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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Rio, Alcoa get more time on Mitchell Plateau
...The WA Government has quietly given mining giants Rio Tinto and Alcoa a further two years to come up with a development plan for their Mitchell Plateau bauxite project in the Kimberley...
EPA exposes risks of environmental damage in Rio Tinto Alcan refinery
...It is reported that the Environment Protection Authority's investigation into a spill at Rio Tinto Alcan's refinery has found the Northern Territory is exposed to risks of environmental damage because of inadequate site inspections...
Rio, Alcoa Win Deadline Extension on Bauxite Plan, West Says
...Rio Tinto Group and Alcoa Inc. (AA) have been given a two year extension to a deadline to submit a development plan to the Western Australian government for the Mitchell Plateau bauxite project, the West Australian newspaper reported...
Buy Parekh Aluminex; target of Rs 350: Sunidhi Securities
...Rio Tinto Alcan (RIO.L) said on Wednesday that its Laterriere aluminum smelter in Quebec was operating at half capacity following a power failure. The smelter suffered a significant outage on Tuesday after two electrical transformers failed, leaving the plant without adequate energy to continue...
Alcan fallout crushes Sir Rod
...Rio Tinto might be back on top of its game but the fallout from its disastrous $US38 billion acquisition of Canadian aluminium group Alcan in 2007 is still claiming victims, this time at the highest level...
Rio Tinto Alcan offers $118/mt premium to Japan aluminum buyers for Q2
...Rio Tinto Alcan, one of the world's largest aluminum producers, has offered Japanese buyers a premium of $118/mt for primary aluminum exported to Japan in the second quarter, market sources said Wednesday...
TMS 2011 gets underway
...The exhibition and conference marked the 125th Anniversary of the Hall-Heroult Process with a plenary session devoted to the subject. Claude Vanvoren of Rio Tinto Alcan opened proceedings with a look at The Early Days of the European Aluminium Industry and examined Paul Heroult's role as the...
TMS 2011 gets underway
...The exhibition and conference marked the 125th Anniversary of the Hall-Heroult Process with a plenary session devoted to the subject. Claude Vanvoren of Rio Tinto Alcan opened proceedings with a look at The Early Days of the European Aluminium Industry and examined Paul Heroult's role as the...
Rio Tinto Alcan starts exploration of bauxite mining project in Madagascar
...Reportedly, Rio Tinto Alcan began the study of the bauxite project in Manantenina area in southeast of Madagascar in early 2008. Currently the project has entered the initial exploration phase...
Rio Tinto Invests In Education
...Rio Tinto Alcan, the aluminum production arm of Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) Group, said that it will invest $13 million over the next five years in Pathways to Education Canada. Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) has plans to invest $13 million in Pathways to Education...
Raising Our Fair Value Estimate for Rio Tinto
... Analyst Note Rio Tinto (RIO) generated record underlying fiscal 2010 earnings of $14.0 billion that came in 3.5% ahead of our $13.5 billion forecast--a very pleasing result, particularly from iron ore where earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased 150% to $15.6 billion. ...
Rio Tinto paying below the rate, union leader claims
...The assault by the Australian Workers Union on Rio Tinto is confined to the mining giant's aluminium operations, and is not a broad strategy to unionise the iron ore sector. The union's national secretary, Paul Howes, said Rio Tinto's iron ore operations were "not a priority", and the AWU was...
Workers' Union urges Rio Tinto Alcan to treat workers better
...The Australian Trade Union Movement has thrown its support behind a campaign to improve wages, conditions and workplace rights at Rio Tinto's aluminium operations in the country...
Last chance for Rio aluminium division
... Rio touched on the issues facing the aluminium division at last week's report of a record profit for 2010 of $US13.98 billion, a boom result underpinned by ...
400 Jobs Saved at Aluminium Plant
...Governor Steve Beshear was in Western Kentucky today symbolically finalizing a deal between State Government, Henderson County Government and Rio Tinto Alcan. That deal allows the company to invest 37 million into their aluminum smelting plant in Sebree, retaining 488 jobs. All three sides have...
Rio Tinto triples profit on surging commodity prices
...Three years ago mining giant Rio Tinto was saddled with a $40 billion debt after its ill fated purchase of aluminium giant *Alcan just before the global financial crisis hit and floored commodity prices...
Rio getting back on track after flood disruption
...The domestic and international supply of aluminium from Rio's Boyne Island smelter was disrupted in early January, with the company declaring a force majeure as the result of the floods which devastated Queensland and parts of northern NSW...
Rio getting back on track after flood disruption
...The domestic and international supply of aluminium from Rio's Boyne Island smelter was disrupted in early January, with the company declaring a force majeure as the result of the floods which devastated Queensland and parts of northern NSW...
