The US aluminum trihydrate market strengthened in September 2026 as downstream procurement, rising overseas production costs, and shipping bottlenecks supported prices. In contrast, Bosnia’s market faced a quarterly correction as European buyers drew on accumulated inventories and lower caustic soda costs eased manufacturing pressures, highlighting diverging regional price trends. US aluminum trihydrate market gains on demand and supply constraints US aluminum trihydrate prices increased 2.38% month over month in September, supported by purchases from wire and cable manufacturers, electrical infrastructure compounders, and electric vehicle (EV) component producers. Demand remained particularly resilient for applications involving low-smoke cable compounds and flame-retardant materials....
China-based China Aluminum International Engineering Co., Ltd. (CHALIECO) has won a bid for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract valued at approximately USD 833 million for a proposed alumina project in Vietnam, adding to investment activity in the country’s mineral processing sector. The project, being developed by Binh Phuoc Ore Mining and Beneficiation Joint Stock Company, is designed to process 2.4 million tonnes of alumina annually. The proposed contract is valued at around CNY 5.595 billion (USD 839.04 million), with completion expected within 27 months of the contract’s effective date. CHALIECO to oversee turnkey refinery development Under the proposed turnkey arrangement, CHALIECO’s responsibilities will cover the full project delivery process, from...
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Alteo is the leading producer of non-metallurgical alumina in France. The company has three alumina refineries in France: the alumina refinery in Gardanne, a white fused alumina facility in La Bâthie and a brown fused alumina plant in Beyrède. {newsStudioGallery} Alteo Gardanne is one of the world leaders in specialty alumina production and offers a wide range of products. It is formed after divestment of the specialty aluminas group by Rio Tinto. The plant is one of the world’s largest producer of specialty alumina with production capacity of 635kT per year. As the data shows, France exported 280959 tons of alumina in 2015. In 2016, the volume of alumina export stood at 225113 tons, a decrease of 55846 tons from the previous year. The country is estimated to export 224286 tons of alumina...
Former director of Melbourne's Alumina limited, Mike Ferraro is stepping in as the successor of CEO Peter Wasow, who announced his retirement on Monday May 22. Ferraro will be assuming his new office after Wassow retires on May 31, the company announced without giving any reason for the departure of the latter. Explaining the change Alumina Ltd’s Chairman John Pizzey said, “Peter joined the Company as a non-executive director in 2011 and became CEO at the start of 2014” ... “In that time, both the Company and AWAC have undergone a significant transformation, significantly influenced by Peter’s perseverance and efforts. The recent negotiations by the Company culminated in significant improvements to our participation rights in the AWAC joint venture in 2016. The Board and I would like to...
Alumina prices in China domestic market have regained strength after a hiatus. Supply uncertainty caused due to recent production cuts at the alumina refineries coupled with strong demand has allowed China alumina prices to stage a rally after a continuous downtrend. The average alumina price in North, East, South and Central China market stood at 2,300 yuan per tonne in the week ended May 21, up by 20 yuan from an earlier 2,280 yuan per tonne. Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco)also raised their average alumina prices to 2,550 yuan per tonne on Tuesday, May 23, up 3 per cent from the previous average price of 2,475 yuan per tonne. Average price of alumina (imported) in China remains unchanged at 2,800 yuan per tonne as on May 23. Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) data suggests that...
Rusal operated Friguia alumina refinery in Guinea is readying to come online in first half of 2018. The reconstruction work at the site is progressing as planned, informed Rusal’s Guinea branch general manager Pavel Vassiliev. According to the latest update, reconstruction work at the alumina refinery in Guinea is about 35 per cent complete and is expected to be over by April 2018. On completion, the refinery will start operations with an annual alumina production capacity of 650000 tonnes. The Russian aluminium giant and the government of West Africa’s Republic of Guinea came to an agreement regarding the resumption of alumina refining operations at the Friguia bauxite and alumina complex in April last year. The two parties also signed an annex to the Dian-Dian concession agreement...
New Day Aluminium subsidiary Noranda Bauxite & Alumina is planning to invest US$35 million for expansion and upgradation of an alumina refinery in St. James Parish, CEO David D’Addario announced on Friday, May 19. The company having bauxite mining operations in Jamaica also plans to set up its headquarters at the Gramercy complex. The aluminium refinery on the bank of the Mississippi River was built by Kaiser Aluminium & Chemical Corp., and has operated in St. James Parish since 1958. The alumina refinery upgradation project will include design and implementation of equipment aimed at enhancing production, storage and transport of chemical-grade alumina. “These capital improvements represent the largest capital expenditure at Gramercy in more than a decade,” D’Addario said in the news...
UC RUSAL, world’s second largest aluminium producer, announces that it has completed the modernization programme at the Boksitogorsk Alumina Refinery. The total amount of investment in the project amounted to USD1.65 mln. The project which was launched in October 2015 and ran through to May 2017 involved the installation of certain up-to-date crushing and processing equipment designed to increase the total output of the corundum products of the refinery up to 79 thousand tonnes per annum. In particular, the production of refractory materials and abrasives will be increased by 6 thousand tonnes and 4 thousand tonnes per annum accordingly. Corundum is a refractory and chemically ultra-hard material based on aluminum oxide. It is used in the metallurgical industry and engineering...
After declining through the first fortnight of May, alumina prices in China have registered a gain and currently remain flat throughout all the major markets. As on May 19 2017, as reported by Shanghai Metals Market; the average spot alumina price in South China market stands at RMB 2,265/t. In the North China Market, the average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2300/t. Market price difference between north China and south China remains unchanged at around RMB35/t. The average spot alumina price in East China market stands at RMB 2,320/t. In the Central China Market, the average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2310/t. Alumina prices from large scale alumina enterprises remained firm. Chalco alumina prices remain stable at RMB 2,475/t and are expected to move within a range of RMB 2,450-...
Guizhou Galuminium, one of the biggest alumina producers of China, has put all production lines at its alumina refineries under maintenance on account of the Big Data Expo scheduled for opening on May 25, Shanghai Metals Market reported. The alumina producer put up the "on maintenance" notice effective from May 15. The China International Big Data Industry Expo 2017 will be held from May 25 till May 28 in Guiyang City. The closure at the alumina refineries involves 800,000 tonnes per annum alumina capacity. Guizhou Galuminium said that the maintenance is scheduled to last seven days initially, but may extend to few more days depending on further government requirement. China’s state-run metals consultancy firm Beijing Antaike declared in March that the country’s alumina capacity would...
Orbite Technologies Inc. reports its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017. The company reports production of close to 2 tonnes of the first 4N5+ high purity alumina ("HPA") from the Company's HPA plant in early 2017. Ramp-up of production at the HPA plant continued during the first quarter of 2017. In the later part of the quarter, ramp up slowed down due to issues with the electrical heating element system. Orbite concludes that the present decomposer and calciner electrical heating system is not robust enough to reliably achieve the 3 tpd design capacity of the calcination system and is producing approximately 1-1.2 tpd. This however is an equipment issue and not an issue with the proven Orbite process. On March 31, 2017, the Company announced a...
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Altech Chemicals Limited has appointed German engineering firm SMS group GmbH (SMS) as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) plant. A key condition of Altech’s application for German export credit project finance cover is the provision of a throughput guarantee for the HPA plant by the EPC contractor. The previously envisaged EPC contractor was unable to provide this guarantee. SMS, as the incoming EPC contractor has proposed the following to Altech: 1. Fixed price turnkey EPC contract (existing); 2. Completion and cost guarantees (existing); 3. Process guarantee including final product quality (additional); 4. Throughput guarantee (additional); 5. Commissioning and start up responsibility (additional); 6....
China alumina production slowdown became market focus in the past week and trading almost stagnated as buyers and sellers of the commodity were seen split over their opinions on the market. The environmental protection inspections which had begun on April 24 were initially thought to have significant impact on the demand-supply scenario of the region, but the influence was found to be limited. Currently, only middlemen were found to be active in generating enquires for alumina. Spot alumina fared differently in different regions last week. As on Tuesday, May 16, alumina prices stand at the following bands (RMB per tonne): Source: Shanghai Metals Market Alumina production slowdown prompted middlemen to raise idea alumina prices. However, the stagnation is expected to come to an end soon,...
Brazil currently ranks second position as a net exporter of alumina worldwide. The country exported estimated 8.78 million tonnes of alumina in 2016, up from 8.47 million tonnes in 2015. A substantial portion of country’s alumina is shipped to Canada. Albras, the second-largest aluminium metal plant in Brazil also intakes Brazilian alumina. {newsStudioGallery} Hydro Alunorte is the world's largest alumina refinery in Brazil with a total capacity of over six million tons of alumina. ALUMAR is another alumina refinery in one of the largest alumina and primary aluminium production complexes in the world owned by Alcoa, RioTinto, and South 32. The quarterly data suggests that Brazil exported an estimated 2035894 tonnes of alumina in Q1 2016-17. In Q2, the volume increased to 2205176 tonnes....
Alumina prices in China declined below the average national cost price. Aluminium producers and traders have been into active purchasing. Alumina market participants were enthusiastic driven by falling alumina prices. Some aluminium enterprises restocked their inventories. As on May 15 2017, as reported by Shanghai Metals Market; the average spot alumina price in South China market stands at RMB 2,245/t. In the North China Market, the average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2280/t. Market price difference between north China and south China stands at around RMB35/t. The average spot alumina price in East China market stands at RMB 2,300/t. In the Central China Market, the average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2290/t. Market price difference between north China and south China stands...
Bauxite production and alumina refining capacity have increased immensely across the major alumina producing regions of the world. Aluminium production has skyrocketed in Asia in the last one decade and China is currently producing about 53% of the total aluminium production. This gives a clear idea about the huge amount of alumina being consumed in China. Currently, China has 79.25 million tonnes of annual alumina capacity as reported in the end of 2016. According to the aluminium sector report from Antaike, state-run metals consultancy firm in Beijing, published on Thursday, China is expected to add 6.65 million tonnes per year of new alumina capacity in 2017, mostly in North China, Central China and Northwest China. The top alumina producers henceforth are from this part of the world....
UC RUSAL reported robust financial results for Q1 2017, driven by its operational efficiency and cost discipline, supported by stronger LME prices. As reported in the result, Rusal produced 1,889 thousand tons of alumina in Q1 2017, registering a 0.9% increase from 1,873 thousand tons in Q1 2016 and 2.6% drop from 1,939 thousand tons in Q4 2016. This was offset by a solid increase in total alumina sales volume in the same quarter. Total alumina sales revenue increased by 26.0%, to USD189 million in Q1 2017 from USD150 million in Q1 2016 and increased by 15.2%, compared to USD164 million in Q4 2016. The increase was driven by a rise in the average sales price of alumina which was partially offset by a decrease in the sales volume. Cost of alumina increased to USD230 million in Q1 2017 from...
China’s import of alumina totalled 420,834 tonnes in March 2017, up 17 per cent from the same period in last year. January-March (quarter one) imports were up at 921,123 tonnes, revealed data released by China’s General Administration of Customs. {newsStudioGallery} Alumina exports, as expected, were down by 4.73 per cent at 5,526 tonnes in March. Q1 cumulative exports totalled 12,950 tonnes, showed China Customs data. Source: Klaveness Research China imported maximum volume of alumina from Australia during both the periods under review. In March, imports from the island country were up 1.08 per cent at 154,797 tonnes, while for the entire of the first quarter imports totalled 401,116 tonnes. Indonesia, Vietnam, India, and Jamaica were the other top countries which supplied alumina to...
Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) is setting up a new facility in Jamaica. Jamaican Finance Minister Audley Shaw made the disclosure at a town hall that the company is expected to build second alumina refinery soon. The new alumina plant is expected to produce 2,000 tonnes of alumina every year. He further added that this new facility would add company’s total alumina production of 3,600 tonnes per annum. Apart from alumina refinery, Audley Shaw stated that Alpart is also planning to construct a plant that would produce aluminium foil. This project would create thousands more employment opportunities to the Jamaicans. Around seven hundred people have already got jobs with the reopening of Alpart. Alpart’s capacity, prior to its shut down in 2009, was 1.65 million tonnes of alumina and...
Estimated alumina output derived from China’s domestic production data is expected to improve this month. The country which reported 31.6 million tonnes of aluminium output in 2016 against the world total of 58.8 million tonnes (53.7 per cent) is estimated to produce 5.82 million tonnes of alumina in May. But given the current maintenance work at China alumina refineries how realistic does this estimate sound? Market watchers opine that the actual China alumina output in May is likely to be lower than what is forecasted. In fact, it is going to be even lower than March’s alumina output level since more producers would start maintenance work at their plants if alumina prices keep falling at the current pace. China’s alumina output in April grew at 23.3 per cent rate year-on-year to reach...
