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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The Pará State Environmental Secreteriate (SEMA) has suspended Alunorte's environmental operational license for loading of alumina at its port, Vila do Conde, with effect as of 1 April 2014. This results in the suspension of all loading of alumina with immediate effect. The production of alumina at...
Lithuanian lender Ukio Bankas, which has recently taken over Vilnius-based Birac Europe, seeks to return its control over two subsidiaries of Bosnia's alumina plant Birac - Alumina and Mehanika, news service Capital.ba reported. State-controlled Ukio Bankas took over the management of Birac Europe...
Orbite Aluminae Inc., today provided a general update on its activities and announced that it had finalized negotiations with Outotec and executed the calcination system supply contract. As communicated in its March 17 HPA project update, Orbite selected Outotec to supply and deliver the new...
State-owned miner PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) is mulling over plans to obtain up to US$250 million in fresh funds this year to finance its Pomalaa ferronickel plant expansion in Southeast Sulawesi, which is expected to boost the company’s nickel output by nearly 40 percent. The $573 million expansion...
MetroCoal has acquired a strategic 46.04% interest in Cape Alumina through the purchase of 95,059,489 shares priced at $0.006 each under the former’s takeover offer. The two companies had previously shelved a proposed merger in November last year. MetroCoal’s unconditional cash offer is targeted at...
Following heavy and unusual trading that occurred late in the day today and yesterday, Orbite confirms it is unaware of any undisclosed material changes or corporate developments in its operations that would account for the recent variations in share price or increased trading volumes. A formal...
Qatalum presented its Aerated Distribution System (ADS) to over 4,300 industry leaders at the annual Minerals, Metals & Materials Society meeting in San Diego. The Aerated Distribution System (ADS) at Qatalum has been in operation since 2009 and has seen significant process stability. It is...
Operations at Rio Tinto’s Gove bauxite and alumina site have returned to normal, the miner told Metal Bulletin on Friday March 21. Rio Tinto had suspended all operations at its Gove site in Australia following the death of a worker on Tuesday February 25. "Gove operations have returned to normal....
Credit Suisse restated their outperform rating on shares of Alumina Limited in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, AnalystRatings.NET reports. Credit Suisse has also modified their ratings on a number of other stocks in the few days. The firm initiated coverage on shares of Williams...
Finnish thin film coating specialist Picodeon Ltd Oy says that its laser technology can be used to create aluminium oxide (Al2O3) coatings. The ultra-short pulsed laser deposition (USPLD) surface coating technology can create either porous or dense coatings on heat-sensitive substrates for use in a...
An oversupplied market with extra pressure from tighter credit and falling aluminium prices are forcing Chinese aluminium producers to stop taking any current shipments and cut sport import of alumina, sources said. A cut in the alumina shipments to top alumina buyer of the world will help...
Chinese alumina prices were down again this week as demand from local smelters remained depressed amid production cuts and aluminium prices approached a five-year low. Alumina was offered at $318 per tonne fob Australia this week, compared with $320-321 per tonne last week, according to market...
UC RUSAL a leading, global aluminium producer, is set to complete a project to switch the Aughinish alumina refinery, Europe’s largest alumina producer, from heavy fuel oil to gas as its main energy source. The two steam generators designed to generate a total of 300 tonnes per hour of reliable,...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. will sign a turnkey contract for key equipment for its Gaspé high purity alumina (HPA) project in a few days, pushing for commissioning at year-end and commercial operation early in 2015, CEO Glenn Kelly said Monday. Outotel OYJ, a Finnish-based global leader in the design and...
Orbite Aluminae Inc., today provides its second update on the construction and optimization activities of its high purity alumina (“HPA”) production facility located in Cap-Chat, Québec. As communicated in its January 29 HPA project update, Orbite had commenced the design review and detailed...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced today the filing of its Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2013. The Corporation reported a net loss of $15.0 million ($0.08 per share) compared to $16.9 million ($0.09 per share) for 2012, representing a decrease of $1.9 million, or...
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that government would soon come out with a declaration on the establishment of an Alumina industry. He said the establishment of the industry would not only add value to the production of bauxite for export, but would also create a number of job...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. today announced that it will hold a conference call to discuss its fiscal 2013 fourth quarter results and provide an update on its HPA plant construction activities, on Monday March 17, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. (EDT). The call will be hosted by Glenn Kelly, President & CEO, and...
