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 has issued an update on the detailed design work that is currently underway for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) project. Detailed design commenced in September 2015, following the appointment of General Manager Operations Dr Jingyuan Liu and is being undertaken with...
China’s alumina output to fall back from October’s highs in November as falling alumina prices have driven more producers to losses, expects Shanghai Metal Market. Losses aside, poor demand from aluminum smelters, year-end cash tightness and high inventories will also discourage alumina producers...
Diversified metals and mining major Vedanta Ltd has incurred a cumulative loss of INR 4299 core (till October end) on its one million tonne Lanjigarh alumina refinery since the beginning of commercial operations in August 2007. Though Vedanta recently de-rated capacity of the refinery by 50 per...
Nabaltec AG, the leading supplier of specialized raw materials for technical ceramics, posted EUR 115.4 million in revenues in the first nine months of 2015, up 5.3% from the year before, and reported a strong gain in operating profit (EBIT) as well, which was up 12.5% to EUR 11.7 million. In...
China's Luoyang Xiangjiang Wanji Aluminum Co. plans to expand its annual alumina capacity by 600,000 tonnes. Annual alumina capacity of the company is 1.4 million tonnes at present. Expansions by the company are in contrast with others who cut output against losses from falling alumina prices.
The State Government on Friday, last week, approved five projects with an investment proposal of `635 crore in various sectors to create more employment opportunities at a time when the number of unemployed has crossed 10 lakh in Odisha. The five projects were accorded in-principle approval at the...
Alumina prices in China are nowhere near bottom, despite massive capacity cuts, SMM predicts. Continuous declines in aluminum prices will weaken support on alumina prices from production cuts, SMM aluminum analyst explained. Alumina prices have lost almost 33.7% since the start of the year, pushing...
Altech Chemicals has attracted interest in its high-purity alumina (HPA) project from a major German bank experienced with similar investments in the Asia-Pacific region. Altech’s HPA operation encompasses mining properties 130 kilometres from Fremantle port in Western Australia and a proposed...
Uncertainty hovering around the State government’s stand on bauxite mining for a decade or so are sending wrong signals to the efforts to showcase Andhra Pradesh as an investment destination, say investors. The State signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jindal South West Aluminium...
The Alumina Refinery of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has bagged the prestigious Business Excellence Star Recognition Award. Institute of Quality, CII has adjudged NALCO as the “Leader in Process Industries, for Excellence in Operations Management”. Appreciating the concerted efforts...
Orbite Technologies Inc. announced the filing of its Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015. The company reported a loss before net finance income and taxes of $2.5 million as compared to $2.4 million for the same period in 2014. Due to a decrease...
Scientists in Japan have developed an ultra-hard glass made using alumina. The new material is thin as well as hard and is made using alumina, an oxide of aluminium. If successfully commercialised, it could increase the durability of glass used in the windows of buildings, cars and in smartphone...
Orbite Technologies Inc., announced that the selection committee of the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX), made up of technology experts and investors from across the country, has selected Orbite as a TOP 20 public technology innovator. Hundreds of company profiles were reviewed and the TOP 20...
Orbite Technologies Inc. announced that further to its October 6, 2015 press release, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the Company U.S. patent No. 9,181,603 titled "Processes for Treating Fly Ash". The patent covers the selective extraction and recovery of valuable elements...
Aluminium major Nalco will set up a one million tonnes a year alumina refinery plant in Odisha as part of its expansion plan, union mines secretary Balvinder Kumar said on Monday. The company would set up the plant at Damanjodi in Koraput district with an investment of Rs.5,600 crore, he added. The...
There is great potential to extract alumina from coal ash in China, as the country boasts the world’s top generator of the material. China is expected to produce 620 million tonnes of coal ash, a byproduct of thermal power generation, in 2015, making it the world’s top producer, said Cui Yuansheng,...
Orbite Technologies Inc. announced that it has completed a secured debt financing totalling up to C$22 million (or US$16.95 million) in the aggregate. The Facility is comprised of a US$6.5 million revolving credit facility, term loan A (US$0.45 million) and term loan B (US$10.0 million) - all with...
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa reported progress on the company’s performance against three-year financial targets and its continuing transformation as it prepares to separate into two industry-leading, publicly-traded companies. The company delivered the update at its 2015 Investor Day event in...
