Aluminum Top Stories

Logjams at Malaysian warehouses exacerbate aluminum shortages

Bottlenecks at London Metal Exchange registered warehouses in Malaysia owned by metals storage firm ISTIM UK are adding to the difficulties aluminum consumers in the United States and Europe face in getting the metal they need.

Reuters | May 31, 2021 | 7:46 am

Rio Tinto, Comptech produce aluminum alloys for EVs, 5G antennas

Rio Tinto designed the alloys for the semi-solid rheocasting process…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 28, 2021 | 6:06 am

Visualizing all the metals for renewable tech

The energy transition will be mineral intensive and create massive…

Nicholas LePan - VC Elements | May 27, 2021 | 5:49 pm

New US aluminium import rules bring more transparency, red tape – report

US aluminium imports were 10.8% lower than the same period…

Henry Lazenby | May 27, 2021 | 10:13 am

British Columbia miners urge government to ‘level the playing field’ on carbon tax

BC’s onerous carbon tax hinders the mining industry’s international competitivity,…

Henry Lazenby | May 26, 2021 | 10:27 am

Newly developed aluminum alloy stores hydrogen for fuel cells

Aluminum-based alloy hydrides are light weight, non-toxic to plants and animals, and contain no volatile gas products, except hydrogen.

MINING.com Editor | November 5, 2013 | 10:53 pm

Aluminum giant Alcoa struggles with power for its three smelters in Canada

About 3,300 people would lose their jobs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 30, 2013 | 12:45 pm

Rio sells stake in Clermont coal to Glencore for $1bn

The mining giant is selling its 50.1% stake in Clermont coal mine to a company jointly owned by Glencore Xstrata and Sumitomo Corporation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 25, 2013 | 12:24 pm

China to become world’s main consumer of base metals by 2017— report

Wood Mackenzie also predicts the global base metals market will grow from 96Mt in 2013 to 122 Mt by the end of 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 18, 2013 | 2:58 pm

Done deal: Rio sells mothballed Blair Athol coal mine to Linc Energy

Acquisition comes a day after Linc said it wants to get de-listed from the Australian market to re-list it in Singapore, in hopes of luring Asian investors.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 4, 2013 | 2:10 pm