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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Strong and durable Alulite aluminium trestle tables available from Nufurn - Commercial Furniture Solutions
As sole Australian and New Zealand distributor of Southern Aluminium Tables, Nufurn - Commercial Furniture Solutions offers the Alulite trestle table. These lightweight, yet extremely strong and durable aluminium tables are supplied with a lifetime warranty and are compliant with all OH&S...
Australia Stock Market Report - CLOSE - 08/11/2011
It was another interesting session on the Australian share market, as investors reacted to fresh sovereign debt worries out of Europe and a surprise rise in the local unemployment rate. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) fell 1.5pct on open, outperforming near 5pct losses witnessed on Wall Street...
Anodised aluminium wall cladding from AAL Aluart installed at the Drake offices in Auckland
AAL Aluart have supplied bright silver on matt silver anodised aluminium wall cladding for installation at the Drake offices in Auckland. The office building design reinforces the architectural significance of the heritage listed Drake Hotel, which the office building wraps around the side and rear...
Luvata announces expansion of production operations in Grenada
Luvata has announced an expansion of its aluminum coils manufacturing facility in Grenada. The company says in a release that the expansion at the Grenada Air Industrial Park represents an investment of over $1 million for machinery and equipment.
Alcoa Foundation to sponsor 25 employees for Earthwatch Institute expedition
Alcoa Foundation announced that it will sponsor 25 employees from the Company’s operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Spain, Suriname and the United States on Earthwatch Institute expeditions to Brazil and China. The employees, who volunteered to become...
Alcoa Employees Join Expedition to Brazil and China as Earthwatch Fellows
Alcoa Foundation announced today that it will sponsor 25 employees from the Company’s operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Spain, Suriname and the United States on Earthwatch Institute expeditions to Brazil and China. The employees, who volunteered to...
DecoWood timber-look aluminium cladding a popular choice in Queensland
DecoWood timber-look aluminium cladding, available from Decorative Imaging , has recently been selected for use in a number of large-scale projects on the Gold Coast. The wood grain finish on aluminium is popular in marine environments such as the Gold Coast due to its durability in harsh...
Aluminium waste trial to be expanded
Weston Aluminium says a trial involving the processing of hazardous waste in the Hunter Valley has been so successful it is looking to extend it. The company has applied to the New South Wales Government to process up to 200 tonnes of spent potlining material at the Weston furnace. A recent trial...
ALUMINIUM-Major market developments in June
PRODUCTION: June 23 - BHP Billiton , the world's largest mining group, said the estimated cost of expanding the Worsley alumina project in Western Australia had increased by more than half due to its complexity and inflationary pressures. BHP, which has an 86-percent interest in the project, said...
NALCO sells aluminum billets at USD 150 per tonne premium
Reuters reported that India's National Aluminum Company Limited sold 1,500 tonnes of aluminum billets at USD 150 per tonne premium over the average LME cash price on a cost insurance and freight basis. Mr Ansuman Das director commercial of NALCO said that the aluminum will be shipped to an...
Bauxite mining quota
AURUM Exploration (Fiji) Limited is contracted to dig one million tonnes of bauxite soil from the Nawailevu lands, says the permanent secretary for Mineral Resources, Filimone Kau.,br> "The total volume the contractor is to supply is one million tonnes of bauxite," Mr Kau said. "The tax and...
Aluminium industry urged to focus on renewable energy
The environment group Friends of the Earth says the aluminium industry should commit to adopting more renewable energy rather than attacking the proposed carbon tax. The Australian Aluminium Council says production may be forced offshore if the carbon tax does not include compensation for the...
Aluminium industry urged to focus on renewable energy
The environment group Friends of the Earth says the aluminium industry should commit to adopting more renewable energy rather than attacking the proposed carbon tax. The Australian Aluminium Council says production may be forced offshore if the carbon tax does not include compensation for the...
Loads of dross boon for Southland farms
Fluctuating fertiliser prices could become a thing of the past in the south if a dross recycling plant starting up at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is successful. Taha Asia Pacific expects to complete its $5 million dross recycling plant at New Zealand Aluminium Smelters' site by August. Taha...
Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) Announce High Grade Brown Sugar Bauxite Discovery at Guyra, NSW
Sydney, June 28, 2011 (ABN Newswire) - Emerging bauxite exploration and development company, Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) has received laboratory results from drilling at its Guyra project in NSW. 63 holes intersected a thick layer of bauxite located beneath a thin clay horizon, including...
North economy vulnerable
ABOUT $30million will circulate in the Northern Division once new investment projects like bauxite mining and wood chip exports in Bua start. This coupled with a good year in sugarcane should boost the Northern Division economy, says Labasa Chamber of Commerce president Ashok Karan. Mr Karan said...
Rusal vets Fiji for alternative bauxite
Mr Oleg Deripaska's Rusal, the world's biggest aluminum producer, has given Rio Tinto food for thought on the future mix of bauxite supplies to their Queensland Alumina Limited JV at Gladstone in Queensland. Rusal has thrown up the potential for Fiji to become a new source of bauxite to cover its...
Sohar Aluminum takes delivery of first ship
Oman's Sohar Aluminum has taken delivery of its first vessel from Australia. The vessel, one of the two ships commissioned for Sohar Aluminum and is operated by Oman Shipping Company is dedicated to ship alumina and petroleum coke for Sohar Aluminum for a period of 15 years.
