US imported 11.5x more primary aluminium from Canada than it exported in semi-fabricated form in H1 2026 - know why
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...
Australian bauxite forecast at $39/t vs Guinea at $34-46/t: How ore quality, freight and oversupply are shaping prices
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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Aluminium smelters hit by oversupply, falling demand and high energy costs
"The aluminum can in my hand will be back in the refrigerator in 60 days in the form of another aluminum can after I drink its contents and put it into a recycling bin," said Charles McLane, holding a canned drink while conducting an exclusive interview with China Daily. The words of McLane,...
Rio Tinto Alcan CEO focusses on Alumina and Bauxite to help cut production costs
Rio Tinto Alcan, one of five operating groups operated by Rio Tinto PLC, is focusing its investment and development on bauxite and alumina, Jacynthe Cote, chief executive of Rio Tinto Alcan, said Tuesday at the American Metal Market Aluminum Summit. "Remember that it all starts with bauxite and...
Aluminum may face supply deficit in 2013: Rio Tinto
The global aluminum market will be more balanced this year and could shift into a supply deficit by 2013 as new projects fail to keep the pace with high-cost capacity cuts this year, Rio Tinto Alcan's Chief Executive said Tuesday. "Supply will become more challenging ... the market will be near a...
Greg Baxter Leaves Rio Tinto Alcan For Glencore
Greg Baxter has left Rio Tinto Alcan, a subsidiary of U.K.-listed miner Rio Tinto PLC (RIO), to join the alumina team of Swiss-based Glencore International PLC (GLEN.LN), industry sources told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday. Baxter will start work at Glencore Sept. 1, the sources said. It is not known...
Fives Solios wins Kitimat smelter contact from Rio
Rio Tinto Alcan has awarded two contracts to Fives Solios for its Kitimat brownfield smelter, in British Columbia, Canada. The first contract for the Green Anode Plant consists of the supply of a complete mixing line including the preheating screw, the IMC (Intensive Mixing Cascade), two Xelios,...
Lockout at Rio Tinto's aluminum smelter continues
Rio Tinto Alcan has not scheduled any new talks to end a six-month lockout of unionized workers at its Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec that has cut output at the plant by two-thirds, a spokesman told Reuters in an email on Tuesday. "No face-to-face meetings are scheduled," Rio Tinto Alcan...
Konecranes to Provide Powerhouse Cranes for Rio Tinto Alcan's smelter
Rio Tinto Alcan has selected Konecranes to provide two 225-ton SMARTON(R) powerhouse cranes with tandem lift capability for its aluminium smelter in northern British Columbia. The turnkey contract also includes installation, remote diagnostics and an operator training package from The Konecranes...
Rio Tinto Alcan’s Lynemouth smelter closes its doors axing hundred of jobs
This week spells the end for Rio Tinto Alcan’s Lynemouth smelter as the main part of the plant closes its doors for the final time today. About 290 workers were due to finish their last shifts this week, and many others have already left to take up other jobs or to use up holidays owed to them. The...
Rio Tinto Alcan and the CSIRO to start a project to map climate change impact
Mining giant Rio Tinto Alcan and the CSIRO say they are embarking on a million-dollar project to measure the effects of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland. The Future Reef Map project will involve the installation of an ocean sensor on a Rio Tinto ship, which regularly travels...
Rio Tinto Alcan’s smelter in Kitimat is upgraded to increase efficiency
Lower prices for aluminum have pushed a number of aluminum plants “under water,” unable to make a profit. That’s why modernizing Rio Tinto Alcan’s smelter in Kitimat is crucial. When upgrades costing $3.3 billion US are finished on the almost 60-year-old Kitimat facility it will be one of the...
Fitch rates Aluminum Corporation of China at 'BBB+' with Stable Outlook
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Aluminum Corporation of China Limited's (Chalco) Long-Term Foreign Currency (FC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB+' with Stable Outlook and Long-Term Local Currency (LC) IDR at 'A-' with Negative Outlook. The Short-Term FC and LC IDRs have been affirmed at 'F2'. Chalco...
Australia Environment Minister Cautious Over Rio's Bauxite Expansion
Australia's federal environment minister said Thursday that he wouldn't apologize for his caution over a proposal by Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) to expand its bauxite mining operations in Queensland state. A word of words has erupted between the Labor Party's Tony Burke and Queensland's Liberal National...
Rio Tinto gets nod for Queensland bauxite expansion
Rio Tinto is a step closer to expanding its bauxite operations in far north Queensland, after a controversial $1.45 billion project was given approval to proceed by the Queensland Government. While Federal Government approvals are still outstanding, the “South of Embley” project near Weipa was...
Bechtel judges Hydratight in top 1% of suppliers
One of the largest engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies in the world, Bechtel, has recognized global joint integrity specialist and engineering services company Hydratight as a key supplier. Hydratight was honoured recently among 47 vendors for its performance during the 2011...
Chinese tycoons plan to take Guinea mine Simandou from Rio Tinto
A SECRETIVE group of Chinese tycoons is plotting to take away the world's largest undeveloped iron ore project from Rio Tinto. The swoop by China International Fund (CIF), set up by a syndicate of Hong Kong traders and Sonangol, Angola's state oil monopoly, is the latest turn in the fight over...
Rio Tinto plans to seal its first Pacific Aluminium deal
By now Rio Tinto is well aware of what it’s like to own assets its register really wished it didn’t. Thankfully, a finish line appears in site for at least some of the Pacific Aluminium assets. Mining giant Rio Tinto hopes to seal its first Pacific Aluminium deal almost a year after quarantining...
Rio Tinto hopes to sell alumina plants by September
Rio Tinto hopes to seal the sale of four alumina plants in France and Germany by the end of September, the chief executive of its aluminium arm said, advancing its push to reduce its footprint in the highly competitive sector. Rio Tinto Alcan said at the end of March it had received a binding offer...
Rio Tinto Alcan and Cahya Mata Sarawak Cancel $1 Billion Aluminum Smelter Plant, an Industrial Info News Alert
Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Rio Tinto Alcan (Montreal, Quebec), the aluminum manufacturing branch of Rio Tinto plc RIO +2.80% , and Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (kl:CMSBU) (Sarawak, Malaysia) have mutually terminated their memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a...
