THE DEVELOPMENT of the Abbot Point aluminium refinery is in doubt as concerns have been raised that the plans will be delayed due to the sale of Rio Tinto assets to Chinalco.
23/04/2009
THE DEVELOPMENT of the Abbot Point aluminium refinery is in doubt as concerns have been raised that the plans will be delayed due to the sale of Rio Tinto assets to Chinalco.
23/04/2009
A CHINESE miner proposing to develop a bauxite deposit and build an alumina refinery in far north Queensland will consider environmental impacts in its planning.
15/10/2008
PREMIER Anna Bligh has announced Environmental investigations will soon begin into a proposed $1.25 billion development of the Abbot Point harbour.
09/10/2009
PAUL Smelter, an aluminium smelter worker based in Geelong, Victoria, will travel to Nova Scotia, Canada to assess the impact of climate change on small mammals.
04/06/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Workers Union is in talks with Alcoa management over a possible restructure at the Point Henry smelter, Victoria.
11/06/2009
A STUDY into the feasibility of Project Iron Boomerang is currently underway.
07/08/2009
ENVIRONMENTAL activist group Rising Tide attempted to stop operations at Australia's second-largest aluminium smelter on 9 June 2009.
10/06/2009
ALCOA has announced that a workforce restructure is being undertaken at its Point Henry Smelter and Anglesea Power Station as part of the company’s continuing efforts to manage through the global economic downturn.
24/08/2009
RIO Tinto Alcan has announced that it will slow the construction of the Yarwun alumina refinery expansion in Gladstone and curtail annual bauxite production at its Weipa mine to 15 million tonnes (from 19.4 million tonnes in 2008) due to the sharp fall in alumina and aluminium demand and prices in recent months.
07/04/2009
ALCOA’S General Manager of operations in Victoria, Arnaud Soirat has issued a statement regarding the company’s energy use in the state following the recent media reports in The Age. Please click here to view one such article.
21/10/2009
HUNDREDS of Alcoa workers in Western Australia have agreed to defer a pay rise to save their jobs.
27/01/2009
THE CSIRO is helping the minerals industry obtain a true picture of the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of different processing techniques in a bid to improve performance.
10/06/2009
ALCOA has announced that a fatal accident occurred at one of its Wagerup Refinery operation centres on 2 September 2009 at around 6am.
04/09/2009
CHALCO has delayed its decision on the construction of a $2.2 billion alumina refinery in Queensland due to market uncertainty.
10/11/2009
ALCOA says that the shutdown its Point Henry Rolling operation from 17 to 21 August 2009 will not impact its Point Henry Smelting or Anglesea Power Station operations.
23/07/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has welcomed the 60th anniversary of the Altona Refinery.
21/10/2009
CHINESE resources firm Chalco had planned to build an alumina refinery at Bowen, Queensland but now it seems the group may choose a Gladstone site instead.
20/05/2009
BHP Billiton has announced that it has no plans to sell its Kwinana refinery in Western Australia.
02/07/2009
FIRST production from the newly expanded Alumar alumina refinery in Brazil has been announced.
15/07/2009