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 Ltd is looking at exporting the extra alumina that its unit Utkal Alumina International Ltd produces, as it seeks to spur growth, chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said on Wednesday. “We believe that (export of alumina) would be an attractive proposition and is something that the...
Despite tight bauxite supply in Shanxi, China’s alumina production increased in August. The country’s alumina production increased 19.1 per cent year-on-year to 5.92 million tonnes in August. The daily average production stood at 1191,100 tonnes, up 2.6 per cent month-on-month, according to SMM...
Spot alumina prices in China moves further up on Sept 11 throughout all the major markets. According to Shanghai Metals Market Statistics, the average spot alumina price has been rising steady from RMB 2885/tonne on September 1. Average alumina price for the month of September till date stands at...
Nanshan Aluminum Co. announced that the company has decided to construct its new alumina refinery in Indonesia. The company plans to raise no more than 5 billion yuan to build alumina refinery project, according to an SMM report. The alumina project involves an investment of 5.69 billion yuan. The...
Spot alumina prices in China are on an upward track and now continue to grow firm throughout all the major markets. According to Shanghai Metals Market Statistics, the average spot alumina price started rising from mid-August when it was hovering around RMB 2521/tonne and reached the highest level...
Turkey has a diversity of rich mineral resources. The country has an alumina refinery- Seydisehir Alumina owned by Eti Aluminyum Inc. that produces alumina and supplies to the domestic and international markets. {newsStudioGallery} Turkey exported 660 tonnes of alumina in July 2017 and 1,320 tonnes...
Shanxi Huaxing Aluminum Co. has commissioned high-temperature Digestion line for Bayer alumina production. The line will have the capability of processing 1 million tonnes of diasporic bauxite per year, the largest in the world. Chinese companies are also investing in alumina projects around the...
Altech Chemicals Limited, aiming to become one of the world's leading suppliers of 99.99% (4N) high purity alumina (HPA), has announced that the Western Australia (WA) Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) has granted works approval on 25 August 2017 for the construction of kaolin...
Provincial authorities of Dak Nong in Vietnam said Wednesday, August 30, that the total tax to be collected from the Nhan Co alumina refinery in 2017 is estimated to come down form what was expected of it. The estimated amount stands at VND107.39 billion against an expected VND437.761 billion. The...
The imports of commodities by North Korea during the last five years have decreased and are estimated to continue in the coming years. The imports of alumina by the country also dropped during the last two years. North Korea‘s alumina import is estimated to fall considerably in 2017....
Turkey, the transcontinental country in Eurasia, is aiming to reduce its alumina import in 2017, according to the estimates provided by global alumina trade data. The country’s only integrated aluminium producer Eti Alüminyum Inc. Co. having 230,000 tonnes per annum of calcined alumina production...
According to a report by Shanghai Metals Market, one alumina producer in Chongqing has decided to expand production on optimism over stronger price gains. The alumina producer has two different production facilities for which they source bauxite from domestic producers and import from different...
China, being a net importer of alumina, witnessed an increase in alumina import in July 2017, according to the latest import-export data published by China General Customs. China’s import of alumina totalled 284,504 tonnes in July 2017, up 29.36 per cent year-on year. January-July imports were down...
<p>Alumina Limited, the leading Australian resource company with focus on alumina refining, recently announced an impressive profit growth for the first half of 2017, thanks to higher commodity prices realized by its joint venture with Alcoa. </p> <p>Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC)...
<p>India’s refractory raw material imports have been hit badly ever since China declared war against its polluting industries. The slump in the imports of fused and calcined alumina have left domestic refractory manufacturers struggling to meet demand from the core user industries such as...
<p>Alumina Limited is pleased to announce that Mr Peter Day has been appointed to the new position of Deputy Chairman of Alumina Limited effective immediately.</p> <p>Mr Day has been an independent non-executive Director of the Company since January 2014 and is Chair of the Audit and Risk...
<p>After a period of flat run, China’s domestic alumina price rebounded on August 17, driven by an outlook on tightened supply. The average spot alumina prices expected to range between RMB 2506 – 2506/t. The tightness in the market is expected because Alumina production in Shanxi...
<p>According to the news cited by Shanghai Metals Market, East Hope Group, one of China’s largest private companies, has inked a framework agreement on 15<sup>th</sup> August with the government of Zuoquan County, Shanxi Province, to build alumina refinery project in the region.</p> <p...
