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 announces that it has executed a settlement and option to purchase agreement for the freehold land that completely encompasses its mining lease application M70/1334 at Meckering, Western Australia. As reported previously, the landowners had objected to the application for...
Customs data showed China imported 359,800 mt of alumina in March, up 64.88 per cent YoY, but down 3.37 per cent MoM. High profit encouraged Chinese alumina producers to step up production in March 2015, reducing demand for imported alumina. Alumina imports in March 2015 were partly affected by the...
Chinese domestic alumina prices continued their positive run in 2016, up 1.3 per cent (RMB25/t) to RMB1,989/t (US$306/t including VAT) in the north and up marginally, by 0.8 per cent (RMB15/t), to RMB1,880/t (US$290/t including VAT) in the south, revealed data released by Bauxite Index for the week...
Russia's United Company RUSAL Plc announced its operating results for the first quarter 2016. In first quarter, RUSAL's total alumina production was 1,873 thousand tons (-1.7 per cent QoQ). Alumina production at Non-Russian operations decreased by 4.3 per cent QoQ to 1,196 thousand tons due largely...
Orbite Technologies Inc. announced yesterday that it has entered into a letter of intent with Investissement Quebec, acting as mandatory of the Government of Quebec, whereby Investissement Quebec has agreed to provide the company with an aggregate financing of $15 million. The Financing is expected...
Altech Chemicals Limited has announced the execution of a 10 year off take sales arrangement (Agreement) with Mitsubishi Corporation’s Australian subsidiary, Mitsubishi Australia Ltd (Mitsubishi) for 100 per cent of the high purity alumina (HPA) production from the company’s proposed Malaysian HPA...
Aluminium prices have risen slightly and demand is expected to stay strong. With Queensland Alumina Limited, Rio Tinto Yarwun and Boyne Smelters Limited relying on the price of aluminium to ensure their profitability, it is good news. The London Medal Exchange had the aluminium cash settlement...
The General Court of the European Union issued judgments in joined cases upholding a decision of the European Commission ordering the repayment of tax exemptions granted by France, Ireland, and Italy for alumina production. Each of the countries- France, Ireland and Italy have only one producer,...
China’s spot alumina prices were bullish this week as domestic aluminium prices reached a 10-month high last Friday and firmed further on Monday, market participants said. The front-month aluminium contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed at Yuan 12,830/mt ($1,970/mt) on Monday. The last...
The Port of Corpus Christi has put in a bid to buy the property of Sherwin Alumina Co., now wrestling with bankruptcy and a nearly two-year-long labor dispute, federal court records show. The fifth-largest port of the USA has offered a bid totaling $32.9 million, and already has made a $2 million...
China’s alumina output grew in March as rising prices gave many producers incentive to resume production. Production totaled 4.6 million tonnes in March, up 8.19 per cent from February, but down 2.32 per cent from a year ago, according to SMM statistics. Weighted average alumina price in China’s...
Rio Tinto posted strong production results for the quarter ended March 31. Production volume inreased across all verticals of the aluminium business value chain compared to the corresponding period previous year. This indeed is a major development keeping in view the recent downturn in the global...
A project that could lead to the use of solar thermal technology by Australia’s large industrial sector – and cut its reliance on fossil fuels in half – has been selected by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency in its latest round of funding. Led by the University of Adelaide, the project will...
Vedanta Limited announced yesterday production results of fourth quarter and full year ended 31 March 2016. In Q4 FY2016, Lanjigarh alumina refinery operated at a single stream and produced 211,400 tonnes. Vedanta Ltd has received approvals for expansion of the Lanjigarh refinery to 4 mtpa, which...
Altech Chemicals Ltd has banked $744,000 in a Share Purchase Plan and $2 million in total funds raised toward finalising the detailed design of Altech’s proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Johor, Malaysia. Altech is aiming to become a leading supplier of 99.99 per cent (4N) high purity...
Australia’s Alumina is confident recent moves to restructure its business will pay off in the near term, after the price of its alumina rallied in the wake of its cost-cutting program. But the group’s joint venture partner, US aluminium giant Alcoa, isn’t as upbeat about the state of the industry...
Majority aluminium smelters in China have been reported to be hit by higher costs in March, especially from alumina, SMM survey found. Average cost at smelters surveyed by SMM rose 3.3 per cent month-on-month in March, driven mainly by 9.6 per cent increase in alumina costs, according to SMM...
According to a recently published market research report, the global high purity alumina market is projected to reach USD 5.09 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 20.1 per cent between 2015 and 2020. The rising demand of high definition televisions, smart phones, electronic sensors, and LED...
