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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In closing the Budget Debate, Jamaican Finance Minister Peter Phillips sought to reconcile the apparent conflict between his pronouncement and that of Minister Paulwell made earlier in the debate regarding the divestment of Clarendon Alumina Production (CAP). He approved of what Dr. Phillips said...
Utkal Alumina International, an arm of aluminium maker Hindalco, has just started trial production at its 1.5 million tonne a year alumina refinery in Odisha. The alumina would be the feedstock for two of Aditya Birla group’s upcoming aluminium plants, the 359 kilo tonne a year Mahan aluminium...
After lying idle for over six months, Vedanta’s one million ton alumina refinery at Lanjigarh is gearing up to resume operations by the end of this month on hopes of bauxite supplies from private miners in Gujarat and also opening of group firm Bharat Aluminum Company Kawardah mines in...
National aluminium company expects around 20 percent volume growth in FY14. During the year gone by, the firm's alumina refinery produced 1.802 million tonnes of alumina hydrate, which is an all-time high, against the previous best of 16.87 lakh tonne achieved in preceding year. According to...
Queensland Alumina Limited, that operates the world's largest alumina refinery has confirmed it has shelved a proposed gas-fired power station in central Queensland. The company had planned a co-generation gas power plant at its Gladstone refinery to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, which would...
SMM’s survey found that alumina prices at ports are around RMB 2,600/mt in mid-to-late May, down RMB 50-100/mt from April. SMM has learned from alumina traders at Lianyungang port that continuously falling domestic alumina prices are forcing them to cut imported alumina prices. This is because...
Global Alumina Corporation is pleased to announce that the Ministry of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Guinea has issued a No Objection Letter in connection with the previously announced sale by the Company of all of its interests in Guinea Alumina Corporation Limited to DM GAV Limited. The...
Queensland Alumina Limited, Australia has been named as a finalist in the 2013 Manufacturing Skills Awards, organised by Manufacturing Skills Queensland, a division of QMI Solutions. Thirty finalists were announced on Thursday. Winners of the 10 categories will be announced at an annual awards...
Tesoro Corporation announced that the Federal Trade Commission has cleared the Company's planned acquisition of BP's fully integrated Southern California Refining and Marketing business. Tesoro also said that itintends to close the acquisition during the second quarter, subject to customary closing...
Australia Minerals and Mining Group Limited is pleased to announce that it has successfully produced 99.99% (4N) HPA (high purity alumina) using its own innovative aluminous clay (kaolin) to HPA processing technology. AMMG filed three patent applications for the aforementioned processing technology...
The Viet Nam National Coal-Mineral Industries Holding Corp (Vinacomin) has clarified a statement on the export of alumina. It has said that a zero tariff would apply, but that it did not extend to the export of aluminum ore, for which tariffs of 15-40 per cent were applicable. The comment followed...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced that Mr. Peter Crossgrove, Mr. Pascal Decary and Mr. Claude Lamoureux are joining the Board of Directors, effective immediately, as independent members and will be proposed by the Board for election by the shareholders at the next annual general meeting of the...
The government of Guinea said on Wednesday it has given approval to BHP Billiton and Global Alumina to sell their stake in a bauxite and alumina project to Dubai Aluminium Co (Dubal) and Mubadala Development Co. BHP paid $140 million in 2007 for a 33.3 percent stake in the Guinea Alumina Corp...
Following the immediate appointment of three independent directors to Canadian alumina producer Orbite Aluminae’s board, the company’s TSX-listed shares on Tuesday jumped more than 28% in value to make up some of the ground it had lost since the start of the year. Orbite announced that Peter...
Indonesia PT Bintan Alumina invest up to U.S. $ 1 billion for the construction of mineral processing and refining plant (smelter) in Bintan, Riau Islands. Director of Bintan Alumina, Zulnahar Usman said that the company is conducting a feasibility study or feasibility study smelter development....
Global Alumina Corporation announced today that its board of directors has determined the Company will hold an annual general and special meeting of its shareholders on July 2, 2013. The record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the annual general...
Aluminium and Mubadala said they will acquire the remaining part of Guinea Alumina Corporation they don’t already own, a move that secures long-term access to bauxite used at UAE smelters. The two parties are purchasing the interests in GAC from BHP Billiton and Global Alumina Corporation, the two...
There has been a change to BHP Billiton's long-held plan to exit what was once trumpeted as a $US5.2 billion ($5.29bn) alumina development opportunity in bauxite-rich Guinea. A plan in which BHP would have sold its one-third stake to the original promoter of the alumina project, Canada's Global...
