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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Alcoa has affirmed to take its fight with the Australian Taxation Office to the Supreme Court. The behemoth organization stated clearly that it does not feel bound by BHP's decision to settle a transfer pricing dispute in 2018. The ATO strengthened its investigation into Alcoa's sales of Australian...
The average spot alumina price has continued their upward track and stood at RMB 2495 per tonne on Monday, 13 July 2020, registering an increase of RMB50 per tonne from RMB 2445 per tonne. The alumina prices increased across all major markets in China, except south. The average prices of...
According to Shanghai Metals Market data, China’s alumina production stood at 5.71 million tonnes in June, including 5.5 million tonnes of metallurgical-grade alumina. The daily output came in at 183,000 tonnes, 1.82 per cent higher from a month ago but down by 4.57 per cent on the year....
Hydro announced that Alunorte and the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) signed an agreement in June for research on the feasibility of producing low-carbon cement from bauxite residue. The project is part of an agreement between Hydro and UFPA signed in 2019 to develop cement from a mixture of...
McConnell Dowell has signed a design and construction contract with Queensland Alumina (QAL). The construction company’s relationship with major shareholder Rio Tinto has remained vital. The construction company will be accountable for the delivery of a waste line replacement at QAL’s Parsons Point...
Altech Chemicals Limited has announced the completion of the remaining Stage-2 construction work at its high purity alumina (HPA) plant site in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Construction activities at the site started anew in early June 2020, following the ease of restrictions imposed by the Malaysian...
The average alumina spot price in China has continued to grow for the sixth straight day, albeit slower, by RMB 11 per tonne to come in at RMB 2,419 per tonne on July 9, found Shanghai Metals Market. In the central and north, the price has grown by RMB 10 per tonne to RMB 2,425 per tonne, while...
According to a recent report from Brazil’s economy ministry released on Monday, July 6, alumina exports from Brazil increased in June, albeit at a slower pace than the earlier month. Brazil’s alumina exports in June totalled 679,914 tonnes, up 4.6 per cent year-on-year from 650,229 tonnes. On a...
Emirates Global Aluminium, on July 8, has announced the achievement of nameplate capacity at its new Al Taweelah alumina refinery for June, a major milestone achieved just 14 months after the production began at the refinery in April 2019. This marks a world-class performance because usually the...
In Ascension Parish, USA, workers more than 300 will be facing job loses next month at Burnside Alumina refinery, a speciality alumina producer that has exhausted millions from a program of Federal Government that meant to protect American jobs during the COVID-19 epidemic. As per industry sources,...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the average alumina spot price in China has recorded a higher hike today, on July 8, by RMB 38 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,408 per tonne. In the east, the alumina price has grown by RMB 50 per tonne to RMB 2,400 per tonne, while that in the central and north has...
Alumina Ltd in Australia stated that its joint venture with aluminium giant Alcoa has been evaluated $212 million in previous taxes over alumina sales to the aluminium smelter in Bahrain, known as ALBA. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has also highlighted that the compound interest on the tax...
The average alumina spot prices in China have continued to rally upon the market boost on Chalco’s announcement of alumina production cut, found Shanghai Metals Market. On Tuesday, July 7, the average alumina spot price has expanded by RMB 35 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,370 per tonne. In the...
The average spot alumina price in China is up by RMB 2 per tonne on Monday, 06 July 2020 to stand at RMB 2335 per tonne. Alumina prices remain unchanged across all major markets in China, except East. The average spot alumina price in East China is up by RMB 10 per tonne. Alumina price stands at...
The alumina prices in China increased last week after Chalco announced it would cut alumina production. Alumina prices rose RMB 46 per tonne from thursday to RMB2,333 per tonne in the week ended July 3, according to SMM assessments. Alumina price trended higher over the week. Profit recovery at...
Vedanta’s Alumina Refinery at Lanjigarh joined hands with Kalahandi District Police Administration in a grand blood donation event organized at Vedanta Hospital on 3 rd July’20, under the Odisha Government’s ‘My Government’ initiative. 95 units of blood were collected during the voluntary blood...
The alumina price in China performed higher over the week, except Monday. The price on Tuesday increased by RMB 15 per tonne to stand at RMB 2276 per tonne, after remaining flat on Monday. The price stood at RMB 2333 per tonne on Friday July 3, up RMB 46 per tonne from RMB 2287 per tonne on...
Since the time Alcoa declared its decision to not renew a long-standing lime supply contract with Adbri-owned Cockburn Cement, Adbri started seeing a plunge in its shares. According to the report, the company’s share price closed 25 per cent lower on Friday at $2.35. Alcoa’s decision is believed to...
