OUTOTEC will be providing plant expansion and facility upgrades to several Chinese aluminium smelters after it won a series of orders worth a total of EUR17 million.
19/02/2008
RIO Tinto Alcan will invest $US 90 million in the modernisation of its Lochaber plant in Scotland.
01/02/2008
THOMAS & Coffey’s Kurri Kurri team has secured a contract to deliver integrated pot rebuilding services for Hydro Aluminium Kurri Kurri.
04/02/2010
NEW Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) is cutting production at its smelter plant because of the rising cost of power.
05/05/2008
RIO Tinto has invested an additional US$300m ($450m) to modernise its Kitimat aluminium smelter in Canada.
24/10/2008
LAYHER says Cape Scaffolding recently provided training to cape scaffolders at an alumina refinery on using the Layher Allround scaffolding.
22/04/2010
ABB says its Full Service concept helped bring order into the maintenance program at the Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter’s carbon process line.
13/03/2009
RIO Tinto will be upgrading its Boyne Island aluminium smelter to reduce onsite greenhouse gas emissions and increase materials transport efficiency.
11/02/2008
INDUSTRIAL services provider Thomas & Coffey says the economic slow-down means it is facing reduced demand from steel, aluminium, coal and industry customers.
03/07/2009
SUMMIT Matsu Chilling Systems says industrial refrigeration systems can play a key role in reducing energy consumption.
22/07/2009
THE ALUMINIUM smelter at Kurri Kurri will be future-proofed in a $77.2m upgrade to the facility’s power supply infrastructure.
13/06/2008
THOMAS and Coffey has completely acquired smelter maintenance company Pintab
21/10/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Workers Union claims the global financial crisis has compromised Alcoa’s planned Wagerup refinery expansion, destroying potential jobs.
13/11/2008
THE HEATWAVE is putting the strain on the power supply in Victoria, which is already relying on interstate power and could tap industrial reserves to keep the network alive.
06/02/2009
THOMAS & Coffey has helped develop a runway upgrade simulator during the three-stage Boyne Smelter crane upgrade in Gladstone.
28/04/2009
RIO TINTO Alcan says it will not be laying off workers from its Yarwun refinery, which is currently lying idle because of a blocked residue management pipeline.
14/08/2008
L&S Electric’s Reliability Specialist Joe Junion has written about seating DC motor and slip ring brushes to optimise performance and minimise component wear.
19/08/2008
OPCON will deliver five Opcon Powerboxes to CoGen ORC Power for installation in Western Australia’s Kimberly, Pilbara, Gasgoyne, mid-west and southern Goldfields regions.
05/06/2009
DY-MARK has released the Hi-Performance Enamel finishing coat for protecting metal surfaces.
23/11/2009
THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Resource Management has concluded its investigation into Boyne Smelters.
09/11/2009