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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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...
Job cuts likely at BHP’s Worsley alumina plant in WA
BHP Billiton has flagged possible job cuts at its alumina operation in Western Australia following the completion of a major expansion last year. The organisational structure at the Worsley operation is under review, including the number of workers needed to support production, a spokeswoman said...
Tiwai lieu days ruling may be appealed again
The result of an employment dispute, estimated to cost New Zealand Aluminium Smelters $20 million, will likely not result in an immediate financial payout to workers. In May last year 64 Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union members won an Employment Relations Authority case against NZAS....
Tomago Aluminium to release industrial land
TOMAGO Aluminium has announced plans to release 300 hectares of industrial land near its Tomago smelter in a development to be known as the Hunter Corporate Park. Tomago Aluminum’s property manager and project director Andrew Mackenzie said the $80 million project would generate between 2500 and...
Plant looks to reduce production costs
Southlanders are waiting in anticipation to see what affect a multi-million dollar employment dispute will have on the Tiwai Pt smelter, Southern leaders say. The future of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters was put in the spotlight again when workers won a lieu dispute that will cost the company an...
NZAS considering appeal grounds
Tiwai Point operator New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) is reviewing ''the implications'' of an Employment Court decision, upholding a ruling that it must pay $19 million to workers shortchanged over 23 years of lieu day entitlements. NZAS, whose majority shareholder is Australian mining giant...
Bua Council to discuss Provincial projects
Development issues such as bauxite mining, the pine chips and the Dreketi/Nabouwalu Highway projects are expected to draw interest in the Bua Provincial Council meeting today. Assistant Roko Tui Bua, Jone Driu Drugunalevu said these major developments have increased employment opportunities in the...
Union victory puts cloud over New Zealand Aluminium smelters
The future of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters could again be under the spotlight after workers won an employment dispute that will cost the company an estimated $20 million. In May last year 64 Printing and Manufacturing Union members won an Employment Relations Authority case they took against NZAS...
Tiwai smelter to pay $19m for lieu days
The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter faces a bill for $19 million after it was ordered to compensate union members for underpaid lieu days. Shift workers moved from eight to 12 hour days in 1991 but continued to be credited eight hour long lieu days. The Employment Relations Authority said 64 union...
BHP Billiton creates new company for its aluminium section
BHP Billiton, leading global resources company as a part of its internal business reformation created a new aluminium firm through the Australian securities regulator. The creation mainly comes as a part of BHP’s board and management decision to spin off the noncore asset into new firm worth $20...
Alcoa announces $10 million funding for Geelong and Yennora
Alcoa today confirmed a $10 million contribution to the Geelong and Yennora communities to help stimulate new jobs and fund training programs in the regions. Alcoa today confirmed a $10 million contribution to the Geelong and Yennora communities to help stimulate new jobs and fund training programs...
Sydney Metal Fabrications offer aluminium and steel balustrades
Sydney Metal Fabrications has added balustrades to their extensive fabricated products range. Sydney Metal Fabrications’ expansion into the balustrade industry follows its entry into the cut-to-size steel segment with sister company Sydney Steel Supplies last year. The new division, Smart...
AMMG updates on its South West HPA (High Purity Alumina) Project, Western Australia
AMMG updates on its South West HPA (High Purity Alumina) Project, Western Australia HPA Optimisation Test Work Underway • AMMG engaged specialist consulting engineers to conduct ‘optimisation test work’ on the process flowsheet developed by AMMG; • Test work aims to identify areas of potential...
Alumina plant shutdown brings family back to Gladstone
ZOEY Ware and her young family have returned from the red dust of the Northern Territory. While Gladstone isn't a huge place, it is certainly a city in comparison to Gove in the north-eastern corner of Arnhem Land. With the announcement of the alumina refinery shutting down in the latter months of...
Export benefits foreign reserves
XINFA Aurum Exploration Fiji Limited dispatched about a dozen bauxite shipments to its overseas markets last year. In a statement yesterday, Xinfa executive Derek Qiu said this had greatly benefited government's foreign reserves. Mr Qiu said the shipments also increased Fiji's export earnings from...
Shipment of bauxite to china expected at the end of this month
The first shipment of more than 80,000 tonnes of bauxite to China this year is expected at the end of the month. Aurum Explorations Fiji Limited Mine Manager Basilio Vanuaca said the delay is due to bad weather experienced at Nawailevu in Bua. He said the company’s aimed is to export 800,000 tonnes...
Project worth $8 million capital to start at Tiwai Pt. Plant
The aluminium smelters in New Zealand have again decided to let its finances flow after months of tough cutbacks. A project worth $8 million capital has replaced reduction lines standby transformer and is carried out at Tiwai Pt. Plant. The NZAS has employed the Southland firms for carrying out the...
Alloyworks will now offer Aluminium Tool Boxes at best prices possible
Alloyworks announces availability of a wide range of aluminium tool boxes at the best prices possible. The company offers tailored solutions for every single requirement and provides value for money. Whether it is a custom aluminium Ute tool box or customized aluminium Ute canopies and aluminium...
