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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The Jamaican economy is hugely dependent on services, which accounts for more than 70% of GDP. The country derives most of its foreign exchange from tourism, remittances, and bauxite/alumina. The FocusEconomics panellists see the economy contracting 6.4% in 2020, before growing 3.3% in 2021, which...
AEM Canada Group Inc. has reportedly announced that the design problems with its Cap Chat Plant’s Fluidized Bed Roaster and Calciner have been resolved successfully, while adding that commissioning ramp-up to the current design of 900 tpa High Purity Alumina (HPA) will continue for the rest of the...
Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest miner, is reportedly investing $51 million in upgrading facilities at its Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Quebec, Canada. According to the report, three new energy efficient buildings are under construction. Besides, existing facilities will be revamped with a...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, average spot alumina price in China has decreased by RMB 10 per tonne on Friday, 30 October 2020 to stand at RMB 2280 per tonne, after remaining flat at 2290 per tonne since October 29. Alumina price in Shandong has declined by RMB 10 per tonne to stand at RMB...
North America’s alumina production stood 18 per cent lower year-on-year to 199,000 tonnes in September 2020. The output in September 2019 was 243,000 tonnes. On a month-on-month comparison, the production declined by 16 per cent from August’s production of 238,000 tonnes. In the first nine months...
According to the latest data released by the International Aluminium Institute, alumina production in West Europe declined by 11.09 per cent month-on-month in September 2020 to amount to 433,000 tonnes. In August, production in West Europe was 487,000 tonnes, increasing by 10,000 tonnes or 2.1 per...
The average alumina spot price in China has recorded a dip of RMB 4 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,290 per tonne on Wednesday, October 28, according to the Shanghai Metals Market data. In Henan, alumina price is standing at RMB 2,290 per tonne as well but by declining RMB 10 per tonne from the...
The world alumina production in the third quarter of 2020 improved by 1.37 per cent quarter-on-quarter from 32.935 million tonnes to 33.386 million tonnes, according to the latest data released by the International Aluminium Institute. On a year-on-year basis, the output in Q3 found almost flat...
The mining and metal Group Rio Tinto was highly inspired by the reduction of the environmental impact by the agricultural and food sector. Now by investing C$250 million in the commissioning of a bauxite residue filtration and optimization plant at its Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Saguenay –...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, average spot alumina price in China has decreased by RMB 7 per tonne to stand at RMB 2294 per tonne on Friday, 23 October 2020, after declining by RMB 5 per tonne on October 22. The prices of alumina in Shanxi, Guizhou, and Guangxi China markets have dropped by...
The average alumina spot price in China has recorded a drop of RMB 5 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,301 per tonne on Thursday, October 22, after remaining restrained last day, found the Shanghai Metals Market,. In Shanxi, the price has declined by RMB 10 per tonne to come in at RMB 2,290 per tonne,...
Rio Tinto expects its 2020 shipment outlook for Alumina to improve by 0.2 million tonnes to between 13.8 to 13.9 million tonnes on improved production levels. In the fourth quarter of 2020, the company expects lower sequential quarterly results primarily from higher energy costs and a change in the...
The average alumina spot price in China has declined by RMB 14 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,306 per tonne on Tuesday, October 20, following a restraint at RMB 2,320 per tonne from October 14 to 19, according to the Shanghai Metals Market. In Shandong, the price has decreased by RMB 35 per tonne to...
Mining company South32 reported alumina production of 1.315 million tonnes in Q1 FY21, compared to 1.358 million tonnes in Q4 FY20. That was down 3 per cent quarter-on-quarter. Alumina production was up 1 per cent year-on-year. Worsley Alumina saleable alumina production decreased by 5%...
Rio Tinto’s alumina production in the third quarter of 2020 was 7% higher than the same period of 2019. This was due to higher production at both Pacific refineries, considering a planned major shutdown at Yarwun during the quarter. Alumina production stood at 1.954 million tonnes in Q3. On a...
DADA Holdings LLC, the principal owner of New Day Aluminum, and Enervoxa, a Canadian based green technologies company, together announce a ground-breaking joint venture, ElementUS, to extract valuable rare earth elements and minerals from bauxite residue at New Day’s alumina refinery in Gramercy,...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, average spot alumina price in China has decreased by RMB 14 per tonne on Wednesday, 14 October 2020 to stand at RMB 2320 per tonne, after remaining flat at 2334 per tonne since September 21. Alumina prices in Shandong and Henan have declined by RMB 5 per tonne...
According to the latest data revealed by the Shanghai Metals Market, China’s alumina production in September 2020 stood at 5.91 million tonnes, including 5.7 million tonnes of metallurgical-grade alumina. This marked a downfall of 1.04 per cent from 5.76 million tonnes of metallurgical-grade...
