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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ERM signs gas supply deal with Alcoa
Energy company ERM Power has secured a deal to sell gas from its Gingin reserves to aluminium giant,Alcoa. Under the agreement, ERM will provide Alcoa with 15,000-terajoules of gas from its Gingin and Red Gully fields, north of Perth. Alcoa will make a staged pre-payment of $25-million, allowing...
Dross recycling plant opens at Tiwai
A Bahrain-based company wants to expand its dross recycling operations throughout the world after opening a multimillion-dollar factory at Tiwai Point yesterday. Construction of the Taha Asia Pacific recycling plant began this year at New Zealand Aluminium Smelters and was officially opened...
Rio Tinto Alcan awards tapping contract to HMR
Rio Tinto Alcan has signed a contract with Norwegian company HMR Hydeq. HMR will deliver a complete tapping system for the expansion of production capacity at the Alcan Iceland smelter in Straumsvik, Iceland. The agreement includes five tapping vehicles with the crucible cleaner and other auxiliary...
Another bauxite mine
A CHINESE company operating a bauxite mine in Vanua Levu is in the process of setting up another mine there. The bauxite mine in operation at Bua now will be officially opened on November 8. But the company is already in the process of setting up another bauxite mine in the same area. The mine is...
Global aluminum stocks soar to 3 million tons in August - IAI
According to statistics released by the International Aluminum Institute, the global aluminum stocks in August increased 15,000 tonnes to reach 2.662 million tonnes from 2.647 million tonnes in July. In addition, the figures increased by 210,000 tonnes in comparison of 2.452 million tonnes in...
Fiji - Cabinet Approves Environment Management
Cabinet has approved the Environment Management [Waste Disposal and Recycling] [Amendment] Regulations 2011, and the Environment Management [Container Deposit] Regulations 2011. The Regulations provide the legal framework for the establishment of the Container Deposit and Refund Recycling System....
Aluminium lacework from Chatterton Lacework
Chatterton Lacework , a leading Australian manufacturer of aluminium building products presents aluminium lacework. Chatterton Lacework now manufactures aluminium lacework based on the popular Victorian design, Rosemary iron lacework that was common in Inner Melbourne homes built during the...
Recycling plant turns 50
AUSTRALIA'S largest aluminium recycling facility, the Alcoa plant in Yennora, turned 50 last month. The facility recycles almost half a billion aluminium cans a year, going through around 55,000 tonnes of scrap aluminium. The recycling process uses 5 per cent of the energy needed to make new metal...
Bluetongue stadium turning green thanks to Mariners
THEY might wear blue and yellow on the field but the Mariners have gone green this week, getting behind Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium’s latest environmentally friendly recycling campaign. Stadium manager Monique Marks showed off their newly installed recycling bins to star players Patrick...
Aluminum in Australia - Latest Market Research Report
Reportstack, the provider of premium market research reports has announced the addition of 'Aluminum in Australia' market report to its offering. Aluminum in Australia industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2006-10, and...
Chinese aluminum extrusion export saved by Australia after losing US and Canada
After losing two big markets of Canada and United States, China’s aluminum industry finally gets some good news: Australia cuts down AD and CVD duties set against China’s aluminum extrusions exported to the nation. Otherwise China could lose 2/3 of the demand from developed countries covering North...
Mitten Vinyl Australia supplies Hunter Douglas aluminium cladding
Mitten Vinyl Australia is an authorised distributor of Hunter Douglas aluminium cladding and can offers specialist advice on the installation and maintenance of aluminium cladding. Aluminium cladding offers homeowners a prefinished and lightweight timber look cladding that is low maintenance and...
First bauxite export expected at the end of this year
Aurum Exploration Limited is expected to make it's first bauxite export at the end of this year says Deputy Permanent Secretary for Lands and Mineral Resources Pene Baleinabuli. Baleinabuli told FBC News everything is progressing well and mining in Nawailevu looks promising. Baleinabuli says they...
Legend International Holdings Inc. Announces Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with Alcoa of Australia Limited
Legend International Holdings, Inc (Legend) is pleased to announce it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Alcoa of Australia Limited ("Alcoa") to investigate a potential offtake agreement. The two companies have commenced preliminary discussions examining the viability of Legend supplying...
WA Govt urged to mediate Alcoa emissions row
Residents in the south-west Western Australian town of Yarloop are calling on the State Government to intervene in a long-running dispute between the community and aluminium producer Alcoa. A group of residents is taking legal action against Alcoa, alleging emissions from the company's refinery are...
Local recruitments for bauxite
RECRUITMENT of locals to work at the bauxite site in Nawailevu Village in Bua has begun, confirmed Commissioner Northern Lieutenant Colonel Ilai Moceica. The recruitment, he said, began with those in the security department and allowed people around Vanua Levu to grab this opportunity.
Australian, N.Z. Stocks: Alumina
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index climbed 2.6 percent to 4,282.90 at the 4:10 p.m. close of trading in Sydney. New Zealand's NZX 50 Index gained 1.1 percent to 3,252.63 at the 5 p.m. close in Wellington. Alumina Ltd. (AWC AU) jumped 8.2 percent to A$1.97. Alumina, a partner in the world's biggest...
Asian Stocks Rise as U.S. Retail Sales, Japan GDP Boost Outlook
Asian stocks rose following the longest series of weekly losses since June after U.S. retail sales increased by the most in four months and Japan’s second- quarter gross domestic product beat economist estimates. Alumina Ltd. (AWC) climbed 8.2 percent to A$1.97 after Macquarie Group Ltd. upgraded...
