
Guinea is looking to expand its partnership with Glencore beyond bauxite exports, with the two sides discussing potential investments in alumina refining, energy and other strategic projects as Conakry seeks to build more processing capacity at home. The discussions follow a more than USD 300...
Domestic alumina spot prices held steady with slight adjustments last week, and scattered transactions showed mixed pricing. On the supply side, recent domestic alumina operating capacity stayed at around 99.4 million tonnes per year. A new alumina project in Beihai, Guangxi, is expected to start...
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...ALUMINA has returned to profitability on a $US57 million ($A56.6 million) turnaround and China's insatiable demand for the commodity is set to push prices higher. Alumina posted a $US34.6 million full-year profit compared to a $US23.7 million loss in 2009. Underlying earnings were $US37 million...

...GREENPEACE WANTS the EU to force Hungary to take action over toxic waste the environmental group says is still leaking from an alumina plant that caused a deadly disaster last October...

...ASX-listed bauxite miner and aluminium producer Alumina on Thursday reported a return to profitability for the 2010 financial year, posting a net profit of $35-million...

...THE world's largest seller of alumina roared back to profit in 2010, with Alumina Ltd turning 2009's $US26 million loss into a $US35m net profit as the commodity started to loosen its tether to the price of aluminium...

... Capitalized almost USD 700 million, Tan Rai complex located in the Central Highland's Lam Dong province is expected to supply 600,000 tonnes of alumina per year and post 2015 the total output will rise to 1.2 million tonnes to 1.8 million tonnes per year. ....

... Alcoa is the world leader in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina combined, ...

... Alumina (NYSE:AWC) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $9.86 to a high of $10.04. Yesterday's high of the day pierced the 3-day high of $9.93 on volume of 234,000 shares. ....

... Nalco's 3QFY11 PAT increased 14% QoQ to Rs2.56b, lower than our estimate, due to increased operating costs and lower sales of aluminum and alumina. ... Average 3QFY11 LME aluminum prices rose 12% QoQ to US$2,357 (up 16% YoY). Alumina traded up 11% QoQ at US$353. ...

... Vedanta Alumina Refinery in Orissa''sKalahandi district, the Centre today insisted that the companyshould furnish a fresh proposal to obtain environmentalclearance for such a bid. ...

... The signs of recovery as regards alumina and aluminium prices have also benefited NALCO's performance. During the quarter, the average sales realization from calcined alumina had gone up by 34% to US$ 356 from US$ 266 and the average sales realization from aluminium metal jumped by 18% to US$...

... The alumina pilot production plant in Cap-Chat is operational, marking a critical step toward commercialization for owner Exploration Orbite of Montreal ... Grande-Vallée is a large homogenous and strategically located clay deposit with an average grade of 23% to 26% alumina. Orbite has...

... The price of alumina was rangebound in the Asia Pacific Wednesday at $382/mt FOB Australia, unchanged from Tuesday. Platts' Australian alumina price benchmark was up $1/mt on the week and $10/mt from a month ago, ...

... Exploration Orbite Inc. said Thursday it has completed its $7.4-million pilot alumina plant at Cap Chat in Quebec's Gaspé region ... Alumina is the intermediate material for smelting primary aluminum metal worldwide. ....

... India's National Aluminium Company is expecting to complete a 525,000 mt/year expansion of its alumina plant at Koraput in Orissa by late February, with test runs slated for March and output from April, a company source said Tuesday. ...

... China Mineral Processings SDI plant in Shanxi to produce Aluxite for refractories. ... produce a high alumina refractory aggregate branded Aluxite using a bauxite feedstock. ....

... Vedanta Aluminium on Tuesday sought the Orissa government's intervention for leasing out a bauxite mine in Kalahandi district, close to the company's alumina refinery at Lanjigarh. ...

... Orbite is set to announce on Wednesday its $7.4-million pilot plant at Cap Chat on the St. Lawrence River's south shore will start producing alumina on a ...

... In the Alumina and Aluminium Division, aluminium volumes were higher as the smelter operated at its full Phase 2 production ... In the Alumina and Aluminium Division, Bauxite extraction increased 6.1% and alumina production grew 0.7%, compared to last year. The Division produced 62 kt of...