Alcoa’s 16kg aluminium wheel could change fleet efficiency equation
A truck’s overall weight comes from dozens of components, including the engine, chassis, tyres, etc. Wheels are one area where fleets can explore lightweighting. Traditional steel wheels, widely used across the transport industry, are known for their robustness. Forged Alcoa aluminium wheels offer...
Coal-heavy Australian aluminium vs renewables-led New Zealand: How Oceania is balancing decarbonisation
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...
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New aluminium Hampton balustrades for cost effective alternative to timber
Absolute Balustrades introduces a cost-effective and low maintenance alternative to timber balustrades with the new Hampton style balustrades in aluminium. Constantly innovating to provide their clients with high quality balustrade solutions, Absolute Balustrades has designed the new aluminium...
More companies seek mining licences at Solomon Island
More foreign companies are seeking prospecting and full mining licences from the government, records from the Mining Department revealed. The records showed 25 companies have been issued with exploration licences and are currently on active prospecting. This number could increase after the Mines...
Global Bauxite and Alumina market review 2014
Research and Marke has announced the addition of the "Bauxite and Alumina Market Review" report to their offering. The report presents a thorough study of bauxite and alumina, covering both global and regional markets and aims to give a proper picture of the market, as well as its trends,...
Australia Minerals and Mining Group's new MD is Iggy Tan
Australia Minerals and Mining Group has revealed the appointment of Iggy Tan as managing director effective 25 August 2014. Tan will be responsible for managing and implementing the next stage of AKA's strategic business objectives, which includes the commercialisation of the high purity alumina...
Rio Tinto fast-tracking Queensland bauxite mine South of Embley
An Australian bauxite project could be one of the next major spending items announced by Rio Tinto, with chief executive Sam Walsh confirming he has fast-tracked studies into the South of Embley project in Queensland. Located close to Weipa on the Gulf of Carpentaria, South of Embley would...
Metallica Minerals bags $7.5M Chinese funding for bauxite and mineral sands
Metallica Minerals is expected to trade materially higher today after executing a Joint Venture agreement with a private Chinese investor for $7.5 million to develop its Urquhart Point bauxite and mineral sand deposits in Queensland. Funding will also be allocated towards exploration for other...
Alcoa closes production at Point Henry Smelter from today
Production at Alcoa’s Point Henry smelter ended this morning, when a large group of employees gathered to watch the last potline being switched off. Molten aluminium was then syphoned from the pots for the last time. The smelter will permanently close tomorrow, after 51 years of operation, and the...
Queensland Bauxite to upgrade South Johnstone resource
Queensland Bauxite will undertake a more involved drilling programme at South Johnstone in northern Queensland to further define the size, grade and shape of the deposit. Which should not pose an issue given the handy $4.1 million in cash it had at 30 June 2014. It is also looking to upgrade the...
Sombre days for Alcoa workers as aluminium plant near Geelong winds up
After more than 50 years as one of Geelong's major employers Alcoa will close its aluminium smelter this week. One by one the pot lines are being switched off, with the Point Henry plant's final line being shutdown on Thursday. The shutdown was announced in February after the company decided the...
Alcoa Foundation supports Geelong community groups with US$559,000 in grants
Alcoa of Australia Chairman and Managing Director, and board member of the Alcoa Foundation, announced that the US based Alcoa Foundation will grant a total of US$559,000 to six organisations in Geelong. Speaking at a function in Geelong to thank Alcoa’s long term community partners, Mr Cransberg...
GE puts Worsley Alumina power plant on market
General Electric is believed to be fielding approaches from major infrastructure investors interested in buying its $1.2 billion Worsley Alumina power plant, following plans by the conglomerate to float the West Australian asset on the Australian Securities Exchange. The interest from groups —...
GE looks to offer power plant IPO
A $1.2 billion power plant in Western Australia linked to one of the world’s largest alumina refineries owned by BHP Billiton is being positioned for an initial public offering. General Electric’s Worsley multi-fuel cogeneration plant near Collie, 189km southeast of Perth, was built to meet the...
Australian Bauxite : Former Tasmanian Premier appointed Chairman
Paul Lennon has been appointed Chairman of Australian Bauxite Limited following the retirement of Mr. John Dawkins AO at the recent AGM. Mr. Lennon is a passionate Tasmanian and takes up the mantel of Chairman at a time when ABx has identified three mines in northern Tasmania and production planned...
Sims Metal Management to restructure Sims Recycling Solutions
Sims Metal Management Ltd., with corporate headquarters in Sydney and New York City, has announced restructuring initiatives that it says are designed to streamline Sims Recycling Solutions, its electronics recycling business. The review has determined that certain loss-making assets are outside of...
Tiwai's owner improves but still records loss
Rio Tinto, majority owner of Southland's Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter, has today announced another disappointing result for its New Zealand business. Rio Tinto Alcan (New Zealand), which operates as Pacific Aluminium, owns 79 per cent of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters. Its annual financial report for...
Rio Tinto Alcan says Bluff smelter hurt by high kiwi, lower prices
Rio Tinto Alcan which holds Rio Tinto's stake in the Bluff aluminium smelter, is mulling its response after losing an appeal against an Employment Court ruling over a claim of $13.4 million. The company took provisions for its share of the claim in its 2013 accounts, of $10.6 million, according to...
Large volume of commercially viable bauxite deposits found in west Rennell island
More than 26 million tonnes of commercially viable bauxite deposits were found in west Rennell island in the in the Solomon Islands. Asia Pacific Investment and Development Limited (APID) revealed this in an environmental report produced after it carried out prospecting on the site. APID is a joint...
Lincoln Electric releases two new aluminium MIG push-pull welding systems
Lincoln Electric Australia announces the introduction of two new aluminium push-pull welding systems targeting the truck trailer manufacturing and automotive repair markets. The POWER MIG 350MP trailer manufacturing One-Pak package includes all the components and wire needed by a fabricator for...
