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October 01, 2021

Alcoa Plans to Enter High Purity Alumina Market with Joint Development Project

Alcoa Corporation intends to enter the growing high-purity alumina market to address increasing demand for sustainable products through a joint…

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September 18, 2021

Rio Tinto to triple Weipa solar capacity and add battery storage to help power operations

Rio Tinto has approved a new solar farm and battery storage at Weipa in Queensland, in a move that will…

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September 08, 2021

BlueScope Distribution Aluminium Steps Out Of The Shadows

While BlueScope Distribution has been a long-term player in both the steel and aluminium sectors for many years, there's no…

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September 05, 2021

Alcoa Collaborates To Extract Critical Minerals And Rare Earths From Bauxite Residue

Aligned with their commitment to advance sustainably, Alcoa is collaborating with Australian-based Alumtek Minerals and ChemCentre to further develop technology to extract usable…

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August 24, 2021

Rio Tinto and Sumitomo to assess hydrogen pilot plant at Gladstone’s Yarwun alumina refinery

Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation have announced a partnership to study the construction of a hydrogen pilot plant at Rio…

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June 30, 2021

National Research Centre Signals Cleaner Future For Heavy Industry

Australia’s leading companies, including Australian Aluminium Council members Alcoa and Rio Tinto, will embark on a program that will enable…

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June 29, 2021

Start of construction of commercial-scale inert anode cells

Eliminating all direct greenhouse gases from aluminium smelting has taken a major step forward today with the start of construction…

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June 25, 2021

Tomago Aluminum employees make record donation to five Hunter charities

Tomago Aluminium employees have donated a record $143,000 to five Hunter charities as part of their Workplace Giving Program. Read…

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June 16, 2021

Rio Tinto and ARENA to study using hydrogen to reduce carbon emissions in alumina refining

Rio Tinto has partnered with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to study whether hydrogen can replace natural gas in…

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May 31, 2021

The Australian Aluminium Council welcomes its newest member, BlueScope Distribution

  The Australian Aluminium Council welcomes its newest member, BlueScope Distribution. BlueScope Distribution will bring to the Council its insights…

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