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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Highlights • Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Seatram • For supply of total transport and logistics solution for Altech’s proposed high purity alumina (HPA) operation • Leading international freight forwarder and logistic provider based in Western Australia • Malaysia-specific logistics...
Vietnam's alumina output will jump this year as a processing plant will become operational later in the year while the Tan Rai complex, the country's only operational facility, will raise output by 11 percent, the Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper reported, citing the investor of the projects....
Norsk Hydro ASA's underlying Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) increased to NOK 2,886 million in the fourth quarter, up from NOK 1,490 million in the third quarter of 2014. Bauxite & Alumina and Primary Metal delivered their highest quarterly results since 2007. • Record high quarterly...
Aneka Tambang, Indonesia’s state-controlled miner announced on Monday that the $490 million chemical-grade alumina plant in Tayan, West Kalimantan has started its commercial operations. Since mineral export was banned in the country, the company sought to diversify its operations and boost the...
The Alcoa alumina refinery in San Ciprian (Lugo, Spain) today officially transitioned from fuel oil to natural gas following the completion of a new gas pipeline. The US$25 million investment to convert the refinery to natural gas is consistent with the Company’s strategy to create a lower cost,...
P.T. Indonesia Chemical Alumina (ICA), a joint corporation owned by Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) and PT ANTAM (Persero) Tbk (ANTAM), of Indonesia, has started commercial operation of its new chemical alumina plant established in the Tayan District, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The term "chemical alumina"...
Qinghai Province imported 361,000 mt of alumina in 2014, up 48% from a year ago, local media reported yesterday. The average import price was 2,045 yuan ($332) per tonne, up a mere 0.3%. Imported alumina was cheaper than domestic alumina, offering incentive to import. Besides, Indonesia’s export...
A bushfire is hampering mining operations for BHP Billiton and Newmont Mining at two sites south of Perth. The mining giants are closely monitoring an out of control bushfire which has burned more than 30,000 hectares in the south west of Western Australia. A house has been destroyed and about 50...
Jinjiang Group inked an agreement with the government of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, over 2 million-tpy alumina production from coal ash, a waste of byproduct from thermal power generation, cnmn website reported today. Thermal power plants in Hohhot generate up to over 10 million mt of alumina-rich...
Highlights: Name change to Altech Chemicals Ltd The Company's name was officially changed to Altech Chemicals Ltd on 10 November, 2014 New ASX ticker code: ATC Altech selects Johor Bahru (Malaysia) for HPA plant site HPA processing plant will be based in Johor Bahru (Malaysia) Estimated opex ~40%...
China imported 638,600 tonnes of alumina in December 2014, spiking 83.69% from a year ago, customs data showed. Stock building for the Chinese New Year holiday in February is the major driver behind the notable growth in imports, SMM noted. Purchases from Australia spiked 81.96% year-on-year in...
Dubai International Capital (DIC) is launching the sale of German alumina products maker Almatis as the fund seeks to reduce its liabilities in the wake of a debt restructuring, three people familiar with the deal said. DIC has mandated Barclays to explore the options of the possible divestment,...
The Chinese market for alumina remains slow as the trading remained lukewarm with expectations of better demand in the coming weeks. The domestic spot prices for alumina hovered around 2,650-2,730 yuan per tonne as on Friday January 23, while the three-month aluminium contract on the Shanghai...
Commodity trading figures for 2014 in China confirms a trend that shows higher import volumes as a result of low commodity prices. Key commodities showed a rise in imports due to falling prices. There are a few commodities in which cases both the volumes and prices went up and these according to a...
China’s aluminium imports continue to surge, rising another 44% from the previous month and 83.7% from last year importing a total of 638,586 tonnes of alumina in December, according to the latest customs data. Australia, one of China’s biggest suppliers, alone contributed 399,121 tonnes in...
The Worsley refinery located in Western Australia saw a 3% increase in alumina production in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the previous year while BHP Billiton, who owns 86% stakes in Worsley has had an overall 13% quarter-on-quarter rise in alumina output in the fourth quarter of 2014 to...
Cash shortages caused many new alumina projects to be shelved or delayed in 2014, and should continue to affect production in Q1 2015, Shanghai Metals Market foresees. China’s alumina output rose 8.2% from a year ago to 4.54 million tonnes in December 2014, SMM data showed. High margins inspired...
Altech Chemicals Limited is pleased to announce that as part of the current Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) for its high purity alumina (HPA) project, it has optimised the proposed beneficiation process for the Meckering aluminous clay(kaolin) deposit. The results of the optimisation program...
