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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Alumina prices were down in China this week as the weakness in the aluminium market tamed demand for raw materials. Chinese port prices for alumina were around 2,570-2,590 yuan ($418-422) per tonne fot in Lianyungang of Jiangsu province, compared with 2,570-2,600 yuan per tonne last week. Alumina...
Credit Suisse reissued their outperform rating on shares of Alumina Limited in a research report sent to investors on Wednesday morning, Analyst Ratings Network reports. Credit Suisse has also updated their ratings on a number of other stocks in the last week. The firm initiated coverage on shares...
The Odisha Pollution Control Board (OPCB) has found nothing objectionable in the functioning of the Vedanta Aluminium Limited in Lanjigarh of Kalahandi district. An on- the- spot enquiry of the unit by Assistant Environment Engineer D Sethi observed nothing objectionable from the environmental...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announces that, further to its December 10, 2013 press release and in accordance with the subscription agreement dated November 7, 2013, amended on December 6, 2013 between Orbite and Crede Capital Group, LLC, it has issued Series X Subscription Rights and Series Y Subscription...
The total production of raw bauxite in Jamaica was 390,550 tonnes in the month of January, a fall by 15% since the last year. Meanwhile, there has been an increase in alumina production by 13% to around 164,500 tonnes on prior comparable period. There was a drop in the total production of raw...
Glenn Kelly and his 75-strong team at Montreal-based Orbite Aluminae Inc. face a critical one-year deadline to complete a commercial-scale high-purity alumina (HPA) plant at Cap Chat in Quebec’s Gaspé. “It’s a race against time to master some technical hurdles and bring the plant into production,”...
Credit Suisse reiterated their outperform rating on shares of Alumina Limited in a research report released on Tuesday morning, Analyst RN reports. Credit Suisse has also modified their ratings on a number of other stocks in the few days. The firm reiterated its outperform rating on shares of EV...
From the idea to operate a coating process without the use of chemicals, AHC Oberflächentechnik in Germany developed a novel method for the oxidation of aluminium surfaces. With this process components can be protected selectively against wear and corrosion. A pilot plant is located in the French...
Alumina imports of China are expected to fall in the month of February, largely due to falling post-holiday demand as well as cut down of production costs by aluminum smelters, as said by Shanghai Metals Market. The aluminium producers in China have almost lost their enthusiasm in building up...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is pleased to announce that the Government of Québec formally approved a 10M$ equity investment in Orbite by Investissement Québec (“IQ”), a mandatory of the Québec Government. The announcement was made at Orbite’s High Purity Alumina (“HPA”) production facility in Cap-Chat,...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announces its participation at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference taking place from March 2-5, 2014 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The PDAC Convention is the largest annual gathering of prospectors and miners in the world....
United Co.Rusal PLC, the aluminium producer, accepted the controversial move of Indonesia to restrict mineral ore export and said it will build an alumina refinery complying with the new laws of the country. The laws have already raised many a concerns among the global mineral competitors. But Oleg...
The integrated aluminium producer model will be challenged over the next couple of years, leading to a shake-up in corporate structures, an executive at Alumina Ltd said. These changes could take a variety of forms, Andrew Wood told Metal Bulletin's 20th Bauxite and Alumina conference in Miami....
United Co. Rusal PLC signed a MoU with PT Arbaya Energi to develop an alumina smelter in West Kalimantan province of Indonesia The two companies will "work together to develop the appropriate resources and infrastructure investment," Rusal said in a statement. Rusal didn’t talk about its...
Alumina Limited was downgraded by equities research analysts at UBS AG from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. Separately, analysts at Bank of America upgraded shares of Alumina Limited from an “underperform” rating...
ALUMINA'S chance of posting a profit for last year was thwarted by its exposure to the $US548 million in fines, costs and settlement payments by US aluminium giant Alcoa to bring corruption charges in the Alba case to an end. The Melbourne-based Alumina, a 40 per cent partner with Alcoa in the...
HUDSON RESOURCES INC. is pleased to announce updated results for its alumina (aluminum oxide) development program on the calcium feldspar anorthosite from its White Mountain Project in Greenland. The objective of this phase of testwork is to produce smelter grade alumina (SGA) that meets both the...
Alumina Ltd has swung back to profits but warned that the market conditions for aluminium will remain challenging throughout this year. Last year, Alumina made a net profit of $US500, 000, a much better turnaround compared to its $US55.6 million loss in 2012. At the same time the joint venture of...
