June 27, 2012 Orbite signs memorandum of understanding with Asian giant Nalco and announces positive results from Its Red Mud remediation process Orbite has signed a non-binding agreement to test its new technology on Nalco's ores and red mud – residue which is left after alumina extraction.
June 23, 2012 It’s not just about rare earth and lithium; the aluminum industry loves the Tesla Model S The much-anticipated Tesla Model S, which started production last week, uses a lot of aluminum, and that has industry groups pleased as punch.
May 30, 2012 China mulling undersea mineral exploration China could take a page out of Nautilus Minerals' playbook and begin exploring for undersea polymetallic sulphide deposits.
May 29, 2012 Farmland inundated after aluminum sludge leak About 67 hectares of farmland were submerged in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region as of Tuesday after a sludge dump of an aluminum company began leaking Saturday.
May 22, 2012 Global aluminum market to reach $112.3 billion this year: report The value of the global aluminum market will reach $112.3 billion this year according to a new study published by Netherlands-based research company ADSReports.
May 22, 2012 Rio Tinto sells aluminum business for $185 million In what it seems a move towards exiting the aluminum wire business, diversified miner Rio Tinto (LON & NYSE:RIO) announced it is selling its U.S.-based wire and cable business Alcan…
May 10, 2012 Protesters want Rio Tinto off the Olympic podium A protest against London 2012 sponsor Rio Tinto (LON & NTSE:RIO), which has supplied the metal to make the Olympic and Paralympic medals, welcomed the company’s shareholders this morning in…
May 10, 2012 BHP merging embattled aluminum and nickel divisions BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) added to market rumors that its nickel business is not relevant for the miner anymore by announcing yesterday it had merged the stainless steel materials unit with…
May 1, 2012 Rio Tinto hopes to finalise alumina plant sale by September The transnational miner said Tuesday it hopes to complete the sale of four alumina plants in France and Germany by the end of September
April 22, 2012 Rusal’s $43 billion seven-year Glencore deal feeds investor feud United Co. Rusal (486), the world’s biggest aluminum supplier, is locked in to selling $43 billion of the metal to Glencore International Plc […]
How a reclusive ex-Glencore trader became Indonesia’s nickel king Arif Kurniawan has gone from earning paychecks at Glencore to controlling approximately a third of his country’s domestic trade in nickel ore. December 28, 2025 | 03:25 pm
