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...
China's domestic spot alumina prices continued their gradual downward trend last week, with sporadic discounted transactions emerging in the market, based on Mysteel's survey. The pressure was partly contributed by the persistent expectation of fresh supply coming online in southern China, leaving...
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As the transition to vehicle electrification and renewable energy sources accelerates, Geomega Resources Inc., the proponent of the first sustainable rare earth recycling facility in the world to help meet rising global magnet demand, has announced that it has secured a $3 million grant from the...
The largest state of Australia, West Australia's water authority, announced that they would curtail mining giant Alcoa's water licence by a third due to unsustainable water demands in the region. Simone McGurk, the WA Water Minister, claimed that a 23 per cent drop in rainfall had led to...
According to an official, Iran has begun researching the possibility of producing 500,000 tonnes of alumina annually from low-grade bauxite with Chinese assistance. On January 23, 2023, Turaj Zar'e, the Managing Director of Iran Alumni Company (IAC), said, "The initial phase of studies was done...
The green industrial tech company IB2 founded by Yves Occello, has developed a green and innovative technology allowing alumina refineries to process and valuate low-grade bauxite ores. Many alumina refineries have so far chosen to import bauxite rather than utilize close-by local resources because...
One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of specialist metals and materials has signed a new commercial agreement with Advanced Energy Minerals (AEM) to support its growing order book in the academic and research sectors. Goodfellow Ltd, which recently delivered materials to the Lawrence Livermore...
On Tuesday, January 17, the average alumina spot price has hiked by RMB 12 per tonne to halt at RMB 2,945 per tonne. Prices in Henan and Guangxi have increased by RMB 10 per tonne to peg at RMB 2,990 per tonne and RMB 2,890 per tonne. On the same day, prices in Shandong and Shanxi have gone up by...
Rio Tinto seemed quite pleased with the Albanese government’s fundamental emissions-reduction policy for supplying vital support to heavy industries since it was aware of the environmental impact that the high-carbon east-coastal alumina units were causing. Rio Tinto knows that its refineries and...
Today, the alumina spot price in China has witnessed an RMB 2 per tonne rise, closing at RMB 2,932 per tonne, while the alumina price in Henan and Guangxi have both seen an increase of RMB 15 per tonne to halt at RMB 2,980 per tonne and RMB 2,880 per tonne. The Australian alumina FOB price has...
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, China’s metallurgical-grade alumina output in December 2022 (31 calendar days) stood at 6.43 million tonnes, reflecting a month-on-month rise of 2.2 per cent from 6.29 million tonnes and a year-on-year increase of 1 per cent from 6.36 million tonnes. But...
Alcoa Corporation, the world’s eighth-largest aluminium producer, announced on Monday, January 9, that it expects to cut nearly 30 per cent of production at its partially-owned Kwinana alumina refinery in Western Australia. Shortage of gas supplies is the reason behind the production cut, explained...
Chevron has requested two more days to take care of the technical problems leading to a drastic breakdown at its Wheatstone domestic gas plant. This can be regarded as the third West Australian (WA) gas plant breakdown during the whole summer. All this turmoil has prompted Alcoa to ignite diesel...
Alumina production in Europe (incl. Russia) amounted to 577,000 tonnes in November 2022, bringing the total output in eleven months of 2022 to 7.668 million tonnes, found the International Aluminium Institute. The production in November edged 2.86 per cent or 17,000 tonnes lower month-on-month than...
The average alumina spot price in China has gained RMB 1 per tonne, closing at RMB 2,929 per tonne, while the price of alumina in Henan has escalated by RMB 5 per tonne, halting at RMB 2,965 per tonne. A00 aluminium ingot price has plunged by RMB 30 per tonne, resting at RMB 17,700 per tonne, as...
Alumina production in Africa & Asia (ex-China) amounted to 1.129 million tonnes during November 2022, which recorded a month-on-month downfall of 4.40 per cent. In October 2022, Africa & Asia’s alumina output was 1.181 million tonnes, up by 6.01 per cent from 1.114 million tonnes a month ago. On a...
According to the International Aluminium Institute, the world alumina production in November 2022 amounted to 11.585 million tonnes, bringing the total output in eleven months of the year to 127.607 million tonnes. The monthly production in November edged a decline of 3.13 per cent from 11.959...
According to the data revealed by the General Administration of Customs of China, it has been reported that 196,000 tonnes of alumina were imported into China in November 2022, representing an increase of 24.2 per cent over the previous year and a reduction of 21.8 per cent over the previous month....
On Thursday, December 22, the average alumina spot price has grown by RMB 7 per tonne to close at RMB 2,920 per tonne. On the same day, the prices in Shandong and Shanxi have gone up by RMB 10 per tonne to settle at RMB 2,895 per tonne and RMB 2,960 per tonne. As per the data, both Guizhou and...
The average alumina spot price in China has hiked by RMB 11 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,908 per tonne as of Thursday, December 15, found the Shanghai Metals Market data. In Shandong, Guizhou, and Guangxi, alumina price has escalated by RMB 15 per tonne to peg at RMB 2,865 per tonne, RMB 2,825 per...
