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 alumina import of China, the major raw material for the production of aluminium metal, has been accounted for 1.24 million tonnes during the first eleven months of the year’19, a rise of 167.51% as compared to the same period last year, as per the latest data from the Chinese customs...
According to a recent report, a full-scale safety mock drill was held at the alumina refinery of Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) on Monday, December 23, complying with the decision of the District Crisis Group (DCG). Drill happens at a regular interval at UAIL for preparing employees for...
Alumina market recovered from the price volatility of last year, which was driven by 50% capacity cuts in Alunorte alumina refinery, workers strikes in Alcoa refineries and sanctions against Rusal. Australian alumina FOB price, which shot up to US$ 710 per tonne in April 2018, plunged to the lowest...
After lowering for over two months ranging between RMB 2,624 per tonne and RMB 2,425 per tonne, the average spot price of alumina has recorded a slight rise of RMB 2 per tonne to come in at RMB 2,427 per tonne on December 24, according to Shanghai Metals Market. In the north China, the price has...
Emirates Global Aluminium announced that its Al Taweelah alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi produced one million tonnes of alumina since operations started in April. The refinery is now expected to reach sustained production at its nameplate capacity during the first half of 2020. Once fully-ramped up,...
The benchmark alumina price according to Fastmarkets MB alumina index fob Australia will remain steady around US$280 per tonne at the end of the week despite Hydro’s announcement on Thursday December 19 about 50-70% production cut at its Alunorte alumina refinery for a temporary period. Australian...
Rio Tinto and Hydro recently executed the first ever paperless trade in the alumina commodity segment. Both the companies used the CargoDocs solution from essDOCS for the transaction. This also marks the first ever paperless trade solution for alumina shipment by any company and also the first use...
FYI Resources Limited has reportedly received R&D tax incentive rebate payment of $250,000, which is meant for the expenditure on the development of innovative process design to refine high purity alumina (HPA) from aluminous clay known as kaolin. Kaolin for the proposed high purity alumina (HPA)...
China’s production of alumina stood at 5.67 million tonnes in November, with a year-on-year drop of 9.7 per cent, showed the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). China produced 66.49 million tonnes of alumina in the first eleven months of 2019, a drop of 0.7 per cent from the...
Alcoa Corporation will permanently close its Point Comfort alumina refinery in Texas, which has been idled since 2016. The refinery, which had 2.3 million tonnes of annual alumina capacity, is a part of Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC), a group of companies owned 60 percent by Alcoa and 40...
As shown by the latest US Geological Survey data on bauxite and alumina imports in the third quarter of 2019, the United States imported 929,000 tonnes of crude and dried bauxite, less 10% per cent from Q2 2019 and 5 per cent from the same period last year. The volume is slightly more than those in...
The Lanjigarh alumina refinery of Vedanta Limited received the Greentech Safety Awards 2019 at the 18th Annual Greentech Occupational Health, Safety and Disaster Management Conference for exceptional performance in the field of safety at the workplace. Mr. Misbah Uddin Khan, Head – Health –...
The average spot price of alumina in China continues to plunge for the fifth day in a row on December 12 by RMB 10 per tonne to RMB 2,429 per tonne, found Shanghai Metals Market. In all the major markets in the east, north, and central as well, the price has declined by RMB 10 per tonne to RMB...
The average spot alumina price in China has dropped by RMB 19 per tonne or 0.77 per cent to stand at RMB 2439 per tonne on Wednesday, 11 December 2019. Alumina price fell by RMB 9 per tonne yesterday. The drop in alumina prices has continued in all other major markets in China. Source: Shanghai...
Alcoa of Australia has reportedly handed over major multi-disciplinary services contract worth $90 million to SRG Global. The scope of services includes heavy mechanical and electrical maintenance, specialist rope access and scaffold services at Alcoa’s alumina refinery in Kwinana, Western...
National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) plans to restructure its alumina sales strategy in international markets. The alumina producer, which has been selling its surplus alumina in spot markets instead of its earlier strategy of long term contracts, is planning to switch over to long terms...
After starting the week with restraint at RMB 2,467 per tonne, the average alumina spot price today, on December 10, has recorded a plunge of RMB 9 per tonne to RMB 2,458 per tonne, found Shanghai Metals Market. So far this month, the average alumina spot price has shown a bearish trend like the...
Shanghai Metals Market data showed that China’s alumina production in November stood at 5.71 million tonnes, with metallurgical-grade materials accounting for 5.46 million tonnes. The output in the first nine months of this year decreased 1.84% year-on-year to 63.06 million tonnes. The production...
