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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Altech Chemicals Limited recently participated in BATTERY OSAKA, a three-day international rechargeable battery exhibition held in Osaka, Japan from 26 to 28 September 2018. The company provided an update on the recent developments and the outlook for high purity alumina (HPA) demand in the...
Anrak Aluminium Limited (AAL), a joint venture of Penna Group and Ras Al Khaimah is optimistic about starting operations of its 1.5 million tonne alumina refinery in Visakhapatnam in the next few months after Hyderabad High Court passing a judgement in favour of it. The refinery is lying...
Saudi Arabian aluminium industry is growing immensely in last few years after the country decided to venture into a parallel non-oil economy. A joint venture between the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and Alcoa Ma’aden Aluminium (MA), Ma’aden Aluminium is a significant contributor to the...
The US-sanctioned Russian parent company of Aughinish Alumina, one of the major industrial employers in the mid-west, has reportedly guaranteed a €28 million financial package to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in case of its closure. There are fears that the US sanctions may lead to...
2018 first half has seen some unprecedented developments in the global alumina and aluminium market scenario that have turned the market upside down making all previous forecasts redundant. The initiations The aluminium supply scenario received the first hit when Trump imposed a global tariff of 25...
According to a research report, the Netherlands is the ninth largest export economy in the world, exporting $435 billion of goods each year, out of which aluminium accounts for US$ 1.74 billion on average. In 2017, in particular, the Netherlands’ aluminium export accounted for US$5.62 billion,...
FYI Resources Ltd. has reportedly completed the preliminary feasibility study (PFS) for its 100 per cent-owned Cadoux Kaolin Project in Western Australia. PFS confirms that the objective of FYI with this project is to become a predominant vertically-integrated, long life producer of high-purity...
The owners of the Aughinish Alumina refinery in West Limerick have reportedly secured a temporary reprieve over threat to alumina jobs from the Trump administration. The news arrived after the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) granted a three-week extension until November 12 on...
The existence of aluminium ore in Jamaica was known by scientists from the beginning of the 19th Century and by 1957, the country became the leading bauxite producer in the world. The production of alumina also increased, especially after the mid-1960s. By 1968, Alcan had brought the capacity of...
According to the latest update by Shanghai Metals Market, Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chinalco) on Monday, September 17, announced its plan to invest some RMB 5.81 billion to construct a new alumina project in Fangchenggang of Guangxi province. The project on completion will be...
According to the latest USGS report on bauxite and alumina import by the United States in the second Quarter 2018, the volume found dropped from 434, 190 tonnes in the first quarter of the year to 353,000 tonnes. This shows that the alumina import volume by the US stood down 23 per cent...
Alumina 2018, the 11th AQW International Conference, which starts today in Gladstone Queensland is organised by the Alumina Quality Workshop (AQW) Inc. and is expected to attract 300 industry players to the city from all over the world. The three-day global mining conference has kicked with more...
The price of alumina could hit another record high before the end of the year as supplies become increasingly tight with one after another happening disrupting the smooth supply of the key raw material. Spot alumina price saw some unprecedented highs in 2018 first half and doubled to about $700 per...
Hillside Aluminium Smelter in South Africa uses alumina imported from Worsley Alumina operation in Australia to produce high-quality, primary aluminium. For more than 20 years Hillside aluminium has played a key role in South Africa’s aluminium industry. It produces 720 kilo tonnes a year, which...
Workers at Alcoa’s Western Australia have voted to reject a new workplace agreement and continue their strike, according to Reuters reports. The Australian Workers Union (AWU) today said 80 percent of workers had voted against company’s new workplace agreement as it offered zero job security....
Followed by the two deals pledging social and environmental action, Norsk Hydro is striving to convince Brazilian authorities to allow it to resume full production at Alunorte refinery, reported the company’s top executive. The deals, signed on September 5 in Brazil, were an important step but did...
Norsk Hydro confirms on a press release that on September 5, Alunorte signed two agreements which are considered as milestones towards resuming normal operations at the alumina refinery in Pará, Brazil which was operating at 50% capacity since March. The agreements include a technical Term of...
According to a report, Tánaiste Simon Coveney is hopeful about the job security of more than 650 personnel at Aughinish Alumina refinery in Limerick, following crippling sanctions on its Russian owner by the United States. As per the source, The Minister for Foreign Affairs has accredited the US...
