June 20, 2008

Alcoa to Temporarily Idle Half of Rockdale, TX Smelter Due to Local Power Supply Issues

Alcoa today announced it will temporarily idle half the production at its Rockdale, Texas aluminum smelter effective today as a result of […]

June 5, 2008

Rio Tinto’s Saudi Smelter to Start by 2012

Rio Tinto Group expects to produce aluminum from its planned smelter in Saudi Arabia by late 2011 or early 2012, the company's Chief Executive Tom Albanese was cited as saying…

May 16, 2008

Rio Still Considering South African Plant, Aluminum Chief Says

Rio Tinto Group , the world’s second- largest aluminum producer, said it may build a $2.7 billion plant in South Africa even […]

May 16, 2008

Greenland Parliament Agrees to Phase 2 of Joint Studies on Potential Smelter and Hydropower Project

Alcoa today welcomed the decision taken by the Greenland parliament to advance into a second phase of joint studies with Alcoa into […]

May 16, 2008

China’s Aba Aluminum Smelter Halted After Earthquake

A 120,000 metric ton aluminum producer in China's Sichuan province halted output after suffering casualties when the country was hit by its strongest earthquake in more than half a century,…

May 9, 2008

China’s Chalco to take stake in Saudi Aluminum Smelter Venture

Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd , the country’s top aluminum producer, will team up with Malaysia’s MMC and Saudi Arabia’s Binladin for […]