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 Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) said yesterday that it was not expecting a decline in alumina production in the near term despite proposed cut backs in the sector due to lower price of alumina. James Stewart, Senior Director at the PIOJ said that while the Institute is in discussion with...
As on Wednesday, 28 August 2019, the average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2500 per tonne, up by RMB 9 per tonne from its previous price of RMB 2491 per tonne. The average alumina price in East China is hovering around RMB 2510 per tonne, up RMB 10 per tonne. Alumina Central China and North...
China’s alumina price has been on the decline since the middle of December 2018. Alumina prices fluctuated in the first six months of 2019. The first quarter witnessed a decline, while the second quarter saw some corrections. From January to mid-April, the domestic prices remained on downward...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the average spot price of alumina has extended its rise further by RMB 17 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,491 per tonne, as of August 26, 2019. The alumina price started growing incessantly since August 16, ranging between RMB 2,442 per tonne and RMB 2,491 per...
The average spot price of alumina further recorded an increase of RMB 11 per tonne to stand at RMB 2474 per tonne on Friday, 23 August 2019. The prices of alumina rose across major China markets today. Spot alumina prices in East China, Central China, and North China markets increased by RMB 10 per...
Australian mining and metals company South32’s chief executive Graham Kerr reportedly says that it’s not the right time to commit large investments in alumina refineries expansion, as the return of Brazil’s Alunorte alumina refinery’s production creates an oversupply of the commodity which...
The average spot alumina price in China continued to rise by RMB 9 per tonne or 0.37 per cent on Wednesday, 21 August 2019. Alumina price increased from RMB 2454 per tonne to RMB 2463 per tonne. The prices of alumina rose across major China markets. The average alumina spot price in Central China...
Archer Exploration has divulged an exploration target for its Eyre Peninsula High Purity Alumina (EPHPA) Project in South Australia. The EPHPA Project area is within close proximity to existing power, water, road, rail and other critical infrastructure. Historical drill results in the project area...
The average spot price of alumina registered an increase of RMB 8 per tonne or 0.33 per cent on Monday, 19 August 2019. Alumina price rose from RMB 2442 per tonne to RMB 2450 per tonne. Spot alumina prices in East China, Central China, and South China markets remained unchanged at RMB 2460 per...
Continued from Part I 6. Rusal In 2018, Rusal’s total alumina production stood at 7.7 million tonnes. Aughinish Alumina in Ireland and Ukraine’s Nikolaev Alumina Refinery are two of its largest refineries. Russian production that comprise Bogoslovsk, Achinsk and Urals refinery, contributed 2.8...
Alumina or aluminium oxide (Al2O3) is the key raw material for producing aluminium. Due to the exponential growth of the aluminium industry in last two decades and the significance of alumina in the upstream value chain, aluminium producers are building their own refineries and expanding the...
Altech Chemicals has posted an update on its German project equity strategy announced on 18 July 2019. The strategy involves the acquisition of 29% of the shares of Youbisheng Green Paper AG, which will be re-named Altech Advanced Materials AG (AAM). The strategy also covers sale of 49% stake of...
Metalsearch, an emerging exploration company, has signed an agreement to acquire Abercorn Kaolin Pty Ltd, which owns the large-scale Cynthia kaolinite discovery in central Queensland. Abercorn plans to develop the kaolin resource into a high purity alumina and commercial-grade aluminium sulphate...
Australia is the world's largest producer of bauxite and alumina, and the world's largest exporter of alumina. In 2014-15, alumina production in the country totalled at 19.9 million tonnes, out of which almost 86 per cent was exported directly, while the rest used in domestic aluminium production....
Alumina production in China stood at 5.93 million tonnes in July, showed an SMM survey on Friday August 9. Production of metallurgical-grade alumina came in at 5.7 million tonnes last month. The average daily output registered 183,700 tonnes, weighed by lower output at Xing’an Chemicals, Henan...
According to a company statement, Russian alumina and aluminium producer Rusal suspended operations at its Achinsk alumina refinery on Monday and evacuated all but essential staff after a fire broke out a nearby Russian military base. The RIA news agency reported about the fire and the evacuation....
Followed by a restraint at RMB2,457 per tonne on August 2, the average spot price of alumina has begun the week with a drop to RMB 2,442 per tonne, as of Monday, August 5, found Shanghai Metals Market. Quarter-on-quarter, the price thus, stands below by RMB 336 per tonne, and on month the price...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the average spot price of alumina has started the month with a drop of RMB 18 per tonne to RMB 2,457 per tonne, as of August 1, 2019. With this, the price records a month-on-month decline of RMB 301 per tonne. Since the end of May, the spot alumina price is...
