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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Yunnan Aluminum Co.’s alumina project in Laos, which has been filed at China’s NDRC and passed censorship by authorities in Laos, is now waiting for approval by the Laos government, the company's executive told Yunnan Daily. The project, with total investment at $900 million, will produce 3 million...
Orbite Technologies Inc. has provided an operational update on the company's progress with the construction of its high purity alumina plant, its commercial activities and expansion of its intellectual property portfolio. HPA plant update • CNC Mecanique was remobilized the week of May 24th to...
Following its 3 June 2016 announcement regarding the strong interest shown in Altech Chemicals Limited as an emerging high purity alumina (HPA) producer during the 12th China International Battery Fair, the company has now presented its 10-year forecast of global demand for HPA used in the...
Indonesian conglomerate Harita Group representative Hidayat Sugiarto (left to right), bauxite miner Cita Mineral Investindo director Robby Irvan, president director Liem Hok Seng, director Yusak Parded, commissioner Harry Tanoto and commissioner Kartiko Sunu prepare for a photograph during a public...
Alumina producers face ongoing challenges to reduce costs and increase production. Today, the investment needed for a modern greenfield refinery is typically in the range of several billion dollars. But to gain economies of scale, larger, more complex refineries are constructed. Key considerations...
Analyst Chris Olin at Rosenblatt Securities Inc. increased its Earnings per Share (EPS) estimates for Alcoa Inc. The improved EPS estimates reflect an improved profitability outlook for the company’s Alumina segment. The analyst stated that the company appears to be in a better position and could...
The Platts Australian alumina daily assessment at $244/mt FOB on Thursday, June 9, was unchanged from a day ago, but has fallen $6/mt in the last week. The market has been under downward pressure from unplaced cargoes in Australia, China, India and the Americas. On Thursday a smelter reported being...
Relations between Alcoa and Melbourne’s Alumina continue to sour ahead of a legal shootout in September on Alumina’s rights to force a reworking of the global alumina alliance, known as AWAC, between the pair because of Alcoa’s planned demerger. In a rare Sydney briefing to local investors and...
The worldwide demand for high purity alumina is on the rise. The mineral with purity level equal to or greater than 99.9 per cent finds use in single crystal materials such as sapphires for watch covers, translucent tubes for high-pressure sodium lamps, high-strength ceramic tools and abrasives for...
According to China Customs, China imported 102,600 mt of alumina in April, down 71.5 per cent MoM. The share of Australian alumina to China’s total imports surged from 42.6 per cent in March to 95.1 per cent in April. Imports from India, Vietnam and Brazil all fell to less than 1,000 mt, with their...
Strongly pleading for speedy development in backward Kalahandi and nearby areas of Odisha, locals including tribal people today opposed any campaign against projects like Vedanta even as activists including Medha Patkar held a meeting in Lanjigarh. Participants in the rally, organised by Niyamgiri...
Persistence Market Research (PMR), delivers key insights on the high purity alumina (HPA) market in its latest report titled “Global Market Study on High Purity Alumina (HPA): High Demand for LED's and Displays to Drive Growth During 2015-2021.” According to the report, the global HPA market was...
A well-supplied Chinese domestic alumina market and the depreciating yuan have made Australian alumina increasingly unaffordable for Chinese aluminum smelters, market sources have said in recent weeks. The yuan is at a five-year low, closing Wednesday at Yuan 6.5889 against the dollar. The Chinese...
China’s alumina output in 2016 is expected to reach 61 million mt, up 5.2% from realized output of around 58 million mt in 2015, an analyst from state nonferrous information division Beijing Antaike said Tuesday. The forecast figure was also up 17.3% from the 52 million mt produced in 2014 and up...
Australia's Alumina is preparing for a court battle with Alcoa (AA) after the U.S. group filed papers alleging its joint venture partner was threatening its planned split by claiming the demerger required its consent. The conflict centers on the groups' Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals, or AWAC,...
Alumina says it is concerned about a “new and financially weaker” Alcoa as its operating partner in the billion-dollar AWAC venture as tense talks between the warring factions spilled into the public arena. The Melbourne-based company, which owns 40 per cent of Alcoa World and Alumina Chemicals...
Alcoa has taken the surprise step of launching legal action in the US against Alumina to stop attempts by its Australian partner to derail a historic break-up of the aluminium giant. The action comes amid threats by Melbourne-based Alumina as recently as this week to try to "interfere with the...
Altech Chemicals Limited has confirmed the receipt of $1.75 million, being the balance of proceeds from the sale of its Meckering exploration licence E70/3923 to Dana Shipping and Trading S.A. (Dana). The funds will be applied towards finalising the detailed design of the company’s proposed high...
