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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A mechanical failure at a central Queensland alumina refinery has released an unknown amount of chemical waste into a residential area of Gladstone. Queensland Alumina's refinery in Gladstone is the largest in the world. The refining process creates the toxic by-product 'red mud', which is stored...
Acquisitive Investments Limited. today announced that, on November 21, 2012, Acquisitive Investments acquired 6,000,000 common shares ("Common Shares") of Global Alumina Corporation ("Global Alumina") at a price of approximately CDN$ 0.14 per Common Share (the "Transaction"). The aggregate cash...
The Hainan Joint Enterprise Business Service Co. Ltd. and its Indonesian partner company, PT Indopura Resources, plan to construct a bauxite refinery worth US$700 million in Batam, Riau Islands. The factory is expected to employ 5,000 workers. PT Indopura Resources director Cedric Lam, its managing...
Habanero Resources announces commencement of the 2012 diamond drill program in its Grand-Vallée North Aluminous Clay Prospect, Gaspe, Quebec. Drilling will consist of approximately 800 metres, 8-hole drill program designed to test three of the highest priority aluminium in soil geochemical...
India's state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) has finalised a long-term export contract for 300,000 tonnes of alumina for deliveries in 2013 at 16.56 percent of the LME aluminium price on a free on board (FOB) basis, company sources said on Saturday. The Hong Kong- based buyer, whose name was...
As the tribal inhabitants were totally against mining in Niyamgiri hill despite the assurance by the State Government for peripheral development, it is now the locals of Thuamul Rampur block who have raised their voice against bauxite mining at Baflamali hill. Baflamali hill, spread over 1388.74...
Quebec firm seeks to build aluminum oxide facility that could cost up to $1 billion A Quebec company hopes to build an aluminum oxide refinery in Nova Scotia that would cost upwards of half a billion dollars and could employ 200 to 400 people. “It’s not a small thing,” Richard Boudreault, president...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. has developed a hydrochloric acid technology using up-to-date advanced process and hardware solutions. One of the advantages of the technology helping in energy saving is using pressure leaching to avoid pre-calcination of ore. The technology was initially developed for local...
Vietnam state mining group Vinacomin has signed a $300 million government-guaranteed loan with a consortium of foreign banks led by Citi Vietnam to fund the nation's first alumina refinery, the bank said in a statement on Thursday. The loan is for a 13-year period and has been guaranteed by the...
Global Alumina Corporation, a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea, announced today its financial and operating results for the three and nine month periods ended...
It is reported that annual 800 thousand tons aluminum strip of Guizhou Galuminium Co., Ltd will produce qualified alumina products this month. The plant can produce more than 30 thousand tons of qualified aluminum strip this month, to be sold in spot market according to the company, Guizhou...
In May of this year the Indonesian Government imposed a ban on the export of unprocessed raw materials but this week the Supreme Court of Indonesia set aside the ban, meaning the government is no longer permitted to interfere with the mineral exports industry. This conflict between the Supreme...
Australia’s federal government has agreed to back the construction of a proposed gas pipeline to supply Rio Tinto’s struggling Gove aluminum operations in the country’s Northern Territory. According to The Australian, the Territory's government is expected to sell up to 13% of its gas supply to...
Bank of America upgraded shares of Alumina Limited (NYSE: AWC) from a neutral rating to a buy rating in a research report released on Friday morning. Shares of Alumina Limited opened at 3.99 on Friday. Alumina Limited has a one year low of $2.65 and a one year high of $6.42. The company has a...
Mining giant BHP Billiton would sell its 33.3% interest in the Guinea Alumina joint venture (JV) to it partners for $1. Under the current project shareholders agreement, each of the JV partners – TSX-listed Global Alumina Corporation, Dubai Aluminium Company (Dubal) and MCD Industry Holding Company...
Cape Alumina is to raise close to $1.5 million in two separate placements that would help it fund development of its core bauxite projects in Queensland. Cape has placed about 3.8 million shares with stockbroker RBS Morgans at 12 cents per share to raise $456,359. Separately, it has also placed...
Global Alumina Corporation, a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea , announced today that it has entered into a sale and purchase agreement ("SPA") with the Broken Hill...
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) whose smelter plant has run into a crisis as a fall-out of raw material crunch crippling its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh, said it is ready to source alumina from National Aluminium Company (Nalco) at export price. “Our smelter operations have been affected because of...
