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 […]
Op-Ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
