stand at 1.9 million tonnes in 2018, up 19 per cent YoY. The country has a great potential of bauxite. China is the largest bauxite market for the country. On a quarterly basis, Solomon...
Austal, an Australian-based global shipbuilding company, has recently declared that it delivered a 30 metre long high-speed aluminium catamaran for VS Grand Ferries Corporation in the Philipines. The Incat Crowther designed ship was built at Austal Philippines’ shipyard in Balamban, Cebu, with the...
STAS has announced through a press release that it has purchased technologies from o.d.t. Engineering PTY. LTD finalized in April 2018. O.d.t. Engineering is a family owned Australian company specialized in the design and supply of casting and material handling equipment and production consumables...
Australian Bauxite Limited told the ASX wholly owned subsidiary ALCORE Limited would have the world rights for refining with its ALCORE technology. It said the technology aimed to refine raw bauxite to produce aluminium fluoride and other valuable co-products. "... in the longer term, these global...
The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has recruited 90 extra staff for its fourth potline and is already training them. This brings the total number of workers at the plant to 900, including contractors. Smelter general manager Stewart Hamilton says this recent recruitment drive has been the biggest...
Altech Chemicals Ltd has signed the final agreement to construct stage I of its high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Johor, Malaysia with its EPC contractor SMS Group GmbH (SMS) of Germany. The scope of work is valued at around $10 million and includes bulk earthworks, foundation piling and the...
New Zealand has been exporting a major chunk of aluminium alloy to Japan. The country’s export of aluminium alloy to Japan declined in 2017. Japan imported about 30501 tonnes of aluminium alloy in 2017, down 19 per cent from 37632 tonnes in 2016. New Zealand’s aluminium alloy export to Japan is...
Altech Chemicals Limited has provided an update on the development of its high purity alumina (HPA) project in Malaysia. The company’s Managing Director Iggy Tan updated Proactive Investors that Altech’s HPA plant can lower production costs by utilising disruptive technology. Altech is aiming to...
Metro Mining Ltd. has received an approval for a trading halt as it sets a target to raise US$17.5 million through a share placement priced at 20 cents. Funding from the placement is likely to boost Metro’s working capital position during production ramp-up and product sale negotiations while...
On recommencing potline four on the face of improved metal prices, Tiwai aluminium smelter, owned by Rio Tinto and the Sumitomo Group via a joint venture called New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited, is seeking to recruit 90 new staff. The company reports that it needs to fill 90 roles, as its...
With the aim to accelerate revenue generation and shareholder value at the flagship project Sconi in Queensland, the metals explorer Australian Mines (ASX: AUZ) confirms its partnership deal with UK-based technology company Metalysis. The company intends to commercialise the high-purity scandium...
Pacific Aluminium (New Zealand) Limited (PacAl NZ) reported its financial results relating to its interest in New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter (NZAS). NZAS registered a profit of $75 million in 2017, up from $25 million a year earlier. Consistently higher aluminium prices delivered the more...
The Australian mining company, AU Capital Mining, co-owned by Pacific Bauxite, has had its exploration licence suspended in the Solomon Islands. Bradley Tovosia, Minister of Mines in Solomon Islands, said the exploration licence was suspended because the company had not had amicable relations with...
