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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Orbite Aluminae Inc. is pleased to announce that it has shipped high purity alumina ("HPA") samples to five prospective customers, thereby entering their supplier qualification program. The samples were produced by calcining aluminum chloride hexahydrate ("ACH"), the precursor material for HPA,...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces the launch of a programme to increase alumina production at the Urals Aluminium Smelter (UAZ) to 900 thousand tonnes. Investment in the project is expected to be over USD23 million. The programme is aimed at boosting annual alumina output at...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. today announces that, further to its press release of March 31, 2015, it has completed the first portion of the public offering of units in the amount of $10,000,000 under the short form base shelf prospectus and prospectus supplement dated March 18 and March 30, 2015...
Singapore-listed Sincap Group Limited, which trades alumina and thermal coal, and is also involved in property development, has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire Orion Energy Resources. Orion too is a Singapore-incorporated company and is engaged in mineral trading and logistics...
China’s alumina imports tumbled 29.07% YoY to 330,000 mt in February. YTD imports through February totaled 710,000 mt, down 35%, customs data showed. Supply of domestic alumina grew, and its prices were lower than imported alumina, so some aluminum smelters preferred domestic alumina. Domestic...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an underwriting agreement with Euro Pacific Canada Inc. (the "Underwriter") under which the Underwriter has agreed to buy on a bought deal basis 8,500 units of the Company (each, a "Unit") at a price of $1,000 per Unit for gross...
Vinacomin, state run mining group, said on Tuesday that Vietnam’s alumina output is expected to jump 20 percent with the help of country’s first alumina plant which has reached its design capacity of 650,000 metric tons. Although there are reports of possible losses for the Tan Rai complex for the...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced today the filing of its Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2014. The Company reported a net loss of $3.5 million (or $0.01 per share) and $12.4 million ($0.04 per share) for the fourth quarter and the year ended December 31, 2014,...
HUDSON RESOURCES INC. is pleased to announce the results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA" or "Study") for the primary production of specialty grade alumina using White Mountain anorthosite as feedstock. The study was managed by John Goode, P.Eng. and incorporated the work of Arithmetek...
Worsley Alumina plant looking to import coal via Bunburry Port as their current coal provider, Griffin Coal grows increasingly more unreliable. Griffin Coal has been suffering for some time and Cockburn Cement is already a victim of the failing coal provider and has resorted to importing their...
Altech Chemicals Limited is pleased to announce that it has entered into a short-term debt-based instrument that provides the Company with immediate funds equivalent to its forecast research and development (R&D) tax incentive offset (R&D Scheme) for the year ended 30 June 2015. The advance of...
Alumina has for a long time been used in biomedical applications such as load-bearing hip prostheses and dental implants, due to its high resistance to corrosion, low friction, high wear resistance and strength. As material science progresses and advanced materials penetrate into society, ceramics...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announces that as a consequence of recent market activity and conditions, it will not be proceeding with the public offering of convertible debentures disclosed in its press release dated March 23, 2015. Also, as circumstances have evolved since the calling of the special...
State-owned diversified miner PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) is still struggling to find partners to support its plan to develop another smelter to process bauxite into lucrative products. Antam corporate secretary Tri Hartono said on Tuesday that the company needed to find further partners to jointly...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is pleased to announce that it proposes to offer for sale a minimum of 8,500 units of the Company (each, a "Unit") and a maximum of 15,500 Units at a price of $1,000 per Unit for minimum gross proceeds of $8,500,000 and maximum gross proceeds of $15,500,000 (the "Offering")....
Orbite Aluminae Inc. today announced the filing of a final short form base shelf prospectus (the "Prospectus") which was receipted by the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada. The Prospectus is not a commitment to undertake any financing but is designed to provide...
One of two ball mills at Hydro’s bauxite mining operations, Paragominas in Para, Brazil, was taken out for planned maintenance in the beginning of March, with planned return to production towards the second half of March. As work progressed, an inspection revealed items which require an extended...
A part of the bauxite required for the Rio Tinto Alcan’s Yarwun site will come from Gove said the acting general manager Greg Bacon. The plant requires seven million tonnes of bauxite at present and six million of it comes from the Weipa site owned by Rio, only one million is being sourced from...
