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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Alumina and aluminium prices are on a downward trend after winter production cuts have started in China. Average spot alumina price in China stood at RMB 3075 per tonne on November 28, a further drop from RMB 3094 per tonne on November 27. The spot prices are expected to range within RMB 3075 per...
Alumina refinery of Navratna NALCO, located at Damanjodi in Koraput District of Odisha has received the CII-Exim Bank Business Excellence Award for the year 2018 in the Gold Plus category. The Award is based on the internationally recognized EFQM Excellence Model and is considered to be one of the...
A consortium of the Societe Miniere de Boke (SMB) and Singapore’s Winning Shipping signed an agreement on Monday, November 26, with Guinea’s government for construction of the country’s first 1 million tonne per year alumina refinery. The refinery is part of a $3 billion project to develop Guinea’s...
Backed on lowered alumina spot price for the two consecutive days, the A00 aluminium ingot price extended a plunge today by RMB 60 per tonne to RMB 13,690 per tonne, Shanghai Metals Market found. Yesterday, on November 26, the alumina spot price dropped from RMB 3131 per tonne to RMB 3119 per...
According to data released by the General Administration of Customs on Monday, 26 November 2018, Iceland was the top recipient of China’s alumina exports in October 2018. The Nordic country, where companies including Alcoa and Rio Tinto have aluminium smelters, imported 102,100 tonnes of alumina...
Shenzhen-based Qianhai Mercantile Exchange (QME), controlled by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, which started spot trading of alumina in October, has received tepid response from market participants. The trading launch was long awaited for HKEX and its chairman Charles Li, who bought the London...
According to the data released by the General Administration of Customs on Friday, November 23, China’s October alumina exports exceeded 460,000 tonnes and reached the highest since at least October 2014. The reason because Chinese producers of the aluminium raw material continued to cash in as...
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco), the Shanghai-listed arm of China Aluminum Group, has announced on November 21 that it would join the bidding to buy 50% stake in Shanxi Huaxing Aluminum Co. The company intends to buy back the shares from the state-owned Baotou Transportation...
The state-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) announced its plan for Brownfield expansion by five lakh tonnes and Greenfield by six lakh tonnes per annum in the next few years. The navaratna company, which at present produces 4.6 lakh tonnes of primary aluminium, eyes to establish a Greenfield...
According to the latest data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, China’s production of alumina in October dropped by 2.7% month on month to 5.65 million tonnes. The total alumina output in the first ten months of 2018 now stands at 56.58 million tonnes. However, YTD alumina output...
University of Queensland Sustainable Minerals Institute researcher Dr Tuan Nguyen has secured a fund of US$ 500,000 to develop a gel technology that will transform the way alumina refineries manage bauxite residues sustainably and economically. This mineral gel technology is expected to provide...
Anrak Aluminium has got another relief from High Court in its way to restart operation at its alumina/aluminium plant. The Hyderabad High Court on Thursday, November 16 refused to stay an RBI circular that directed Anrak aluminium company to be put on the anvil of insolvency process at the National...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is indicating emerging fiscal risks for Jamaica, especially in the bauxite and energy sectors. The organization suggests careful handling of the risks as they might affect the undergoing economic programme in the country. IMF’s latest review of Jamaica's...
The Australian firm Pure Alumina Limited last week distributed samples from the undeveloped Yenden project to potential customers for assessment. The company originally named Hill End Gold Limited changed its name to Pure Alumina, with effect from 5 November 2018, in order to reflect its focus on...
Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal announced on Monday, November 12, about its plan to invest INR 15,000 crore for ramping up the alumina refinery capacity at Lanjigarh to 6 million tonnes per annum and firming up the downstream sector in Odisha in next three years. “The expansion of the...
Vedanta Ltd’s proposal for expansion of Lanjigarh alumina refinery was recently cleared by the High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA), the apex body to approve investments in Odisha. The company plans to expand the capacity to six million tonnes per annum from its current 1 million tonnes. “Our...
According to the latest update from Shanghai Metals Market, alumina production in China increased 0.3 per cent year on year to 6.039 million tonnes in October 2018. The average daily production stood at 195,000 tonnes, down 1.7 per cent from September. China produced 58.144 million tonnes of...
Brazilian federal court once again upheld a state court decision forcing Norsk Hydro to operate Alunorte alumina refinery at 50 per cent capacity, according to news reported by Reuters. The refinery has been operating at half capacity since March after state environmental authorities and the court...
