
At the US-Canada border, aluminium is constantly on the move, but the direction of trade is far from balanced. In the first six months of 2026, the US imported 907,581.44 tonnes of primary aluminium from Canada, while exporting only 78,886.12 tonnes of semi-fabricated aluminium products such as...
What happens when the world’s biggest bauxite supplier produces too much of the one commodity it dominates? Guinea’s bauxite market is offering a striking answer. Record exports have strengthened its position in global trade, but the surge in supply has also pushed prices lower. Australia,...
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<p>Rio Tinto has released the production results of alumina and aluminium for the second quarter of 2017. The company’s alumina and aluminium production for the second quarter of 2017 was lower than the corresponding quarter of 2016.</p> <p><strong>Rio Tinto produced 888,000 tonnes of...

<p>Rio Tinto today announced the production results for the second quarter of 2017. The company recorded improved production at its bauxite operations.</p> <p>Rio Tinto produced 12.9 million tonnes of bauxite in the second quarter of 2017. The production increased seven per cent when compared to...

<p>Rio Tinto, one of the leading metals and mining conglomerate in the world, has almost reached the completion of its Amrun bauxite project which is located in north Queensland. The company’s $2.6 billion project is complete by one third and the first production is expected to start in...

<p>The global aluminium metals market which was valued at USD 1, 12,487.9 million in 2015 is projected to be valued at USD 1, 60,696.1 million by 2022. The market will grow at CAGR of 5.3 per cent from 2016 to 2022, according to the report on Global Aluminium Metals Market of Market Research...

<p>Rio Tinto Aluminium has selected the ECA Group to develop unmanned logistic vehicles for heavy load transportation inside the aluminium smelter. Unmanned logistic vehicles will be mainly used for the transportation of anodes.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...

<p>The Rio Tinto board has reconfirmed its recommendation that shareholders vote in favour of the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Coal & Allied Industries Limited (“C&A”) to Yancoal Australia Limited (“Yancoal”). The recommendation follows consideration by the...

<p>Metals and mining giant Rio Tinto has given a $100 million contract to Aggreko AusPac for the installation of 20MW power station at the Amrun bauxite project in North Queensland.</p> <p>Aggreko AusPac‘s team will install a high-efficiency diesel power system, including engine efficiency...

<p>Tiwai Point smelter at Bluff, owned by Rio Tinto’s New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) has slashed its underlying profit by more than 50% to $25 million, partially due to higher transmission costs.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...

<p>Annastacia Palaszczuk, the Premier of Queensland has said in the parliament that stronger commodity prices have resulted in a rise in job creation in the coal exploration sector. Similarly, jobs in the copper, zinc and bauxite sector would also stabilize with the ramp up of existing...

<p>Southern Cross Electrical Engineering (SCEE), an Australian-based electrical, instrumentation, communication and maintenance services company, has bagged two contracts for Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project in Queensland. The company has received contracts worth a total of $25...

<p>Leading metal and mineral producer Rio Tinto is aiming to generate $5 billion of free cash flow through productivity improvements over a five-year period at its multiple projects. Amrun greenfield bauxite projects are expected to deliver significantly to the targeted cash flow.</p> <p><img...

<p>Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest metals and mining corporations, has published details of its aluminium production result for the first quarter of 2017.</p> <p>Rio Tinto’s data shows that the company produced 889 thousand tonnes of aluminium in the first quarter of 2017. The...

<p>British-Australian metals and mining giant Rio Tinto today announced its bauxite production result for the first quarter of 2017. Rio Tinto chief executive J-S Jacques said that the company delivered solid production in the first quarter of 2017 even though they had to face...

<p>What drives aluminium producers' earnings up? There are many factors such as optimized cost of production, shipment cost control initiatives, raw material procurement and logistics, inventory management; but of all factors it is the price of the metal that has the biggest impact. The higher the...

<p>Aluminium started the year 2017 on a positive note. The light metal traded on the world's biggest commodity exchanges experienced a steady rise till it hit the two-year high of US$1,963 per tonne on March 30. Since then, the uptrend seems to have somewhat lost its steam. Rio Tinto Group chief...

<p>During the FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Jean-Sébastien Jacques, CEO of Rio Tinto said that China’s crackdown on polluting steel furnaces would lead to greater demand for higher-quality raw material iron ore. The restructuring of the country’s state-owned...

<p>Metals and mining giant Rio Tinto proclaimed on Tuesday, March 21, that the company has given more than $900 million in contracts for the development of Amrun bauxite mine project to Queensland suppliers in the Cape York Peninsula, Australia. The company has given nearly two thirds of the total...

<p>As reported by Reuters, three major aluminium producers, South32 Ltd, Rio Tinto Ltd and UC Rusal have offered aluminium premium of $135 per tonne to Japanese buyers for shipments in the April to June quarter. According to sources from the pricing sector, this records a 42% increase from previous...