
Chinese researchers show that a few extra hours of CO2 curing can roughly double the wet-dry service life of red mud–CFB ash–MgO backfill, while keeping leaching of hazardous elements low even after weeks of exposure to alkaline red mud liquor. Red mud remains one of the aluminium industry’s...
Canadian Energy Metals has demonstrated a process for producing smelter-grade alumina from Saskatchewan black shale and has started a prefeasibility study for its Thor Project. Canadian Energy Metals Corp. (CEM) has taken a step towards developing an alternative North American source of alumina...
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The average spot price of alumina continued to inch higher over the week. After remaining flat on Friday, the price rose by RMB 6 per tonne and RMB 4 per tonne to RMB 2467 per tonne and RMB 2471 per tonne on February 10 and February 11. The alumina price on Thursday stood RMB 4per tonne higher at...

New South Wales-based $200 million worth advanced manufacturing business Alpha HPA has reportedly selected Gladstone over two potential sites in Newcastle and Kwinana for its high purity alumina industrial plant. Negotiation of final purchase terms for the land with the state government will be...

Hydro has begun operation of new a new water treatment station at its Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil. This comes after Hydro received an operating license from the Secretary of State for Environment and Sustainability (Semas) on January 24, 2020. Hydro said the BRL 675 million ($160 million)...

Recording a rise for the fourth consecutive day, the average alumina spot price in China has come in at RMB 2,480 per tonne on Thursday, February 13, found Shanghai Metals Market. The price has increased by RMB 4 per tonne from RMB 2,476 per tonne yesterday, February 12. While in the east, central,...

The average spot alumina price has extended growth by RMB 5 per tonne on Wednesday, 12 February 2020. The price now stands at RMB 2476 per tonne. The alumina prices in China have increased in Central and North markets. Image Source: Shanghai Metals Market The average prices of Alumina-Central and...

Showa Denko (SDK), a major manufacturer of chemical products, serves a wide range of fields from heavy industry to electronics and computer industries, has developed an artificial intelligence-based image analysis system for spherical alumina production in a combined effort with BLUE TAG. In...

Hydro released results for the fourth quarter of 2019. Underlying EBIT for Bauxite & Alumina decreased compared to the fourth quarter of last year. Underlying EBIT for Bauxite & Alumina dropped from NOK 493 million in Q4 2018 to negative NOK 75 million in Q4 2019, driven by a decrease in the...

The average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2471 per tonne on Tuesday, 11 February 2020, an increase of RMB 4 per tonne from RMB 2467 per tonne. The alumina prices in China have increased in all major markets except South. The average prices of Alumina-East and Alumina-Central have risen by RMB 5...

The average alumina spot price has increased in China by RMB 6 per tonne after remaining restrained for a day, found Shanghai Metals Market. The price, as of today, February 10, is hovering at RMB 2,467 per tonne. In the east and north, the price has recorded a rise of RMB 20 per tonne and RMB 10...

The average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2461 per tonne on Thursday, 06 February 2020, an increase of RMB 5 per tonne or 0.20 per cent from RMB 2456 per tonne. The alumina prices in China have increased in East and Central markets. The average prices of Alumina-East and Alumina-Central have...

Alcoa Corporation has completed the sale of its subsidiary firm Elemental Environmental Solutions LLC (EES), which operates a 1,300-acre hazardous waste treatment business in Gum Springs, Arkansas. The news came after the US-based world’s eighth-largest aluminium producer announced this today,...

The average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2456 per tonne on Tuesday, 04 February 2020, an increase of RMB 2 per tonne or 0.08 per cent, after remaining flat since January 14 at RMB 2454 per tonne. The average price of Alumina-North is up by RMB 5 per tonne to stand at RMB 2470 per tonne. The...

The global trade data suggests a year-on-year drop of 14 per cent in the Netherlands’ total alumina imports in 2020. From 1.45 million tonnes in 2019, the imports at the end of 2020 are likely to come in at 1.24 million tonnes, showed the data. Jamaica is expected to continue as the main exporter...

Alcoa’s mining and refining facilities in Western Australia have been certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Performance Standard. This brings the company’s total number of certified facilities to nine. The certifications include Huntly Mine, Willowdale Mine, Kwinana Refinery,...

Altech Chemicals Limited in its recent media release has updated the current status of the construction activities of its high purity alumina plant site in Johor, Malaysia. The company says the construction of the site’s electrical substation, which started in September 2019, is progressing ahead...

CIMIC Group subsidiary UGL has reportedly bagged contracts worth A$180 million to provide services for maintenance, shutdowns, and sustaining capital projects to its mining clients in Western Australia. The services to be provided by UGL will include mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, other...

According to a recent report, Indonesian state-owned construction firm Pembangunan Perumahan (PP) and China Aluminium International Engineering Corporation Limited (CHALIECO) have signed a contract worth US$ 695 million to build an alumina refinery. As per the report, the refinery is to be...

FYI Resources Ltd announced that the Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) has approved Mining Proposal and associated Mine Closure plan for its Cadoux Kaolin Project. The approval includes the planned mining, processing, site infrastructure, waste...