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October 27, 2021

The Australian Aluminium Council welcomes G.James Aluminium Products as its newest member

The Australian Aluminium Council welcomes G.James Aluminium Products as its newest member. G.James is a family owned, manufacturing business which…

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October 24, 2021

Alcoa – Aboriginal-owned businesses join our team

Demonstrating its commitment to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to identify, utilise and build local supplier capability,…

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October 11, 2021

Central Queensland leads the way in clean energy

The Palaszczuk Government and Rio Tinto have signed a statement of cooperation to seize the opportunities presented by clean energy…

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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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