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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Aluminum producer PT Indonesian Asahan Aluminum (Inalum), which the government plans to take over from its Japanese shareholders, is expected to be the main buyer of alumina to be produced by local smelters, an official says. The director for minerals at the Directorate General for Minerals and...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. today reported on the present status, development plan and updated budget for completing its high-purity alumina (HPA) production plant in Cap-Chat, Quebec. Orbite's High Purity Alumina plant in Cap-Chat, Quebec, continued intermittent production at a capacity of less than 50...
An 800,000-tpy alumina plant at Yunnan Aluminium Co.’s subsidiary company achieved full production. The plant at Yunnan Wenshan Aluminium Co. produced 190,000 tonnes of alumina in the third quarter, the parent company told Shenzhen Stock Exchange today. Yunnan Wenshan commenced construction of the...
The USD 67 million alumina segment result for Alcoa, a proxy for Alumina Ltd, or AWC’s, profit, improved marginally on the second quarter’s USD 64 million profit, and was meaningfully better than the previous corresponding period’s loss. Compared with second-quarter 2013, the Australian dollar fell...
Mining conglomerate Vedanta Group has approached Prime Minister's Project Monitoring Group, which was established to fast track stalled large investment projects, seeking environment clearance for expansion of its Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Odisha to 6 million tonnes. The Project Monitoring...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. updates the market on its ongoing financing initiatives. Orbite confirms its Short Form Prospectus dated July 15, 2013 has since expired and was not renewed or extended by the Corporation. Orbite management reconfirms that it is actively focused on completing an offering within...
Nalco Australia has released its new FoamGuard antifoam technology, which it says provides improvements in operating and cost efficiencies, as well as benefits for plant and operator safety. Available for either hot-end or cold-end applications, and developed to prevent the formation and...
State-run National Aluminium Co's alumina exports in the first half of the current fiscal vaulted 50 per cent from a year ago, mainly on account of the capacity expansion undertaken by the company. In the six months to September, Nalco exported 638,000 tonnes of alumina compared with 425,000 tonnes...
Alumina exports fell 6.6% year-on-year in September as a result of a reduction in volumes sent to Europe and the Middle East. Exports totalled 653,880 tonnes, compared with 700,577 tonnes in September 2012. Revenues for the month stood at $153.50 million, down from $170.26 million a year ago....
China’s alumina imports climbed sharply in September on lower overseas prices, as foreseen by Shanghai Metals Market earlier. Inbound shipments of the raw material rose by 211.7% from a month ago to 450,000 tonnes in last month, data from Chinese customs office showed over the weekend. They were...
An alumina plant and aluminium smelter project worth INR 15,000 crore would be set up near Mundra in Kutch district of Gujarat, Union Minister of State for Mines Dinsha Patel said today. "The plant will come up near Mundra in Kutch district of Gujarat. It is a joint venture between National...
Vedanta Aluminium's (VAL) Rs 5,000-crore alumina refinery at Lanjigarh faces trouble over the denial of bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills but that hasn't stopped its technological innovations. The company plans to implement zero-based costing - a method to identify and implement every cost-saving...
The Hindalco group company, Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), which started alumina production from its plant in south Odisha about four months ago, is unable to transport the material to its end use plants pending permission from the railway authorities to operate the rail link. “About...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. today announced changes to its leadership team in order to further expedite the achievement of its near-term and long-term goals. Mr. Denis Arguin, Vice President Operations has been promoted to Vice President Engineering and Operations. In this capacity, he will be replacing...
US-based proppants producer Carbo Ceramics Inc. has introduced a new proppant grade, designed to maximise and sustain hydrocarbon flow at high closure stresses for the life of a hydraulic fracturing (fracking) well. Named Kryptosphere, the proppant solution has been developed in response to a...
University of South Carolina engineers have developed one of the thinnest and most selective membranes ever made, which could potentially be used for water purification applications, especially in hydraulic fracturing, according to a press release. The membrane's selectivity is based on molecular...
National Aluminium Co. (NALCO), India’s biggest state-owned producer, may invest INR 50 billion ($811 million) to boost its alumina refining capacity and revive earnings that are forecast to slide to a three-year low. The company will enhance its annual ability to process alumina by 43 percent to...
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk (ANTM), a state-owned enterprise in the mining sector, is exploring the marketing of Chemical Grade Alumina (CGA) plant located in Tayan, Sanggau District, West Kalimantan. The factory processing bauxite into CGA will start a commissioning at the end of October. Tri...
