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 • Global HPA market estimated at 19,040tpa in 2014 with increase to 48,230tpa anticipated by 2018 • Market growth forecast at a CAGR of approximately 28% • Asia Pacific region HPA market share 70% • Asia Pacific potential location for AMMG’s HPA plant – best geographic position to...
WESTPAC chief economist Bill Evans says he doesn't hold any great hopes for the alumina industry, with low commodity prices set to continue. Speaking at the GEA Major Industry Conference in Gladstone on Thursday, Mr Evans said the future for the industry appeared grim. More than 3000 people work in...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced today it has been awarded the Chemical Institute of Canada’s Green Chemistry and Engineering Network Award. The award is presented to companies that have made significant contributions to the field of green chemistry and engineering, including the technical, economic,...
Shanxi Fusheng Aluminum Co. put phase one 800,000-tpy alumina project in Pinglu County, Shanxi Province, into service on October 19, cnal.com reported today. This marks the fourth alumina project of Hangzhou Jinjiang Group – parent company of Shanxi Fusheng Aluminum Co. – since its establishment.
Deutsche Bank reissued their buy rating on shares of Alumina Limited in a research report sent to investors on Tuesday morning. The firm currently has a $2.25 price target on the stock. Deutsche Bank has also updated their ratings on a number of other stocks in the last week. The firm reiterated...
Russian Trade Minister, Denis Manturov, reported to Reuters on Tuesday that the Russian-based industrial group named Vi Holding will be investing $500 million in an alumina refinery in Indonesia, which can be built in the next three to four years. The highly debated mineral export ban in Indonesia...
Prima Resources held a preliminary meeting in Darwin with Nhulunbuy Indigenous Group/Company regarding the future of the Bauxite Residue Storage Area and the Alumina Refinery at Gove currently owned by Rio Tinto. It was decided that discussions take place with the possibility of Rio Tinto returning...
Chalco's Henan Branch delayed the production resumption at its 1,000,000-tonne alumina capacity, Shanghai Metals Market learns. The delay is mainly because the repairing of its red mud pond has not been completed, sources reported. The company closed a total of 1,600,000 tonnes of alumina...
Deutsche Bank reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of Alumina Limited in a report released on Monday. Deutsche Bank currently has a $2.25 price objective on the stock. Deutsche Bank has also updated their ratings on a number of other stocks in the last week. The firm reiterated its buy rating on...
Mining major Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) has acquired land in excess of 100 hectares for the first phase of an alumina plant and aluminium smelter plant, which would be set up in joint venture with Navratna Public Sector Unit (PSU) National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) at...
Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC), which is a joint venture between Alcoa and Alumina Limited, has been handing out dividends from its passive share. However, now with the sale of its share in the uneconomical Jamaica refinery, Alumina is slated to receive a handy cheque from Alcoa. The sale...
China’s Guangdong Province imported 97,000 tonnes of alumina in August, up 1.6 folds yea-on-year. Year-to-date imports through August totaled 623,000 tonnes, also up 26.4% from a year ago, China Customs data showed. The average import price was 2,231 yuan ($ 363) per tonne in August, down 8.2% from...
Alumina Limited‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by equities research analysts at Deutsche Bank in a research note issued to investors on Monday. They currently have a $2.25 target price on the stock. A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on AWC. Analysts at Morgan Stanley...
The union minister of steel and mines, Narendra Singh Tomar, has promised to set up aluminium refinery and steel plant in Madhya Pradesh to give a push to the industrialization of the state. He also aims to conduct geo chemical and physical survey of minerals to take a positive step towards mining....
Alcoa has signed a letter of intent in the second quarter in a bid to sell its ownership stake in Alcoa Minerals of Jamaica L.L.C. the operational company for Jamalco bauxite mine and alumina refinery. The company has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Suriname so that...
With the perfect combination of stage decoration and laser lights, lavishly decorated puja pandals adding to the festive mood and roadside delicacies that one can experience only at the fairs and ceremonial events puja pandal at Doraguda based Utkal Alumina plantsite filled with thunderous applause...
High pressure knife gate valve sleeves from Dual Valves Australasia (DVA) were used to replace OEM rated sleeves recently at an alumina refinery in Western Australia. The WA alumina refinery replaced a number of their 21 Bar rated OEM push-through style knife gate valve sleeves with sleeves from...
Azad of the Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti said the authorities at the public hearing didn't record the tribals' objections and neither did it meet other norms for such hearings. What Azad and other critics of the project, such as Amnesty International, ask is where will Sesa Sterlite get the bauxite...
