April 5, 2010

Alcoa cuts stake in Maaden-run $10.8bn aluminium project

The Saudi mining company called the cut in Alcoa's stake from 40% to 25.1% of the complex in Saudi Arabia a re-jigging of the joint venture project

March 16, 2010

Rio Tinto says India will match China’s demand for key commodities soon

Australian News.Net Tuesday 16th March, 2010 Global miner Rio Tinto has predicted that while China's demand for iron ore, copper, coal and aluminium will grow during the next 15 years,…

February 22, 2010

Teck positioned for growth in 2010

By Kevin Barker | # 022210 | Last year I said Teck Resources (TCK.NYSE, TSX) would get bigger or smaller, owing to […]

January 29, 2010

Soaring Base Metals Stockpiles

Ever since its secular bull kicked off in 2003, the once-boring base-metals sector took on an aura of excitement.  What trader wasn’t […]

January 4, 2010

A bright future predicted for aluminium producers supplying China’s demand

Aluminum demand in China is expected to grow by 15% in 2010 on the back of revivals in the construction and automobile sectors, www.chinamining.org reports. According to reports, aluminium’s long-term prospects…

November 24, 2009

Aluminium, Macquarie Commodities Research asks: can it be all bad?

In China, the NDRC has announced a RMB0.028/kWh ($0.04/kWh) power tariff rise for non-residential use. The rise in power costs for the Chinese aluminium smelters that buy power from the…

November 5, 2009

Australia to impose 16% dumping duty on certain types of Chinese aluminium

The decision follows a similar one in Canada

October 19, 2009

Oliver’s Two New Smelter Boots Provide Aluminium Smelting & Hot Metal Industry Safety

Oliver Footwear has completed the development of two new Safety Boots specially designed for the international aluminium smelter industry, which are also […]

September 18, 2009

Industrial markers for all applications from Dy-Mark (Aust)

almost all surfaces. The hard fibre acrylic nib and aluminium shell of the D10 make it the ideal marker for use in the mining, manufacturing and metal fabrication industries.John Parker,…

July 13, 2009

En+ Group’s first transaction of emission reduction units from a Joint Implementation Project

The En+ Group has completed a transaction to sell approximately 1 million emission reduction units (ERUs) that will be created by a Joint Implementation (JI) Project under Article 6 of…