China Aluminum International Engineering has proposed a CNY 6.6 billion (USD 988 million) fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for an alumina project in Guinea’s Boffa region. The agreement has not yet been signed and requires approval from independent shareholders before it can proceed. Under the proposed arrangement, China Aluminum International Engineering would undertake the project’s design and construction, while Chalco Guinea, a subsidiary of its controlling shareholder Chinalco, would act as the customer. The proposed contract requires approval from independent shareholders. Explore the production, demand and consumption forecasts of bauxite and alumina in our report: " Global Bauxite & Alumina Market Forecast to 2036: Supply–Demand, Trade Flows &...
Australian mineral exploration and development company Impact Minerals is advancing its Lake Hope High-Purity Alumina (HPA) Project in Western Australia, with a pilot-scale test programme, eyeing around 20kg of 4N high-purity alumina for independent verification and potential customer evaluation. The initiative builds on earlier laboratory research and aims to validate the company’s processing flowsheet as it moves towards commercial-scale development. Edith Cowan University is constructing a pilot facility in Joondalup under a Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) collaboration backed by the Australian Government. The facility would reinforce mineral processing, leaching and related development activities. Impact Minerals has appointed Simulus Group to oversee testing involving...
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Amsterdam-based 2Wine has selected Ardagh Metal Packaging’s specialist Wine Can for its new range. The range includes a Sauvignon Blanc, a Merlot-Cabernet rosé, and Italian sparkling wine in new trio of 250ml slim cans. The 2Wine range comes in three super-contemporary pearlescent colours – gold-bronze for the white wine, apple green for the brut and warm pink for the rosé – with a sleek, simple graphic line suggesting a corkscrew. Wim Lochtenberg, founder and CEO of 2Wine BV said: “Though 2Wine appeals to all generations, we see younger wine drinkers actively looking for ways to have fun while not neglecting the planet. Our ambition for 2Wine is to offer a tasty, stylish and sleek product that’s also sustainable, so friends can simply grab a can to drink or to share anywhere, any time,...
A00 aluminium ingot price in China has extended its decline by RMB 20 per tonne to come in at RMB 18,820 per tonne on Thursday, July 8, found the Shanghai Metals Market data. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 18,800 per tonne and RMB 18,840 per tonne, with spot contract to be traded at a premium price of RMB 50-10 per tonne. Except for Gongyi, the decline in primary aluminium ingot price today has touched upon all the major markets in China. Wuxi and Tianjin has witnessed a decrease of RMB 50 per tonne to RMB 18,790 per tonne and RMB 18,800 per tonne, while the price in Hangzhou and Chongqing has reduced by RMB 40 per tonne to stand at RMB 18,810 per tonne and RMB 18,795 per tonne, respectively. In Shenyang and Linyi, A00 aluminium ingot price has also decreased by RMB...
Shawinigan Aluminum Inc. (SAI) rolls out its new aluminium recycling center. On 15 th September 2020, as announced SAI is investing $ 10 million to build a new aluminium recycling center that will recycle 30,000 metric tonnes of aluminium per year. The additional recycling capacity is complementary to the billet supply which amounts to 60,000 metric tonnes per year. Recycled products will therefore account for up to 50% of the total supply of billets. With the new recycling center at SAI, more than 50,000 metric tonnes of aluminium per year of recycling capacity are located in Quebec within the Groupe Sotrem-Maltech. SAI is now able to use clean process aluminium scrap and transform it into billets while maintaining quality, meeting the growing needs of customers for recycled products and...
Alupro has added TUBEX Aluminium Tubes to its latest member. TUBEX Aluminium, which is based in Austria, manufactures a large range of aluminium packaging for the cosmetics, food, pharmaceutical and industrial sectors. Thierry Bitout, CEO at TUBEX Aluminium Tubes, said: “TUBEX is truly setting the standards through innovative use of low-carbon recycled aluminium. Indeed, our products show that a closed-loop, infinitely circular economy is perfectly possible." “Joining Alupro provides a unique platform to engage with our customers, suppliers and consumers to further promote the aluminium recycling message.” The company’s two main products are Blue Tube (created from 95% post-consumer and 5% post-industrial aluminium) and Monotube (manufactured from a single material type). The products...
The aluminium technology company, Gränges that drives the development of lighter, smarter and more sustainable aluminium products and solutions collaborates with Hydro, the Norwegian aluminium giant to supply low-carbon and circular aluminium offerings to the automotive market. In this new collaboration, Gränges will be sourcing low-carbon primary aluminium from Hydro. Torbjörn Sternsjö, President Gränges Europe, said: “We strive to develop solutions that have a low climate impact and are circular and resource-efficient, and I am therefore very pleased that we are collaborating with Hydro to source their low-carbon REDUXA primary aluminium.” “Increased collaboration in the aluminium value chain is necessary to support the global automotive market’s rapid shift to more sustainable...
According to a report on Tuesday, July 6, China’s state metal reserves took only one of two days allotted of the auction to sell all the aluminium and copper that was on offer. Last month, the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration announced that it would sell 50,000 tonnes of aluminium on July 5-6, as a measure to cool the metal price rally that resulted in a hike of raw material costs for Chinese manufacturers. The aluminium was split into around 200 lots. The auction of the last lot of 250 tonnes took place at 7:52 pm on Monday, showed a notice on the bidding platform operated by state-owned Norinco. The buyers of the metal from the auction are not known, although only manufacturers and fabricators were allowed to bid. One source at a state-run metals firm following the...
On Wednesday, July 7, Rusal, the metals segment of En+ Group, the world’s largest producer of low carbon aluminium and independent hydropower, has announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Ball Corporation to produce aerosols and other containers, using ground-breaking inert anode technology. The ultra-low inert anode carbon aluminium is one of the several levers that Ball uses to reduce the carbon footprint of its aluminium slugs, cans, and bottles. Rusal recently announced that it successfully produced aluminium with the industry’s lowest carbon footprint: less than 0.01 tonnes of CO2e per tonne of metal. Hence, the purity of the metal is higher than 99 per cent. In the smelting process, inert anodes replace standard carbon anodes with inert, non-consumable...
Portugal's economic recovery has seen express drive and strong since it started easing its COVID-19 lockdown in mid-March. The economy slumped 7.6% in 2020, and in mid-January Portugal imposed a strict lockdown, its second since the pandemic began, due to the world's worst surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. The southern European nation, Portugal’s books of import reveals importation of 8416 tonnes of aluminium tubes and pipes during 2018-20 and the expenditure occurred for the import accounted to $24.43 million. In 2018, Portugal’s import of aluminium tubes and pipes was 1934 tonnes and the expenditure remained at $6.30 million, whereas, in 2019, the import drove with express of 68.30%, as the import volume rose to 3255 tonnes and the expenditure also grew to $9.44 million. The export...
According to the International Aluminium Institute, primary aluminium production in North America stood at 329,000 tonnes during May 2021, reflecting a month-on-month increase of 2,000 tonnes or 0.61 per cent. In April, the output came in at 327,000 tonnes, down by 3.25 per cent from 338,000 tonnes in March. On a year-on-year calculation, on the other hand, primary aluminium production in North America during May 2021 edged a downfall of 4.91 per cent from 346,000 tonnes. In the first five months of 2021, primary aluminium production in North America totalled 1.642 million tonnes, down by 1.38 per cent from 1.665 million tonnes during the same period last year. In South America, primary aluminium production during May stood at 99,000 tonnes – 4,000 tonnes more than 95,000 tonnes in April....
The US imports of crude metal and alloys came in at 324,000 tonnes in April 2021, from 338,000 tonnes in April 2020, down 4% year-on-year, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. Imports increased by 5.19% from March 2021’s imports of 308,000 tonnes. The US imported 1.12 million tonnes of crude metal and alloys in the first four months of 2021, as compared to 1.25 million tonnes in the first four months of 2020. This marked a decrease of 10%. On the export side, the US exported 17,700 tonnes of crude metal and alloys in April 2021, from 9,980 tonnes exported in April 2020. That was down 77.35% year-on-year. On a month-on-month basis, the exports dropped 9.23% from 19,500 tonnes. In the first four months of 2021, crude metal and alloys exports...
According to the data released on Monday, July 5, by Brazil’s economy ministry, alumina exports from Brazil reflected a rise in June after registering a decline last month. In June, Brazil exported 816,785 tonnes of alumina, up by 20.13 per cent year-on-year from 679,916 tonnes. On a month-on-month basis, the export volume in June 2021 edged 13.62 per cent higher than 718,843 tonnes, attributed to significantly higher contributions from the northern Belém port in the Pará state. However, Bauxite shipments in June, on the other hand, fell 34.50 per cent. Shipments from the Belém port hit 497,230 tonnes in June, reflecting a year-on-year jump of 39.90 per cent from 355,414 tonnes. Norsk Hydro’s Alunorte alumina refinery operates near Belém.
SMM aluminium ingot dropped after two days of hike. The price stood at RMB 18840 per tonne on Wednesday, 07 July 2021, from RMB 19120 per tonne. That was down RMB 280 per tonne. The price is expected to move within a range of RMB 18820-18860 per tonne today. In Foshan and Wuxi, the price declined by RMB 280 per tonne each to stand at RMB 18910 per tonne and RMB 18840 per tonne on Wednesday, 07 July 2021. Aluminium prices in Hangzhou and Chongqing stood at RMB 18850 per tonne and 18835 per tonne, down RMB 280 per tonne and RMB 245 per tonne. Aluminium ingot prices in Shenyang, Tianjin, Linyi, and Gongyi decreased to stand at RMB 18820 per tonne, RMB 18850 per tonne, RMB 18850 per tonne, and RMB 18740 per tonne on Wednesday, 07 July 2021. Aluminium Alloy (A356) price was down by RMB 300 per...
Three-month LME aluminium fell 2.03 per cent to close at US$ 2,506 per tonne on Tuesday. The contract is expected to trade between US$ 2,450-2,560 per tonne today. LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price dropped by US$ 10 per tonne to close at US$ 2,529.50 per tonne on Tuesday, July 6, following two consecutive days of hike. 3-months bid price and 3-months offer price stood at US$ 2,551 per tonne, down by US$ 7.50 per tonne from US$ 2,558.50 per tonne on July 5. Meanwhile, Dec 22 bid price and Dec 22 offer price inched up by US$ 1.50 per tonne from US$ 2,507.50 per tonne on July 5 to US$ 2,509 per tonne on July 6. LME aluminium opening stock decreased from 1552250 tonnes to 1538725 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled 933850 tonnes, while Cancelled Warrants stood at...
The Australian exploration and mining company Metro Mining (MMI) has signed two binding spot cargo agreements with Shanxi Liulin Senze Aluminium Company of China. The two cargo agreements are for around 60,000 wet metric tonnes (WMT) from Metro’s flagship project, the Bauxite Hills Mine, located in the Western Cape York in Queensland. Shanxi Senze is a subsidiary of Senze Energy Group which produces alumina at its plant in Shanxi province and feeds the Chinese domestic market and also exports. The alumina refinery in Shanxi province has a production capacity of 1.3 million tonnes, and it requires around three million dry metric tonnes of bauxite every year. Shanxi Senze distinctively looking towards a partial replacement of its historical supply of domestic bauxite with international...
The freshly revealed research exhibits that environmental concerns within Ireland are amongst the highest in Europe. The survey of thousands of people across 15 European countries, conducted by Every Can Counts, a not-for-profit communications programme working to inspire, encourage and empower people to recycle their empty drink cans indicates that 97% of Irish respondents commended for protecting the environment is important to them. Environmental concerns were only felt more strongly in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. The importance of recycling in safeguarding the environment is also widely recognised, with six in 10 people in Ireland saying they ‘always’ recycle drink cans when on the go. Nearly two-thirds (64%) state that they would recycle more if there were a greater...
French beverage group Ogeu has teamed up with Ardagh to invest in a beverage can filling line. The new facility will allow the company to enter exciting markets such as hard seltzers, energy drinks and canned teas. Ogeu will add 15cl slim, 25cl slim, 33cl sleek and standard and 50cl standard cans to its range of beverages in multiple categories: alcoholic and non-alcoholic, sparkling and still, and even the most delicate products such as wine-based drinks. Truc de Fou and Breizh Elixir, as well as a pair of canned teas: Thé Noir Pèche (peach-flavoured black tea) and Thé Vert Menthe (green tea with mint), launched under the group’s popular water brand Quézac, will be the first products to come off the new line . “Meanwhile, Ogeu has launched Alqua as its first entry into the trendy and...
The mining exploration company King River Resources Ltd has improved its finances upon securing a Research & Development tax rebate of $382,463.65. The fund will be utilized for working capital. The company’s research towards the development of the processing methodology conducted during the 2020 financial year meets the criteria set out for the Research & Development Scheme and permits the deductible cost of the research to be claimed as a tax rebate. The confirmation of King River Resources towards its plan for the Kwinana plant’s technical and economic viability came up, as a pre-feasibility study (PFS) for the High Purity Alumina (HPA) Project was released. The PFS predicts a production rate of 9,000 tonnes per annum of 99.99% HPA once at full production, with project revenue of more...
According to the International Aluminium Institute data, primary aluminium production in East & Central Europe during May 2021 stood at 351,000 tonnes. That was an increase of 2.93 per cent or 10,000 tonnes from 341,000 tonnes a month ago. The output in March was a little higher than April at 352,000 tonnes and up by 10.34 per cent from 319,000 tonnes in February. On a year-on-year calculation, on the other hand, primary aluminium production in East & Central Europe during May 2021 found flat, according to IAI data. In the first five months of the year, East & Central Europe produced 1.717 million tonnes of primary aluminium in total, which was 1 per cent less than 1.734 million tonnes during the same period last year. In West Europe, primary aluminium production during May came in at...
