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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SNC-Lavalin, Hatch Ltd. speed work on pilot plant
...Montreal-based engineers and construction managers SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and 50-50 partner Hatch Ltd. said Wednesday they will accelerate their work on Rio Tinto Alcan’s $758-million aluminum pilot-plant project in Quebec’s Saguenay region for completion in 2013...
Rio Tinto cautious on aluminium outlook
...The aluminium division of Rio Tinto will push ahead with modernization and Brownfield projects aimed at boosting cost competitiveness. Rio Tinto Alcan remains positive about the long term outlook for the sector despite some medium term caution...
Rio Tinto New Zealand Aluminium smelter cuts production by 5pct
...Reuters reported that global miner Rio Tinto said production at its New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd subsidiary was being cut by about 5% in response to high electricity prices...
Rio backs aluminium expansion
...RIO TINTO has kept its faith that aluminium will shake off its price doldrums by committing an initial $US1.05 billion to modernising and expanding its aluminium smelters in Canada...
More money committed to Kitimat smelter modernization
...It's another major step forward for the $2.5 billion Kitimat Modernization Project. Rio Tinto, the parent company of Rio Tinto Alcan, has announced a major investment to improve production efficiency of its Canadian aluminum smelters through modernization and expansion...
Rio's to expand with to spend $760m on Quebec aluminium
...The mining giant said it would spend $US758 million ($A760.59 million) on the first phase of a smelter in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec...
Rio Tinto ready to spend on Alcan
...Rio Tinto PLC is poised to announce it’s going ahead with major spending commitments on Canadian projects at its Alcan subsidiary after putting them on ice two years ago as the mining giant struggled with heavy debt and the drop in global demand for aluminum...
Rio Tinto may sell some plants
...Rio Tinto is planning to sell some of its Alcan aluminum smelters and bauxite refineries, The Australian newspaper reported Monday...
Rio Tinto may sell some plants
...Rio Tinto is planning to sell some of its Alcan aluminum smelters and bauxite refineries, The Australian newspaper reported Monday...
Allens advises Rio Tinto on landmark exploration joint venture in China
...Allens Arthur Robinson (Allens) has advised leading international mining group and long standing client Rio Tinto on its non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) to establish a landmark exploration joint venture in China...
Chalco to establish a joint venture with Rio Tinto
...Dec 3,2010, Chinalco and Rio Tinto held MOU signing ceremony for setting up jointly exploration company in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. Wang min, vice minister of Land and Resources attended the signing ceremony...
Rio Tinto Alcan joins research partnership
...Rio Tinto Alcan, owner of hydro plants and aluminum smelters in Quebec and northern British Columbia, said Monday it will invest $500,000 in a new research partnership to study the potential impact of climate change on the water resources of the Lac Saint-Jean region of Quebec...
Rio Tinto to Expand Paraguay Aluminum Project
...Rio Tinto Alcan plans to spend $3.5 billion to build an aluminum plant in Paraguay that will produce an estimated 670,000 tonnes a year, the project manager said on Monday, raising the company's initial projections...
Rio CEO warns aluminium stocks weighing on market
...Rio Tinto (RIO.AX: Quote) (RIO.L: Quote), the world's biggest aluminium producer, on Monday warned large inventories of aluminium amassed during the global financial crisis were weighing on the outlook for the commodity over the next few years...
Rio says moving toward short-term alumina pricing
...Rio Tinto (RIO.AX: Quote) (RIO.L: Quote), the world's biggest aluminium producer, is increasingly pricing more of its alumina on a short-term basis, the company said on Monday...
Rio Tinto Alcan To Expand Vaudreuil Works Alumina Refinery
...Rio Tinto Alcan says that it will invest $10 million in the expansion of the Vaudreuil Works alumina refinery in Jonquière, Quebec...
Rio Tinto Alcan announces a US$10 million investment at its Vaudreuil alumina facility in Quebec, Canada
...Rio Tinto Alcan will invest US$10 million in the expansion of the bauxite residue containment site at its Vaudreuil Works alumina refinery in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada...
Rio Tinto Finance (USA) Limited Announces Results of Cash Tender Offer for 5.875%
...Rio Tinto Finance (USA) Limited (the "Company") announced today the results of its cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for any and all of the outstanding 5.875% Notes due 15 July 2013 issued by it and guaranteed by Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited (the "Notes"), of which US$2.5 billion in...
