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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Power deal to secure Australia's Bell Bay aluminium smelter's future
Australia's Bell Bay aluminium smelter reached a new 13-year power supply deal to help secure the long-term future of the 182,000-tonnes-a-year plant in the face of depressed market conditions, miner Rio Tinto said on Thursday. The 57-year-old smelter, located in the island state of Tasmania, is...
Fijian Manager Praises China-Owned Mine
The China-owned bauxite mine in Nawailevu in Fiji's Northern Island has benefited the Fijian economy greatly by bringing in the much needed export dollars and providing jobs to local people, a local mine manager said Wednesday. Vanuaca Basilio, mine manager of the Aurum Exploration Fiji Limited,...
Fiji earns $20M from Bua Bauxite mining
$US20 million has come into the country of Fiji through the bauxite mining operation in Bua. Aurum Explorations Fiji Limited’s mine manager Vanuaca Basilio said this is in terms of taxes and wages paid to government and wages paid to the employees. He said $2.5 million has also been paid to the...
Aluminium can plant benefits from the Australian government's grants
The first businesses to benefit from the federal government's $1 billion grants program to help manufacturers cope with the carbon pricing include an insulation maker, an aluminium can plant and a number of wineries. Manufacturers awarded grants of up to $500,000 under the clean technology...
Tetra Pak and LoveNZ join hands to promote recycling
Tetra Pak has teamed up with recycling advocate LoveNZ to help New Zealanders recycle coffee cups and cartons, as well as cans and plastic bottles, outside the home. LoveNZ provides strategically placed recycling bins around the country and aims to raise awareness of recycling in NZ. While cartons...
Norsk Hydro takes $195 million charge on Kurri Kurri plant
Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro will take an impairment charge of 1.2 billion Norwegian crowns ($195.10 million) and redundancy expenses of 200 million crowns as it closes its Kurri Kurri aluminium plant in Australia, the firm said on Tuesday. Hydro announced its plans to shut the plant on...
AMD 350 patrol boat insipires Chinese fast-attack missile boat
It looked like a textbook win-win deal when Australian high-speed ferry designer AMD Marine Consulting formed a joint venture in 1993 with the engineering arm of a state-owned Chinese shipbuilder. The joint venture partner, Guangzhou Marine Engineering Corporation, a subsidiary of the giant China...
Bauxite miner makes traditional visit in Bua
Bauxite mining company Aurum Exploration last week led a traditional visit to chiefs in Bua on Vanua Levu seeking their blessings for the bauxite loading already in progress in the area. Bauxite mine manager Basilio Vanuaca said the traditional visit was made to the chiefs, qoliqoli (fishing...
China to import 60,000 tonnes of bauxite from Fiji
LOADING of the 60,000 tonnes of bauxite in the province of Bua in Fiji is expected to be completed next week. Bauxite mine manager Basilio Vanuaca said the MV Yon Shun would load 60,000 tonnes of bauxite valued at $2.1 million a month. However, he said it was not clear when the ship would leave for...
Australian aluminium industry under threat
A high dollar, low prices and Asian competition are threatening the industry with older plants in New South Wales and Victoria under threat of closure. The debate about the future of the industry often concentrates on the high energy usage associated with aluminium production. The joke description...
More than 300 jobs to go as Kuri Kuri smelter closes down
MORE than 300 jobs are set to be lost as a Norwegian company plans to shut its aluminium smelter in the NSW Hunter Valley. Norsk Hydro will shut down its Kurri Kurri plant, as low metals prices and the strong Australian dollar impact its profitability, the company said today. The smelter employs...
Bechtel judges Hydratight in top 1% of suppliers
One of the largest engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies in the world, Bechtel, has recognized global joint integrity specialist and engineering services company Hydratight as a key supplier. Hydratight was honoured recently among 47 vendors for its performance during the 2011...
Salvors recover aluminium from Rena wreck
Salvors have made good progress recovering bundles of aluminium ingots from the wreck of the Rena despite bad weather earlier in the week. Twenty-five bundles were removed from the hold of the stricken container ship stranded on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of the Western Bay of Plenty...
Giant seaside sculpture made from recycled aluminium creating stir
David Stockdale used almost 500 aluminium horseshoes to create his popular sculpture Flying Without Wings. It was the first time the Calista sculptor had worked with recycled materials and he says it will not be the last. PICTURE GALLERY | Stockdale, who has long had an interest in horse...
BHP Billiton to merge its struggling nickel and aluminium units
BHP Billiton plans to merge its struggling nickel and aluminium units to make them big enough to remain within the mining giant, in a clear signal it is not planning to sell either outright. But the prospect of further sales or closures of individual nickel and aluminium assets remains. Yesterday...
Fletcher Aluminium sets up a New Factory in Christchurch
Fletcher Aluminium has set up a new factory in Wigram to cater for the Christchurch rebuild. The new lease of the revamped Pilkington Drive property will benefit Auckland owner of the factory Barry Wither. He has owned the $2.1 million-valued building since 2009 and in January commissioned seismic...
Nawailevu bauxite mine invests $34million to set up local operation
THE Nawailevu bauxite mine in Bua has invested about $34million ($US20million) into the economy to set up local operation, says mine manager Basilio Vanuaca. He said the mine was expected to excavate a million tonnes of bauxite over the next two years. The total cost includes assistance to the...
MHM Metals Limited updates Australian aluminum operation
MHM Metals Limited announced Australian aluminium operations. Financial Results; MHM’s Australian aluminium subsidiary Alreco Private Limited delivered Gross Quarterly Cash Receipts of USD 1,012,764 million with a Gross Quarterly Operating Surplus of USD 12,237. Alreco also had trade receivables of...
