Aluminum Top Stories

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

Bondholders have until Jan. 2 to give an early consent…

Bloomberg News | January 2, 2024 | 1:42 am

The Biden administration wants to continue negotiations on measures to…

Reuters | December 28, 2023 | 11:09 am

Some Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed to pay global producers…

Reuters | December 28, 2023 | 8:33 am

A tumultuous year for the global mining industry: collapse of…

Frik Els | December 27, 2023 | 10:01 am

New material could make it easier to develop high-performance solid-state batteries

A new material class with above-average conductivity could lead to the development of high-performance solid-state batteries.

Staff Writer | February 22, 2023 | 5:47 am

China's Yunnan province has asked aluminum producers to reduce power consumption by 40-42% from September levels.

Reuters | February 21, 2023 | 8:08 am

Aluminum will come from Rio Tinto's hydro-powered operations in Canada to BMW’s production plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2023 | 7:25 am

Researchers are proposing a novel, physics-based approach to synthesizing perovskites.

Staff Writer | February 21, 2023 | 5:52 am