Alcoa to cut Kwinana refinery production in phased-out shutdown It will begin curtailment of the Western Australia refinery in the second quarter, and cease all output of alumina by the third. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 9, 2024 | 3:29 am
Alcoa set to announce Kwinana refinery closure The plant, one of Alcoa’s first three Western Australia alumina refineries, has been operating below nameplate capacity for the past year. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 8, 2024 | 7:37 am
Lithium junior Kali Metals soars on ASX debut The Western Australia-based junior entered the ASX on the right foot, having raised A$15 million ($10m) on a heavily oversubscribed IPO. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 8, 2024 | 3:47 am
First Quantum said to be in talks with Jiangxi over Zambian mines The rumoured negotiations could see Jiangxi buying one of the two mines First Quantum has in Zambia, or a stake in one of them. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 5, 2024 | 9:03 am
Core Lithium halts mining on “tough” market conditions It also flagged a write-down on the value of its assets as the effect of weak prices for the battery material becomes evident among producers. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 5, 2024 | 3:53 am
Teck ditches coal, flags lower copper output in Chile Japan’s Nippon Steel and South Korea's Posco now own Teck's prior minority stake in Elk Valley Resources, the steelmaking coal business. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 4, 2024 | 3:49 am
Top lithium miners eye partnership with Chilean government Lithium miners and the government have been holding meetings to explore potential public-private partnerships. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 3, 2024 | 9:22 am