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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Australian metals miner South32 Limited released production results for Q1 FY 2019 on 18 October, reporting lower outputs at both alumina and aluminium operations. In the just-ended September quarter, South32 refined 1.15 million tonnes of alumina, off by 11 per cent from the preceding quarter....
Acording to a report from Platts, China's Shandong Chiping Xinfa Group has cut operating capacity at its Shanxi Jiaokou alumina refinery in northern China to 50% due to limited bauxite supply and power plant issues. This was confirmed by a company source on Thursday. The source also added that...
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd, the largest aluminium smelter in Southeast Asia, is buying a 50 per cent stake in Japan Alumina Associates (Australia) Pty Ltd (JAA) for A$250 million (RM739 million). JAA holds a 10 per cent stake in Worsley Alumina unincorporated joint venture which owns and...
Altech Chemicals Limited has received the Certificate of Grant for an Innovation Patent from the Australian Patent Office (IP Australia), for its process of producing high purity alumina (HPA) from kaolin (aluminous clay). Altech Chemicals managing director Iggy Tan said, “The journey to patent...
The alumina market is experiencing a year of unprecedented turbulence. Alumina, which sits in the aluminium production process between bauxite and refined metal, has historically been a highly efficient link in the supply chain. It hasn’t generated many headlines over the years because it has...
Vedanta Resources has released the production results of alumina for the second quarter and half year ended 30th September 2018. The alumina production in the Lanjigarh refinery grew in both Q2 FY 2019 and H1 FY 2019. The Lanjigarh refinery produced 348,000 tonnes of alumina in Q2 FY2019, an...
According to the latest update from Shanghai Metals Market, China’s alumina production in September grew 3 per cent year-on-year to stand at 5.95 million tonnes; while the total output during January-September came in at about 52.11 million tonnes, up 1.9 per cent from the same period last year....
Alum, the only calcined alumina producer in Romania, will receive USD 25 million loan from the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDDB) and Garanti Bank Romania. BSTDB and Garanti Bank will provide USD 20 million and USD 5 million respectively. BSTDDB said the funding will be used to continue...
According to a report from Platts, China may add 5-6 million new alumina capacity by the end of 2018, the processing of which has started in the third quarter of 2018. Shandong Xinfa Group was said to have started up 1 million-1.2 million tpy new capacities in Shanxi. Henan East Hope is expected to...
Norsk Hydro has announced today that Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil is expected to be able to ramp up to 50 percent capacity within two weeks. The refinery has on October 8 agreed with the environmental agency of the state of Pará, SEMAS, to restart production under SEMAS’ supervision. This...
A press release from Norsk Hydro confirms that the federal environmental agency IBAMA authorised alumina refinery Alunorte on October, 5th, to utilize its state-of-the art press filter technology in the processing of bauxite residues. This will extend the life of its DRS1 bauxite residue disposal...
An alternative route has been established from Azerbaijan to Tajikistan for the supply of alumina and other raw materials. This has been done specifically to meet the needs of the Tajik Aluminium Company (TALCO), the Tajik embassy in Azerbaijan reported to Trend on Friday, October 5. The new route...
Century Aluminum announced in a company statement that it has secured a supply deal for alumina from a refinery in Louisiana. The fear of shortage of this most valuable input material for aluminium following the shutdown of Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil compelled the company to get into this...
With the faster growth in aluminium production, the world seems to see a continuous hike in demand for alumina, particularly in China and the Middle East. This in the future is expected to open up new trading opportunities for the alumina producing countries such as Australia, which is already the...
Alumina producers, including South 32 and Alumina Limited, on Thursday, October 4, reportedly experienced a sharp rise in shares post Norsk Hydro’s announcement of production shut at the world’s biggest alumina refinery Alunorte. Shares in Alumina Ltd rose as much as 11 percent on Thursday, October...
After completing the preliminary feasibility study (PFS) late last month, FYI Resources has now reportedly commenced a bankable feasibility study (BFS) for its 100 per cent-owned Cadoux Kaolin Project in Western Australia. The company recently detailed a US$ 178 million capital cost for the project...
According to a report by CARE Ratings, India’s aluminium production, which was at 3.39 million tonnes in 2017-18, is forecast to remain stable or grow a little to 3.42 million tonnes in the fiscal year 2018-19. The giants like National Aluminium Company (Nalco), Bharat Aluminium (Balco), a...
As announced by a press release from Norsk Hydro dated October 3, it’s alumina refinery Alunorte in Brazil is preparing for full curtailment of its operation. The decision, according to the press release was taken as the bauxite residue deposit area 1 (DRS1) is almost in its full capacity, due to...
