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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Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co. is scheduled to break ground on the first phase of its large-scale alumina project in Indonesia in October this year. Nanshan Aluminum has the most complete aluminum industrial chain solely in Longkou throughout the world, covering the upstream and downstream links of...
Shandong Weiqiao Aluminum & Electricity Co. is scheduled to put online its large-scale alumina joint venture project in Indonesia on March 18, said a recent industry report. According to the report, the project, a JV between Weiqiao Aluminum and Indonesia’s Harita on a 60:40 basis, has an annual...
Altech Chemicals Limited announced that it has terminated the agreement with Dana Shipping and Trading S.A. to grant Dana the exclusive right to mine up to 10Mt of kaolin from the company's Meckering kaolin deposit. Under the terms of the kaolin mineral rights agreement, if the First Condition had...
Metro Mining Ltd has extended and declared its off-market takeover offer for all of the shares in Gulf Alumina Limited unconditional and free from all defeating conditions. Metro will now become Gulf’s largest shareholder, with a relevant interest of 22.1 per cent of the issued capital of Gulf as...
China imported 507,500 mt of alumina in January 2016, up 31.76 per cent year-on-year, but down 6.72 per cent month-on-month, revealed data released by the China Customs. Alumina prices overseas were depressed during December 2015 and January 2016, boosting Chinese buyers’ interest in imported...
Orbite Technologies Inc. has provided an update on the company's progress towards high purity alumina plant completion and commissioning. Construction Highlights • As reported by the Company on February 11th, 2016, the installation of critical system components, withheld by a supplier in breach of...
Orbite Technologies Inc. has announced further to its press releases dated February 3 and February 23, 2016, the closing of its public offering of units in the aggregate amount of $9,542,000. The company has revised the terms of the underwriter's option (the "Underwriter's Option"), whereby the...
Xinjiang’s first alumina delivery warehouse will settle in Changji City, local media reported. Aladdiny Alumina Trading Center Co. and Zhongjiang Logistics Co. signed a deal on March 1 over establishment of alumina delivery warehouse. From now on, Aladdiny Electronic Trading Platform will provide a...
PT ANTAM together with PT Indonesia Asahan Alumunium has formed a cooperation with PT PELINDO II in the port development in Sungai Kunyit, Mempawah, West Kalimantan. The port development is linked to Smelter Grade Alumina Refinery project in Mempawah. ANTAM president Tedy Badrujaman said: "The...
South32, the spin-off of mining giant BHP Billiton, posted underlying first half earnings of US$26mn. The figure, for the six months ended December 31, compares with underlying earnings of US$460mn a year earlier, the firm said in a release. The new company took operational control of its assets a...
Alumina Ltd, a 40 per cent business partner of Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC), is seemingly optimistic about alumina market scenario in 2016. The Australian mining company predicted, alumina prices will improve globally this year and says it can withstand any kind of volatility. Alumina...
Alumina reported an annual loss in 2015 linked to restructuring costs and asset writedowns. The Australian-listed company said it recorded a net loss of $US332.6 million for last year, versus a loss of $US370.1m a year earlier. Alumina reported $US169.9m in so-called significant items, which...
Orbite Technologies Inc. has announced the appointment of Pierre Gignac as an independent member to the company's Board of Directors. Prior to his retirement in 2015, Mr. Gignac spent 17 years at Export Development Canada ("EDC") in a variety of senior roles, including Interim Chief Executive...
Altech Chemicals Limited has provided a detailed update on the fast growing utilisation of high purity alumina (HPA) in lithium-ion batteries. Altech recently appointed Mr. Martin Ma as the company's sales and marketing manager in China. Mr. Ma has already commenced discussions with lithium-ion...
Chinese spot alumina prices firmed further Monday on the back of stronger domestic aluminum prices and reduced alumina reserves following refinery cutbacks in recent months. Platts ex-works Shanxi alumina spot price stood at Yuan 1,710/mt ($262/mt) full cash payment terms Monday, rising Yuan 15...
Alcoa is keeping alive the dream of a billion-dollar expansion of its Wagerup alumina refinery in the South West after asking the State Government for more time to hold on to the all-important environmental approval. Alcoa of Australia managing director Michael Parker said the process to seek a...
Nabaltec AG, the leading German supplier of functional grade aluminium oxide and aluminium hydroxide for numerous innovative applications, will be further expanding its operations in Asia in the first quarter of 2016 with the formation of a wholly-owned subsidiary based in Tokyo, Japan. Nabaltec...
Orbite Technologies Inc. announces it has shipped five additional high purity alumina samples to prospective customers. Four of the five prospective customers have received, for the first time, 5N (99.999%) samples as per their required specifications, while the fifth received a 5N+ (greater than...
