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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As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, average spot alumina price in China has increased by RMB 6 per tonne on Monday, 21 September 2020 to stand at RMB 2334 per tonne, after remaining flat at 2333 per tonne since September 10. Alumina price in Shandong has risen by RMB 5 per tonne to stand at RMB...
According to the latest USGS data on the United States alumina imports in Q2 2020, the volume grew quarter-on-quarter from 357,000 tonnes to 361,000 tonnes, up by 1.12 per cent. But on a year-on-year basis, the imports dropped by nearly 1 per cent from 364,000 tonnes. In the entire first half of...
Argentina's economy, which is one of the more powerful in the region, is dependent on services and manufacturing, although agribusiness and ranching dominated the economy for much of the 19th and 20th centuries. Aluar is the only aluminium smelter in Argentina and one of the largest in South...
In 2019, the share of agriculture in Finland's gross domestic product was 2.22%, the industry contributed approximately 23.97% and the services sector contributed about 60.35%. The Northern European nation’s importation of alumina remained oscillating during 2017-19, as the import volume recorded...
Huasheng alumina refinery, located at Fangchenggang Port, Guangxi, started trial production on September 10, having come online in August, said several sources to Fastmarkets on Monday, September 14. The commencement of trial production at Huasheng refinery followed after Chalco received a license...
Vedanta Limited’s Lanjigarh has received CII Eastern Region Excellence Award for Safety, Health & Environment in ‘large scale manufacturing unit above 2500 employees’ category. The CII award marks the recognition from CII Eastern Region for the leadership, vision and efforts by organizations in...
According to a recent report, LAlumina LLC is close to the process of employee retrenchment due to the continued economic challenge, as was announced months ago. The news came after former acting plant manager Peter Odgers said the process of laying off more than 300 employees is nearly completed....
According to a Reuters report, Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) has announced the new plan to launch alumina futures contract by the first half of 2021. The contract was slated for launch in 2019. "We hope for a first-half listing," Ge Wanwan, senior manager at the ShFE said at the sidelines of the...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the average alumina spot price in China has recorded a plunge of RMB 13 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,333 per tonne on Thursday, September 10, following a restraint at RMB 2,346 per tonne on the earlier day. In Shanxi and Shandong, the price has declined by RMB 20...
Clarendon Alumina Production Limited, CAP, has repaid all its outstanding debt to the alumina partner Noble Group, amounting to US$135.7 million. The Jamaican Government indicated last month that it planned to repay the funds, but gave no precise timeline. However, in a notice to shareholders this...
The latest data of Shanghai Metals Market showed that China’s alumina production in August 2020 stood at 5.97 million tonnes, including 5.76 million tonnes of metallurgical-grade alumina. This marked a slight growth of 1 per cent in comparison to the output of 5.7 million tonnes of...
FYI Resources has reportedly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Alcoa of Australia to advance the development of high purity alumina (HPA) refining technologies. FYI has already started developing a process for producing high-quality HPA in the face of a limited supply of the product....
Average alumina spot price in China has recorded a plunge from RMB 2,354 per tonne to RMB 2,346 per tonne, as of Tuesday, September 8, found the Shanghai Metals Market. This marks the second consecutive day of decline following a week-long restraint at RMB 2,360 per tonne during August 28-September...
The industry analysts said: “National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) shareholders may have a thing or two to worry about in the coming years. The firm is going ahead with an expansion plan that will deplete cash flows and raise its debt levels. That may just be weighing on the stock.” As on 7 th...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, average spot alumina price in China has dropped by RMB 6 per tonne on Monday, 07 September 2020, to stand at RMB 2354 per tonne, after remaining flat at 2360 per tonne since August 28. The prices of alumina in Shanxi, Guizhou, Guangxi China markets have...
When the world is expecting a vaccine to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, Alumar continues to work towards ensuring of health and safety of its employees, suppliers and the community. With its resources or through its consortium members, Alcoa, South 32 and Rio Tinto, the Alumar Consortium has already...
According to a recent report, Hindalco Industries Limited has taken a few significant steps to ward off incidents like industrial by-product bauxite residue spillage from the storage area that took place at Hindalco’s Muri alumina refinery in April 2019. The company has ensured the safety and...
Grinding Techniques, a part of the Tyrolit Group is well-known as a grinding company and has been supplying grinding solutions to the railway sector for years. The firm specialised in grinding products have been exporting to global satisfied customers and offers an extensive range of high-quality...
