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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More customers from the offshore and maritime sectors are ordering extruded aluminium solutions from Sapa. President & CEO Egil Hogna saw some of this growth first-hand at the company’s plant in Norway. Hogna’s visit to the Magnor plant concluded his 100-day program, which took him to three...
Australia's Novaproducts Global has launched a new aluminium stair nosing product. Launched for the first time in Australia, the new Tiger aluminium stair nosing is specifically designed to conceal fixing, with architects not having to worry about screws being visible on the floor. Tiger aluminium...
Workers at the Rio Tinto Alcan aluminium smelter in Straumsvík, South-West Iceland, could come out on strike from tomorrow if no solution is found to a row over working conditions. A short and inconclusive round of talks yesterday failed to resolve the dispute between the operators of the plant and...
Rio Tinto will expand output from one of the world’s premier bauxite deposits following approval of the $1.9 billion Amrun project. Amrun involves the construction of a bauxite mine and associated processing and port facilities on the Cape York Peninsula in north Queensland. The planned initial...
Altech Chemicals Limited has issued an update on the detailed design work that is currently underway for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) project. Detailed design commenced in September 2015, following the appointment of General Manager Operations Dr Jingyuan Liu and is being undertaken with...
Sims Metal Management, based in Sydney and New York, has issued a profit warning for its upcoming quarterly results, will buy back shares of its own stock and is scaling back operations globally, with a focus on the United States. In a presentation, Sims has warned of “flat earnings” in the first...
Five mining leases have been approved by the Fiji government. Director of Mineral Resources Malakai Finau says out of the five, only two are currently operating at the moment and that is the Bua bauxite mine and the Vatukoula Gold mine. More than 1 million tonnes of bauxite have been exported so...
Pioneering research to reduce pollution from the production of aluminium has earned Professor Margaret Hyland of the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Engineering this year’s Pickering Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand. She is the first woman to receive the award. Professor Hyland and...
In the wake of global economic slowdown and aluminium price decline, which have severely affected demand, bauxite shipments to China have been reported to have come to a standstill. But, Aurum Exploration (Fiji) Ltd's executive Derek Qiu said they were anticipating a shipment before the end of the...
Bauxite mining in Fji's Bua province has not ended and other prospective sites are being explored for possible deposits. This was confirmed to members of the Parliament Standing Committee on Natural Resources by Department of Mineral Resources director Malakai Finau. Mr Finau said although the...
A longstanding Tiwai workers' dispute about lieu days continues after smelter bosses took their case to the Court of Appeal. New Zealand Aluminium Smelters argued on Thursday that an Employment Court judgment was wrong, estimating it could cost the company millions of dollars. In May 2013, 64...
The 70,000 tonnes of bauxite worth $1.4 million remains stockpiled in Nawailevu, Bua. Aurum Exploration (Fiji) Ltd executive Derek Qiu confirmed there were no plans to ship the ore as global demand for it was still low. "The stockpile remains there and is still 70,000 tonnes as work progress slows...
Altech Chemicals Limited announced that it has now secured land in the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Complex, Johor, Malaysia for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant. The company has reserved a ~4 hectare site in a section of the industrial complex that is set aside for chemical facilities....
A startling slump in the price of aluminium on global markets is more than offsetting a 20 per cent fall in the New Zealand dollar against the greenback, pushing the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter into negative cashflow, according to estimates by Wellington investment firm Woodward Partners. Woodward...
Landowners of Fiji's first bauxite mine at Nawailevu in Bua are yet to get their fair share of royalty because a formula to determine it will be part of the review of the Mining Act. And until that happens, royalties will be held in trust by Government. This was clarified by Lands Minister...
Altech Chemicals is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Jingyuan Liu as General Manager Operations for its high purity alumina (HPA) project. This key executive appointment marks an important step as the Company progresses its HPA project to detailed plant design and subject to funding...
Fiji has exported $48 million worth of bauxite so far from the shores of Bua in the Northern Division. But the drop in global demand has affected export and slowed work progress at the mines this year. Aurum Exploration (Fiji) Ltd executive Derek Qiu confirmed although works continued, operations...
SAMMA Glass and Aluminium Limited launched three new products at the Fiji Club in Suva last week. The newly opened hardware company attracted more than 30 construction firms and clients who wished to get a firsthand look at the company’s new products. General Manager of SAMMA Glass and Aluminium,...
