The US aluminum trihydrate market strengthened in September 2026 as downstream procurement, rising overseas production costs, and shipping bottlenecks supported prices. In contrast, Bosnia’s market faced a quarterly correction as European buyers drew on accumulated inventories and lower caustic soda costs eased manufacturing pressures, highlighting diverging regional price trends. US aluminum trihydrate market gains on demand and supply constraints US aluminum trihydrate prices increased 2.38% month over month in September, supported by purchases from wire and cable manufacturers, electrical infrastructure compounders, and electric vehicle (EV) component producers. Demand remained particularly resilient for applications involving low-smoke cable compounds and flame-retardant materials....
China-based China Aluminum International Engineering Co., Ltd. (CHALIECO) has won a bid for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract valued at approximately USD 833 million for a proposed alumina project in Vietnam, adding to investment activity in the country’s mineral processing sector. The project, being developed by Binh Phuoc Ore Mining and Beneficiation Joint Stock Company, is designed to process 2.4 million tonnes of alumina annually. The proposed contract is valued at around CNY 5.595 billion (USD 839.04 million), with completion expected within 27 months of the contract’s effective date. CHALIECO to oversee turnkey refinery development Under the proposed turnkey arrangement, CHALIECO’s responsibilities will cover the full project delivery process, from...
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Highlights : • Launch of Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) targeting 3000 tpa HPA operation • Aiming become a dominant global HPA producer • Pilot plant test work to be completed at laboratory • BFS to be completed towards end of Q3 2015 • Subject to funding, in position to place long-lead orders for plant Australia Minerals and Mining Group Ltd. (AMMG) is pleased to announce that it has launched a Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) based on the development of a 3000 tonnes per annum(tpa) high purity alumina (HPA) operation. The target production capacity would position the Company as one of the top three HPA producers in the world. The Global High-purity Alumina market was valued at 19040tpa in 2014 and is expected to increase to 48230 tpa by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 27.89% according to...
The International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences(ICENS), an agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (MSTEM), has developed a new low-cost mix to repair potholes using a blend made from red mud, the waste material produced from bauxite processing. It is a cementitious product, meaning that it has the properties of cement. Dubbed NEWMAT-1, the pothole patch was launched last Friday at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), where ICENS is based. The initiative springs from the experiences of director general of ICENS Dr Richard Annells, a foreigner who had difficulty driving on a few of the island's pothole-filled roads during his first weekend in Jamaica three years ago. As a result, Annells approached Professor Peter Claise of...
This symposium will not only focus on latest developments of Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium Industry in Asian region but also promote value addition in each stage from Bauxite to Aluminium. There will be sessions on non-metallurgical bauxite, special alumina and value added aluminium products during IBAAS-2014 symposium for the benefit of small and medium scale industries. About 100 companies and more than 200 delegates from all over the world are expected to participate. We invite you to be a part of this International Mega Event and benefit from the Deliberations, Networking and Exhibition of Products. Interesting Papers of this event are: • Present International Market of Alumina-Aluminium and NALCO's Strategy by Soma Mondal, Director (Commercial) NALCO, India • Beneficiation of High...
Caltech materials scientist Julia Greer and her colleagues are on the path to developing a material that is thermally insulating but also extremely lightweight, or one that is simultaneously strong, lightweight, and nonbreakable—properties that are generally thought to be mutually exclusive. In a paper published in the September 12 issue of the journal Science, the Caltech researchers explain the method to produce a ceramic (e.g., a piece of chalk or a brick) that contains about 99.9% air yet is incredibly strong, and that can recover its original shape after being smashed by more than 50%. "Ceramics have always been thought to be heavy and brittle," says Greer, a professor of materials science and mechanics in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at Caltech. "We're showing...
Australia Minerals and Mining Group Limited (AMMG) is pleased to announce it has a clear strategy and focus on becoming a high purity alumina (HPA) producer. In his first major undertaking since his appointment as Managing Director last month, Mr. Iggy Tan, a highly experienced mining executive and chemical engineer has conducted a technical review of the previous AMMG testwork, proposed process flow design and integrated plant study to reaffirm the technical viability of producing HPA from the Company’s substantial aluminous clay resources near Meckering, Western Australia. The review concluded that most current HPA producers are using an expensive and highly processed feed stock material such as aluminium metal to produce 99.99% HPA quality product. AMMG are one of the only two...
If the city-based Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Design and Development Centre (JNARDDC) has its way, 'red mud', a waste generated in huge quantity (one to two times of alumina produced) from the aluminium industry, can now act as a good source of building material. In fact, Modi government's ambitious plan of 'home for every family' by 2022 which includes 2 crore houses in urban area and 4.5 crore in rural, could use these materials if JNARDDC can convince their utility to the government. JNARDDC had developed two different types of bricks (hard brick and foam brick) and a special kind of ceramic tile removing all the hazardous waste properties of the red mud under a Asia Pacific technology Development Project for Clean Climate (AP-7) in 2010-11. But the important achievement of the...
Aditya Birla Chemicals India (ABCIL) shares became very popular with the investors on Tuesday when the company took the decision of buying the chlor-alkali division (CAD) of Jayshree Chemicals. The shares gained 7.5% to a record high of INR 313 on BSE. The new acquisition will expand the companies caustic soda capacity to around 3,55,000 tons per annum. The current capacity of the newly acquired facility is 57,000 tons per annum. The CAD division was bought at a cash consideration of INR 212 crore after the board of directors of ABCIL gave their nod of approval. Since the CAD’s manufacturing facility is conveniently placed in Odisha, which is close to many aluminium manufacturing facilities and caustic soda plays a key role in the manufacturing process, the company has significant growth...
Sesa Sterlite has been granted the prospecting license by the Orissa government to work on two laterite deposit that will yield the necessary raw materials for the 1 million tonne per annum alumina refinery set up in Lanjigarh by the Anil Agarwal owned company. Sesa Sterlite earlier had to import raw materials from outside the state which translated into great losses for the company because of the high import and transportation costs. The laterite deposits that are spread across a 47-hectare land in Dangdeula village of Karaput will now be accessible by the company thanks to the two prospecting licences issue by the state steel and mines department last week. The company hopes that this would help bring down the cost of production a great deal. According to Deepak Mohanty, the state...
On September 3rd, Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced the latest news about the development of the new high purity alumina (‘HPA”) smelter at Cap-Chat in Quebec. Building on the initial announcement already dispatched on August 6th, 2014, they confirmed the completion of the first phase of the project that is, structurally reinforcing the HPA building so that the Quebec calcination equipment can be properly installed. The foundation needs to be cured before the calcination equipment can be installed. The fabrication of the calcination equipment at Outotec’s Burlington, Ontario is done and the job of installing it at the site is scheduled to start in the week starting on September 8th. CNC Mechanical (2002) Inc. is the one managing the mechanical contract for this installation. According to the...
On September 3rd, Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced the latest news about the development of the new high purity alumina (‘HPA”) smelter at Cap-Chat in Quebec. Building on the initial announcement already dispatched on August 6th, 2014, they confirmed the completion of the first phase of the project that is, structurally reinforcing the HPA building so that the Quebec calcination equipment can be properly installed. The foundation needs to be cured before the calcination equipment can be installed. The fabrication of the calcination equipment at Outotec’s Burlington, Ontario is done and the job of installing it at the site is scheduled to start in the week starting on September 8th. CNC Mechanical (2002) Inc. is the one managing the mechanical contract for this installation. According to the...
Inbound shipments of alumina to Guangdong in China totaled 488,000 tonnes during the first half of 2014, up 16.2% year-on-year, China Customs data showed. Average price of the imported material, however, was 2,259 yuan ($366) per tonne, down 2.8% from a year earlier. During the period, imports from Australia, the largest supplier, fell by 9% to 378,000 tonnes, while arrivals from India grew from 772.4 tonnes to 31,000 tonnes. Brazil and Venezuela were new suppliers of the province’s imports, according to the data.
Rio Tinto has announced a 21% hike in earnings to 5.1 billion while its Yarwun alumina site in Gladstone prepares for its annual shutdown. Yarwun and Qal, which had both been affected in 2013 by the ex-tropical cyclone named Oswald, are doing much better with the first half results showing a 9% gain in alumina production. The challenges of refinery design and construction are constantly being addressed and the Yarwun production capacity is expected to reach its full capacity by the second half of 2015. Although the first half 2014 production is consistent with the production over the same period last year, the group’s this year’s underlying earnings for the first half was calculated at $373 million, 74% more than last year. The major difference in the earnings was caused by the greater...
China’s alumina imports rocketed 97.78% YoY to 463,200 mt in July. YTD imports through July also soared 71.55% YoY to 3.23 million mt, according to China Customs. Two factors were behind the impressive growth in import volumes. Chinese buyers increased imports as the FOB price of Australian alumina fell below USD 310/mt in July and out of fear that import prices might bottom out. Besides, capacity resumptions and expansions at Chinese aluminum smelters also boosted alumina demand.
China’s Inner Mongolia will invest to produce alumina from coal ash, a waste of byproduct of thermal power generation, in its Jungar, Togtoh and Qingshuihe, local media reported. Jungar, a coal-rich region, is preliminarily estimated to produce 120 million tonnes of coal in high-Al content annually, and this will generate 30 million tonnes of high- aluminum coal ash. Such amounts of coal ash are expected to produce over 12 million tonnes of alumina, it added.
A rising trend is expected to be continuing for the rest of the year due to growing demand and supply tightness, Shanghai Metals Market foresees. The commissioning of new capacity in Q3 or Q4, delayed by falling prices early this year, and idled capacity resumption will grow demand for alumina, SMM estimates. Besides, aluminum smelters in northwest China, Xinjiang in particular, will step up raw materials purchases in September to avoid tight railway transporting capacity during winter and holidays. This will also boost market consumption. In contrast with growing demand, alumina supply will likely tighten during Q3. According to SMM data, this year is expected to see 4,800,000-tpy new alumina capacity. A mere 900,000-tpy new alumina capacity was put online in H1, with the rest slated for...
Colombia's aluminum manufacturer Alumina expects to boost sales by 8% this year, on rising demand from the country's construction industry. Alumina, which handles 50% of Colombian aluminum sales, is cutting exports to the US, South America and Central America to focus 70% of its business on the local construction market, CEO Carlos Echeverri said. Aluminum imports from China, Mexico and Ecuador account for 30%, while the remaining 20% comes from other local companies. "Importers are very aggressive and profit margins are minimal," Echeverri told local newspaper Portafolio. "Exports can generate growth, but only through manufactured products that create added value." Alumina saw sales drop 4.2% to 230bn pesos (US$119mn) last year, of which US$20mn came from exports, due to slumping...
The Tan Rai project in Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, which started alumina production on October 1 last year, went through an assessment of its financial performance conducted by Vinacomin and a report was released last week. These reports state that the net present value (NPV) of the project was more than VND2.9 trillion with an internal rate of return (IRR) of around 6.86-8.59%. When compared to the report sent by Vinacomin and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to the National Assembly in May, the newest figures are much lower. Even the predictions made by the Ministry at the start of the project were much higher than the present figures. In the light of the revised figures, the project will probably face four years of losses instead of the two initially predicted by...
The Third IBAAS International Symposium is to be held in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India during November 27-29, 2014. The title of IBAAS – 2014 symposium is “Technological Improvements & Market Developments in Aluminium Industry with Special Reference to Value Added Products of Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium”. The symposium organizing committee is formulating a world class program focusing on key topics and issues in the bauxite, alumina, aluminium and aluminium downstream industries. The Symposium will provide an excellent opportunity to meet and interact with International experts, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, representatives of bauxite-alumina-aluminium industries world over. About 12-14 special technical sessions are planned for IBAAS 2014 taking into account the latest...
