Japan's scrap aluminum prices have risen by 5-8% from a month ago due to tightening supply, local trade sources said Tuesday. Prices for telik, used by secondary aluminum alloy smelters, were heard in the range of Yen 135-140/kg ...
Tags: scrap aluminum, Metallurgy, Mineral
Alcoa plans to idle its Canadian three Quebec smelter capacity if the company fails the power agreement with the Canadian public unit Hydro-Quebec energy. In theory, the total capacity of three smelters is 953000 tons. Alcoa has demanded ...
Tags: Aluminum Smelters, Metallurgy, Mineral
The Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom says it is losing US$6.1 million monthly due to high cost of production. Mrs Tatyana Smirnova, its Director of Public/Government Relation ...
Tags: Construction, Aluminum
Mr. Oleg Mukhamedshin, vice president of Rusal, said that the company has put its Boguchansk aluminum production project off into June 2014. Mukhamedshin added that this decision was made by the Board. We expect this project will be put ...
Tags: Aluminum
Spot prices of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal in Asia rose further this week on tight supply and high demand as Chinese producers limit sales in anticipation of higher prices to come. The Chinese export price was assessed by Platts at ...
Tags: silicon metal, Mineral
Spot prices of 553-grade silicon metal of 98.5% purity rose this week on supply tightness in China even as demand in the country as well as the rest of Asia remains strong. The export price was assessed by Platts at $1,870-1,950/mt FOB ...
Tags: Chemicals, Tightness Amid
Venezuela's CVG-Alcasa primary aluminum production for July totaled 3,954 metric tons in July, down 22% from output of 5,082 mt in July 2012 and 1% below output of 3,996 mt for June, the company said Thursday. Alcasa is operating at about ...
Tags: CVG-Alcasa Output, Chemicals
It is reported that Rio Tinto sold two unprofitable aluminum plants in France to a German company and a state-run French utility. Trimet AG reportedly would acquire a 65% interest in the businesses while Electricité de France ...
Tags: Rio Tinto, Aluminum Facilities, Mineral
It’s reported that Alcoa Inc. plans to permanently close its Fusina aluminium smelter in Italy and book a charge of up to US$35 million for the move in order to cut capacity amid sluggish demand. The smelter in Venice, which has ...
Ibris Nickel, the Singapore-based nickel miner with assets in Sulawesi, Indonesia is partnering with China's Yong-Xing Alloy Materials Technology Taizhou to build a nickel processing facility in North Konawe,South East Sulawesi province, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, nickel
Aluminij Mostar Aluminum reached an agreement with the Bosnian government to continue production Sarajevo June 17 news: Bosnia official Monday signed an agreement, in order to avoid the country's largest aluminum smelter and exporters - ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
It is reported that the United Arab Emirates is forming the world's fifth largest aluminum company by merging its 2 state owned aluminum company. The merger of Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium creates a company with enterprise ...
Tags: UAE, Aluminum Firm, Construction&Decoration
Due to its extensive use, non-ferrous scrap metal is usually recycled. The secondary materials in scrap are vital to the metallurgy industry, as the production of new metals often needs them. Some recycling facilities resmelt and recast ...
India-based Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL) has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korean steelmaker POSCO to mutually cooperate with each other for long-term joint business opportunities. According ...
Tags: Stainless, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The Australian Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE) has revised its estimations for Australian nickel production in 2012-13. According to the latest estimates, world refined nickel production increased to around 1.7 million mt in ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, nickel