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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Hindalco Industries’ alumina production reached 734 thousand tonnes in quarter ended December 31, 2017. Alumina production stood at 2, 170 thousand tonnes in 9M-FY2018. Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) produced 376 thousand tonnes of alumina in Q3 FY2018.The company said its UAIL...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces operating results for the fourth quarter of 2017 and for the 12 months ended 31 December 2017 with improved performance in all segments of the value chain. In Q4 2017, total alumina production increased by 1.3% QoQ, totalling 1,990 thousand...
Altech Chemicals Ltd has formalised a total debt package of US$190 million for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) project. HPA is a high-value, high margin product used in the manufacture of products such as substrates for LED lights and a range of other high growth industries. The...
Currently, spot alumina price in China is struggling to stay afloat in the face of slow demand and prices are staying flat for more than a week. SMM forecasts alumina prices are likely to rally ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday in mid-February before downward pressure returns. Today’s average...
Emirates Global Aluminium announced a partnership with VITO, the European research and technology organisation, to assess use of bauxite residue, a by-product of alumina refining, in construction materials. Abdalla Alzarooni, EGA’s Vice President of Technology Development & Transfer said: “Using...
According to the latest import-export data published by China General Customs, China’s imports of alumina decreased 60.84 per cent YoY to 143,284 tonnes in December 2017. The country imported 2.86 million tonnes of alumina in 2017, down 5.31 per cent YoY. Image source: SMM China’s alumina imports...
Utkal Alumina International Limited, a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group owned Hindalco Industries, has applied for environment clearance for its expansion of the alumina refinery in Odisha. The estimated cost of the proposed expansion project is INR 4000-5000 crore. With the proposed expansion, the...
SMM forecasts alumina prices are likely to rally ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday in mid-February before downward pressure returns. Currently, spot alumina price in China is struggling to stay afloat in the face of slow demand. Today’s average alumina price stands at RMB 2862 per tonne,...
RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer is mastering a new product at its Achinsk Alumina Refinery – fine precipitated aluminium hydroxide (FPAH). Company's proprietary technology allows keeping the production cost of the FPAH below the world’s average price for this product. The total amount of...
France imports alumina to feed the domestic aluminium industry. Import of alumina has been shrinking for the last three years. France’s alumina import is estimated to drop this year. The Ireland is the top supplier of alumina to the country. France imported an estimated 664219 tonnes of alumina...
Rio Tinto’s alumina production for the fourth quarter of 2017 was one per cent lower than the fourth quarter of 2016. The total alumina production stood at 2 million tonnes in Q4 2017. For 2017, Rio Tinto’s alumina production reduced to 8.1 million tonnes. “Alumina production for 2017 was in line...
Spot alumina price in China is struggling to stay afloat in the face of slow demand. Today’s average alumina price stands at RMB 2875 per tonne and expected to move within a range of RMB 2875 – 2875 per tonne today. SMM forecasts alumina prices are likely to rally ahead of the Chinese New Year...
Spot alumina prices in China are showing restraint as reports from SMM shows a drop in alumina production month on month, as December output drops from that in November. As reported by SMM, average spot alumina price in China increased slightly to stand at RMB 2866/t today. Alumina prices have not...
Altech Chemicals Limited has submitted a manufacturing licence application to the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) for 4,500 tonnes high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Malaysia. The high purity alumina project represents an investment of approximately 1.2 billion ringgit. The plant...
SMM has published the latest output data from the major Chinese producers in the base metals market. The following table shows the latest output for alumina and aluminium in December and a forecast for January. The report shows a drop in alumina production month on month, as December output drops...
Australia’s Batchfire Callide Pty Ltd will continue to operate the coal mine in Central Queensland after the State Government approved an extension to its Boundary Hill mine lease. The mining lease period of the mine has been extended till 2043. Anthony Lynham, Minister for Natural Resources, Mines...
Spot Alumina prices have registered mixed momentum in China today. Average spot alumina price in China has registered a small drop to stand at RMB 2854 per tonne today. In the four domestic alumina market, average price stands at RMB 2825 per tonne, registering a slight increase. In South China...
Bosnia's "Alumina" will invest 12 to 15 million marka ($7.4-9.2 million/6.1-7.7 million euros) in 2018 towards expanding its alumina production capacities into non-metallurgical segment. According to the company CEO, Alumina is branching out from its metallurgical production programme. Bosnia's...
