Russian aluminium producer Rusal is working on plans to build a bauxite and alumina complex in Indonesia as it looks to strengthen its raw material supply for aluminium production. The company mentioned that the Indonesian project is part of its “ diversification strategy in the Pacific region ”....
A NewPro study supports a staged 2,000-to-4,000-tonne-per-year high-purity alumina plant on the US Gulf Coast, with a post-tax NPV of about USD373 million and a 42.3 per cent IRR. Impact Minerals is advancing plans for a modular high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in the US after an independent scoping...
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On October 28th, Chen Kaibin, Party Secretary and Chairman of Chinalco Zhengzhou Research Institute, along with Su Ruigang, Secretary of the Working Committee and Director of the Management Committee of Zibo Economic Development Zone, officially launched the fine alumina branch of Chinalco...
As of Tuesday, November 12, the Shanghai Metals Market has continued on an upward price trajectory for alumina, with some of the province's prices reaching close to RMB 6000 per tonne. The average alumina price was RMB 5,490 per tonne, an additional RMB 49 compared to the previous day's pricing....
The SMM alumina price has experienced a challenging momentum since the beginning of September. The average alumina spot price has shown unprecedented growth, reflecting a Y-o-Y spike of RMB 2,435 per tonne or 81 per cent from RMB 3006 per tonne recorded on November 13, 2023. Image Source: Itaforte...
On November 08, 2024, Shanghai Metals Market saw the price of alumina rise to RMB 5,391 per tonne on average. However, the real eyecatcher was the price climb in the provinces of Lianyungang and Bayuquan. The price of alumina has been on a rapid surge spree since the beginning of September. Despite...
Each tonne of alumina production emits such heat, which, if reused further, can increase the energy demand, which in the long run also boosts carbon footprint reduction globally. Image Source: Hilt CRC How can we do that? The answer is ‘industrial heat pump’. These use electricity to transfer heat...
The combination of high alumina prices, positive sentiment in relation to the Chinese economy, the US$ index moving down, and small shortages of metal has seen metal prices rise to over RMB21,000/ tonne. However, there are also signs that the price may have moved higher into the stratosphere....
According to the Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) analysis, the average alumina spot price in China has continued its upward trajectory, reflecting a W-o-W hike of 5.37 per cent and a y-o-Y surge of 77 per cent from RMB 5,056 per tonne and RMB 3,010 per tonne. Image Source: Itaforte Alumina price...
Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid University researchers have designed an anti-reflective coversheet filament that can be used by a 3D printer for photovoltaic (PV) modules. The cover sheet is entrenched on cyclic-olefin copolymers (COC), with added aluminium oxide (Al2O3) or better known as alumina...
The average alumina spot price in China has added RMB 44 per tonne overnight to reach a new high of RMB 5,253 per tonne on Wednesday, November 6. The continued supply disruption on the suspension of GAC’s bauxite exports from Guinea, while the latter remains the primary source of imported bauxite,...
The price progress of alumina in the Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) has continued to maintain its upward trajectory, arriving at RMB 5,209 per tonne as of today. The alumina price has hiked by RMB 41 per tonne and W-o-W the price has grown by 5.23 per cent from RMB 4,950 per tonne on October 29....
Cultivating restorative microbial activity to remediate metal-impacted mine wastes has retained some successes, mainly using man-made wetlands or passive bioreactors to generate (microbially mediated) anoxic and sulfidic conditions. Image Source: American Geosciences Institute Recently, researcher...
In October 2024, the LME aluminium prices saw renewed strength despite the headwinds of a stronger US dollar and varied economic indicators from key markets. After reaching a cash-month low of $2,521 per tonne on October 15, prices rebounded to USD $2,617 per tonne by the month's close. A major...
The average alumina spot price in China has opened the week with a surge of RMB 59 per tonne to settle at RMB 5,168 per tonne. As per the Shanghai Metals Market (SMM), the alumina price has continued its record-breaking climb, reflecting a W-o-W hike of RMB 268 per tonne or 5.46 per cent. Image...
This week has seen significant developments in the upstream sector of the aluminium industry, which includes bauxite, alumina, and primary aluminium. Notably, the average spot price for alumina in China surpassed RMB 5000 for the first time on Wednesday, settling at RMB 5,007 per tonne before...
As the week concludes, the price progress of alumina in the Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) continues to break records. The week started with the average alumina price of RMB 4900 per tonne and concluded with RMB 5,109 per tonne on November 1, 2024, with a total increase of close to 4.3 per cent...
On Thursday, October 31, the average alumina spot price in China has gained RMB 49 per tonne to settle at RMB 5,056 per tonne. The average alumina prices have shown growth in all the major regions, with the highest in Guizhou where it has surged by RMB 65 per tonne to settle at RMB 5000 per tonne....
On October 9, the Guangxi Branch of Chinalco held a commissioning ceremony for the first and second phases of its alumina pipeline dissolution transformation project. Tian Mingsheng, Party Secretary and General Manager of the Guangxi Branch, and Chairman of Guangxi Hualei New Materials Co., Ltd.,...
The average alumina spot price in China, without much surprise, has finally reached the RMB 5000 mark. As of today, the price has hiked by RMB 57 per tonne to arrive at RMB 5,007 per tonne, reflecting a Y-o-Y surge of 66.40 per cent. The alumina prices have been growing significantly since...
