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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AlCircle’s new report- “Red Mud (Bauxite Residue) Management: Storage & Valorisation” is generating overwhelming response from the industry circle. From leading bauxite miners and alumina refineries to aluminium smelters, sustainability and environmental watchdogs, market and technical research...
The presence of abundant electrical power in Iceland due to geothermal and hydroelectric energy sources has been buoying the aluminium production in Iceland. Aluminium producers like Alcoa and Century Aluminium which have closed smelters in the U.S. are still running facilities in Iceland, mostly...
Nouryon acquired Zhejiang Friend Chemical Co. (Friend), the largest producer of triethyl aluminium (TEAL) in China. TEAL is a metal alkyl used in the production of polypropylene and polyethylene. With this acquisition, Nouryon becomes the only global producer of metal alkyls. The deal will also...
The average spot price of alumina registered a drop of RMB 30 per tonne on Tuesday, 30 July 2019, after remaining flat on Monday. Alumina price dropped from RMB 2505 per tonne to RMB 2475 per tonne. The prices of alumina fell across major China markets. Spot alumina prices in Central China and...
Vedanta Limited announced its unaudited consolidated results for the First quarter (Q1) ended 30 June 2019 on Friday, July 26. Revenue for Q1 FY 2020 stood at INR 21,167 crore, lower 4% y-o-y, primarily due to lower commodity prices partially offset by higher aluminium sales, volume addition from...
Employee volunteers from Alcoa’s Pinjarra alumina refinery have reportedly joined local non-profit organisation Squared Away to assist them in cleaning up the surrounding area. This is the first community service this year through the company’s Alcoans Coming Together in Our Neighbourhoods (ACTION)...
Vedanta Ltd is aiming to achieve 80% fly ash utilisation of by 2020. In a recently released report, the company informed that it will introduce third-party review of tailings/ash dyke management system and development of site specific improvement plan in its India operations. Fly ash is by-product...
RUSAL reported a 0.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter decline in alumina production in the second quarter of 2019. Alumina production dropped from 1.93 million tonnes to 1.91 million tonnes. Russian operations accounted for 36 per cent of the total output. Total alumina production stood at 3.85 million...
The average spot price of alumina registered a drop of RMB 12 per tonne to stand at RMB 2505 per tonne on Friday, 26 July 2019. The prices of alumina fell across major China markets today. Spot alumina prices in East China, Central China, and North China markets dropped by RMB 10 per tonne each....
Chevron (TAPL) Pty Ltd, one of the world's leading integrated energy companies, has signed a domestic gas sales agreement with the South32-operated Worsley Alumina Joint Venture for the supply of natural gas. Chevron will provide approximately 60 petajoules for the operation of the Worsley Alumina...
The average spot price of alumina further recorded a decline of RMB 10 per tonne to stand at RMB 2517 per tonne on Wednesday, 24 July 2019. The prices of alumina fell across major China markets today. Spot alumina prices in East China, Central China, North China, and South China markets dropped by...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, China in June imported 50,000 tonnes of seaborne alumina, down 16.7 per cent from May but up 4.6 per cent from June 2018. With this, China’s import of alumina came in at 320,000 tonnes in the first half of 2019, down 9.5 per cent from the same period last year....
In 2018, alumina refineries in the world generated around 154 million tonnes of red mud while producing 130 million tonnes of alumina. Red mud or bauxite residue has remained one of the biggest challenges for the aluminium industry since its inception. The risk of environment hazards from red mud...
Spot alumina prices in China dropped further on Monday throughout all the major markets. On July 22, the average alumina price stood at RMB 2527 per tonne, a decline of RMB 20 per tonne from RMB 2547 per tonne. Spot alumina prices in East China, Central China, North China, and South China markets...
Alumina Limited has reported the result highlights for Alcoa Corp’s 2Q 2019 bauxite and alumina segment. Alcoa’s bauxite and alumina segment is represented by Alcoa Worldwide Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC), a joint venture which is owned 40% by Alumina Limited and Alcoa owns the remaining 60% and is...
South32 reported alumina production of 5.05 million tonnes in FY19, as compared to 5.06 million tonnes in FY18. In Q4 FY19, alumina production increased 9% quarter-on-quarter to 1.3 million. Production at Worsley Alumina increased 1% year-on-year to 3.79 million tonnes in FY19. In Q4 FY2019,...
A project for replacement of gas cleaning equipment of a sintering shop has been launched at Aluminium of Kazakhstan JSC, an enterprise of The Eurasian Resources Group (ERG). The project with an investment of 200 million euro will be completed in phases, a company statement confirmed. Aluminium of...
According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday, July 11, China’s alumina production in June recorded a rise by 5.4 per cent year on year to come in at 6.41 million tonnes. It is the highest monthly figure since May 2017, as per the data published on bureau’s...
