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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According to a report on Monday, December 21, Altech Chemicals, together with Speciality Materials Investments LLC (SMI) have mutually decided to terminate the share purchase subscription agreement. The agreement was executed on April 22, 2020, for SMI to invest up to $2 million in Altech shares...
The government of the Indian State Andhra Pradesh is wholly prepared to permit Anrak Aluminium Limited to commission its alumina refinery at Rachapalli, Makavarapalem in Visakhapatnam. V Vijaysai Reddy, MP, North Andhra Pradesh affairs, said: “The government has been planning to allow Anrak...
Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) has been fined $500,000 by Gladstone Magistrates Court for the chemical spill incident in September 2018, resulting in serious environmental harm and violating Environmental Authority (EA) rule. This is one of the largest environmental fines in Queensland charged...
The contended bauxite mining issue returns in the prominence with condemnation forthcoming to over the fresh bids to consider operationalizing the Anrak Alumina Refinery in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. Anrak Aluminium Limited, a company floated by Ras-al-Khaimah and Penna Group in 2013...
King River Resources selected the Kwinana Industrial Area as the preferred site for its planned production project of High Purity Alumina (HPA) following the discussion with the Western Australian Government. The exploration mining company in November’20 decided to modify its planned production of...
The United States imported 312,000 tonnes of alumina in the third quarter of 2020, bringing the total imports in the first nine months of the year to 1.03 million tonnes, according to the latest US Geological Survey data. On a quarter-on-quarter, the United States alumina imports in Q3 stood lower...
The average alumina spot price in China has continued to grow by RMB 4 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,318 per tonne as of December 11, marking the fourth consecutive increase, according to the Shanghai Metals Market data. In Henan and Shanxi, the alumina price has come in at RMB 2,330 per tonne...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative has certified Alcoa’s three facilities in San Ciprián (Spain), Fjardaál (Iceland), and Lista (Norway) with its Performance Standard Certification. The facilities' activities include alumina refining, aluminium smelting, producing aluminium sows, ingots, and T-bars,...
The average alumina spot price in China has extended growth for the third consecutive day by RMB 4 per tonne to RMB 2,314 per tonne, as of Thursday, December 10, according to the Shanghai Metals Market. In Henan and Shanxi, the alumina price has come in at RMB 2,325 per tonne growing by RMB 5 per...
The Marseille commercial court was due on 8 th December’20 to examine the two takeover bids submitted for the speciality alumina unit at Gardanne in Southern France. But one of the two bidders withdrew. The inter-union hopes to reduce the social impact of the remaining offer carried by United...
China’s average alumina spot price has recorded a hike of RMB 7 per tonne on Wednesday, December 9, to come in at RMB 2,310, found the Shanghai Metals Market. In Henan and Shanxi, the price has grown by RMB 10 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,320 per tonne. In Guizhou and Guangxi, alumina price has...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, production of metallurgical-grade alumina in China stood at 61.54 million tonnes in the first eleven months of 2020. That was down 2.4% on a year-on-year basis. In November, alumina output, including 5.8 million tonnes of metallurgical-grade alumina, came in at...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, average spot alumina price in China has registered a hike after three days of restraint. The price has marked an increase of RMB 11 per tonne to stand at RMB 2303 per tonne on Tuesday, 08 December 2020. The prices of alumina in Shandong, Henan and Shanxi China...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with alumina producer Hangzhou Jinjiang Group Co. Ltd (HJJ) for securing Alba’s alumina requirements. Alba’s Chairman of the Board Shaikh Daij bin Salman bin Daij Al Khalifa commented: “This Memorandum of Understanding...
A time at odds on the environmental aspect of the future of the Alteo alumina plant in Gardanne, the mayors of Bouc-Bel-Air and Gardanne in a joint press release on 5 th December’20 stated that they place their trust in the project to continue the activity of the mining industrialist United mining...
At the 2020 Nonferrous Metals Industry Chain Annual Conference in Suzhou, Joyce Li, senior analyst at SMM, noted that China’s alumina market would likely see a supply deficit of 361,000 tonnes in 2020, with annual average operating rate at refineries at 78.03 per cent. “Operating rates at Chinese...
The economic situation of Argentina remained frightful in Q3 after GDP collapsed in Q2. While the pace of the decline in economic activity softened in July-August from Q2, it remained considerable. Similarly, consumer confidence remained downbeat in Q3, pointing to constrained household spending....
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, average spot alumina price in China has hiked for the second time in a row. The price registered an increase of RMB 4 per tonne to stand at RMB 2292 per tonne on Wednesday, 02 December 2020. The prices of alumina in Shandong, Henan and Shanxi China markets have...
