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 the global export-import data, the United Arab Emirates’ alumina imports from India is likely to drop marginally this year, in tandem with the current estimation of year-on-year decline in the UAE’s total imports of alumina. In 2019, the country’s alumina imports from India are...
After remaining restrained at RMB 2,547 per tonne from September 6-12, the average spot price of alumina has recorded a growth of RMB 22 per tonne today, on September 16, to stand at RMB 2,569 per tonne, found Shanghai Metals Market. Witnessing the highest rise the alumina spot price in the north...
The month of September marks the end of third quarter of the financial year for a number of companies. The month indicates how the market and industry is going to turn out in the next quarter. Let’s browse through how the alumina industry and the market fared in the first two weeks of September....
Shanghai Metals Market found the alumina output in China stood at 5.82 million tonnes in August, with metallurgical-grade alumina accounting for 5.57 million tonnes. Daily average production of metallurgical-grade alumina came in at 180,000 tonnes in August, down 4,000 tonnes or 2.2 per cent...
The 8th International IBAAS-GAMI 2019 conference and exhibition concluded successfully on September 7, 2019 in Guiyang China. About 280 delegates from all over the world participated in this mega Aluminium event in Guiyang during September 4 to 6. 2019. The conference was inaugurated by officials...
The Netherlands is home to one of the notable aluminium smelting operations in the world - Delfzijl aluminium smelter in Farmsum, and is the ninth largest export economy in the world, of which aluminium accounts for US$ 1.74 billion on average. This indicates the requirement of a considerable...
Michael Peter Ferraro, Alumina Limited - MD, CEO & Executive Director forecasts a modest surplus of alumina during the remaining months of 2019. He also forecasts on the Chinese alumina supply/demand balance over the next few years. He sees small alumina surpluses of around 0.5 million tonnes or...
Washington Mills has developed a process to collect spent fused alumina and recycle it back into the manufacturing process. Washington Mills is the sole manufacturer of fused alumina in the U.S., which is widely used as a raw material in refractories. Over 150,000 tonnes of fused alumina is...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the average spot price of alumina has extended its rise today, on September 6, by RMB 5 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,547 per tonne. In the central and south, the price has grown by RMB 10 per tonne to RMB 2,550 per tonne and RMB 2,505 per tonne, while that in the...
As on Thursday, 05 September 2019, the average spot price of alumina further recorded an increase of RMB 9 per tonne or 0.36 per cent from September 4. The price stood at RMB 2542 per tonne. The prices of alumina rose across major China markets today. The average alumina spot price in South China...
On September 3, the Ministry of Transport and Mining reportedly confirmed that the alumina production at JISCO-Alpart refinery in St. Elizabeth would be temporarily suspended, as the second phase of modernisation and expansion programme would be starting with the next 30 to 60 days. The temporary...
After gliding down through July and remain restrained until the mid of August, the average alumina spot price started spurring significantly and reached RMB 2,533 per tonne, as of Wednesday, September 4, found Shanghai Metals Market. Month-on-month, the alumina price is standing high by RMB 91 per...
The 8th International IBAAS-GAMI Conference & Exhibition jointly organized by IBAAS and GAMI will open its door to the national and international delegates on September 4, 2019 at Renaissance Guiyang Hotel in the picturesque city of Guiyang, China. The three day event which will be concluded on...
Alumina Limited updated on the company’s Q2 and H1 financial results during Q2 2019 Earnings Conference Call on August 22. Alumina's H1 2019 profit has fallen by 26 per cent on lower alumina prices. The company has cut its interim dividend to half after the results. The company cut its interim...
A press release from Hydro says Alunorte, Hydro and Ministério Público Federal filed a joint petition to the Federal Court in Belem yesterday to lift the embargoes on the new bauxite residue deposit area - DRS2, which lies suspended since March 1, 2018 after a court order. The petition came after...
Hindalco Industries Limited on Friday, August 30, said that it decided to invest INR 2,000 crore this year, majority of which will go into alumina capacity expansion at Utkal Alumina refinery. The rest of the amount will be used towards working capital and maintenance work, said the company...
Altech Chemicals Limited has provided an update on the current status of construction activities at the Company’s high purity alumina (HPA) plant site in Johor, Malaysia. A press release from the company said that the construction of the maintenance workshop building is done with the installation...
The average alumina prices in four major markets have witnessed growth on Friday, 30 August 2019. The average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2520 per tonne, up RMB 20 per tonne from the previous average alumina price of RMB 2500 per tonne. Alumina price in East China is hovering around RMB 2530...
