
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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<p>According to a report from The Australian, US-based Century Aluminium and Glencore are eying Rio Tinto’s Pacific Aluminium business, which is up for sale through Deutsche Bank at an estimated cost of $US1 billion ($1.3bn).</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align:...

<p>Fairview Architectural, a manufacturer and supplier of façade solutions throughout Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, announced the acquisition of STRYUM business, an intelligent non-combustible aluminium cladding system, from Vitekk Industries. The company is expanding its...

<p>Capral Aluminium Industrial Solutions, the supplier of aluminium extrusions, rolled, sheet and coil products in Australia, has presented rolled and extruded industrial aluminium products and value added services at Brisbane Truck Show in May this year. Brisbane Truck Show is the Australia's...

<p>A drop in global bauxite price has slowed down bauxite shipment of XINFA Aurum Exploration in Fiji. However, the company says it will continue with its mining operation in Bua despite the price drop in order to accumulate its stock. Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources Permanent Secretary...

<p>The global demand of alumina, the key electrolyte for aluminium production through Hall Heroult method, though rising significantly is lending little support to Australia’s exports. The largest exporter of alumina in 2016 is nearing a drop in the mineral commodity export, if quarterly...

<p>Rio Tinto, one of the leading metals and mining conglomerate in the world, has almost reached the completion of its Amrun bauxite project which is located in north Queensland. The company’s $2.6 billion project is complete by one third and the first production is expected to start in...

<p>The prime Minister of Australia Malcom Turnbull and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann succeeded in lobbying US President Donald Trump and other officials on the sidelines of the recently ended G20 Hamburg Summit and won import tariff exemption for Australian aluminium (and steel), reported...

<p>Recently, a media update says The Republic of Fiji has earned revenue of $2.8 million from the first shipment of bauxite in 2017, totalling $52.2m revenue since mining started at Nawailevu in Bua in 2010. Fiji houses Vanua Levu mine, which is one of the largest bauxite mines in Oceana, with...

<p>HMD Global, Finnish company that secured Nokia branding rights in late 2016, has announced that they will launch new Nokia android phones in late July in Australia. Nokia released its latest android smartphones: the Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3 at MWC 2017 in Barcelona.</p> <p>The Nokia...

<p>Sculptures of tumblers in gravity-defying top hats from World Expo ‘88 — have been recast with aluminium for permanent display King George Square.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/world%20expo88.jpg"...

<p>Ezi-Duct, the leading company in the field of dust collection and fume extraction equipment in Australia, recently installed a dust collection system for a multinational company located in the South Eastern Melbourne suburb of Dandenong.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...

<p>Global aluminium maker Alcoa has restarted half the capacity at its aluminium smelter in Australia's Victoria that was crippled by a state-wide blackout six months ago.</p> <p>The Portland smelter has been running at a third of its 300 000 t/y capacity since a freak storm prompted the...

<p>Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, through its Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC), issued a document to terminate part of an investigation on alleged dumping and subsidisation of aluminium extrusions imported from VietNam and Malaysia.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img...

<p>The Republic of Fiji, home to the Vanua Levu mine, which is one of the largest bauxite mines in Oceana, has earned revenue of $2.8 million from the first shipment of bauxite in 2017, totalling $52.2m revenue since mining started at Nawailevu in Bua in 2010.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align:...

<p>Tiwai Point smelter at Bluff, owned by Rio Tinto’s New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) has slashed its underlying profit by more than 50% to $25 million, partially due to higher transmission costs.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...

<p>Australian Bauxite Limited today announced that the company has received a letter of intent for a significant shipment of cement grade bauxite from its Bald Hill Bauxite mine, in Tasmania. The company’s marketing and logistics officers are in talks with the customer about delivery...

<p>Former director of Melbourne's Alumina limited, Mike Ferraro is stepping in as the successor of CEO Peter Wasow, who announced his retirement on Monday May 22. Ferraro will be assuming his new office after Wassow retires on May 31, the company announced without giving any reason for the...

<p>A simple web enquiry finally led to an international collaboration between Covet International, a maker of architectural products including aluminium claddings, Takasho Japan and S22 to supply architectural cladding for the Mairie de Païta (Council building) in New Caledonia.</p>...