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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Rio Tinto will expand output from one of the world’s premier bauxite deposits following approval of the $1.9 billion Amrun project. Amrun involves the construction of a bauxite mine and associated processing and port facilities on the Cape York Peninsula in north Queensland. The planned initial...
Rio Tinto is poised to approve its long-stalled $1 billion (£661 million pounds) South of Embley bauxite expansion project as early as this week, said a review report published today. The Anglo-Australian miner expects the return on the project in Weipa in Australia's Queensland state to be...
Rio Tinto releases strong third quarter production results despite the bearish situation in the commodity market. Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh said “We continue to deliver efficient production, rigorous cost control and sound allocation of capital. This approach is ensuring that our tier one...
Rio Tinto Alcan, one of the world's leading mineral and metal conglomerates, is in the process of doubling the capacity of the alumina refinery at Yarwun. The construction work is almost near completion. The official opening ceremony of the upgarded section took place recently. Campbell Newman, the...
Rio Tinto and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have announced the Weipa Solar Plant will generate electricity for the mining conglomerate’s bauxite mine, processing facilities and the township. At peak output, the 1.7 megawatt plant can generate sufficient electricity to support up to...
Alcoa chief executive Klaus Kleinfeld says his company's plans to demerge its upstream and downstream businesses will give the company "optionality" for dealmaking, with analysts pointing to the potential for multi-billion dollar transactions involving Alumina Ltd, Rio Tinto and South32. The US...
A startling slump in the price of aluminium on global markets is more than offsetting a 20 per cent fall in the New Zealand dollar against the greenback, pushing the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter into negative cashflow, according to estimates by Wellington investment firm Woodward Partners. Woodward...
Global demand for aluminum will rise by 24 million tonnes to 78 million tonnes annually by 2025, said Alfredo Barrios, Rio Tinto's Chief Executive for aluminum, at an industry conference in Vancouver on September 22, Tuesday, though market fundamentals will continue to force further capacity...
The biggest aluminum producers are discussing the introduction of a “green” trademark for the lightweight metal that could be sold at a premium and encourage carbon footprint reductions among rivals, United Co. Rusal’s deputy chief executive officer said. “Since many of consumers, such as the car...
Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, has successfully argued before the BC Supreme Court that Rio Tinto’s Kitimat aluminum smelter must reviewed by the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB). The project, to be built without a sulphur dioxide scrubber, had been approved by the province’s...
International Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium Society (IBAAS), China Aluminium International Engineering Corporation Limited (Chalieco) and Suzhou Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals (SINR) have jointly announced that the Fourth IBAAS symposium (IBAAS-CHALIECO-SINR 2015) will be held in Suzhou...
One of Tasmania's largest manufacturing employers says it has adapted to tough economic conditions to celebrate 60 years of operation. Bell Bay Aluminium smelter is the oldest in the Southern Hemisphere and was built in 1955, when importing aluminium became difficult. It was bought by Rio Tinto...
A decision on the $1.45 billion South of Embley bauxite project at Weipa is to be made by the end of the year 2015, confirmed officials at Rio Tinto. Despite Rio Tinto reporting a first half year net profit slumping 43 per cent to $3.98 billion as falling iron ore, coal, copper and aluminium prices...
Global mining giant Rio Tinto plans to share their non-confidential laser mineral analysis technology free of cost with the upcoming exploration companies in Australia to facilitate the discovery of high quality mineral reserves in the country. The technology was developed by geoscientists at the...
Mining giant Rio Tinto on August 6 reported a 82% drop in its first-half net profit as a supply glut and slowing demand in key market China sent iron ore prices plunging. The Anglo-Australian firm, which reports in US dollars, said net profit was $806m in the six months to June 30 from $4.4bn in...
Global mining giant Rio Tinto's New Zealand subsidiary indicates that it plans to keep the country 's only aluminum smelter operating with a deal to purchase electricity beyond 2017. Meridian Energy, a state-controled power generator, announced Monday that it had signed an electricity agreement...
Indigenous businesses in north-east Arnhem Land are finding opportunities in the void left by the loss of Rio Tinto's alumina refinery, which was once the largest employer in the town of Nhulunbuy. Rio Tinto closed the Gove alumina refinery last year. Since then, economic development has been a...
National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco), the navratna PSU under the Union mines ministry, has entered into an R&D (research & development) cooperation agreement with Aluminium Pechiney (AP) / Rio Tinto Alcan. The agreement was signed between B K Satpathy, executive director, Nalco and Bernard...
