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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On Thursday, April 21, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, along with Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumara Mangalam Birla, inaugurated the caustic soda manufacturing unit by Grasim Industries Limited at Balabhadrapuram in East Godavari district. In February 2019, Grasim...
The after effects of Russia-Ukraine crisis can still be felt in the global alumina industry. To begin with, as per customs figures released on Wednesday, April 20, China's alumina export to Russia had increased by more than 90 times in March compared to the same month a year ago, as Western-led...
Alumina Limited which owns a 40% non-operating stake in Alcoa World Alumina Chemicals’, is aiming higher at this moment with the increasing demand for alumina and the rising aluminium prices despite the supply disruption. Russian metal industry giant, Rusal is being trampled under the European...
The average alumina spot price in China has recorded an increase of RMB 4 per tonne on Friday, April 22, following a restraint on the previous day. According to the Shanghai Metals Market, the price has closed the week at RMB 3,010 per tonne. However, the alumina price growth has not touched upon...
On Wednesday, April 20, custom statistics indicated that China’s alumina shipment to Russia heightened by more than 90 times in March compared to the same month a year ago, as sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine cut off some of its customary supply. According to the General...
Mostly known for their vanadium and gold, an Australian mining company King River Resources is attempting to divert avenues towards high purity alumina or ‘HPA’ space, exploring their addition to the Department of Science, Energy and Resources’ Critical Minerals list. The ASX registered high purity...
During the fiscal year 2021, Alba won the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Medal Award for maintaining an excellent track record in Safety and Health, becoming the ninth time recipient of the same in a row. Keeping the employees and the contractors’ labour force safe is of...
In the second quarter (Q2) of 2022, the global alumina market is envisaged to be in a state of uncertainty, as the after-effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and a slew of interconnected variables threaten to shift supply and demand fundamentals. The embargo on alumina and bauxite shipments to...
Investigations led by foreign media concluded, Guinea’s interim government is eager to know about the work plan and duration of each project carried out on their ground to extract alumina from bauxite. The government is reportedly asking international mining companies to submit production plans for...
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, the average alumina spot price in China has recorded an increase of RMB 3 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,997 per tonne on Monday, April 18, following three days of restraint at RMB 2,994 per tonne. On a week-on-week calculation, the alumina spot price is up by...
In March 2022 (31 calendar days), China produced 6.548 million tonnes of alumina, including 6.342 million tonnes of metallurgical-grade alumina. That was a hike of 15.94 per cent from 5.47 million tonnes of metallurgical-grade alumina output in February. China’s daily average output of...
Alcoa is an American industrial corporation and is one of the largest producers of bauxite, alumina, and aluminium products, with a goal of reinventing the aluminium sector for a more sustainable future. On Monday, April 11, Alcoa announced that the Australian governments have contributed $7.7...
The world leader in the production of low-carbon aluminium, Rusal has opposed arrangements that permit Rio Tinto to take sole control of the joint venture refinery, the Queensland Alumina Ltd (QAL). The global metal and mining giant’s shift functionally slits Rusal’s ingress to production and...
Following the military coup in the West African nation, Guinea, which is now ruled by the interim government and recognized as the world’s highest exporter of bauxite, has demanded from international mining organizations for submission of plans for bauxite production to generate alumina within the...
The Irish Government has declared that the parent companies of Aughinish Alumina are apparently not going to be hit by the next round of US sanctions in spite of the decision taken by Brussels to impose penalties on oligarch Oleg Deripaska. EU’s retributive measures against Mr. Deripaska, a...
Rio Tinto has taken full control of an alumina refinery in Queensland that it shares with United Co. Rusal International PJSC, thus denying the Russian aluminium giant access to a vital raw material source. “As a result of the Australian government’s sanction measures, Rio Tinto has taken on 100...
The shares of Gujrat Alkalies and Chemicals (GACL) witnessed a steep rise of INR 959, counting a surge of 7% at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on 2 nd April 2022 intra-day trade. Following the company announced their restricted outset of caustic evaporation unit (CEU) in collaboration with...
On 1 st April 2022, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness during his visit to the United States stated at the National Press Club in Washington DC that the Russian aluminium giant, Rusal owned Windalco alumina assets in the Caribbean island of Jamaica ‘are safe’ from any type of sanctions....
