Alumina giant Alcoa has been fined $400,000 after a hot caustic solution burned school students on work experience and workers at a refinery.

US aluminium giant Alcoa has been fined $400,000 after work experience students suffered caustic burns at its Kwinana refinery. The incident occurred when a pump discharged a "hot caustic solution ...

Motiva Enterprises has finally restarted a gasoline-producing unit at its huge Port Arthur refinery in Texas, following several attempts at a restart in recent weeks after an overhaul. Motiva ...

The National Transparency Network, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations and patriotic citizens, has called for a probe into the repair works at the Port Harcourt refinery. It also demanded a ...

The refinery has a unique configuration where one barrel of crude oil yields a maximum of 23–24 per cent gasoline. After over 30 years of dormancy, the old Port Harcourt refinery resumed ...

Alumina giant Alcoa has been fined $400,000 after a hot caustic solution burned school students on work experience and workers at a refinery. A worker noticed a burning smell and found a faulty ...

The difference between production and shipments reflects trading volumes and externally sourced alumina to fulfill customer contracts due to the curtailment of the Kwinana refinery. Alcoa expects ...