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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This year, International Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium Society (IBAAS) is associated with a number of interesting events from the aluminium industry. IBAAS is the organising partner of Asian Metal Conference to be held during May 28-30, 2014, Yantai, Shandong, China. The Shandong province is...
The Board of Directors of Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced that Mr. Glenn Kelly, previously Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, has been named President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Richard Boudreault is stepping down from the position of President and Chief...
According to recent reports, Apple has been pushing to make its sapphire production operational and running in time for the release of its next flagship phone. Apple has started including sapphire technology into its devices but not as full scale as a sapphire screen. The camera of the iPhone 5s...
Chinese alumina importers are expecting lower prices this week, with local demand weak and aluminium prices still depressed. No deals were heard this week and offers were in the range of $340-350 per tonne cif China, according to market participants. Last week offers were around $357-358 per tonne....
Hydro has reported its fourth quarter 2013 and full year earnings. For the full year, underlying EBIT rose to 2,737 million from 1,297 million in 2012 despite the fall in EBIT in the fourth quarter. Fourth-quarter underlying EBIT for the Bauxite & Alumina business area was, however, lifted by...
Metal Bulletin’s fob Australia alumina index settled at $334.57 per tonne on Friday February 7, from $335.35 previously, as China took all the spot business reported to MB even during the Lunar New Year holiday. The index has stayed at about $335 per tonne since the beginning of the year as spot...
THE major expansion of operations at BHP Billiton Worsley Alumina is now officially complete with the refinery reaching its nameplate capacity of 4.6 million tonnes per annum. The major milestone has been reached in Worsley’s 30th year of operations in the South West, with celebrations planned to...
China's ex-works Henan alumina price remained flat at Yuan 2,520/mt ($412.50/mt) at 30% credit payment terms Friday, as the Chinese market returned from an extended holiday to celebrate the Lunar New Year. China was closed January 31-February 6. Spot activity was lacking Friday as market...
The Federal Court has rejected a legal challenge to a mining lease agreement between Northern Territory based Aboriginal traditional land owners and the mining giant Rio Tinto. In 2011, a 42-year lease agreement was approved by the Federal Government over land used for East Arnhem Land based Gove...
Montreal's Orbite Aluminae Inc. is stepping into the international scene via an exclusive partnership with European-based waste management giant Veolia Environmental Services to build plants to treat and recycle the toxic red mud generated by the Bayer alumina production process. They plan to get...
Rio Tinto, the mining giant, will shut down its alumina refinery on Gove peninsula in Arnhem Land. This is a part of their five-month operation that will finally result in closure of the plant by August. Last week the plant had distributed almost 90 redundancy notices. It has been scheduled that...
Orbite Aluminae inc. ("Orbite" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it was granted a 4M$ non-interest bearing repayable financial contribution from Canada Economic Development for Québec regions. The announcement occurred at Orbite's technology development center in Laval, Québec, by the...
Orbite Aluminae Inc., announced today its first update on the construction and optimization activities of its high purity alumina (“HPA”) production facility located in Cap-Chat, Québec. As disclosed in previous press releases, Orbite still anticipates a 12-month execution timeline following the...
iAbrasive, an international marketplace for the online purchase and sales of abrasives products only, gives a report showing that refractory market has seen a slight decline in 2013. According to the analyses, the price of refractory materials shows a downward trend in 2013 due to the changes in...
Norsk Hydro ASA's alumina refinery Alunorte in Brazil will be subject to ICMS taxation on fuel oil starting February 1, following a decision by the Brazilian state of Pará to change the collection point of the ICMS tax on fuel-oil purchases. Assuming that the decision is upheld, the estimated...
Australia Minerals and Mining Group Limited announces that it has appointed specialist process consultants to produce commercial samples of its high purity alumina (HPA) product and to conduct test work to optimize AMMG's process flow sheet. Batch test work will initially be required in order to...
Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board BKPM announced three processing and mineral concentrate refineries (smelters) are in the construction phase and they expect them to be ready for production in Indonesia in 2014. Two of the smelters will process as well as purify iron ore, bauxite will be...
PT Indonesia Chemical Alumina, bauxite ore processing company into Chemical Grade Alumina (CGA) in Tayan, West Kalimantan, a subsidiary of PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (ANTM)or Antam is projected to absorb 670,000 wet metric tons (wmt) of bauxite this year. Antam’s bauxite reserves reach 108.8 million wmt...
