The smelter will likely halt production soon if the situation persists, said the people, who asked not to be named as the matter is sensitive.

Rio Tinto is studying the installation of batteries at its Queensland aluminium smelter in the belief that rapid reductions in the cost of energy storage could pave a way for intermittent ...

The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter could again reduce its power demand this winter. Photo/ Supplied Meridian Energy and New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) have agreed NZAS will provide 50 ...

Hydro Tasmania has inked a new 10-year electricity supply deal with the Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter at George Town in the state’s north-east, where the majority renewables power mix makes ...

Meridian this year took delivery of a new 108-tonne transformer for its Manapōuri Power Station. The transformer had to travel from Bluff to Supply Bay, where it was barged across Lake Manapōuri ...

Tiwai Point aluminium smelter’s operator has reached out to power generators to seek more renewable energy to reopen the smelter’s closed fourth potline, with the promise of more jobs for Southland.

The organizational strength of Canada’s mining and smelting sectors are coming to bear on the new White House administration’s 25% tariff on imported Canadian goods. One national group representing ...

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