March 20, 2009 Norsk Hydro Mothballs Jamaican Affiliate Norwegian aluminium group Norsk Hydro plans to shut down a plant in Jamaica and lay off 80 employees in its home market, […]
January 26, 2009 Rusal sees great advantages in colloidal anode paste at Krasnoyarsk UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, has completed the conversion of one potroom at its Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter (KrAZ) to the colloidal anode paste technology and says “the…
January 23, 2009 Rio Tinto is still undecided on future of its Tiwai smelter Rio Tinto says it has no plans to restart the nearly 30 per cent aluminium smelting capacity shut down for the past […]
November 21, 2008 New Order Received from China’s Aluminum Industry: Siemens to Supply three Process Control Systems for Henan Yongshun Aluminium Company Ltd Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from the Chinese Henan Youngshun Aluminium Co. Ltd., to supply three new process control systems […]
October 31, 2008 Rio Tinto in $352m Canadian upgrade RIO Tinto, the world's second biggest aluminium producer, will spend $US228 million to upgrade its Shipshaw power station in Canada.
July 28, 2008 ABB wins $113-million smelter order in India 2008-07-29 - Power, automation systems to boost capacity at aluminum plant
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 […]
Chile mining group sees 2026 copper output at up to 5.7mt Sonami, which represents mining companies, also forecast the average price of copper at $4.50 per pound this year. January 13, 2026 | 07:09 am
