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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The board of National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has approved a significant capacity expansion plan to set up a one million tonne alumina refinery at Damanjodi, Koraput, Odisha at a proposed investment of INR 5,540 crore. Nalco already has a captive bauxite deposit at Pottangi in the state, which...
China’s alumina imports plunged 46.98% from a year ago to 315,900 tonnes in April, customs data showed. SMM attributes the slump to to growing domestic supply and loss of appeal of imported alumina. Prices for domestic alumina kept falling as a result of growing output. Prices in Henan and Shanxi...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. today announced that the Company has determined it is eligible to receive refundable investment tax credits (ITCs) on its investments in the Gaspe region incurred during 2015, 2016 and 2017. ITCs receivable were limited to a maximum of $30 million, which Orbite had reached for...
• Revenues up 5.4% to EUR 38.8 million, EBIT up 60.0% to EUR 4.8 million; • Earnings per share up 52.9%, to EUR 0.26. Nabaltec AG published its interim report for the first quarter of 2015 today, and confirmed its preliminary data. The company's strong performance last year continued in the first...
Collie's Worsley Alumina has legally separated from BHP Billiton to join a new global resources company, South32. Worsley is a key asset for South32, which has operations across five countries and 11 commodities and more than 27,000 employees and contractors. The changes coincide with new...
Mr. Peter Crossgrove , Director of the Company since May 2013, will not seek reelection to the Board of Directors at the upcoming shareholders meeting due to personal and health reasons. Claude Lamoureux , Chairman of Orbite, stated, "We would like to thank Peter for his dedication to and support...
On May 20, 2015 Sasol announced that it has expanded the production capacity of its alumina spheres plant in Brunsbüttel to 4,000 tonnes per annum. Through the company’s Performance Chemicals Inorganics & Catalyst division, a leading global producer of inorganic specialities, it produces high...
W.R. Grace & Co. and Chevron Products Co. will build a $135 million residue hydro-processing catalyst production plant and additional alumina capacity at the existing Grace manufacturing facility near Lake Charles. The announcement was made Monday in a news release from Gov. Bobby Jindal and W.R....
China’s output of metallurgical-grade alumina grew 14.2% from a year ago to 4.64 million tonnes in April, SMM’s survey found. The growth was contributed mainly by commissioning of new capacity and restart of idled capacity in Shandong and Chongqing, SMM learned. One alumina refinery in Shanxi...
Highlights • Appointment of local company Simulus Engineering as EPCM partner for Meckering • Simulus was instrumental in testwork and development of flowsheet • Simulus is the key engineering contractor on the BFS Altech Chemicals Limited is pleased to announce that it has now appointed Simulus...
Approximately 30% of the 2014 net profit recorded by alumina producer Alum Tulcea will be allocated for retooling and the rest will be distributed to cover losses from previous years, the operational manager of the company Nicolae Anghelovici told Agerpres after Alum’s debut on AeRO market. In...
MEP for Ireland South, Deirdre Clune says a decade long battle between Ireland and the European Commission over alleged state aid to Aughinish Alumina is “not helpful” to business development in the west. The European Commission wants €10m of what it believes were illegal tax breaks given to...
Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell announced on Thursday that he will be visiting Russia in mid-June for talks with government officials as well as officials of UC Rusal, the aluminium giant which owns Alpart. "The Russian Government has invited myself and a team to...
Alumina says average earnings per tonne jumped at its AWAC joint venture during the first quarter of the year amid "healthy demand" and lower costs, while the longer-term outlook is likely to benefit from a global supply squeeze. Chief executive Peter Wasow said average alumina earnings before...
TOR Minerals International, makers of specialty mineral products, declared its first quarter financial results on 6th May, 2015. The company reported specialty alumina revenue of $4,348 for the first quarter of 2015, compared to $5,259 reported for the same period last year. There has also been a...
The mega alumina refinery project at Abu Dhabi is all set to begin construction this year according to top officials. EGA’s planned mega refinery project has almost completed the engineering study according to Saeed Fadhal Al Mazrooei, CEO of UAE Operations at EGA. At the inaugural site of Gulf...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced today that it has received from the Government of Quebec, a $2 million installment towards its 2012 and 2013 Quebec Investment Tax Credits, related to equipment purchased for manufacturing and processing in the Gaspe region during the 2012 and 2013 financial years....
The Gulf's first aluminium fluoride plant in Abu Dhabi is aiming to tap growing demand from smelters in the region, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Commercial production has begun at the Dh1.5 billion ($410 million) newly-built facility run by Gulf Fluor, a family-owned private firm. Gulf...
