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 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with leading kiln system supplier Drytech International (Drytech) for its high purity alumina (HPA) project. Drytech is a South African based company specialising in the manufacture of dryers and high...
Orbite Technologies Inc. announced today that the Company will be attending the ROTH Capital Partners Cleantech Investor Access Day on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at the Dorchester Hotel in London, U.K. The event will feature 1-on-1 and Group Meetings, providing investors with an opportunity to...
China’s metallurgical-grade alumina output hit 4.76 million tonnes in May, up 12.9% from a year ago, SMM statistics showed. As of mid-June, new aluminum capacity in China had exceeded 2 million-tpy, while new alumina capacity was less than 3 million-tpy, boosting demand for alumina, according to...
Rio Tinto Alcan held an official celebration on site to thank its employees and the community for a great decade. Rio Tinto Alcan Chief Operating Officer Bauxite and Alumina Armando Torres was on hand for the speeches as well as Mayor Gail Sellers and community elder Neola Savage. Almost 1000...
Altech Chemicals Limited announces that it has received approval from the Department of Environment, Johor (DOE) of its Preliminary Site Assessment (colloquially referred to as a "PAT") for the construction and operation of its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) processing plant at Tanjung Langsat,...
Nalco expects its alumina output to rise by 1 million tonne in next 4.5 years, of which 21.8 lakh tonne can be obtained in FY16, NR Mohanty, CMD, Nalco told CNBC-TV18. Nalco made a record profit of Rs 1322 crore last year but now the market is crashing due to Chinese dump entering the aluminum...
Calderys today unveiled a new brand identity platform, reflecting the company's capabilities as a provider of global end-to-end refractory solutions. The new brand positioning and imagery better reflects the company’s capabilities of combining its world-class refractory product portfolio with the...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announces that effective June 17, 2015, the Company will change its name to Orbite Technologies Inc. to better reflect Orbite's current vision and growth prospects, while emphasizing the importance of its technologies in its current and future growth plans. Accordingly,...
The nature of collaboration in the global alumina sector must be broadened to take the industry to the next level, according to a paper released by AMIRA International. The paper was authored by AMIRA program manager Gray Bailey and managing director Joe Cuzzuca and presented to the recent Alumina...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. provides an update on the construction and financing of its high purity alumina plant (HPA) located in Cap-Chat, Quebec on Friday June 12. Financing • The Company recently received confirmation from its tax consultants that it should be eligible to receive up to $7.5 million in...
Prices of alumina in China have fallen more than 10 percent since January and are unlikely to recover this year as lower production costs encourage refineries to boost output, industry sources in the country said. Refiners usually sell alumina to aluminium smelters as it is the key ingredient in...
In a paper posted online in the American Chemical Society's journal Nano, researchers from Osaka, Japan, have described their work developing an anodized alumina membrane with a grafted surface layer of azobenzene substituents. According to the paper, the membrane was able to achieve 99.9 percent...
Mumbai-based mineral producer and exporter Ashapura Minechem Ltd has joined hands with emerging markets-focused private investment firm Lambasa Global to jointly acquire Orient Abrasives Ltd from the promoters for about INR 90 crore (approximately $14 million), according to a stock market...
Alumina prices in China's Guizhou province lost 50 yuan per tonne to 2,400 yuan ($387) per tonne last week as local supply glut escalated, SMM data showed. Only 630,000-tpy of aluminum capacity is running in the province, overshadowed by 3.7 million tonnes of alumina capacity, highlighting the...
After over two decades of waiting, India's largest integrated aluminium producer National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) will commence mining operations at the Pottangi project, in the eastern province of Odisha, where bauxite reserves have been estimated at 70-million tonnes. According to a...
Institutions see robust demand for high purity alumina, defined as at least 99.99% Al2O3, in high-end markets, namely Li-ion battery and ceramics sectors, a local source reported. China mainly relies on imports in high purity alumina. China’s high purity alumina market is dominated by Sumitomo...
Highlights • Memorandum of Understanding with SGL Group as HCl system supplier • Leading global expertise in materials and equipment for extreme environments • Strengthens the Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) team Altech Chemicals Limited is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of...
An alumina refinery in Sungai Tengar village, Kendawangan district, Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan, is set to provide 3,000 jobs for local residents. Ketapang Development Planning Board economic affairs head Alexander Wilyo told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday that the opportunity was expected to...
