
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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Average alumina spot price in China has recorded a growth of RMB 9 per tonne on Wednesday, January 20, after remaining restrained at RMB 2,367 per tonne in the past two consecutive days. The price today has clocked at RMB 2,376 per tonne, according to Shanghai Metals Market data. In Shandong and...

The bauxite tycoon, Fadi Wazni, after acquiring the world's number one speciality alumina refinery in France, Alteo, the Franco-Guinean Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Boké mining company, plans to develop an alumina refinery in Guinea. The buyout plan by the Guinean UMS (United Mining...

As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, average spot alumina price in China has increased by RMB 27 per tonne today after five days of restrained at RMB 2340 per tonne. The price now stands at RMB 2367 per tonne as of Friday, 15 January 2021. Alumina prices in Shandong and Henan have risen by RMB 20...

Alumina powder production in Iran edged 1.8 per cent higher during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-November 20, 2020), in comparison with the same period last year, found the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO)....

Noranda Alumina, a subsidiary of New Day Aluminum Holdings, has reported the strongest production figure in over three years for the last six months. Despite numerous challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, depressed market conditions, and historically active hurricane season, the refinery...

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has been awarded INR 450 Crore order from National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO). The contract covers design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of 1x300 TPH Coal Fired Boiler, 18.5 MW Steam Turbine Generator and...

According to the latest data shared by Shanghai Metals Market, China’s metallurgical-grade alumina production in the entire year of 2020 came in at 67.29 million tonnes, down by 2.02 per cent on a year-on-year basis. In December, alumina output, including 5.75 million tonnes of metallurgical-grade...

iB2, the innovative technology developer, for the production of Alumina from low-grade bauxite will soon initiate feasibility studies for the construction of an alumina plant in China's Shanxi province, with Anne Lauvergeon as Chairman of the board. Yves Occello, CEO of the French company, has two...

On Thursday, January 7, a commercial court in France gave a green signal to Guinean logistics specialist United Mining Supply (UMS) to take over Alteo, a global leader in specialty alumina. The former was the last remaining bidder to take charge of Alteo’s production site near the southern city of...

As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, average spot alumina price in China has increased by RMB 2 per tonne on Thursday, 07 January 2021 to come in at RMB 2340 per tonne, after remaining flat at 2338 per tonne since December 29. Alumina price in Shanxi has risen by RMB 5 per tonne to stand at RMB...

On 5 th January 2021, Emirates Global Aluminium announced that its Al Taweelah alumina refinery, the first in the UAE, has delivered sustained monthly production at or above nameplate capacity for the past three months. The milestone marks the completion of a world-class ramp-up of Al Taweelah...

According to the latest data released by the International Aluminium Institute for November 2020, alumina production in West Europe stood at 456,000 tonnes, representing a growth of 8,000 tonnes or 1.8 per cent month-on-month. In October also, alumina production in West Europe stood higher...

On 28 th December, PT Alumina Borneo Indonesia (BAI) commenced the construction of the Smelter Grade Alumina Refinery (SGAR) in Bukit Batu Village, Sungai Kunyit District in Indonesia. The SGAR development plan has been prepared in recent years. This first pole planting for the project was led by...

North America’s alumina production registered a dip of 5% year-on-year. The output in November 2020 came in at 227,000 tonnes, from 239,000 tonnes in November 2019. On a month-on-month comparison, the production dropped slightly by 0.44 per cent from October’s production of 228,000 tonnes. In the...

World alumina production in November 2020 stood at 11.385 million tonnes, representing a month-on-month downfall of 1.10 per cent, according to the data revealed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI). In October, world alumina output was 11.511 million tonnes, up by 6.04 per cent from...

The average spot alumina price in China has registered a hike for the second day in a row, as updated by Shanghai Metals Market. The price has marked an increase of RMB 9 per tonne to stand at RMB 2338 per tonne on Tuesday, 29 December 2020. The prices of alumina in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and...

The Andhra Pradesh state government in India is considering acquiring the Ras-Al-Khaimah Investment Authority’s (Rakia’s) stake in Anrak Aluminium joint venture. This is an effort to settle the dispute after several years under international arbitration. However, the state government lately...

Alumina market witnessed a controlled price trend in 2020 as there had been a fair balance between production and consumption of the ore, even amid the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. In the first few months of the year, the prices trended down significantly due to lower buying interests among...