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Robotic smelting: how automation is reshaping aluminium production

Lightweight and durable, aluminium demand is on the up. Production is scaling to meet need, and the aluminium smelting industry is looking to automation for reliability, efficiency and safety. A ...

Andromeda Metals secures first patent for proprietary high-purity alumina process

Andromeda Metals Ltd (ASX:ADN, OTC:ANDMF) has secured its first national patent for its proprietary high-purity alumina (HPA) production process, strengthening the intellectual property position ...
Nasdaq

COLUMN-Rio Tinto counts the cost of producing green aluminium: Andy Home

LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto RIO.L is finding out just how hard it is to produce low-carbon aluminium. The company booked a $1.175 billion impairment charge against its two Australian alumina ...
Reuters

COLUMN-Alumina wake-up call for the aluminium supply chain: Andy Home

LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The alumina market is experiencing a year of unprecedented turbulence. Alumina, which sits in the aluminium production process between bauxite and refined metal, has ...
MIT Technology Review

Brimstone and its one-stop process for making cleaner cement and critical minerals

The company says it can produce all sorts of goods from one type of rock, unlocking a new “industrial revolution.” ...
Seeking Alpha

Rio Tinto to reduce production at Australian alumina refinery to cut costs

Rio Tinto (RIO) -1.5% pre-market Tuesday after saying it plans to cut production at its Yarwun alumina refinery in Australia's Queensland state by 40% from October 2026 to extend the plant's life to ...
Fastmarkets

Spotlights for scrap, alumina, green premiums and Chinese production at International Aluminium Conference

“The rising alumina price is the most important thing in the [aluminium] market right now” – Henry Van, Trafigura senior analyst In a conference full of panelists and talking points, Van’s strident ...