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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Hudson Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has produced calcined alumina suited to specialty non-metallurgical applications using the calcium feldspar anorthosite from its White Mountain Project in Greenland. Specialty grades of alumina (such as calcined, white fused and tabular alumina)...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces that it has completed its transaction to obtain the remaining 7% of the property rights of West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO). As a result, RUSAL now owns 100% of the complex. The relevant agreement was reached and signed between RUSAL...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced today that following his appointment as Chief Financial Officer of Barrick Gold, Mr. Shaun Usmar resigned, effective today, from his position as Director of the Company. “We would like to thank Shaun for his support of the Company during his time on our Board and wish...
Two property sales up for approval at city council’s regular meeting tonight point to growth in the north-end industrial park. Axens, formerly Rio Tinto Alcan, is buying a stretch of land for future expansion, while another Development Drive firm, Ottawa Rental Supply, is looking to expand in 2016...
Orbite Aluminae, the Canadian technology development firm has decided to take the brick-and-mortar route to build the decomposer and calcinator for their high purity alumina (HPA) product plant at Cap-Chat, Quebec. The company had started out with the HPA pilot project and is now planning to expand...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced today that the Company has selected the refractory materials system for completion of its decomposer and calcinator. “We have selected the brick and mortar approach instead of a castable monolith for the inner lining of the decomposer and calcinator. The extensive...
Traders and smelter executives say that the 2015 term imports of alumina by Chinese smelters, is likely to be limited due to tight credits and expectations of weak local metal prices. Even though China produces enough alumina to sustain the smelters in China, some additional term imports are always...
Breakaway Research publishes report on Altech Chemicals’s HPA project. Following a change of management and name, Altech Chemicals (previously Australian Minerals and Mining Group) has recently commenced a BFS on its 4,000tpa HPA project. Work over recent years has developed a patented, low cost...
According to customs data, China’s alumina imports have seen a sharp decline from last year falling 40.94% to 271,900 tons in October. The prime reason for this fall is the lack of supply from Brazil and Suriname which has also brought down the month on month imports by 21.05%, says the Shanghai...
Alcoa today announced that it has completed two previously-announced sales within its Global Primary Products portfolio. The divestitures, one in the United States and the second in Jamaica, are aligned with Alcoa’s strategy to lower its cost base and create a globally competitive business. Alcoa...
Sedgman has won the EPC contract for Alcoa's Kwinana filtration plant. The $59.8 million contract will see Sedgman EPC work as the main integrating contractor for the alumina refinery in WA. According to Sedgman "when complete the filtration plant will produce lower moisture content bauxite residue...
UAE-based Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is bullish about the global aluminium market and plans a capital expenditure of $5 billion by 2020, said the chief executive of the company. An official gave a review of the two smelters making up EGA – Dubal and Emal – and said the company was taking care...
ASX-listed MetroCoal on Monday announced the appointment of Simon Finnis as the new CEO, effective from January 12. Finnis would replace CEO Mike O’Brien, who will continue on as project director. Finnis is currently the CEO of Grand Côte Operations SA, in Senegal, and has been involved in the...
Highlights • Altech’s Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) confirms an optimised annual production rate for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant • Proposed HPA plant annual production rate increased to 4,000tpa • BFS is on schedule for completion during Q3 2015 Altech Chemicals Limited is...
Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade on Saturday signed a 9.3 million euro worth contract with a German company for implementation of a project to produce Alumina Powder near the city of Sarab in northwestern Iran. Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade Mahdi Karbasian told the...
The 8% export duty on Australian alumina has been removed under the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement signed on November 17, but this move will have little impact on Australian alumina exports to China, Shanghai Metals Market understands. The current FOB price of Western Australian alumina is $...
The construction of Constellium-UACJ Body in White, the $150 million automotive aluminium sheet plant in Kentucky Transpark is proceeding on schedule and on budget. The groundbreaking was done in July this year, the steel structure is supposed to be completed by March and the equipment should be...
By December 2016, a leading specialty cement firm named Kerneos Aluminate Technologies promises to bring its proposed INR 120 crore project to India for producing calcium aluminate cement. The proposed project will be a greenfield unit due to be set up in the Vishakhapatnam region in Andhra...
