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 is positioned to transition into a leading producer of 99.99% (4N) High Purity Alumina (HPA) at a low cost. The company's focus is to produce HPA directly from kaolin clay which will be sourced from the company’s 100% owned kaolin deposit at Meckering, Western Australia. Around 70%...
The National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) expressed interest to diversify into nuclear power production. The company is also looking to strengthen its raw material supply chain. It expects Odisha to give it green signal for a new bauxite mine in the next few months that will help it to start work on...
The Nhan Co refinery plant in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, Vietnam is running test productions through the end of September, said Head of the project’s management board Nguyen Thanh Liem on July 30. Constructed within a 65-hectare mine, the plant is designed to process more than 1.8...
Altech Chemicals managing director Iggy Tan outlined the company's focus of becoming a world leading producer of high purity alumina (HPA) at Proactive's Sydney / Melbourne Luncheons this week. Currently 70% of HPA demand is in the Asia Pacific region, providing the opportunity for Altech. Altech’s...
Rusal, the largest aluminium producer in Russia, intends to complete the construction of facilities to expand the production capacity of Mykolaiv alumina plant from 1.6 million tons to 1.7 million tons in 2018. "We will complete building facilities to expand the production capacity to 1.7 million...
Jinjiang Group has inked a framework agreement with the government of Puxian County, Shanxi Province to build vertical aluminum processing project there. Under the agreement, the project will consist of 1 million-tpy alumina, 300,000-tpy aluminum, 200,000-tpy aluminum processing and captive power...
Indigenous businesses in north-east Arnhem Land are finding opportunities in the void left by the loss of Rio Tinto's alumina refinery, which was once the largest employer in the town of Nhulunbuy. Rio Tinto closed the Gove alumina refinery last year. Since then, economic development has been a...
Orbite Technologies Inc announced today the filing of its Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015 . The Company reported a net loss of $3.7 million (or $0.01 per share) for the second quarter, as compared to a net loss of $4.3 million ( $0.02 per share)...
Chinese domestic alumina refineries are still operating at full capacity despite the fall in aluminium price. However, the alumina price has been dropping over the last few months as domestic aluminium smelters buy the raw materials “hand-to-mouth” in view of the falling aluminium price. According...
Goldman Sachs cut shares of Alumina Limited from a neutral rating to a sell rating in a research report sent to investors on Tuesday morning. Goldman Sachs has also modified their ratings on a number of other stocks in the few days. The firm lowered its price target on shares of Lloyds Banking...
Alumina imports of China declined 117,200 mt MoM and 40.01% YoY to 223,300 mt in June, according to customs data. Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) attributed the decline to two factors- a. prices for domestic alumina fell faster than imported alumina due to growing supply, making the former more...
Chinese spot alumina prices were rangebound this week as market participants awaited clearer direction amid continued weak domestic aluminum prices and market volatility. Platts ex-works Henan alumina spot price closed the week Friday at a stable Yuan 2,360/mt ($386) for 70:30 cash and credit...
Odisha Government will provide raw material to Vedanta Aluminium through Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) to feed its refinery plant at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. This was informed by the Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Mallick on Wednesday. The Minister said the government is taking steps...
As part of a global tender for services and products, MAXAM Civil Explosives’ has been selected for 3 years as Worsley’s explosives and solutions provider at the Boddington Bauxite Mine situated in the south-west region of Australia. The South32 Worsley Alumina asset consists of the bauxite mine...
China’s alumina output is expected to remain high in July after rising 13% year-on-year in June, SMM predicts. Despite delay of commissioning schedules for new alumina capacity amid falling alumina prices, most alumina refineries are maintaining high operating rates, SMM has learned. Bosai Group...
Finnish minerals and metals processing technology company Outotec has signed an agreement with Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) for two alumina calciners.The contract is valued at over 80 million euros and involves the design and delivery of the calciners to the alumina refinery that EGA is planning...
US aluminium giant Alcoa is globally seen as the bellwether for the silvery white metal industry. Such is its standing that every quarter it unofficially kicks off the US earnings seasons. Not surprising, therefore, Alcoa deciding two years ago to start switching off high-cost smelters to stanch...
The second quarter results from Rio Tinto reveal that the company has seen an improvement in productivity at its Yarwun site. Alumina production recorded a five per cent growth compared with the first half of 2014. "We have maintained our emphasis on efficiency and protecting returns, which is...
