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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Solomon Islands has a great potential of bauxite. The country’s production volume is estimated to reach three million tonnes in 2017. {newsStudioGallery} The country’s export of bauxite represents 90 per cent of the total exports. The top export destination of the Solomon Islands is China. China...
New Zealand’s exports of aluminium scrap decreased in 2016. The country is estimated to witness a jump in exports of aluminium scraps this year. India and China are the top importers of aluminium scrap. China imported 1965 tonnes of aluminium scrap during January- September 2017....
New Zealand's abundant renewable electricity may be the saviour of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, attract energy-intensive industries to New Zealand and eventually see electricity exported across the Tasman Sea to Australia, the chair of the Electricity Authority, Brent Layton, says. In a...
China Zhongwang, the world’s second largest and Asia’s largest aluminium extrusions producer announced the acquisition of aluminium superyacht manufacturer Silver Yachts Ltd for an undisclosed amount. According to a report published by Reuters, China Zhongwang aims to expand the application of...
The global mining giant Rio Tinto Group is mulling sales of its aluminium operations in Australia and New Zealand, reported the Financial Times. The sale of assets includes Pacific Aluminium and a power station at Gladstone, for which the group is in talks with Sanjeev Gupta owned Gupta Family...
Austal Limited, an Australian-based global ship building company, has secured €126 million (A$190 million) contract for two 117 metre high-speed vehicle passenger aluminium trimaran ferries for Fred Olsen S.A. of the Canary Islands, Spain. Austal Chief Executive Officer David Singleton said: "It is...
The Australian federal government has refused to ban the import, sale and use of aluminium composite panels with a flammable polyethylene (PE) core as recommended by a Senate inquiry commission. During a meeting of the Building Ministers’ Forum on Friday, governments partially agreed to halt the...
According to the latest Resources and Energy Quarterly for September 2017 by Australian Government's Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, World aluminium production increased by 5.8 per cent YoY in the first eight months of 2017, to over 40 million tonnes. Production growth was driven by...
Symonite, a manufacturer of Australian made composite aluminium panels in a variety of colours and surface finishes, has supplied aluminium composite panels to create façade for the property in Sydney NSW. The façade was made from Symonite HD aluminium composite panels in champagne metallic colour....
Langs Building Supplies, a supplier of doors & aluminium windows joinery, timber & hardware, pre-nailed wall frames, has opened its second store for the manufacturing of aluminium window frame on the Sunshine Coast in southern Queensland, Australia. The $20 million Caloundra trade store will...
Nissan Casting Australia (NCA) will produce die cast aluminium parts for the new Nissan LEAF, the next evolution of its zero-emission electric vehicle. Dandenong South in Victoria secured the contract because cheaper countries could struggle with the highly technical nature of the items, reported...
Australian Bauxite Limited announced the delivery of 30,000 tonne bauxite from its Bald Hill Bauxite mine, Campbell Town, Northern Tasmania. The customer will pay 90 per cent of the invoice value immediately and the remainder on proof of weight. “Because this delivery has been completed 3 weeks...
Pacific Bauxite Limited, an Australian mineral explorer with a focus on bauxite exploration, mining and production, has identified three large high-grade bauxite reserves at the South West New Georgia Bauxite Project in the Solomon Islands for mining, reported by Proactive Investors. For this,...
Pacific Bauxite has announced a restructuring of its board in a recent press release. Mark Gwynne would step down as executive chair and assume the role of executive director and chief executive. The new director will focus on advancing the bauxite exploration activities in the Solomon Islands....
<p>Fairview Architectural has officially launched Vitradual, a BCA compliant non-combustible aluminium cassette cladding system as an alternative to ACM panels. A 3mm non-combustible aluminium cladding system has been developed by Fairview in consultation with industry experts.</p> <p...
<p>Architectural Glass & Cladding, a provider of high quality bespoke architectural high performance glass products and metal cladding products including Reynodual non-combustible double-skin aluminium, has joined hands with the Cladding Systems to manufacture fire rated...
<p>The Australian Trellis Door Company (ATDC), manufacturer of steel security doors and window grilles, key lockable removable window bars, driveway gates and aluminium roller shutters and folding closures, has extended its product portfolio with the launch of new lockable security rated...
<p>Urbanline Architectural, supplier of composite, hardwood, thermally modified, aluminium and softwood building products in Australia, has expanded its product range by adding an innovative exterior cladding product called Alu Selekta. The product is made from solid extruded...
