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Vale concludes sale of metals assets to Hydro
02 MAR 20111MINS

Vale concludes sale of metals assets to Hydro

...Bnamericas reported that Vale has concluded the sale of its stakes in bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets in Brazil to Norsk Hydro...

AMG acquires aluminium alloy producer
25 FEB 20111MINS

AMG acquires aluminium alloy producer

...KB Alloys (KBA) is the North American market leader in the production of aluminium master alloys and grain refiners, while AMG, through its Advanced Materials division subsidiary London & Scandinavian Metallurgical Co Limited, is the market leader in Europe and South America for aluminium master...

VP of Aluminium Corporation of China meets governor of Santa Cruz in Argentina
25 FEB 20111MINS

VP of Aluminium Corporation of China meets governor of Santa Cruz in Argentina

...February 22, VP of Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) Zhang Chengzhong met Daniel • Pella, governor of Santa Cruz in Argentina...

Brazilian Primary aluminum production in January amounted to 123.9 thousand ton
22 FEB 20111MINS

Brazilian Primary aluminum production in January amounted to 123.9 thousand ton

...The Brazilian Aluminum Association - ABAL – announced the primary aluminum production of January 2011. According to the entity, a total of 123.9 thousand ton of primary aluminum was produced in January 2011, corresponding to a 3.7% drop compared to the same month in the previous year...

Ball Plans to Construct New Aluminum Beverage Can Manufacturing Facility in Brazil
17 FEB 20111MINS

Ball Plans to Construct New Aluminum Beverage Can Manufacturing Facility in Brazil

...Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) announced today that Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda., the company's majority-owned beverage can joint venture in Brazil, plans to build a new beverage can manufacturing plant in Alagoinhas, in the Brazilian state of Bahia...

Venezuelan Government Resolves Strike at Venalum Aluminum Plant
14 FEB 20111MINS

Venezuelan Government Resolves Strike at Venalum Aluminum Plant

...State-run aluminum company CVG Industria Venezolana de Aluminio CA began full operations again last night after a strike was resolved, Mining Minister Jose Khan said...

Aluminum smelter has failed to earn USD 1.8 billion
11 FEB 20111MINS

Aluminum smelter has failed to earn USD 1.8 billion

...The situation of CVG Alcasa, a Venezuelan smelter, has not changed and following 17 days of operations at a minimum level, the board of directors of the basic industry is assessing the consequences...

Norwegian group Hydro to invest in aluminium foundry in Angola
09 FEB 20111MINS

Norwegian group Hydro to invest in aluminium foundry in Angola

...Luanda, Angola, 8 Feb - Angola will soon have an aluminium foundry, the director of Hydro Aluminium Angola, Gustav Saatad said Monday in Luanda during the 1st National Conference on Clean Energy...

Aluminum smelters Alcasa and Venalum operate at a minimum level
09 FEB 20111MINS

Aluminum smelters Alcasa and Venalum operate at a minimum level

...The actions taken in Caracas by union leaders of CVG Venalum, a Venezuelan basic industry, were unsuccessful. Demonstrations mounted in the aluminum smelter on Monday and workers blocked the access gates of the plant. As a result, operations remain at a minimum level. ..

First Bauxite Corporation Reports Mineral Resource Estimate for Bonasika 7 Deposit, Waratilla-Cartwright PL, Guyana
04 FEB 20111MINS

First Bauxite Corporation Reports Mineral Resource Estimate for Bonasika 7 Deposit, Waratilla-Cartwright PL, Guyana

... the company is pleased to announce that the deposit, now named Bonasika 7, hosts a NI 43-101 compliant unwashed bauxite Indicated mineral resource estimate of 5.9 million tonnes at a grade of 57.7% Al2O3, 8.4% SiO2, 2.5% TiO2, 0.9% Fe2O3 and 29.5% LOI. ....

Global aluminum consumption to double by 2020 - Alcoa
31 JAN 20111MINS

Global aluminum consumption to double by 2020 - Alcoa

...Mr Klaus Kleinfeld CEO of Alcoa Inc said that it expects demand for the metal to double by 2020 driven by consumption in Asia, Brazil and the Middle East...

Mining has downsized 60 percent since 2009
28 JAN 20111MINS

Mining has downsized 60 percent since 2009

...Venezuelan mining is not free from the shortening behavior reported elsewhere in the productive activity. Based on the numbers provided by the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), mining has edged 60 percent over the past couple o..

Alcoa sees aluminum demand doubling by 2020
28 JAN 20111MINS

Alcoa sees aluminum demand doubling by 2020

...Alcoa Inc., the biggest U.S. aluminum producer, says world demand for the light metal will double by 2020 driven by economic growth in Asia, Brazil and the Mideast and rising standards of living that will call for more cars and aircraft...

Canadian company seeks authorization to start bauxite mining in Essequibo
11 JAN 20111MINS

Canadian company seeks authorization to start bauxite mining in Essequibo

... Guyana Industrial Minerals Inc (GINMIN), the local subsidiary of Canada-based, First Bauxite Company (FBX) is looking to start operations at the Waratilla Cartwright Deposits along the banks of the Essequibo River ...

Southwest Aluminum’s Exports and Foreign Exchange Creates Record High
31 DEC 20101MINS

Southwest Aluminum’s Exports and Foreign Exchange Creates Record High

... Southwest Aluminum exports and foreign exchange touched a record high, and completed the whole year’s export and foreign exchange task one month in advance. Southwest Aluminum Company kept good momentum for stable growth of aluminum exports. ... Southwest Aluminum Company’s valid contracts...

Nadir flays RUSAL-owned bauxite company for `gross disregard’
31 DEC 20101MINS

Nadir flays RUSAL-owned bauxite company for `gross disregard’

... the RUSAL-owned bauxite company accusing it of gross disregard for the laws of Guyana following its refusal to attend a meeting with the union, GBGWU, and warned that compulsory arbitration could be invoked. ...

Russian bauxite company snubs industrial dispute meeting
30 DEC 20101MINS

Russian bauxite company snubs industrial dispute meeting

... The RUSAL-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) Inc. today failed to show up at a scheduled meeting between the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) and the Assistant Chief Labour Officer. ...

Aleris International completes sale of MCN Empreendimentos
27 DEC 20101MINS

Aleris International completes sale of MCN Empreendimentos

... Aleris International, Inc. has completed the sale of its operations in Brazil to MCN Empreendimentos e Participacoes Ltda. The transaction includes assets associated with 11 scrap collection centers located throughout Brazil and two melting sites in Pindamonhangaba, Brazil. ...