Technology ramped up
When it is completed, RTA CEO Dick Evans says the new Kitimat Works will be “the most modern smelter anywhere in the world”. That’s because it will be using what’s called AP39 technology - Sohar, for example, …
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MIPAC wins 2008 PACE Zenith award
Kazzinc New Metallurgy Project Awarded for Technical Excellence
Brisbane, Australia, June, 23, 2008: The 2008 annual PACE Zenith Awards were announced in Sydney last week. MIPAC was honoured to receive the Award for Technical Excellence in the Metal Products Category for its contribution to the Kazzinc New Metallurgy Project in Kazakhstan.
MIPAC’s role was to design and [...]
Alcoa seeks power supplies to save Texas smelter
Alcoa Inc is talking to anyone who can help secure a reliable supply of low-cost power for its Rockdale, Texas, aluminum smelter after temporarily idling half of the facility’s production on Thursday, an Alcoa …
Ghana buys Alcoa’s stake in aluminium smelter
Ghana’s government has bought Alcoa’s 10 percent stake in the 200,000 tonne/year VALCO aluminium smelter for $2 million, the West African country’s presidency said in a statement on Friday.
Alcoa to Temporarily Idle Half of Rockdale, TX Smelter Due to Local Power Supply Issues
Alcoa today announced it will temporarily idle half the production at its Rockdale, Texas aluminum smelter effective today as a result of ongoing supply issues with Luminant’s onsite power generating unit, …more at topix
Copper Smelting Charges May Drop Again, Freeport Says
Copper processing charges may drop again this year because supplies to smelters are falling short of demand, strengthening the position of mining companies in annual talks, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
BHP hopes to export more nickel concentrate
BHP Billiton Ltd hopes to export more nickel concentrates to other processing plants over the next four months while its Australian nickel smelter and refinery is closed for repairs, the miner said on Friday….more at topix
BHP to rebuild Australia nickel furnace
Global miner BHP Billiton Ltd said on Thursday it has brought forward the rebuilding of a furnace at its Kalgoorlie nickel smelter due to deterioration, forcing the shutdown of its Kwinana refinery…more at topix
Rio Tinto pours first metal at Oman aluminium smelter
The Sohar aluminium smelter, in Sohar, Oman, has poured its first metal and is expected to reach full production, at an initial 360 000 t/y, in December, diversified miner Rio Tinto said on Thursday….more at topix
BHP to rebuild Australia nickel furnace
Global miner BHP Billiton Ltd said on Thursday it has brought forward the rebuilding of a furnace at its Kalgoorlie nickel smelter due to deterioration, forcing the shutdown of its Kwinana refinery.
Smelter feels $12m pain in power squeeze
The power squeeze has cost the country’s biggest user over $12 million in lost production and an industry group has warned all businesses are going to be hurt by fallout from the threatened crisis….more at The New Zealand Herald
UC Rusal ‘greens’ aluminium production
UC RUSAL reports it has successfully launched test production of the key component of a unique environmentally sound aluminium production technology - colloidal anode paste. The total investment in this project will amount to $25 million. The main goal of this project, developed by the UC RUSAL Engineering and Construction Division, is the development of [...]
