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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China’s alumina imports plunged 90.4% to 313,000 tonnes in May due to waning demand, Shanghai Metals Market learned. Chinese aluminum smelters preferred domestic alumina due to lower prices, curbing appetite for imports, SMM understood. The imports soared by 56.28% year-on-year, though, and...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced today that shareholders have approved all resolutions put forth at the Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held in Montréal, Québec, on Thursday, June 19, 2014. Shareholders elected each of the Corporation's nominees for director by the following votes cast by...
The plans of building alumina refineries by bauxite producers in Indonesia are getting delayed due to legal uncertainty over export ban that was imposed nearly five months ago, said government & industry officials. The Constitutional Court of Indonesia has to still decide on a legal challenge...
Chinese commodities trader CITIC Resources Holding Ltd said on Wednesday that 123,446 tonnes of its alumina stored at Qingdao port were missing. The port, China's third-largest, has been at the centre of an investigation into alleged fraud. "The company has been notified that in the enforcement of...
Abu Dhabi’s Saif Al Khaili Group will make caustic soda and chlorine derivatives to meet the rising needs of local heavy industries. The plant will be the country’s first to produce caustic soda and other chlorine derivatives, to be used in various industries from aluminium and oil, to steel and...
Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals Signs Letter of Intent to Pursue Sale of its Stake in Jamalco Alcoa confirms that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with Noble Resources UK Limited to pursue a sale of its ownership stake in Alcoa Minerals of Jamaica, L.L.C (AMJ), which operates the...
Multi-mineral solutions provider Ashapura Minechem is set to acquire BSE listed Orient Abrasive for INR 400 crore, according to two people close to the negotiations. Bombay Minerals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashapura Minechem, has agreed to buy the 25.52 per cent promoters' stake in Orient...
Iranian researchers from Materials and Energy Researcher Center tried to modify the properties of thermal insulations used in turbines and thermal engines through nanotechnology. Results of the research may help the increase in thermal efficiency and lifetime of gas turbines and diesel engines....
Chinese investors are planning to build an aluminium plant in West Kalimantan and also an industrial park in West Java, which would have a total investment of around US$1.6 billion, said a minister. On Friday, MS Hidayat, the Industry Minister said Chinese firms were looking for local partners to...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. today announced it has appointed Diane Néron as its new Director of Engineering. The Company also provides a progress report on the status of delivery of its calcination system. Ms. Néron, who will initially be supporting the Company's efforts to complete its 3 tonnes per day...
Australia Minerals and Mining Group Limited announces the successful completion of an integrated plant study (Study), which was based on the kaolin to high purity alumina (HPA) process flow sheet specifically researched and developed by AMMG. The Study was conducted by AMMG’s specialist engineering...
According to a market survey of iAbrasive last week, as the increasing capital shortage problem gets worse, market transaction of aluminum oxide is likely to experience further restraint. China alumina oxide market began to show a weaken tendency last week and the increasing market price was put on...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announces that its annual and special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) will be held on June 19, 2014 at 10:00 AM ET at the Fairmount The Queen Elizabeth (Jolliet Conference Room),900 René-Lévesque Blvd West, Montréal, Québec. Orbite will also be broadcasting the Meeting...
The Clarendon Alumina Production Limited (CAP) which has been a drain on the public purse for years, has been transformed into a self-financing entity which no longer has recourse to State funds. Contributing to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives last Wednesday, mining minister...
In the month of April, China imported a total of 595,900 mt of alumina, a rise of 85.43% since last year. YTD imports totaled 2.08 mn mt in April and were up by 53.34% YoY. The increase in the total volumes of import was driven by other countries except Australia. China imported 199,700 mt of...
Orbite Aluminae Inc., announces that, following its press release of March 3rd, the Corporation has completed the $10,000,000 equity financing with Ressources Québec (“RQ”), a subsidiary of Investissement Québec. As part of the financing, Ressources Québec purchased 35,714,286 units of the...
BHP Billiton has flagged possible job cuts at its alumina operation in Western Australia following the completion of a major expansion last year. The organisational structure at the Worsley operation is under review, including the number of workers needed to support production, a spokeswoman said...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. (“Orbite” or the “Company”) today announced that Mr. Shaun Usmar has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors as an independent member, effective immediately. Mr. Usmar currently is a Managing Partner at Magris Resources Inc., a company whose purpose is to acquire,...
