Oceania’s primary aluminium industry is facing a fragmented energy transition. While Australia, the leading aluminium producer of the continent, has abundant renewable resources and a well-established aluminium value chain, its smelters remain significantly more dependent on fossil-fuel-based...
New Zealand’s aluminium extrusion industry is calling for urgent government action as it faces growing pressure from low-priced imports. The Aluminium Extruders Association of NZ (ALENZ) says a rise in imported aluminium extrusions, particularly from China, is affecting local manufacturers, with...
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Oceania produced 8.194 million tonnes of alumina in H1 2026, down 3.23 per cent from 8.467 million tonnes in H1 2025. The region’s average daily production also declined to 45.27 thousand tonnes, from 46.78 thousand tonnes a year earlier, a decrease of 3.23 per cent. On a quarter-on-quarter basis,...
Australia is edging closer to securing the future of Rio Tinto -controlled Tomago aluminium smelter. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stepped into final negotiations with New South Wales (NSW) Premier Chris Minns over a long-term funding package to keep the facility operating beyond 2028, when...
Global metallurgical-grade alumina production remained almost unchanged in the first half of 2026, totalling 70.24 million tonnes, compared with 70.27 million tonnes in H1 2025-a marginal decline of just 0.04 per cent year on year. But that near-flat headline conceals one of the most eventful...
The first quarter of 2026 brought a temporary setback for Oceania's primary aluminium production, but it did not define the first half of the year. Although production declined from the last year Q4, due to upstream supply disruptions and seasonal operational factors, the region regained momentum...
If we take a look at Australia’s global aluminium export trend, which product category of aluminium dominates the shipment volume? Here is a comparison between the volumes of unwrought aluminium and the other downstream segments supplied by Australia to the world. January-May 2026 export graph:...
The Australian West Perth-based Impact Minerals Limited is set to release 12 million ordinary shares from escrow on July 27, 2026. This would mark a key milestone after the expiry of the initial escrow period related to its acquisition of an 80 per cent stake in Playa One Pty Ltd, the owner of the...
Alcoa Corporation has reported its strongest quarterly revenue to date, backed by the successful restart of capacity at its Portland aluminium smelter in Victoria, Australia, higher aluminium prices and increased shipments. The second quarter (Q2) also marked a milestone with Alcoa’s acquisition of...
Australia-based bauxite producer Metro Mining closed June 2026 with a sharp month-on-month increase in shipments from its Bauxite Hills Mine in North Queensland, while higher quarterly volumes and a substantial rise in waste stripping marked the company’s second-quarter operational performance. The...
Australian-based architectural firm Billard Leece Partnership (BLP) has completed construction of the Wattle Building, which is designed to provide innovative facilities for delivering acute care services to patients at the Children's Hospital at Westmead in Sydney. Extending over 57,000 square...
Bauxite in the Solomon Islands gains the spotlight as the Opposition leader, Manasseh Sogavare, requested the Attorney General, Gabriel Suri, to withdraw from matters related to the mining company, Asia Pacific Investment Development (APID), with a bauxite shipment probe underway. The development...
CQUniversity has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rio Tinto Gladstone aluminium sites – Yarwun refinery, Boyne Smelters and Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) – that will see the organisations collaborate closer than ever before on initiatives to support the region’s industrial...
Rio Tinto’s New Zealand aluminium operations delivered a robust financial performance in 2025, with parent company Pacific Aluminium (New Zealand) reporting a net profit of USD 176 million, supported by higher aluminium sales revenue and increased production at the Tiwai Point smelter. For the year...
New Zealand has opened a safeguard investigation into imports of certain aluminium extrusion products, according to a notification circulated by the country to the World Trade Organization Committee on Safeguards on May 28, 2026. The investigation was initiated by New Zealand’s Ministry of...
Despite April's decline, total imports over January-April rose by 15 per cent on year to 77.68 million tonnes, the GACC data showed. On the demand side, consumption of imported bauxite by the 44 Chinese alumina refiners tracked by Mysteel reached 55.28 million tonnes during the four-month period,...
Global metallurgical-grade alumina production lost momentum in Q1 2026 after several key producing regions scaled back from the exceptionally strong output levels seen at the end of 2025, with North America emerging as the only region to register quarter-on-quarter growth, albeit marginally. China...
Rio Tinto-owned Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter hangs in the balance as union members in the company have decided to go on strike. In a workforce of 670 members, 186 or almost 28 per cent of the smelter’s staff are part of the E tū Union, who have action planned at various intervals for the upcoming...
Australian Metro Mining has released an update of the quarterly activities for the January-March quarter (Q1), delivering a mixed but operationally resilient performance throughout the timeline. Despite near-term cost pressures and seasonal operational constraints, Metro continues to position...
The opening quarter of 2026 presents a curious contradiction. On the surface, global aluminium production slipped-from 18.6 million tonnes in Q4 2025 to 18.3 million tonnes in Q1 2026, a 1.6 per cent decline. But step back, and the bigger picture tells a different story: output remains 1.1 per cent...
