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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According to a recent report, Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur has invented a low-cost process of producing 3N purity alumina (99.9%) at lab scale. The focus is on preparing the alpha phase of 3N pure nano-alumina at lowermost possible temperature....
Rio Tinto’s alumina production for the fourth quarter of 2019 was one per cent higher than the fourth quarter of 2018. On a quarter-on-quarter comparison, output registered an increase of 11 per cent to 2 million tonnes. “Our share of production from the Pacific refineries was 17% higher than the...
According to Shanghai Metals Market survey, China in December 2019 produced 5.87 million tonnes of alumina, with metallurgical-grade materials accounting for 5.62 million tonnes. With this, the country’s total alumina production in 2019 came in at 70.42 million tonnes, down 2.47 per cent from the...
South32, on Thursday, January 15, announced a quarter-on-quarter rise of 1 per cent in its alumina production for the second quarter ended on December 31, 2019. From 1.30 million tonnes in the first quarter, the company’s alumina output rose to 1.32 million tonnes in the second quarter. But during...
Indonesia stands aligned with the top bauxite production nations and still, its alumina production and export have not been considered at a high level. But in recent years it has shown some gradual rise in alumina exports (2016-20). The Alumina export of Indonesia has shown a growth of 96.29% when...
The expected import for alumina has shown de-growth of 6% for South Africa which is accounted to 2.42 million tonnes for 2020, in comparison to 2.58 million tonnes in 2019. South Africa is not a major producer of aluminium in the African region. Guinea, Mozambique and Ghana are the leading...
The Odisha High court decision that allowed Vedanta to take part in the tenders for the sale of its surplus alumina was challenged by Nalco. During the time, the lower court had welcomed Vedanta’s argument that it was competent to take part in the tenders as it operated from an export-oriented...
The average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2454 per tonne on Monday, 13 January 2020, an increase of RMB 8 per tonne or 0.33 per cent from RMB 2446 per tonne on January 10. The alumina prices in China have increased in all major markets, except South. The average prices of Alumina-East and...
Rahul Sharma, CEO of Vedanta’s Alumina Business, has received an award for ‘Business Icon of the Year’ from one of the leading newspapers in Odisha called Samaya. The award is in recognition of Mr Sharma’s enormous contribution towards India’s metals and mining industry and for his crucial role in...
The apex body to clear investment projects in Odisha, The High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA), has approved a new Greenfield alumina refinery unit, proposed by Aditya Birla Group-owned Hindalco Industries. The estimated cost of the project is INR 8,000 crore and is proposed to come up at...
After remaining restrained for a week at RMB 2,437 per tonne, the average alumina spot price has recorded an increase today, on January 10, of RMB 9 per tonne to RMB 2,446 per tonne, found Shanghai Metals Market. The alumina price in the east, central, and north has climbed up by RMB 10 per tonne...
The giant in metals and mining, Vedanta Ltd has planned a capital expenditure of $250-300 million in the next fiscal on the ramp-up of its Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Odisha. Vedanta, in an astonishing manner, has proposed to expand the capacity of the refinery to 6 mtpa. The refinery's present...
Altech Chemicals Limited has received applications from existing shareholders for $2.8 million of new shares under the Share Purchase Plan (SPP). The new shares are expected to be allotted on Wednesday 8 January 2020 at an offer price of $0.0975 per share. Altech has also updated the construction...
The global leader in bauxite, alumina and aluminium products Alcoa Corporation has agreed to sell its Gum Springs, Arkansas waste treatment facility in a $250 million transaction to Veolia ES Technical Solutions (VTS) in the first quarter of 2020. As per the terms of the agreement between the...
Hindalco Industries Ltd. announced during a filing to the BSE on 23 rd December’19 that it has resumed production at Muri alumina plant in Jharkhand. "This is to inform you that Muri refinery in Jharkhand has re-started production of alumina. Operations of the alumina plant of the company situated...
The average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2437 per tonne on Tuesday, 31 December 2019, up RMB 6 per tonne or 0.25 per cent from RMB 2431 per tonne on December 30. The average price of Alumina-North has increased by RMB 15 per tonne to stand at RMB 2450 per tonne. Source: Shanghai Metals Market...
According to a recent report, Vedanta’s Lanjigarh alumina refinery has won a prestigious Gold award under the Metals Sector at Frost & Sullivan’s India Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2019. Mr. Rakesh Mohan, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Vedanta’s Lanjigarh unit, received the award on behalf of...
The spot alumina prices in China have increased in East and North markets. The average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2431 per tonne on Friday, 27 December 2019, after remaining flat at RMB 2427 per tonne on December 25 and December 26. This records a drop of RMB 4 per tonne or 0.16 per cent....
