June 26, 2010

Afghan mineral wealth put at $1-3 trillion – minister

Afghanistan has significant deposits of copper, iron ore, niobium, cobalt, gold, molybdenum, silver and aluminum.

May 25, 2010

Fluor wins contract for huge Saudi Arabian joint venture aluminum plant

Fluor has won a series of contracts from the joint venture comprising Saudi Arabian Mining Co., also known as Ma’aden, and Alcoa, […]

April 22, 2010

Webb Wheel Products Introduces Aluminum Hubs for Trailer Axles

Webb Wheel Products, a leading supplier of wheels end equipment, has added two aluminum trailer disc wheel hubs to their OEM product offering. […]

April 13, 2010

ABB wins aluminum project in Canada

Houston, TX, March 30, 2010 — ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from Aluminerie Alouette to […]

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…