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...
Grow with
AL Circle
<p>Two alumina producers in Shanxi recently entered maintenance. What triggered this move? Will this have big impact on alumina output and prices?</p> <p>Shanxi East Hope Jinzhong Aluminum put 1 million-tpy alumina line under maintenance last week, affecting output by 14,000 tonnes.</p> <p>Tianyuan...
<p>Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur is working to develop cheaper methods to extract rare earth elements (REE) from the waste generated from aluminium industry. The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and JNARDDC have started...
<p>Vietnam, the emerging alumina producing hub on the shores of the South China Sea, has increased its offshore alumina sales over the last three years. As suggested by the available international trade data, alumina export from the country has more than doubled since 2015. The increase has been...
<p>UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces the launch of a new digestion train at the Urals Aluminium Smelter (UAZ). The total amount of investment in the project exceeded 1.1 billion rubles.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto;...
<p>Norsk Hydro reports first quarter 2017 results with an underlying EBITDA of to NOK 2,284 million in comparison to NOK 1,829 million in the fourth quarter 2016. The growth was primarily driven by higher realized all-in metal and alumina prices. </p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;...
<p>Alumina price in China major markets have been falling of late; yet the price fall is not that steep to pinch hard the 'big' producers at their bottomlines, Shanghai Metals Market thinks.</p> <p>China alumina prices are currently trending below the highest cost of production causing small and...
<p>Altech Chemicals Limited yesterday released an update on the detailed design and engineering work for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) plant. Around 55 M+W Group personnel located in both Germany and Singapore are assigned to company’s HPA project. </p> <p><img...
<p>Potash Ridge Corporation, a leading producer of potassium sulphate in North America has announced an update to the independent NI 43-101 Prefeasibility Technical Report for its Blawn Mountain Project dated January 18, 2017. </p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
<p>China’s spot alumina prices fell Thursday, April 20, on the back of news this week that Xinjiang smelters in northwest China will be cutting around two million mt/year of new aluminium capacity which have yet to receive required government approvals.</p> <p>The ex-works Shanxi daily spot...
<p>China's noted mineral producer Chongqing Bosai Minerals Group has entered into a strategic agreement with the government of Gaizhou to build an alumina refinery project in Shagang, Gaizhou in Liaoning Province.</p> <p>The company intends to spend an initial amount of 10 billion yuan to...
<p>India is on a fast track of growth. Pegged to be the fastest growing economy in the world in 2017-18 (forecasted growth rate 7.2%) as projected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country stands to offer many emerging sectors the right opportunity to grow. One such sector is electric...
<p>Alumina price decline in major China markets is expected to slow down as current low prices are attracting increased buying, observe market watchers. While the volatility is hurting bottom lines of the alumina refiners, aluminium producers in China are reaping higher profits from the reduced...
<p>Jamaica’s former Minister of Transport and Works Mike Henry said yesterday during his contribution to the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives that more than 1,000 employment opportunities are likely to be created as a result of developments in the bauxite/alumina...
<p>According to the Market Research Future report, global high purity alumina market is slated to experience a robust growth until 2024 driven by the LED lightings segment. The segment was estimated to account for a dominating share of more than half in overall market by 2016 end. It witnessed a...
<p>China's Gansu Province-based steelmaker Jiuquan Iron & Steel Group (JISCO) Co. has announced the commencement of a 14-MegaWatt gas turbine on April 6. The gas turbine project is aimed at restarting Alpart Alumina plant in Jamaica.</p> <p>As per Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) report, JISCO will...
<p>Monthly alumina output in China rose significantly in March, revealed first-hand production data of the Chinese alumina refineries as surveyed by the Shanghai Metals Market. Alumina production volume last month totalled 5,831,000 tonnes, up 27 per cent from March 2016 and +12.45 per cent from...
<p>Western Australia’s mineral and petroleum industry has reported sales of A$94.8-billion in 2016, which registers an increase of A$3.4-billion YOY. The largest chunk of sale has been contributed by iron ore, nickel and petroleum sector. </p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;...
<p>Altech Chemicals has dual listed shares trading under the ticker A3Y on Germany’s Frankfurt Stock Exchange.</p> <p>The dual listing supports Altech’s strategy to broaden its European investor base, particularly in Germany where there is growing interest in the company’s high...
