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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MHM Metals Ltd : MHM Company Update
• Steady-state operations in Geelong, with salt slag recycling plant operating to specification and AL80 plant in final commissioning phase • 24-hour operations to commence in January • Significant progress for completion of AL80 customs paperwork, delays unrelated to product performance • US site...
CSR to rethink stake in Tomago aluminium plant
CSR has revealed it will use Rio Tinto's planned sale of its $US5 billion ($5.01bn) aluminium asset portfolio to review its 25 per cent interest in the Tomago aluminium smelter in NSW, which could result in the building materials group quitting the stake. In his first public comments on the issue...
Tiwai smelter pours 10 millionth tonne
New Zealand Aluminium Smelters equipment improvement engineer Stu Templer shows off the pot that held the 10 millionth tonne of aluminium, which was poured at the smelter. New Zealand Aluminium Smelters has hit a milestone, pouring its 10 millionth tonne of aluminium. The smelter, at Tiwai Point,...
Australia Gladstone port's Nov alumina throughput down 24% on year
Australia's Gladstone port in the state of Queensland handled 344,936 mt of outbound alumina shipments in November through eight vessels, statistics published Wednesday by the local port authority indicated. Of these, 143,523 mt were domestic shipments, while 76,970 mt were bound for Russia, 26,250...
Phelan continues Telwater leadership following GM Tim Atkins resignation
TELWATER MD Paul Phelan is set to strengthen his leadership role following the resignation of general manager, Tim Atkins. After 24 years as MD, Telwater has transformed into Australia's largest aluminium boat manufacturer. I've taken a largely supervisory role in previous years and I'm keen to...
World Primary Aluminium Production Up 21.29% In Jan-Oct 2011
World primary Aluminium production was at 21.29 million tons in Jan-October 2011, up 21% from 20.11 million tons in Jan-Oct 2010. The report from International Aluminium Institute showed that the production of primary Aluminium in Gulf region was 2.858 million tons in Jan-Oct 2011, up 30% from 2.20...
Cape Alumina Ltd : Partially Underwritten Share Purchase Plan
Cape Alumina Limited (Cape Alumina or Company) is pleased to advise that it will be undertaking a Share Purchase Plan (SPP) to raise up to $2,340,000. One important objective of this capital raising is to allow smaller shareholders the opportunity to increase their investment in the Company at an...
Expanded Wiri factory will produce 600 million aluminium cans every year
Amcor Australasia, New Zealand’s leading beverage can manufacturer for more than two decades, has invested a further $40 million in its South Auckland plant to double production and bring new capability to the local beverage market. Officially launched today to dignitaries and industry...
Fiji readies for first bauxite exports
The Fiji interim government says its first exports of bauxite will be ready by January or February next year. The mineral is being exported to China. The mine at Nawailevu in Vanua Levu was opened a week ago by the interim prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama.He told guests the mine was a...
Arabal: RTA to focus on Tier 1 businesses
Rio Tinto Alcan will concentrate on its Tier 1 assets to make them resilient to the global economic uncertainty, its chief executive Jacynthe Cote said. In the keynote presentation, Ms Cote told delegates at the 15th Arabal conference, held in Muscat, Oman, the company was streamlining six of its...
PM officiates at bauxite mine ceremony
FIJI'S first-ever bauxite mine was commissioned at Nawailevu in Bua following a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday. More than 200 jovial landowners, villagers, government officials and executives from the mining company Xinfa Aurum Exploration Fiji witnessed the historic event. Chief guest and...
Bauxite potential
BAUXITE mining is expected to become the largest economic booster for the Northern Division. The bauxite mine, said to be Fiji's first, was opened by Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama at Nawailevu in Bua yesterday and is poised to rake in further investments into the country. Australian...
Aziana targets gold and bauxite in Madagascar, admitted to ASX
Aziana (ASX: AZK), a Madagascar-focused gold and bauxite explorer, has been admitted to the ASX this week following a successful initial public offer of up to 50 million shares at A$0.25 to raise up to $12.5 million. The company will have 93.6 million shares and 46.8 million options on issue when...
PM will open bauxite mine
Fiji’s first bauxite mine is expected to be in operation soon. Mining by Aurum Exploration Fiji Limited will begin next Tuesday at Nawailevu, Bua, soon after the Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, commissioned its opening. The Prime Minister’s Office yesterday confirmed Commodore...
Goyen Controls Co installs air monitoring station at Comalco aluminium smelter
A major aluminium smelter near Gladstone on the central Queensland coast recently commissioned Goyen Controls Co to install a system of weather sensors to allow for the monitoring of ambient weather conditions. Due to strict environmental controls and plant operating rules, the Comalco smelter,...
Global aluminum production falls 61,000 metric tons to 2.122 mn tons in September
Global aluminum production fell by 61,000 metric tons to 2.122 million tons in September from a revised 2.183 million in August, reported International Aluminum Institute. However,the September tally was up from 2.007 million in the same month a year ago. Month-on-month declines were reported for...
Update-Bauxite mine to be commissioned next month
The bauxite mine in Bua is expected to be commissioned next month. The confirmation was made to the Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama after he met with the President of Xinfa Group Zhang Xueixin - the company that will undertake the mining project. Xueixin also reconfirmed his invitation...
Recycling initiative added to Queensland 7-Eleven store
Recycling drinks containers has just become a lot easier for Murrumba Downs residents with the introduction of an innovative reverse vending recycling machine, Envirobank, at the 7-Eleven store. The Queensland outlet is the third in the franchised convenience chain to adopt this recycling...
