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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While everybody is happy about the reopening of the Alpart refinery in 2016, parliamentarians Michael Peart and Richard Parchment say that this should not be seen as just an employment opportunity but a vehicle for overall development, especially in the most affected regions of South Manchester and...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. today announced Investissement Quebec will be providing Orbite with a $3.025 million bridge loan, collateralized against the Company's investment tax credits receivable for the year 2014, estimated at $4.0 million. The loan, repayable by June 30, 2016, will carry an interest...
With US aluminium production giant returning to profit with the Q4 results, the price of aluminium has seen a boost which has benefitted the Australian based company named Alumina. Alumina is in fact directly affected by Alcoa’s results as the two of them jointly own Alcoa World Alumina and...
Altech Chemicals Limited is pleased to announce that following its strategic decision to select Johor Bahru, Malaysia as the preferred location for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) processing plant, it has now incorporated a wholly-owned Malaysian subsidiary company, ‘Altech Chemicals Sdn...
State-owned mining company PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) is planning to use around Rp 7 trillion (US$551 million) allotted by the government, which will act as a standby buyer for Antam’s planned rights issue, to finance its business projects. Antam president director Tato Miraza said that his firm...
Yunnan Aluminium Co. released a statement on Friday, January 9, announcing their plan of acquiring 51% stake in Sino Lao Aluminium Corporation Limited (SLACO) paying $28.05 million, via their new subsidiary Yunnan Aluminium International Company Ltd. (YALICO). Once the deal is secured, YALICO plans...
Dubai International Capital (DIC) is launching the sale of German alumina products maker Altai's as the fund seeks to reduce its liabilities in the wake of a debt restructuring, two people familiar with the deal said. DIC has mandated Barclays (BARC.L) to explore the options of the possible...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is pleased to announce that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has issued a notice of allowance for patent application No. 2,857,574, pertaining to Processes for Treating Red Mud. Orbite has paid the requisite fees and expects patent issuance within CIPO's usual...
China’s alumina imports soared 63% month-on-month to 443,327 tonnes in November 2014, customs data showed. SMM attributes the growth to winter stocking by domestic aluminum smelters, tight domestic supply, and bullishness over alumina prices. Brazil and Venezuela were major contributors to the...
China’s alumina production hit record high of 4.4 million tonnes in November, SMM data showed. Strong alumina prices, high profit and strong demand from northeast China gave alumina refineries incentive to produce. Operating rates at Chinese alumina refineries rose 5 percentage points...
The latest Chinese custom data reveals that the country’s month-on-month alumina imports in November have gone up by 63% to 443,326 tonnes although when compared to November 2013, the imports have fallen 40.9%. Brazil is one of the major suppliers, exporting 98,400 tonnes of alumina which is twice...
Queensland Alumina Limited's electrical integrity team has donated high voltage testing equipment to CQUniversity. The donation will allow CQUniversity TAFE Gladstone to continue offering an important high voltage testing course for all of Gladstone's electrical instrument apprentices. QAL's...
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and lightweight metals leader Alcoa today announced that the alumina refinery at their joint venture aluminum complex in Saudi Arabia has successfully produced its first alumina from Saudi Arabian bauxite. The alumina refinery at Ras Al Khair is the first...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is pleased to announce that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has granted and issued two new patents to Orbite. The two patents are Canadian patent 2,829,049, titled Processes for Recovering Rare Earth Elements from Aluminum-Bearing Materials, and Canadian patent...
RPPML has successfully developed indigenous critical agitator for pre-desilication tank size 8000 mm dia X 14000 mm ht. and supplied to NALCO, Damanjodi vide their development Order No. REF /MMP /5000000015 /217/4500005442 dated 09.02.2011, imposing stringent criteria for performance test and for...
Nashtec, which is a joint venture between Nabaltec and Sherwin Alumina, is all set for expansion of its aluminium hydroxide production capacity by nearly 40% owing to the constantly growing demand, especially in the US market. The plant located in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, plans to increase the...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced today that the Government of Québec confirmed the Company will receive, on or about December 29, $4 million as the third installment of its 2012 and 2013 Québec Investment Tax Credits. The funds were due to the Company in relation to equipment purchased for...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. today provided an update on the construction of its high purity alumina plant. Refractory Material and Project Update Orbite had announced on October 29th that, following quality control testing by the Company’s Technology Development Centre (TDC), product non conformities had...
